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Wright, Mary C. – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023
Centers for Teaching and Learning (CTLs) are important change agents on campus with strategies that are unique and impactful--but sometimes unarticulated or misaligned. In this wide-ranging book, Mary C. Wright maps the landscape of 1,200+ CTLs in the United States through a unique approach: by conducting complex web searches to identify and…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Educational Strategies, Online Searching, Classification
National Education Association, Washington, DC. – 1975
The pamphlet offers an overview of the position of the educable mentally handicapped (EMH) student in secondary schools in discussions of the classification of EMH pupils, social attitudes, learning processes, and educational needs. Definitions (current and historic) and causes of MH are canvassed briefly. Historical, cultural, and current…
Descriptors: Classification, Educational Needs, Exceptional Child Education, Learning Processes
Dart, Barry; Boulton-Lewis, Gillian – 1998
The 11 chapters in this book, each contributed by a different author, are organized around the "3P model" of learning at the college level developed by John Biggs, which allows teachers to monitor and modify their teaching in light of students' learning. The 3P model includes presage (student and situational variables), process (how…
Descriptors: Action Research, Classification, College Instruction, College Outcomes Assessment
Adelman, Howard S. – 1973
Defined are categories of learning disabilities (LD) that can be remediated in regular public school classes, and offered are remedial approaches. Stressed in four studies is the heterogeneity of LD problems. Suggested is grouping LD children into three categories: no disorder (problem is from the learning environment); minor disorder (problem is…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Case Studies, Children, Classification
Gopnik, Alison; Meltzoff, Andrew N. – 1997
This book articulates and defends the "theory theory" of cognitive and semantic development: the idea that very young children just beginning to talk are engaged in profound restructurings of several domains of their knowledge. These restructurings are analogous to theory changes. The children's early semantic development is closely tied…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Child Development, Children, Classification
Taylor, Anne P.; Vlastos, George – 1975
Architectural solutions to some educational problems are explored and a systematic method is presented for designing schools as learning environments for children. Classroom environments and outdoor play areas are considered as functional art forms and seen as three-dimensional textbooks. The book demonstrates a way of using curriculum as a design…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Classroom Furniture, Creative Thinking, Design Requirements