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Peer reviewedHacker, R. G.; Carter, D. S. G. – British Educational Research Journal, 1987
Describes a study of teaching styles in 40 secondary social studies classrooms. Identifies three approaches to social studies teaching; the "social scientist" (pupil oriented), the "knowledge transmitter" (teacher oriented), and the "social inquirer" (pupil oriented toward personal development). Concludes that…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries, Instructional Design, Research Reports
Peer reviewedNaidu, Som; Bernard, Robert M. – Distance Education, 1992
Investigates the effectiveness of inserted questions and concept mapping for enhancing academic performance. The study sample was composed of 141 nursing students enrolled in a 20-week distance education course. Subjects who completed concept mapping exercises outperformed those using inserted questions or a combination of the two instructional…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Concept Mapping
Peer reviewedHood, B. James – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1991
Reported is an approach to teaching the use of Macintosh computers to sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students within the context of a simplified model of scientific research including proposal, data collection and analyses, and presentation of findings. Word processing, graphing, statistical, painting, and poster software were sequentially…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation, Courseware, Educational Strategies
