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Ordinary Gifted Children: The Power and Promise of Individual Attention
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Davis, Jessica Hoffmann – Teachers College Press, 2010
This is the remarkable story of the Hoffmann School for Individual Attention, where the principal believed in a diverse, challenging, and challenged group of students--with extraordinary results. With a definition of gifted that included all children, Ann Hoffmann embraced students that other schools had failed, and she helped them not just to…
Descriptors: Gifted, Caring, Learning Motivation, Inclusion
Compendium for Research in Mathematics Education
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Cai, Jinfa, Ed. – National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2017
This volume, a comprehensive survey and critical analysis of today's issues in mathematics education, distills research to build knowledge and capacity in the field. The compendium is a valuable new resource that provides the most comprehensive evidence about what is known about research in mathematics education. The 38 chapters present five…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Educational Research, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis
The Learner-Centered Classroom and School: Strategies for Increasing Student Motivation and Achievement. The Jossey-Bass Education Series.
McCombs, Barbara L.; Whisler, Jo Sue – 1997
The educational system of the future must embrace a learner-centered perspective to maximize high standards of learning, motivation, and achievement for all learners--for both students and their teachers. The learner-centered perspective begins with a focus on knowing and understanding each learner in the context of a deep understanding of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Philosophy, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education
Improving Student Learning: A Strategic Plan for Education Research and Its Utilization.
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. – 1999
The goal of this book is to increase the usefulness and relevance of research to educational practice, particularly in the area of improving student learning. It proposes and describes an experiment: the establishment of a Strategic Education Research Program (SERP). The SERP plan calls for a large-scale and sharply defined program of research,…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Improvement, Educational Practices, Educational Principles
Advances in Research and Practice in Self-Directed Learning.
Long, Huey B.; And Others – 1990
Selected papers presented in this book are: "Changing Concepts of Self-Direction in Learning" (Long); "The Transition from Learner-Control to Autodidaxy: More than Meets the Eye" (Candy); "Self-Directed Learning and the Theory of Adult Education" (Jarvis); "On the Theme and Variations of Self-Directed…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Distance Education, Educational Practices
Self-Directed Learning: Emerging Theory & Practice.
Long, Huey B.; And Others – 1989
This book contains the following collection of papers: "Self-Directed Learning: Emerging Theory and Practice" (Long); "Self-Directed Orientation toward Learning: A Learning Style" (Bonham); "Self-Direction and Problem Solving: Theory and Method" (Peters); "Facilitating Self-Directed Learning: Not a Contradiction…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Cognitive Style
Lifelong Learning in Action: Transforming Education in the 21st Century.
Longworth, Norman – 2003
This book presents key concepts in lifelong learning and case studies illustrating the impact of lifelong learning on schools throughout the world. The following are among the topics discussed in the book's 22 chapters: (1) the principle that learning is for the people; (2) educational decision making; (3) learning ownership and motivation; (4)…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Case Studies, Continuing Education, Delivery Systems