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Rudick, C. Kyle; Golsan, Kathryn B.; Freitag, Jennifer – Communication Teacher, 2018
Course: Mixed-Method Communication Research Methods. Objective: The purpose of this semester-long activity is to provide students with opportunities to cultivate mixed-method communication research skills through a social justice-informed service-learning format. Completing this course, students will be able to: recognize the unique strengths of…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Mixed Methods Research, Communication Research, Critical Theory
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Kea, Cathy D.; Trent, Stanley C. – Interdisciplinary Journal of Teaching and Learning, 2013
This mixed design study chronicles the yearlong outcomes of 27 undergraduate preservice teacher candidates' ability to design and deliver culturally responsive lesson plans during field-based experience lesson observations and student teaching settings after receiving instruction in a special education methods course. While components of…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Special Education, Methods Courses, Teacher Education Programs
Lansiquot, Reneta D. – IGI Global, 2013
Involving two or more academic subjects, interdisciplinary studies aim to blend together broad perspectives, knowledge, skills, and epistemology in an educational setting. By focusing on topics or questions too broad for a single discipline to cover, these studies strive to draw connections between seemingly different fields. Cases on…
Descriptors: Enrichment, Organizational Change, Teaching Methods, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Rogers, P. J.; Aston, Felicity – Educational Studies, 1992
Describes an experiment exploring the effectiveness of four teaching methods: formal teaching, guided discovery, free discovery, and play. Concludes that all methods except free discovery are effective as long as memory is emphasized. Includes the tests used for the experiment in four appendices. Relates present results to previous research. (DK)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Theories, Memory
Maiorana, Victor P. – 1992
Based on the idea that certain critical skills mark the thoughtful person, inform the workplace, and provide for lifelong learning, this book provides classroom teachers with the ability to teach various subjects to students in a manner that simultaneously develops students' critical thinking, reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. A…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Critical Thinking, High Schools, Higher Education
Miller, Michael T. – 1991
This paper introduces and compares three types of college level teaching: discussion, lecture, and personalized systems. The discussion method is described and identified as one that allows the learner to question and probe, giving increased internalization, greater acceptance of conclusions than other teaching methods, and other benefits. The…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Higher Education, Individualized Instruction
Polyson, James – 1984
Based on Maslow's characteristics of a "peak experience," 162 students in three introductory psychology classes and one personality class were asked to write a two-page paper describing a personal "peak experience." Papers were graded based on adherence to requirements, ability to apply Maslow's construct of the peak…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Creative Teaching, Emotional Experience, Happiness
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Clark, Christopher M. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1991
Suggests lessons and ideas about teaching and research that can be drawn from a teacher's experiences in two research projects. Considers developmental and situational dynamics in teaching. Describes how researchers' intentions and expectations frame and focus research findings. Explains how the description of teaching can become an intervention…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, English Instruction, High Schools, Methods Research
Moore, M'Liss Rose – 1996
This report provides a practical guide for teachers, including a review of literature related to the integration of science and language arts, guidelines and methodologies to aid the practitioner in the integration of science and language arts, and an organizational matrix for teacher-designed integrated curricula. A review of literature reveals…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Strategies
Fraser, Barry J., Ed. – 1983
Classrooms are complex and dynamic places. The teachers that manage them need to be skilled in the organization of time, resources, and students if they are to be successful in helping their students achieve. This publication is the first in a series of six containing papers contributed to the workshop series sponsored by the Faculty of Education…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Discipline
Zeitler, William R.; Barufaldi, James P. – 1988
This book is designed to show prospective teachers how to design and implement an activity-oriented science program for the elementary grades. Science content and methods are presented through activities to be done by readers allowing them to master the design of a teaching unit by constructing or adapting a unit. Discussions include scientific…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
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Wesp, Richard – Teaching of Psychology, 1992
Reports on a study of peer teaching through small group instruction in a college level psychology program. Describes how upper level undergraduate students designed, implemented, and evaluated projects to teach psychology to introductory students. Finds that both the introductory and advanced students enjoyed the experience and recommended that…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Cross Age Teaching, Curriculum Design, Higher Education
Smagorinsky, Peter; Whiting, Melissa E. – 1995
This book is based on the premise that, although many professional organizations and the public are concerned about how teachers are prepared for their profession, this concern is not reflected in research about teaching methods classes. By presenting findings about the educational experiences of preservice teachers, the book aims to generate…
Descriptors: Curriculum Research, English Instruction, English Teacher Education, Higher Education
Sunal, Cynthia Szymanski; And Others – 1993
Elementary preservice teachers (n=185) in a blocked program of methods courses developed integrated thematic units focusing on social studies and science that viewed reading, language arts, and mathematics as tools students use to study the major content areas in the elementary school program: social studies and science. This was a complex task…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Language Arts
Murphy, John Merton – 1985
A study of the listening strategies of college students for whom English is a second language analyzed their oral and written responses to listening selections. The analysis resulted in 17 individual strategies classified in six broad categories. More and less proficient listeners were distinguishable by the frequency of the strategies they used…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, English (Second Language), Higher Education
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