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Download full textSmithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access (Smithsonian Learning Lab), 2017
Launched in June 2016, the Smithsonian Learning Lab (SLL) provides access to the digital resources from across the Smithsonian's 19 museums, 9 major research centers, and the National Zoo, to be used as real-world learning experiences. It is designed to aid students in building lasting knowledge and critical skills that take learners from simply…
Descriptors: Learning Laboratories, Educational Technology, Social Media, Electronic Learning
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Direct linkParisi, Hope; Graziano-King, Janine – Community College Enterprise, 2011
Bringing together two evidence-based "best practices" in developmental education--learning communities and tutoring--seems natural, especially given that they share collaborative learning as a common pedagogical approach. And yet doing so raised questions around the role of the tutor in learning communities. In this article, a faculty development…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Cooperative Learning, Faculty Development, Best Practices
Kiper, James D.; Bishop-Clark, Cathy – 1994
Computer science and other computer related fields are faced with the high velocity of change in technology. Far more important than the knowledge of a particular software package is the liberal education skills that are learned in the process. This paper reviews the laboratory component of a new computer science course offered at Miami University…
Descriptors: Change, Computer Literacy, Computer Science, Cooperative Learning
Fago, George C. – 1995
Based on the assumption that a hands-on approach would enable students to better grasp the usefulness of concepts presented, a course and laboratory component in non-experimental research methodology, statistics, and computer applications for beginning students was implemented at Ursinus College, in Pennsylvania. The course meets 3 hours a week…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Freshmen, Computer Uses in Education, Concept Formation
Bombaugh, Ruth; Jefferys, Lynn – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2006
In this article, the authors demonstrate how a simple math lab incorporating monthly height measurements can address multiple science and mathematics standards such as collecting, organizing, and describing data in context; drawing conclusions; and making hypotheses from these data. Although the yearlong math lab can be accomplished in either the…
Descriptors: Science Education, Mathematics Instruction, Data Collection, Academic Standards
Bennett-Cumming, Russell J. – 1993
An Evergreen State College (WA) community outreach program was designed to serve the dual purposes of providing (1) needed English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction to Hispanic community members, and (2) teaching experience for students in a master's program in education. An ESL laboratory was established, about 25 undergraduate and graduate…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Higher Education
