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Nevers, Joleen M.; Eastman-Mueller, Heather P.; Oswalt, Sara B. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2023
Sex and sexuality are complex, multi-faceted topics. Sexuality educators and practitioners often face challenging dilemmas with few ethical decision-making models available. While there are professional codes of ethics for sex educators, there are no practical models to inform an educator's ethical decision-making in professional situations. This…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Sexuality, Ethics, Decision Making
White, Marilyn Domas – 1987
This paper develops two models of the reference interview: (1) the Need-Oriented Model, which emphasizes identifying the client's information needs and allows for a broad-ranging diagnostic interview; and (2) the Question-Oriented Model, which is constrained by the client's initial question and focuses on refining that specific question,…
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Library Services, Models, Questioning Techniques
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Ritchhart, Ron – Journal of Museum Education, 2007
During the brief time students come together for a group tour, museum educators have the opportunity to create a culture of thinking: a place where the group's collective as well as individual thinking is valued, made visible, and actively promoted as part of the ongoing experience of all group members. Creating such a culture is facilitated by…
Descriptors: Museums, Thinking Skills, Group Dynamics, Classroom Environment
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Marcus, Bernard A. – American Biology Teacher, 1974
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Environmental Influences, Laboratory Procedures, Models
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Horowitz, Frances Degen – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1987
This paper addresses the unevenness of the existing knowledge base on development and individual differences, and presents a structural model diagraming organismic and environmental influences on development. The model identifies sets of conditions which can result in gifted performance, the development of giftedness, and the maintenance of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Psychology, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Influences
Preiser, Wolfgang F. E.; Taylor, Anne – Exceptional Education Quarterly, 1983
The concept of environmental design cybernetics is explained, and its use by special educators and architects in creating learning environments is discussed. A proposed habitability framework is defined, and its applications to buildings and building occupants/users are offered. Research on architectural design applied to special education…
Descriptors: Architects, Architectural Character, Building Design, Design Requirements
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Dunn, Rita; Griggs, Shirley A. – Journal of Reading, Writing, and Learning Disabilities International, 1990
This paper compares and contrasts the findings of studies on the learning styles of multicultural subgroups in the United States in terms of the categories of the Dunn and Dunn Learning Styles Model. It concludes that individual rather than group characteristics must be addressed when providing instruction--regardless of cultural or racial…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Influences
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Gottwald, Sheryl Ridener; Starkweather, C. Woodruff – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1995
This article describes a conceptual framework for developing a multifaceted, individualized treatment program for young children who stutter, their families, and their preschool or day-care staff. Suggestions are provided for reducing environmental demands through education, affective support, and behavior change facilitation. Direct therapy…
Descriptors: Day Care, Early Intervention, Environmental Influences, Family Involvement
Sanders, C. Gerald – 1983
Equable climates with mild winters and summers are more likely to maintain snow or ice cover in high latitudes than extreme climates having colder winters and hotter summers. A simplified version of the Milankovitch cycles can be used to develop a model instructors can use in their classes to illustrate the orbital variations producing either…
Descriptors: Climate, Concept Teaching, Environmental Influences, Geographic Regions
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Hemmeter, Mary Louise; Kaiser, Ann P. – Education and Treatment of Children, 1990
This paper provides a conceptual model of the language learning environment of young children, incorporating child engagement with the physical environment, contributions of child and caregiver, and caregiver mediation of physical environment. A case study illustrates the impact of a relatively simple home environmental intervention on a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communication Skills, Developmental Disabilities, Environmental Influences
Brown, Jake – Bulletin of Environmental Education, 1987
Describes a project that is a part of an "Architects in Schools" program in England in which students were challenged to redesign a small structure on the school grounds. Discusses the student tasks involved, including the development of scale models, and the evaluation of the design. (TW)
Descriptors: Architects, Architectural Drafting, Architectural Education, Architecture
Monroe, Martha C. – Clearing, 1991
A simple matrix that can be used as a tool for analyzing environmental actions is presented. By using this matrix and focusing on examples of efforts to resolve environmental issues, students can build a mental model of how environmental problems are solved. (KR)
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Ecology, Environmental Education, Environmental Influences
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Ricci, Juan C. Diaz; And Others – Biochemical Education, 1988
Presents three dimensional models of biological pathways for the following cycles: carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, and a combination of the three. Discusses steps involved in each cycle and breaks each cycle into trophic and environmental regions. (MVL)
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Chemical Reactions, College Science, Conservation (Concept)
Foster, Susan; DeCaro, Patricia Mudgett – 1990
Findings are presented from a study of social interactions between hearing-impaired and hearing college students living on one floor of a mainstreamed residence hall at the Rochester (New York) Institute of Technology, home of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf. Twelve ethnographic observations were completed, and interviews were…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, College Housing, College Students, Dormitories
Lambert, Nadine M. – 1987
An interactional model explaining predisposition to hyperactivity asserts that being identified, diagnosed, and treated as hyperactive is a function of biological factors, early health and temperament, family characteristics, and the quality of the home environment. A longitudinal study involving 367 subjects, aged 17-18, tested the interactional…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Patterns
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