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Mullen, Betty L. – 1989
This paper reports on a pilot program called "TIPS" which was designed to promote parent involvement in mathematics lessons for grades 1-6 in Creve Coeur Elementary District 76, located in a small town on the outskirts of Peoria, Illinois. The program was begun in the first year of districtwide adoption of a new math textbook which provided parent…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Homework, Mathematical Enrichment
Development of Instructional Systems for Teaching an Electricity and Magnetism Course for Engineers.

Marr, M. J.; Thomas, E. W.; Benne, M. R.; Thomas, A.; Hume, R. M. – American Journal of Physics, 1999
Describes a study of three parts: (1) the application of a statistical technique for predicting performance; (2) a computer program for teaching basic problem-solving skills; and (3) evidence for the value of teaching with complex homework problems in an introductory physics course required for engineering majors. (Contains 42 references.)…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Diagnosis, Electricity
Brigman, S. Leellen; Leiter, Virginia G. – 1979
The quantity and type of writing demands in the undergraduate curriculum, as reported by students enrolled at the Bloomington campus of Indiana University in fall semester of 1977, are investigated. The study is based on reports of students enrolled in 27 class sections of two freshman English courses, Elementary Composition I and Introduction to…
Descriptors: Assignments, College Curriculum, College Freshmen, College Students