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Measuring Opportunity to Learn and Achievement Growth: Key Research Issues with Implications for the Effective Education of All Students
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Elliott, Stephen N. – Remedial and Special Education, 2015
The related constructs of opportunity to learn (OTL) and achievement growth are fundamental aspects of the current large-scale assessment and accountability system in operation in the United States. For purposes of this article, OTL is defined as the degree to which a teacher dedicates instructional time and content coverage to the intended…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Measurement Techniques, Research Needs
Level of Student Effort Should Replace Contact Time in Course Design
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McDaniel, Elizabeth A. – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2011
The academic credit hour, developed over 100 years ago, does not accommodate online and other instructional innovations. The academic credit hour is an Industrial Age metric based on seat-time, or contact time that faculty and students spend together in a classroom. Online education does not require that students and faculty be in the same place…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Course Content, Conventional Instruction, Measurement Techniques
A Visualization Tool for Managing and Studying Online Communications
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Gibbs, William J.; Olexa, Vladimir; Bernas, Ronan S. – Educational Technology & Society, 2006
Most colleges and universities have adopted course management systems (e.g., Blackboard, WebCT). Worldwide faculty and students use them for class communications and discussions. The discussion tools provided by course management systems, while powerful, often do not offer adequate capabilities to appraise communication patterns, online behaviors,…
Descriptors: Course Content, Management Systems, Web Based Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication
Increasing Teacher Classroom Management Competence.
Weber, Wilford A. – 1983
This three-section paper describes a course for teachers on classroom management, offered at the University of Houston (Texas). The first section describes the course's analytic-pluralistic approach to classroom management. The four-stage process is outlined, in which the teacher: (1) specifies classroom conditions desirable to foster student…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Education Courses, Higher Education
Do Our Engineering Students Spend Enough Time Studying?
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Kolari, S.; Savander-Ranne, C.; Viskari, E.-L. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2006
In higher education one of the most important learning goals is deep understanding. Achieving this goal needs time and effort. The authors discuss their observations of student time use on the basis of several case studies which they have conducted in the field of engineering education in Finland. The time that the students spend studying is…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Engineering, Foreign Countries, Time Management
Web-based Learning Environments Guided by Principles of Good Teaching Practice.
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Chizmar, John F.; Walbert, Mark S. – Journal of Economic Education, 1999
Describes the preparation and execution of a statistics course, an undergraduate econometrics course, and a microeconomic theory course that all utilize Internet technology. Reviews seven principles of teaching practice in order to demonstrate how to enhance the quality of student learning using Web technologies. Includes reactions by Steve Hurd…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Computer Uses in Education, Course Content, Economics Education