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Arnone, Marilyn P. – 2003
Curiosity is a heightened state of interest resulting in exploration, and its importance in motivating scholarship cannot be ignored. It is also a critical component of creativity, and fostering curiosity and creativity in today's learners is a challenge faced by educators and instructional designers alike. Following a background on the definition…
Descriptors: Curiosity, Educational Planning, Individualized Instruction, Instructional Design
Leloup, Jean; Ponterio, Robert – 1998
This digest provides a basic introduction to the national standards in foreign language learning, essentially a set of content standards that define what students should know and be able to do in foreign language instruction in a K-12 sequence. First, background on the development of the standards is provided, and a description of the standards'…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Curriculum Design, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Hinchliffe, Lisa Janicke – 1996
This digest provides examples of projects which can be used in the early childhood education (ECE) and child development classrooms to introduce students to Internet resources. The first section of the digest suggests guides that teacher educators can use to design Internet training sessions and to locate resources of interest to adults working…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Education Majors, Electronic Mail, Information Services
Short, Deborah J.; Echevarria, Jana – 1999
The project described in this digest was designed with the belief that teacher professional growth can best be fostered through sustained collaborative inquiry between teachers and researchers. It set out to incorporate what is known about quality professional development with the special features necessary for meeting the needs of English…
Descriptors: Cooperation, English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods, Lesson Plans