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Fitzgerald, Carlton J., Ed.; Laurian-Fitzgerald, Simona, Ed.; Popa, Carmen, Ed. – IGI Global, 2018
As traditional classroom settings are transitioning to online environments, teachers now face the challenge of using this medium to promote effective learning strategies, especially when teaching older age groups. Because adult learners bring a different set of understandings and skills to education than younger students, such as more job and life…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Learning Strategies, Adult Learning, Adult Education
Silver, Edward A., Ed.; Kenney, Patricia Ann, Ed. – National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2015
This book's 28 chapters are adapted and updated from articles published in NCTM's "Journal for Research in Mathematics Education" between 2000 and 2010. The authors have rewritten and revised their work to make it clear, understandable, and--most of all--useful for mathematics teachers today. To help teachers even more, these articles…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Mathematics Education, Educational Research, Common Core State Standards
Pelet, Jean-Eric, Ed. – IGI Global, 2014
Once considered the traditional approach to education, brick and mortar institutions are no longer the norm due to e-learning technologies. Populations are turning into ubiquitous human beings, and educational practices are reflecting this change. "E-Learning 2.0 Technologies and Web Applications in Higher Education" compiles the latest…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Web 2.0 Technologies, Knowledge Management, Educational Innovation
Allsagoff, Lubna, Ed.; McKay, Sandra Lee, Ed.; Hu, Guangwei, Ed.; Renandya, Willy A., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
What general principles should inform a socioculturally sensitive pedagogy for teaching English as an International Language and what practices would be consistent with these principles? This text explores the pedagogical implications of the continuing spread of English and its role as an international language, highlighting the importance of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Critical Reading, Applied Linguistics, Learning Strategies
Mezirow, Jack, Ed. – 2000
Stemming from a 1998 Columbia University conference on transformative learning, this 3-part book contains 12 articles that examine the concept of how adults learn to change ("transform") their frames of reference. The following are included in Part One: Developing Concepts of Transformative Learning: "Learning To Think Like an Adult: Core Concepts…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, Learning Strategies
Burns, Mary; Dimock, K. Victoria – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2007
This book tells the story of how three disparate schools handle the many challenges of integrating technology into their classrooms. Teachers and administrators alike will share familiar feelings as they watch the professional learning communities progress toward the change that makes an enormous difference in how they teach and learn from each…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Technology, Teacher Leadership
Jennings, Nancy E. – 1996
In 1985, the Michigan State Board of Education revised state policy for reading instruction. The old definition of reading instruction concentrated on skills; the new one highlighted both the readers' role in constructing the meaning of text and the impact of reading experience on readers' textual interpretations. The new ideas for reading…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Development, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Policy
Marzano, Robert J. – 1991
This book draws on recent theory and research to suggest ways teachers (grades K-12) can raise the levels of thinking involved in classroom activities and give students practice in higher mental operations. Taking the position that helping students understand their own mental processes also helps them function at higher levels in the English…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
Readence, John E.; Bean, Thomas W.; Baldwin, R. Scott – 1998
The sixth edition of this book presents preservice and inservice teachers with theory and related teaching strategies designed to assist middle and secondary students in reading and learning from their textbooks, and this edition seeks to integrate the current state of the art with some personal ideas. It includes a CD-ROM Digital Supplement which…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, Evaluation Methods
Joyce, Bruce R.; Calhoun, Emily F. – 1996
This is an introduction to some of the teaching models that have been developed and studied through modern educational research. Some models are designed to accomplish specific objectives, such as teaching students to form and attain concepts; some have generic applications that adapt to a range of learning styles and curriculum areas.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Curriculum Design, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Humphrey, James H. – 1994
This book addresses modern supervision in school health education in terms of improving the teacher/student learning medium. An introductory chapter provides an overview of the scope and function of the entire school health program. Chapter 2 is concerned with the meaning of supervision along with philosophy and principles. Organization of health…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Education, Learning Strategies
Rallis, Sharon F.; And Others – 1995
This book examines the emerging roles of teachers whose classrooms reflect a rapidly changing society. Teachers are seen as needing to: be expert in both content and pedagogy; be committed to professional behavior; facilitate conditions for student learning; challenge students' thinking through appropriate questioning strategies; extend the…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Educational Change
Winter, Richard; Maisch, Maire – 1996
This book describes the ASSET (Accreditation for Social Services Experience and Training) Program, a British program which addresses the need for effective education and development of social workers and a model variant of ASSET used to train engineers. The work draws on three different traditions: the principles of National Vocational…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Design, Engineering, Foreign Countries
Zuber-Skerritt, Ortrun – 1992
This book presents a series of case studies in higher education which demonstrate how teams of academics have improved their practice, skill and conditions of learning and teaching through "action research." Action research is defined as collaborative critical enquiry by academics themselves into their own teaching practice, into problems of…
Descriptors: Action Research, College Faculty, College Instruction, Curriculum Development
Ben-Hur, Meir, Ed. – 1994
On the premise that all children can learn, Reuven Feuerstein developed a classroom curriculum designed to build the cognitive functions of students diagnosed by others as incapable of learning. His program, Instrumental Enrichment (IE), provides students with the concepts, skills, strategies, operations, and techniques necessary to become…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Educational Improvement
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