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It's a Win-Win-Win: Using Human Peer to Peer Networks to Reach Learners Where They Are
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Brownlie, Stacey R. – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2018
In the Spring 2017 semester, an instructional designer, a writing center coordinator, and a director of distance library services initiated a pilot project for a seven-campus, eight-satellite center, public university system to cross-train virtual writing tutors in baseline research skills. This case study describes the collaborative pilot…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Writing Instruction, Laboratories, Writing (Composition)
Preparing Tomorrow's Doctors to Care for Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Havercamp, Susan M.; Ratliff-Schaub, Karen; Macho, Patricia Navas; Johnson, Cherelle N.; Bush, Kelsey L.; Souders, Heather T. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2016
People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other developmental disabilities have poorer health and face unique barriers to health care compared to people without disabilities. These health disparities can be partially attributed to physicians' limited knowledge about caring for patients with developmental disabilities. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Developmental Disabilities, Medical Education
"Phronesis" and Moral Education: Treading beyond the Truisms
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Kristjánsson, Kristján – Theory and Research in Education, 2014
Whereas most latter-day Aristotelian approaches to moral education highlight the early habituation phase of moral development, they rarely have much to say, beyond truisms from the "Nicomachean ethics," about the ultimate Aristotelian goal of cultivating fully fledged "phronesis." The aim of this article is to repair the dearth…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Values Education, Ethics, Philosophy
Using Baby Books to Increase New Mothers' Self-Efficacy and Improve Toddler Language Development
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Albarran, Alejandra S.; Reich, Stephanie M. – Infant and Child Development, 2014
Maternal self-efficacy (MSE) has been shown to be important, yet little is known about how it develops over time and whether increasing knowledge about child development and parenting results in feeling more efficacious, especially for first-time mothers. Furthermore, research is lacking about whether increased maternal self-efficacy results in…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Self Efficacy
STEM in Afterschool: Changing Perspectives. Shaping Lives. The Impact of Afterschool rograms on Young People's Aspirations and Skills in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
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Afterschool Alliance, 2014
After the school bell rings, young people are learning, exploring, making and questioning. Afterschool programs have long influenced students' personal development and supported their social and emotional growth. Today, the afterschool field has enthusiastically embraced STEM as an integral part of their educational offerings. This handout…
Descriptors: After School Programs, STEM Education, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
Genius or Dynamic Learner? Benjamin Franklin's Path to Greatness
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Marcum, James W. – Social Studies, 2008
While the remarkable accomplishments of Benjamin Franklin are unparalleled, the means of their attainment can be considered more accessible to ordinary people and not necessarily attributable to a special genius. The steady development of Franklin's knowledge and skills is traced in light of a new model of "dynamic learning," which is a method…
Descriptors: Gifted, Teaching Methods, Skill Development, Knowledge Level