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Leslie, Gail, Ed. – National Information Clearinghouse on Children Who Are Deaf-Blind, 2006
This publication presents several projects that support children who are deaf-blind. These projects are: (1) Learning To Learn; (2) Project SALUTE; (3) Project SPARKLE; (4) Bringing It All Back Home; (5) Project PRIIDE; and (6) Including Students With Deafblindness In Large Scale Assessment Systems. Each project lists components, key practices,…
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Children, Programs, Skill Development
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
Nicastro, Mary L. – 1991
This study sought to develop theoretical propositions for the institutional, course, instructor, and student characteristics of the learning environment where interactive learning techniques are used in college-level business courses. Using an interpretive case study method with examination of documents, observations of instructors and students,…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Case Studies, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment
Maricopa County Community Coll. District, Tempe, AZ. Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction. – 1997
The Maricopa Community College District (MCCD) intends this document to serve as a starting point for focusing on the following major themes: (1) dialogue about learning, given that changes are occurring in and around the learning process; (2) a common understanding of learning as a complex process on order to provide a framework for dialogue; and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Role, Community Colleges, Culture
Scanlan, David – Engineering Education, 1988
Notes that almost all computer engineering textbooks present algorithms using only verbal methods. Poses that engineering students' ability to handle graphic representation is crucial yet information is presented verbally. Summarizes the results of 12 replications on learner preference for graphic or verbal algorithmic techniques. (MVL)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Cognitive Processes, College Science, Curriculum Design
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Reynolds, Jim; Morra, Thomas – Inquiry, 2001
Describes a Northern Virginia Community College online course that was designed to assist students in learning about the structure of knowledge and the steps in the learning process. Asserts that the ability to understand, control, and direct one's own learning is essential to becoming an effective lifelong learner. Contains 16 references. (NB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Community Colleges, Distance Education, Learning