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Alexander, David, Ed.; And Others – Council for Research in Music Education Bulletin, 1987
Intended as a memorial to Robert G. Sidnell, this special issue contains articles about areas of music education which he promoted. In "The Dimensions of Research in Music Education," Sidnell concluded that music education research encompasses all humanistic disciplines as well as the behavioral and social sciences. James Carlsen, in…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Higher Education, Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Steiner, Robert L., Ed. – Investigations in Science Education, 1980
Presented are analytical abstracts, prepared by science educators, of nine articles which report research in the areas of cognitive development, learning, instruction, and scientific literacy. Each abstract contains bibliographical data, research design and procedure, purpose, research rationale, and the abstractor's critical analysis of the…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Cognitive Development, Educational Research, Instruction
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Perret-Clermont, Anne-Nelly, Ed.; Schubauer-Leoni, Maria-Luisa, Ed. – International Journal of Educational Research, 1989
Eight papers are presented that illustrate the important impact of social factors in learning and the development of thinking. Some contributions focus on the modalities of teaching and learning and others are concerned with possible new ways of showing how learning is regarded by different social groups. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Berger, Jennie; Lombardi, Alice – 1978
A comprehensive mathematics program for grade 2 is presented in 58 units. These units are organized around four central themes: (1) number and numeration; (2) operations with numbers; (3) geometry and measurement; and (4) graphs, problem solving, and probability. A spiral approach is used with various topics being indexed as to unit and page.…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Berger, Jennie; Lombardi, Alice D. – 1978
A comprehensive mathematics program for grade 3 is presented in 66 units. These units are organized around four central themes: (1) number and numeration; (2) operations with numbers; (3) geometry and measurement; and (4) algebraic concepts, graphs, probability, statistics, and problem-solving. A spiral approach is used with various topics being…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Somers, Robert L. – Review of Research in Developmental Education, 1988
The concept of andragogy is posited on four key assumptions about adult learners that distinguish them from child learners and that thus abrogate the premises upon which traditional pedagogy is based. In traditional pedagogy, the role of the learner is one of dependency. Andragogy, on the other hand, recognizes the deep psychological need of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Andragogy
Marashio, Paul, Ed. – Pedagogy Journal, 1998
This annual serial volume contains 13 articles offering practical pedagogical ideas from faculty at New Hampshire Technical Colleges. After a brief preface, the following articles are presented: (1) "Variety Is the Spice of Learning," by Sandra Cole; (2) "Separating the Wheat from the Chaff at the Annual Conference," by Diana…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Higher Education, Instruction