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Dennis J. Downey; J. Brooke Ernest – Teaching Sociology, 2024
We report on a cross-disciplinary collaboration between sociology and mathematics education to more effectively cultivate quantitative literacy (QL) in the introductory sociology course. Focusing on an instructional unit presenting the Gini coefficient (the most commonly used summary measure of income inequality), we engaged in iterative cycles of…
Descriptors: Numeracy, College Faculty, Undergraduate Students, Sociology
Mozer, Bonnie – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This research project offers educators a close and intimate view of the researcher's personal teaching efforts and a reflective account of responses to instruction. This qualitative reflective self-study includes written records of attempts to create and deliver reading comprehension lessons. It also includes a detailed account of how the…
Descriptors: Reflection, African American Students, Qualitative Research, Reading Comprehension
Hsieh, Betina Yuan-Cheng – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation is based on a case study of 8 beginning English teachers who participated in a collaborative inquiry group at an urban, comprehensive, high school in the San Francisco Bay Area. Qualitative data (including audio-transcribed meeting data, individual interview data, and classroom observations) were collected over two school years,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Beginning Teachers, Instructional Development, Urban Schools
Stebbins, Gary – Educational Leadership and Administration: Teaching and Program Development, 2009
Increased class sizes and advising responsibilities are the new realities in California's graduate programs of Educational Administration. In order to effectively meet new challenges, professors must make adjustments in venue, plan meticulously, utilize technology, distribute leadership, and implement alternative grading systems. This is a…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Adult Learning, Leadership Effectiveness, Grading
National High School Center, 2009
This practitioner issue brief outlines successful strategies and recommendations for state-level policymakers, administrators, schools, and districts that are based on a 5-year evaluation study on the learning environment for ELLs in the state of California. This brief offers four critical building blocks that should be in place to effectively…
Descriptors: Instructional Development, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Academic Achievement
Glock, Nancy Clover – 1987
Designed to assist California community college personnel in implementing 1986 regulations concerning associate degree requirements, this paper analyzes the key terms in the new policy, "college level" and "critical thinking," and discusses practical implications for assessment, curriculum, and instruction. First, the paper…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Course Content, Course Objectives, Critical Thinking
Hyland, John – 1989
The two-week teacher-training institute that this report documents resulted from two interests: the curriculum reform movement in California public schools and the celebration of the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution. The goal of the institute was to train 45 selected elementary and high school teachers in the central documents of the…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Elementary Secondary Education, History Instruction, Institutes (Training Programs)
Wise, Carol S. – 1993
This study examined parent and teacher attitudes toward developmentally appropriate instructional practice compared to traditional skill-based instruction in the classroom. The study surveyed parents and teachers of kindergarten, first, and second grade students in Marin County, California. The results of the surveys showed that most parents and…
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Curriculum Design, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Attitudes
Kon, Jane Heckley – 1994
This study, based on interviews and classroom observation, evaluates what seven fifth-grade teachers in California did one autumn when a controversial new state-approved social studies textbook arrived at their doors. By tracking the teachers' daily curriculum decisions for social studies during the first few months following receipt of the…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary School Curriculum, Grade 5, Instructional Development
Hand, Ada J.; Nourot, Patricia Monighan – 1999
Focusing on the argument that early childhood education plays a crucial role in children's future success, this guide provides information to educators about development-based education that leads to active and productive learning for children ages 4 through 6. The guide provides examples for planning and organizing classroom environments,…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Tibbetts, John, Ed.; Westby-Gibson, Dorothy, Ed. – 1983
This handbook is designed as a process approach to competency-based adult education (CBAE) implementation in the areas of management, assessment, guidance, and instruction. Each component also addresses cultural considerations. The guide is organized in five sections. The first section is an overview of CBAE that explains the reasons for using…
Descriptors: Administration, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Change Strategies