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Direct linkFender, C. Melissa; Stickney, Lisa T. – Management Teaching Review, 2017
Group and team class decision-making activities often focus on demonstrating that "two heads are better than one." Typically, students solve a problem or complete an assessment individually, then in a group. Generally, the group does better and that is what the students learn. However, if that is all such an activity conveys, then a…
Descriptors: Group Activities, Group Dynamics, Cooperative Learning, Participative Decision Making
Vogler, Kenneth E.; Burton, Megan – School Science and Mathematics, 2010
This study explored mathematics teachers' instructional practices in the context of high-stakes testing. Data were obtained from a survey instrument given to a stratified sample of Mississippi and Tennessee teachers who teach the same content tested on their state's high school graduation examination. An analysis showed teachers using a balance of…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Mathematics Teachers, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices
Fogarty, Robin J.; Pete, Brian M. – Corwin Press, 2007
How to Differentiate Learning provides guidance for schools and districts to start or improve the effort to differentiate instruction. Based on what educators know about the differences among children they teach, and based on what is known of brain research, teachers must find and embrace ways to differentiate curriculum, assessment and entry…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Student Interests, Instructional Development, Brain
Coe, John – 1987
After a brief story illustrating the essential humanness of the work of educators, a British educator addressing an American audience reviews fundamental ideas about the nature of children and offers suggestions about optimal classroom practices. The ideas about the nature of children which are presented concern the uniqueness of individuals and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Practices, Educational Quality, Experiential Learning
Download full textSandhu, Daya S. – 1994
This paper examines the importance of culturally-specific learning styles within the context of the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990. The Act posits that all students can learn, that students learn differently, and that students learn better when they are taught utilizing their preferred learning modalities. A review of the literature…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences
Mills, Sheryl – 1992
The purpose of the documents in this series is to provide educators in Saskatchewan with practical and relevant guides to teaching and learning as a means of expanding or refining teaching repertoires. This publication explores individualizing for students, emphasizing that what the classroom teacher does depends on his/her abilities and beliefs…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
