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Neuwirth, Lorenz S.; Jovic, Svetlana; Mukherji, B. Runi – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2021
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has required faculty and students to adapt to an unprecedented challenge and rapidly transition from traditional face-to-face instruction to distance learning formats through virtual classrooms. While most campuses trained faculty to ensure quality and maintenance of the curriculum through virtual classrooms,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Change
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Tomlinson, Carol Ann – Educational Leadership, 2008
Noted educator Carol Ann Tomlinson shares the insights that shaped her thinking about informative assessment. Informative assessment goes beyond tests and the grade book. It means assessing students both formally and informally in multiple ways and giving frequent, productive feedback on student work. Informative assessment isn't separate from…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Student Interests, Feedback (Response), Teacher Student Relationship
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Bullard, Lisa G.; Felder, Richard M. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2007
This two-part series describes the structure of the stoichiometry course at North Carolina State University. The course had a variety of learning objectives, and several nontraditional pedagogies were used in the course delivery. This first paper outlines the course structure and policies, the preparation given to the teaching assistants who…
Descriptors: Course Organization, Stoichiometry, Educational Objectives, Barriers
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Bullard, Lisa G.; Felder, Richard M. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2007
This two-part series describes the structure of the stoichiometry course at North Carolina State University. The course had a variety of learning objectives, and several nontraditional pedagogies were used in the course delivery. The first paper outlined the course structure and policies, the preparation given to the teaching assistants who played…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Organization, Stoichiometry, Educational Objectives
Watson, Anne – Open University Press, 2006
This book brings together research and professional knowledge to enhance the teaching of lower attaining students in secondary mathematics. Attainment in mathematics is an important social issue, since underachievement can make a difference to future life choices, particularly amongst certain groups of students. This book shows how well-meant…
Descriptors: Low Achievement, Teaching Methods, Teacher Attitudes, Academic Ability
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Gehrke, Rebecca Swanson – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2005
Today, one out of four American children attends school in an urban district; one out of every six American children lives in poverty; and, in urban schools where most of the students are poor, two-thirds or more of the children fail to reach even the "basic" level of achievement on national tests. Urban schools are where most states…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Schools, Teacher Expectations of Students, Educational Change, Poverty