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Teachers' Learning and Sense-Making Processes in the Context of an Innovation: A Two Year Follow-Up Study
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Stollman, Saskia; Meirink, Jacobiene; Westenberg, Michiel; Van Driel, Jan – Professional Development in Education, 2022
To better align teacher learning with teachers' learning needs, teachers' sense-making of an innovation during which teachers experimented with differentiated instruction was studied during two school years. Using answers to a questionnaire, 15 teachers' sense-making processes were characterised by three types of search for meaning: assimilation,…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Individualized Instruction, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Understanding of Developing and Setting Tasks in Geography Lessons by German and Dutch Student Teachers
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Krause, Uwe; Budke, Alexandra; Maier, Veit – Education Sciences, 2021
Setting tasks plays a key role in geography lessons, as they enable students to engage with the subject content, guide lessons towards predefined learning outcomes, and are therefore important for assessment. At the same time, the use of tasks is complex as numerous aspects regarding the content and the students have to be taken into account.…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Secondary Education, Student Teachers, Student Teaching
A Study about Placement Support Using Semantic Similarity
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Katz, Marco; van Bruggen, Jan; Giesbers, Bas; Waterink, Wim; Eshuis, Jannes; Koper, Rob – Educational Technology & Society, 2014
This paper discusses Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) as a method for the assessment of prior learning. The Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) is a procedure to offer learners an individualized curriculum based on their prior experiences and knowledge. The placement decisions in this process are based on the analysis of student material by domain…
Descriptors: Semantics, Student Evaluation, Prior Learning, Individualized Instruction
Computer Managed Learning at the University Level in the Netherlands
van Hees, E. J. W. M. – Educational Technology, 1976
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction
Designing a Digital Instructional Management System To Optimize Early Education.
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Mooij, Ton – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2002
Discusses digital instructional management systems (DIMSs) and describes a pilot study conducted in two Dutch kindergartens with a prototype DIMS that included individualization and optimization, that is matching curriculum with learner characteristics. Topics include learning processes for children at risk; and future plans. (LRW)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), High Risk Students
Fremdsprachenerwerb in einer individualisierten Lernsituation. Eine Beschreibung von Lernverhalten (Foreign Language Acquisition in an Individualized Learning Situation. A Description of Learning Behavior)
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Extra, G. – ITL Review of Applied Linguistics, 1974
The introduction reviews and compares the audiolingual and cognitive code-learning methods. An experiment was conducted using audiolingual methods to show that learning behavior diverges considerably from the expectations set up by that method. Several charts and diagrams present the analyzed results. (Text is in German.) See FL 507 969 for…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Evaluation, Dutch
Process-Oriented Instruction in Learning and Thinking Strategies.
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Vermunt, Jan D. – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 1995
Shows the effects of a tutorial program for college students using process-oriented instruction. Process-oriented instruction combines domain-specific knowledge with teaching thinking strategies. Tutorials included a diagnostic learning style instrument and learning guides. Evaluation questionnaires and exam scores both indicated improved study…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Feedback