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Change in Elementary School Teacher's Attitude toward Teaching Science Following a Pairing Program
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Marec, Claude-Émilie; Tessier, Christian; Langlois, Simon; Potvin, Patrice – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2021
This article focuses on the attitude of practicing teachers toward teaching science and technology (S&T). It reports the results of a study conducted with 110 late-elementary school teachers in order to assess their attitude at the end of a particular training intervention. The intervention was based on pairing teachers with pre-university…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Science Instruction
An Evaluation of a Self-Instructional Manual for Teaching Individuals How to Administer the Revised ABLA Test
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Boris, Ashley L.; Awadalla, Nardeen; Martin, Toby L.; Martin, Garry L.; Kaminski, Lauren; Miljkovic, Morena – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2015
The Assessment of Basic Learning Abilities (ABLA) is a tool that is used to assess the learning ability of individuals with intellectual disability (ID) and children with autism. The ABLA was recently revised and is now referred to as the ABLA-Revised (ABLA-R). A self-instructional manual was prepared to teach individuals how to administer the…
Descriptors: Guides, Academic Ability, Intellectual Disability, Autism
Instructional Styles, Attitudes and Experiences of Seniors in Computer Workshops
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Wood, Eileen; Lanuza, Catherine; Baciu, Iuliana; MacKenzie, Meagan; Nosko, Amanda – Educational Gerontology, 2010
Sixty-four seniors were introduced to computers through a series of five weekly workshops. Participants were given instruction followed by hands-on experience for topics related to social communication, information seeking, games, and word processing and were observed to determine their preferences for instructional support. Observations of…
Descriptors: Computer Attitudes, Workshops, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology
A Comparative Study of Teaching Typing Skills on Microcomputers.
Lindsay, Robert M. – 1982
A 4-week experimental study was conducted with 105 high school students in 4 introductory typewriting classes of a large urban school in British Columbia during the 1981 spring semester. The purpose of the study was to compare the effectiveness of teaching the skill-building components of typewriting speed and accuracy using either the…
Descriptors: Age, Computer Assisted Instruction, Females, Foreign Countries
Reforms, Visions, and Standards: A Cross-Curricular View from an Elementary School Perspective.
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Ford, Carole; And Others – 1997
During the 1990s discipline-specific associations have attempted to reform education with a variety of visions and standards. Most of these efforts have been independent of one another with minimal cross-curricular input on one another's steering committees and working groups. In some cases there appears to be explicit collaboration between…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Constructivism (Learning), Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development
Teaching Yourself in Primary School. Report of a Seminar on Self-Instructional Programs (Quebec, Canada, May 12-15, 1981).
Chouinard, Amy, Ed. – 1981
This document presents 12 seminar papers describing research and development efforts in self-instructional programs being undertaken in six countries: the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Jamaica, Liberia, and Canada. The following are topics covered in the individual papers: research and development activities in primary schools; the technology…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Independent Study, Individualized Instruction