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Russell, L. Roxanne; Cuevas, Joshua – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2014
This design case follows an ongoing collaboration between an instructional technologist and a high school literature teacher promoting reading comprehension through modules that provide visually interesting display of text on a computer screen along with cognitive tools. The modules were found to boost comprehension of specific content in even one…
Descriptors: English Teachers, High Schools, Secondary School Teachers, Reading Comprehension
Onion, Alice – Mathematics Teaching, 2011
One may have heard of Bowland maths and will know something of the "case studies" that were published in 2008. These are substantial mathematics projects, taking five hours, or more, to complete. Most are set in real or realistic contexts, like "designing a smoothy"--Product Wars, or "devising plans to improve road safety"--Reducing Road…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Mathematics Curriculum, Case Studies, Curriculum Development
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Motz, Benjamin A.; James, Karin H.; Busey, Thomas A. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2012
Despite a profusion of popular misinformation about the left brain and right brain, there are functional differences between the left and right cerebral hemispheres in humans. Evidence from split-brain patients, individuals with unilateral brain damage, and neuroimaging studies suggest that each hemisphere may be specialized for certain cognitive…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Neurology, Brain, Visual Stimuli