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Jordan D. Troisi; Michael S. Palmer; Mary C. Wright; Lori A. Hostetler; Carol A. Hurney – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2025
Drawing on the authors' extensive experience and robust survey data, this critical resource unpacks the inner workings of one of the most powerful mechanisms for improving teaching and learning in higher education: the course design institute (CDI). CDIs are intensive, often multi-day facilitated experiences where instructors design or redesign a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Institutes (Training Programs), Instructional Design, Equal Education
Levin, James; Nolan, James F. – Pearson, 2014
This text takes a decision-making model approach to classroom management. It provides teachers with a very practical system to influence students to choose to behave productively and to strive for academic success. This widely used text presents an array of decision-making options that guide teachers in developing positive, pro-social classroom…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Principles, Decision Making, Professionalism
Blednick, Joan; Wilson, Gloria Lodato – ASCD, 2011
When a special education teacher and a general education teacher share a classroom and teaching responsibilities, every student benefits from intensive instruction, increased learning opportunities, and a reduced student-to-teacher ratio. But what does coteaching look like? How does it work? How do you know when you're doing it right? Here's a…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Teacher Effectiveness, Disabilities, Special Education Teachers
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Marshall, Jeff C.; Horton, Bob; Smart, Julie – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2009
After decades of research endorsing inquiry-based learning, at best only moderate success has been noted in creating effective systemic implementation in K-12 classrooms. Thus, teachers need to be better equipped in how to bring this transformation to their own classrooms. Changing beliefs and overcoming external obstacles encourages the use of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Formative Evaluation, Inquiry, Instructional Improvement
Tauber, Robert T. – Praeger, 2007
Educators need a balance between discipline theory and its practice in the classroom. This is especially important in today's educational climate, with its increased demands for teacher accountability. Tauber has designed this book for both those who are new to teaching and those who are already seasoned teachers, but who have had little, if any,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Teacher Effectiveness, Democracy, Classroom Techniques
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Cawley, John F. – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1994
This paper introduces a series on the topic and presents a science education framework for teaching students with disabilities. Curriculum and instructional perspectives are reviewed, and the "guided meaning" approach is recommended as an inquiry-based strategy. A thematic scheme for organizing and developing science programs is proposed.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education
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Nelson, Craig E. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1994
The relationship between collaborative learning and some major theoretical and empirical approaches to fostering critical thinking are examined. Three frameworks for combining collaborative learning and critical thinking are suggested: use of mental models, creation of discourse communities, and creation of disciplinary discourse communities. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Critical Thinking, Discourse Communities
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Hamilton, Sharon J. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1994
A developmental model for collaborative learning at the college level, based on the notion of the development of expertise, is outlined. Five stages are described: (1) the learning of rules, techniques, and strategies; (2) applying the techniques and strategies to the particular teaching context; (3) developing competence; (4) becoming proficient;…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Competence
Maki, Peggy L., Ed.; Borkowski, Nancy A., Ed. – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2006
Following the growing commitment to assessment at the undergraduate level, doctoral programs are now grappling with what accountability means for them. This book provides a foundation for faculty and academic leaders of doctoral programs to promote inquiry into the educational practices that define their programs and contribute to graduate…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods, Educational Practices, Criteria
Victorian Ministry of Education and Training, Melbourne (Australia). – 1992
The first volume in this two-volume report outlines the nine educational principles on which the competence statements for adult reading and writing are based. The four literacies--for self-expression, practical purposes, knowledge, and public debate--are defined and some representative text types and common genres are provided. The four levels…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives
Klumb, Kelly – 1992
This document presents 28 accepted principles for modifying instruction to better meet needs of handicapped and at risk students. The principles include, among others: get to know the individual student in an informal manner; examine the patterns of children's errors; sequence skills to reduce error rates; vary response, testing, and grading…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Educational Methods
Neff, Gregory; And Others – 1995
In the face of increasing specialization and employer demand for higher skill levels, a new paradigm for engineering education redirects the primary focus from the engineering knowledge base (content) to the development of thinking and problem solving processes. The principles of this "Process Education in Engineering" paradigm are: (1) faculty…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Critical Thinking, Educational Change
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MacPherson, Eric D. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1995
Predicts that the paradigms of chaos theory will rapidly move into the social sciences, resulting in major changes in educational research and the study of the curriculum. Discusses the need for new metaphors and paradigms in the social sciences. Briefly characterizes previous educational principles and approaches. (MJP)
Descriptors: Chaos Theory, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy
Belfiore, Mary Ellen – 1996
This guide, which is intended for individuals responsible for designing and/or delivering workplace basic skills programs, explains the principles and procedures of curriculum development in the workplace. Discussed in chapter 1 is the importance of focusing on basic skills in workplace education and examining existing practices. Chapter 2…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Case Studies, Check Lists
Language Australia, Melbourne (Victoria). Adult Education Resource and Information Service. – 2000
This document, which is intended for adult educators in Victoria, Australia, outlines a conceptual framework for a further education (FE) curriculum based on the principle of transformative learning. First, FE is defined as "general education for adults that gives priority to foundations, preparedness, and pathways," and curricula is…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Curriculum Development, Definitions
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