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Elham Kazemi; Jessica Calabrese; Teresa Lind; Becca Lewis; Alison Fox Resnick; Lynsey K. Gibbons – Harvard Education Press, 2024
A blueprint for structuring the school environment around teacher learning and collaboration as a foundation for equitable learning and student engagement. In "Learning Together," Elham Kazemi, Jessica Calabrese, Teresa Lind, Becca Lewis, Alison Fox Resnick, and Lynsey K. Gibbons share findings from their decade of experience in…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teacher Collaboration, Elementary School Teachers, Cooperative Learning
Glowa, Liz; Goodell, Jim – International Association for K-12 Online Learning, 2016
The realities of the 21st-century learner require that schools and educators fundamentally change their practice. "Educators must produce college- and career-ready graduates that reflect the future these students will face. And, they must facilitate learning through means that align with the defining attributes of this generation of…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Transformative Learning, Electronic Learning, Learning Processes
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Fitzgerald, Carlton J., Ed.; Laurian-Fitzgerald, Simona, Ed.; Popa, Carmen, Ed. – IGI Global, 2018
As traditional classroom settings are transitioning to online environments, teachers now face the challenge of using this medium to promote effective learning strategies, especially when teaching older age groups. Because adult learners bring a different set of understandings and skills to education than younger students, such as more job and life…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Learning Strategies, Adult Learning, Adult Education
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Schecter, Chen – Journal of School Leadership, 2008
The professional expertise of educational leaders has been defined through the lens of problem-solving processes. Problem-based learning has therefore become an increasingly popular instructional approach in principal preparatory programs. As such, this study represents an initial attempt to explore learning from success (i.e., success-based…
Descriptors: Principals, Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving, Data
National Survey of Student Engagement, 2012
The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) documents dimensions of quality in undergraduate education and provides information and assistance to colleges, universities, and other organizations to improve student learning. Its primary activity is annually surveying college students to assess the extent to which they engage in educational…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Student Surveys, Undergraduate Students, Learner Engagement
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Terwel, Jan; And Others – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1994
Maintains that current research suggests that heterogeneous grouping is preferable. Reports on a study of a new mathematics curriculum using 600 students in 6 Dutch schools. Finds that students in heterogeneous classes taught with cooperative-learning techniques achieved more than students in traditional ability-grouped classrooms. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Educational Strategies
Cowles, Milly; Aldridge, Jerry – 1992
This guide to designing activity-oriented classrooms for grades K-3 is divided into six chapters. Chapter 1 provides an overview of research findings concerning the way children learn and the environments that best facilitate their learning. Chapter 2, which explains ways to set up an activity-oriented classroom, covers the administration's role…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Class Activities, Classroom Design, Classroom Techniques
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Schiller, Marjorie – Art Education, 1995
Maintains that there is increasing interest in the approach to art education in the Reggio Emilia schools in northern Italy. Describes the Emilia approach to early childhood education and characterizes it as child-centered and emergent. Includes a dialogue between a teacher and students using the approach. (CFR)
Descriptors: Art Education, Childrens Art, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes