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Direct linkThomson, Sue – Australian Council for Educational Research, 2015
Young people face financial issues at an earlier age than their parents. Decisions about higher education, the need to be able to manage online payment facilities or even mobile phone plans require a level of financial literacy. PISA 2012 offered an opportunity to collect information about the financial literacy of Australian 15-year-old students,…
Descriptors: Literacy, Adolescent Development, Adolescent Attitudes, Comparative Analysis
Cohen, Marisa T. – College Student Journal, 2012
The ability to self-regulate is important for students at any level, but is especially valuable to those in college, as they are confronted with a great deal of material in a short span of time. Some studies demonstrate that college students are effective self-regulators, while other studies indicate they are not (Peverly, Brobst, Graham, & Shaw,…
Descriptors: College Students, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies, Self Management
Albina, Genie – Educational Leadership, 2012
A former Teach for America recruit who completed her training in a university-based program compares the two approaches to teacher preparation. In Teach for America, she learned how to design units and prepare lesson plans; in her university-based program, she had the time to learn from master teachers and build valuable skills, then practice…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Teaching Experience, Alternative Teacher Certification, Intermode Differences
Download full textConley, David T.; Drummond, Kathryn V.; de Gonzalez, Alicia; Seburn, Mary; Stout, Odile; Rooseboom, Jennifer – Educational Policy Improvement Center (NJ1), 2011
In June 2010, the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Offices (CCSSO) released the Common Core State Standards. The stated aim of the Common Core standards is to define the knowledge and skills students should achieve in order to graduate from high school ready to succeed in a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Policy, State Standards, Best Practices
Bucklin, Barbara R.; Dickinson, Alyce M.; Brethower, Dale M. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2000
Compared the effects of fluency training, a component of precision teaching, versus training to accuracy on the acquisition and retention of a composite skill. Results show that for skilled adult learners, fluency training can aid the acquisition and retention for both the component and composite skills. (Contains 52 references.) (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Comparative Analysis, Precision Teaching, Retention (Psychology)
Peer reviewedHall, Wendy; Layman, J. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1989
Discusses the state of desktop publishing (DTP) in education today and describes the weaknesses of the systems available for use in the classroom. Highlights include document design and layout; text composition; graphics; word processing capabilities; a comparison of commercial and educational DTP packages; and skills required for DTP. (four…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Software
Carroll, James B.; Morrell, Patricia D. – Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 2006
Technology skills and attitudes were compared between 51 school of education faculty members and 378 student teachers in teacher education programs in six Northwest liberal arts colleges. Few significant differences were found between the groups. In general, faculty members had higher levels of knowledge of a greater number of technology-based…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Knowledge Level, Educational Technology, Liberal Arts
