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To Dismantle an Idle Past: Using Historiography to Construct a Digital Learning Environment
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Miller, Grant R.; Toth, Shannon Lindsay – Social Studies, 2012
In this article, the authors describe how they used primary and secondary sources related to the Indian Removal Act to develop a learning activity in which students analyze, corroborate, and synthesize primary sources. Using the free, online authoring tool, UDL Book Builder, they were able to develop on-demand digital scaffolds that temper an…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Historiography, Primary Sources, Critical Thinking
A Successful Professional Development Model in Mathematics: A System-Wide New Zealand Case
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Higgins, Joanna; Parsons, Ro – Journal of Teacher Education, 2009
The design and implementation of the professional development model of the New Zealand Numeracy Development Project has been successful in improving teacher knowledge and practice as well as raising student outcomes. Since 2000, more than 25,000 teachers in English-medium settings have participated in the project. In New Zealand the terms…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Teaching Models, Language of Instruction, Foreign Countries
Using Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) to Inquire into Pre-Service Teachers' Science Lesson Planning Considerations
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Verma, Geeta – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2008
This paper shares my experiences with the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) framework in my university science methods course. Incorporating SoTL not only enabled me to inquire into my own teaching as a scholarly activity but also engaged my students in critical reflections. I used the principles and characteristics of SoTL to design…
Descriptors: Scholarship, Instruction, Learning, Lesson Plans
Drops of Water and of Soap Solution: Students' Constraining Mental Models of the Nature of Matter
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Eilam, Billie – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2004
This study investigates how 25 junior high school students employed their bodies of knowledge and responded to problem cues while individually performing a science experiment and reasoning about a drops phenomenon. Line-by-line content analysis conducted on students' written ad hoc explanations aimed to reveal students' concepts and their…
Descriptors: Junior High School Students, Science Experiments, Cues, Content Analysis
The Syllabus: Starting Out Right. Vocational Instructor Teaching Skills Project.
Portland Community Coll., OR. – 1985
This module contains resource materials designed to help vocational education teachers develop a comprehensive and useful syllabus. (These materials supplement the videotape on "Developing a Syllabus.") Materials in the packet include a list of what to include in the syllabus, a model to use in developing or updating a syllabus, a syllabus…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Content Analysis, Course Content, Course Descriptions
Designing Instruction for Adult Learners. Second Edition. Professional Practices in Adult Education and Human Resource Development Series.
Dean, Gary J. – 2002
This book focuses on applying instructional design to development of classroom learning for adults. Chapter 1 presents an overview of the model and addresses concerns about use of instructional design in adult education. Chapter 2 deals with assessing and developing skills as an adult educator; a literature review on behavior, beliefs, knowledge,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Students