NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Raymond, Michael W. – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1991
Describes the evolution of Stetson University's More Effective Teaching Program (MET) from a writing-across-the-curriculum (WAC) faculty development program to a voluntary collaborative learning and teaching project. Focuses on the grassroots work of a faculty committee to design and maintain the research-based program. (DMM)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Community Colleges, Faculty Development
Wightman, Margaret – 1986
This report describes the procedures of a systemwide testing program established by the Ottawa, Ontario, education board to evaluate high school student performance in selected courses. The project was initiated in response to a directive from trustees, who were concerned about variation of academic standards among students in relation to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Planning, Educational Improvement, Evaluation Methods
Loucks, Susan F. – 1983
Teachers who implement new programs have often been observed to adapt them to suit their own teaching situations. This process of adaptation raises four important issues: (1) Can teachers replicate practices developed elsewhere? (2) Can they be equally effective in doing so? (3) Must adaptation occur for implementation to succeed? and (4) Can…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs