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Liang, Weijun; Fung, Dennis – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2023
This article begins with a historical overview of the STEM education policy and related classroom practices in Hong Kong. Against the backdrop that the Hong Kong education authority has been promoting STEM education over the past few years, there has been a pressing need for effective strategies of implementing STEM education in the context of…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Small Classes, Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries
Jiuquan Yang (???) – ECNU Review of Education, 2024
The transformation of China's education reform from extensive to connotative development involved a shift from characteristically exogenous and late development to endogenous and spontaneous development. The mechanism behind the shift from rationalism to universalism has resulted in tension between extension and intension in the process of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational Practices
Han, Yong; Wu, Wenjun; Liang, Yu; Zhang, Lijun – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2023
Peer grading has diverse applications in many fields, including the peer grading of open assignments in online courses. The major challenge in peer grading is improving the seriousness (reviewing carefully) of reviewers. Previous studies have proposed several incentive reward mechanisms intended to reward or punish reviewers. Although these…
Descriptors: Grading, Peer Evaluation, Online Courses, Small Classes
Arnholt, Suzanne Ruth – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2019
This article provides a suggestion for encouraging an appropriate level of participation from all students in a small class or tutorial discussion.
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Student Participation, Small Classes, Statistics
Bondebjerg, Anja; Dalgaard, Nina T.; Filges, Trine; Thomsen, Morten K.; Viinholt, Bjørn C. A. – Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2021
This is the protocol for a Campbell review. The objective of this systematic review is to uncover and synthesise data from studies to assess the impact of small class sizes on the academic achievement, socioemotional development, and well-being of students with special educational needs. Where possible, we will also investigate the extent to which…
Descriptors: Small Classes, Correlation, Academic Achievement, Students with Disabilities
Kirk, John S.; Fahlman, Bradley D. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2020
Because of COVID-19 precautions, instructors worldwide were required to introduce a variety of virtual instruction modes to complete the Spring 2020 semester. Herein we describe parallel efforts in contextualized chemistry courses at two institutions--Carthage College and Central Michigan University. These courses are primarily designed for…
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Concept Teaching, Online Courses
Dong-Qiang Lin; Yu-Cheng Chen; Xin-Yu Chen; Shan-Jing Yao – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
While process simulation tools offer immense potential in chemical engineering, effectively integrating them into the educational curriculum poses challenges. This work explored and practiced online-offline blended teaching in process simulation courses. The design of this blended course was based on a comparison of students' performances in fully…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Simulation, Courses, Teaching Methods
Jennifer D. Walker; Marla J. Lohmann; Kathleen A. Boothe; Ruby L. Owiny – Journal of Special Education Preparation, 2022
Although small teacher education preparation programs (STEPP) may struggle to implement robust program design frameworks compared to their larger preparation program peers, a collaborative design can help smaller programs with resource limitations. This collaboration can facilitate the design of effective and efficient teacher preparation programs…
Descriptors: Usability, Special Education, Teacher Education, Small Classes
Denicoló, Glenda – Physics Teacher, 2019
Learning assessment at two-year colleges is growing, but not much has been published about it yet. In general, our smaller classrooms, diverse student population, high proportion of adjunct faculty, and academic freedom in teaching methods and tools set the stage for a different approach to assessment than at four-year institutions. This is the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Evaluation Methods, Student Evaluation
Newell, Sarah – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2019
This essay explores the role of talk within the English classroom. Classroom talk (in its various forms) is not simply a method for sharing fixed systems of knowledge or information; it is the most useful mechanism for giving learners the space to develop new meanings and new ways of thinking about their surroundings. As soon as learners are…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Dialogs (Language), Adolescents, Small Classes
DeJulius, Dena C.; McLean, Lisa H. – Educational Leadership, 2019
Educators from a rural school describe the alternative program their school developed to help students who were seriously isolated, anxious, and disengaged--some of whom were falling through the cracks. These students are placed in smaller ELA, math, and science classes (usually with two teachers) so they receive more attention. They also enjoy…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Rural Schools, Nontraditional Education, At Risk Students
Goedde, Brian – Thought & Action, 2014
When you think of global, online education, the first thing that may jump to mind these days are MOOCs, the "massive open online classes" that are widely publicized (and criticized). The author states that his classes were not these, but rather, closer to what are now being called SPOCs--small private online classes. Enrollment is…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Educational Technology, Distance Education, English Language Learners
Fox, Joanne; Birol, Gülnur; Han, Andrea; Cassidy, Alice; Nakonechny, Joanne; Berger, Jim; Peacock, Simon; Samuels, Lacey – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2014
The First Year Seminar in Science (SCIE113) was developed during 2009/2010 academic year through an exemplary collaboration between faculty, administrators and educational support staff in the Faculty of Science at the University of British Columbia (UBC). SCIE113 reflects the vision and values of the Faculty of Science and UBC by offering an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, First Year Seminars, Educational Experience
Tieman, John Samuel – Schools: Studies in Education, 2011
This essay is an open letter from a classroom teacher to a concerned citizen. The letter lists a variety of problems caused largely by standardization and the more corrosive effects of positivism. Many of these problems are unknown to those outside the immediate school setting. While the letter focuses on a specific setting, an inner city school…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Standards, Urban Schools, School Districts
Oguntoyinbo, Lekan – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2010
This article discusses how historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) presidents persuade parents and students to enroll in their institutions despite the problem on accreditation and other issues. As president of Morris Brown College, a small unaccredited institution in downtown Atlanta, Dr. Stanley Pritchett knows he has a tough job…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Educational Quality, College Presidents, Enrollment