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Muller, Eve – Project Forum, 2011
The purpose of this document is to provide a brief overview of how links are being developed between the rapidly expanding field of neuroscience and the practice of special education. The first part of the document introduces definitions and terminology, provides an overview of how findings from neuroscience are being applied to the field of…
Descriptors: Colleges, Disabilities, Special Education, Higher Education
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Cook, John; Pachler, Norbert – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
Social and mobile technologies offer users unprecedented opportunities for communicating, interacting, sharing, meaning-making, content and context generation. And, these affordances are in constant flux driven by a powerful interplay between technological innovation and emerging cultural practices. Significantly, also, they are starting to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Handheld Devices, Workplace Learning, Education Work Relationship
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An, Heejung – Innovate: Journal of Online Education, 2007
Heejung An describes the pedagogical framework underpinning the design of an interactive Web-based HTML coding tutorial geared for novice learners attending a technical college. The author discusses the ways in which the tutorial was designed to support the learners' initial stages of cognitive skill acquisition. Of primary interest are the three…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Technical Institutes, Formative Evaluation, Exhibits
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Arredondo, Daisy E.; Marzano, Robert J. – Educational Leadership, 1986
Walla Walla Schools (Washington) designed a demonstration project using the Marzano thinking skills model, which emphasizes learning preparation, content thinking, and basic reasoning skills. Placing selected thinking skills within specific curriculum areas and grade levels proved so successful that teachers then collaborated on a content-free…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Innovation
Candy, Philip C. – 1981
A pilot study into adult learners' perceptions of adult learning was undertaken in early 1980 at Adelaide College of the Arts and Education (Australia). The research set out to explore whether there are underlying dimensions which adult learners use in evaluating and comparing learning experiences. Five volunteer subjects completed Kolb's Learning…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Cognitive Processes, Educational Environment
Chomsky, Carol; And Others – 1985
The Scientific Theory and Method Project (STAMPS) is concerned with students' understanding of two areas of science in secondary schools. One is understanding what a scientific theory is, and the other is understanding the methods used in conducting scientific research. In the science curriculum these topics are often described as the process of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Berninger, Virginia Wise – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1986
Describes two microcomputer-assisted adaptations of traditional methods of teaching word recognition (alphabet-spelling method) and phonics (sound-symbol method) which are designed for use with students who have severe physical and communication handicaps, language disabilities, or fine motor problems. A clinical protocol is outlined for…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software