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Joseph T. Liu; Amy P. Breidenthal; Yifeng Fan; Gerald Schoenfeld – Management Teaching Review, 2025
The traditional approach to using videos involves the so-called "movie sandwich," which focuses on the use of a single video clip. Based on analogical learning research, we highlight the possible benefits of constructing what we term a "video bridge," which consists of two analogous videos that are linked by important themes of…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Administrator Education, Logical Thinking, Class Activities
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Wang, Elaine; Matsumura, Lindsay Clare; Correnti, Richard – Reading Teacher, 2017
Supporting upper elementary students' higher level (i.e., analytic) thinking about texts in writing is a challenge for many teachers, in large part because what it means to analyze text is not well defined and because this skill is a relatively new expectation in elementary grades. In this article, the authors clarify the goal of three common…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Thinking Skills, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
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Martincic, Cynthia J. – Information Systems Education Journal, 2016
Mobile application development is currently an important component of CS/IS education. Because of the rapid rate of change in the mobile application field, there are many websites that provide instructional material in tutorial format, but it is difficult to find a textbook that includes mobile application programming assignments and exercises.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Computer Science Education, Introductory Courses, Programming
Vasudeva, Ash; Slamp, Amy – Phi Delta Kappan, 2016
With states and districts across the country implementing the Common Core State Standards, teachers have more opportunities than ever to collaborate around the shared goals of strengthening curriculum design, classroom practices, and student learning. Building from this premise, the Common Assignment Study (CAS) has brought together teams of…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Instructional Design, Common Core State Standards, Curriculum Design
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Telegina, Nadezhda V.; Belicheva, Tatyana V. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The relevance of the research problem is due to applying various training programs in the modern education system which are supposed to increase teaching efficiency. In-depth study of some subjects at schools, lyceums and gymnasiums which starts in the elementary school quite often leads to tension and failures of adaptation process in innovative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Grade 2
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Keller, Kenneth H. – Geography Teacher, 2012
This lesson is designed as a lab assignment for Advanced Placement (AP) Human Geography students wherein they use the popular Gapminder web site to compare levels of development in countries from different world regions. For this lesson, it is important for the teacher to practice with Gapminder before giving the assignment to students. (Contains…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Human Geography, Data, Correlation
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Bucolo, Joe – English Journal, 2011
Engaging 9th grade students in contemporary reality-show parodies based on "Great Expectations," the author helps students explore the intricacies of Charles Dickens's novel. In "Stay Tuned for Our Next Episode: Teaching 'Great Expectations' in Installments," the author highlighted the benefits of teaching "Great Expectations" in installments, as…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Novels, English Literature, Reading Assignments
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MacArthur, Charles A.; Philippakos, Zoi – Exceptional Children, 2010
Students learned a strategy for planning, writing, and evaluating compare-contrast essays. Instruction followed the principles of self-regulated strategy development, which aims to improve knowledge about writing, strategic writing processes, self-regulation, and motivation. Six adolescent students, 3 with learning disabilities in writing and 3…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Self Efficacy, Learning Disabilities, Writing Processes
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Johnson, Lisa E. – Journal of Moral Education, 2008
Developing teacher candidates who are able to make moral judgements to equitably resolve classroom dilemmas, conduct student assessment and allocate resources is critical for today's diverse classrooms and should be part of fostering professional disposition. However, one challenge of incorporating dispositions in teacher education and a valid…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Decision Making, Moral Values, Conflict Resolution
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Elmslie, Bruce T.; Tebaldi, Edinaldo – Journal of Economic Education, 2010
Many instructors in subjects such as economics are frequently concerned with how to teach technical material to undergraduate students with limited mathematical backgrounds. One method that has proven successful for the authors is to connect theoretically sophisticated material with actual data. This enables students to see how the theory relates…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Undergraduate Students, Economics Education, Macroeconomics
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Zhao, Jensen, J.; Alexander, Melody W.; Perrreault, Heidi; Waldman, Lila – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 2007
This longitudinal study compared business faculty's use of information technology in distance education as well as their perception of the technology's impact on their productivity and technology preferences between 2000 and 2006. Data were collected from 81 professors in 2000 and 140 professors in 2006 at AACSB-accredited business colleges across…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Distance Education, Discussion Groups, Educational Technology
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Rustici, Craig M. – College Teaching, 1997
Argues that assignments requiring the student to write in a specific genre stimulate formation and retention of critical concepts about the genre. A classroom experiment compared the results of a sonnet-writing assignment with a traditional essay-writing assignment about sonnets, confirming the effectiveness of the experiential approach.…
Descriptors: Assignments, Classroom Research, College Instruction, Comparative Analysis
Foster, Gretchen – 1984
In order to help science students communicate more effectively with people outside their field, a two-semester technical writing course was developed with an emphasis on thinking rather than on blind adherence to the rules and forms of technical writing. The initial test group was composed of freshman science majors with exceptional writing…
Descriptors: Assignments, Comparative Analysis, Content Area Writing, Course Objectives
Peyton, Joy Kreeft; And Others – 1988
A study of the writing of 12 sixth-grade students of English as a second language (ESL) compared the quantity and maturity of writing in three assigned tasks and unassigned entries in dialogue journals. The assigned tasks varied in topic control, audience, and purpose. Qualities of the writing were examined using measures of quantity, complexity,…
Descriptors: Assignments, Cohesion (Written Composition), Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education
Notes Plus, 1984
Three installments of "Writing Assignment of the Month," a regular feature of the National Council of Teachers of English publication, "Notes Plus," are presented in this compilation. The articles describe writing exercises which have proven to be successful in the classroom. The first article gives suggestions for introducing…
Descriptors: Assignments, Comparative Analysis, Essays, Film Criticism
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