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Design and Evaluation of a Real-Time Video Conferencing Environment for Support Teaching: An Attempt to Promote Equality of K-12 Education in China
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Xiong, Caiping; Ge, Jun; Wang, Qiyun; Wang, Xuejun – Interactive Learning Environments, 2017
Imbalanced allocation of teacher resources is a major factor causing inequality in K-12 education in China. Traditional ways to solve this problem, such as on-site support teaching and recorded lectures of quality teachers, have posed many defects. It is suggested that information and communication technology should be employed to deal with the…
Descriptors: Videoconferencing, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Thinking Strategically to Record Notes in Content Classes
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Boyle, Joseph R. – American Secondary Education, 2011
Although teachers today use a variety of teaching methods in content-area classrooms, lecture learning and note-taking still comprise a considerable portion of time in these classes. Unfortunately, most students are poor note-takers, typically recording only about one quarter of lecture notes. Strategic note-taking was developed to assist students…
Descriptors: Notetaking, Writing Strategies, Lecture Method, Middle School Students
Game-Based Learning as a Vehicle to Teach First Aid Content: A Randomized Experiment
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Charlier, Nathalie; De Fraine, Bieke – Journal of School Health, 2013
Background: Knowledge of first aid (FA), which constitutes lifesaving treatments for injuries or illnesses, is important for every individual. In this study, we have set up a group-randomized controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of a board game for learning FA. Methods: Four class groups (120 students) were randomly assigned to 2…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, First Aid, Secondary School Students, Experimental Groups
Transfer of Active Learning Strategies from the Teacher Education Classroom to PreK-12th Grade Classrooms
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Pepper, Kaye; Blackwell, Sarah; Monroe, Ann; Coskey, Shawn – Current Issues in Education, 2012
In this study, researchers investigated the influence of modeling active learning strategies in an introductory foundations teacher preparation course: 1) on teacher candidates' perceptions of participating in active learning in the college classroom, 2) on participants' acquisition of course content, and 3) on participants' later use of active…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Learning Strategies, Course Content, Lecture Method
Digital Storytelling for Enhancing Student Academic Achievement, Critical Thinking, and Learning Motivation: A Year-Long Experimental Study
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Yang, Ya-Ting C.; Wu, Wan-Chi I. – Computers & Education, 2012
The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of Digital storytelling (DST) on the academic achievement, critical thinking, and learning motivation of senior high school students learning English as a foreign language. The one-year study adopted a pretest and posttest quasi-experimental design involving 110 10th grade students in two English…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Quasiexperimental Design, Academic Achievement, Predictor Variables
Perceptions and Practices of Technology Student Association Advisors on Implementation Strategies and Teaching Methods
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Haynie, W. J.; DeLuca, V. W.; Matthews, B. – Journal of Technology Education, 2005
A study conducted in 1989 surveyed Technology Student Association (TSA) advisors to find their perceptions concerning characteristics of technology education programs with a TSA component and the relationship between participation in co-curricular organizations and the teaching methods used by TSA technology teachers (DeLuca & Haynie, 1991).…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Student Organizations, Technology Education, Industrial Arts