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Direct linkRuder, Suzanne M.; Stanford, Courtney – Journal of Chemical Education, 2020
Active learning environments are ideal settings to help students develop process skills such as teamwork, critical thinking, and problem solving. However, implementing active learning pedagogies where students have the opportunity to develop these skills can be challenging in large enrollment courses. With the assistance of undergraduate teaching…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Teaching Assistants, Skill Development, Large Group Instruction
Hume, Donald – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2018
This article describes a progressive methodology for teaching the tennis serve to large groups with a focus on optimizing practice opportunities and providing individual feedback to players. Specifically, it delineates teaching the serve to 24 players on two courts. The methodology can be adapted for more players and/or more courts as appropriate,…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Teaching Methods, Racquet Sports, Large Group Instruction
Download full textSilveira-Zaldivar, Tracey; Özerk, Gül; Özerk, Kamil – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2021
Social development is one of the most critical developmental areas for human beings. Deficits in social skills may negatively impact several essential domains including academic achievement, interpersonal relationships, behavior, mental health, and adult life outcome. Individuals with autism present with core deficits in social skills. Without…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Skill Development, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Donoghue, Thomas; Voytek, Bradley; Ellis, Shannon E. – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2021
Nolan and Temple Lang's "Computing in the Statistics Curricula" (2010) advocated for a shift in statistical education to broadly include computing. In the time since, individuals with training in both computing and statistics have become increasingly employable in the burgeoning data science field. In response, universities have…
Descriptors: Statistics Education, Teaching Methods, Computation, Curriculum Design
Round-Robin Presentations: Increasing Opportunities for Public Speaking in Large Lectures and Beyond
Berkelaar, Brenda L.; O'Connor, Erin A.; Schneider, Claire M. – Communication Teacher, 2019
Courses: Large-lecture; public speaking, business, professional, and technical communication; sales and marketing courses; courses with team-based projects. Objectives: To provide opportunities to develop public speaking skills, especially in large-lecture courses; to improve public speaking endurance; to improve students' abilities to give…
Descriptors: Public Speaking, Communication Skills, Skill Development, Large Group Instruction
Rice, Jennifer – ORTESOL Journal, 2018
After spending several years investigating the needs of non-native English speakers in undergraduate courses at a large public university, it became apparent to Jenifer Rice that one of the main challenges facing these students is speaking up during large lecture classes. In such classes, two specific speaking skills students need are (1) asking…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, English Language Learners, Skill Development, Reaction Time
Sabanayagam, Kalyani; Dani, Vivek D.; John, Matthew; Restivo, Wanda; Mikhaylichenko, Svetlana; Dalili, Shadi – Journal of Chemical Education, 2017
This paper describes the successful adaptation of certain components of peer-led team learning (PLTL) as well as service learning principles into our initiative: lab skills seminars (LSS). These seminars were organized for large, second year organic chemistry laboratory courses. Prior to LSS, the only help available for students was traditional…
Descriptors: Science Education, Peer Teaching, Teamwork, Organic Chemistry
Schickedanz, Judith A.; Marchant, Catherine – Harvard Education Press, 2018
"Inside PreK Classrooms" provides school leaders with much-needed guidance and knowledge to ensure quality instruction for their youngest students. Based on their extensive experience working with children and educators, the authors bring readers inside real classrooms, where teachers are grappling with the "big ideas" that lie…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Educational Quality, Instructional Effectiveness, Preschool Children
Reznitskaya, Alina; Wilkinson, Ian A. G. – Harvard Education Press, 2017
"The Most Reasonable Answer" is an innovative and comprehensive guide to engaging students in inquiry dialogue--a type of talk used in text-based classroom discussions. During inquiry dialogue, students collectively search for the most reasonable answers to big, controversial questions, and, as a result, enhance their argumentation…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Classroom Communication, Critical Reading, Critical Thinking
Van Velsor, Patricia – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2017
The ability to collaborate effectively with others is necessary for adult success in social relationships and work settings. Research findings suggest that it is also important for children to learn the skills involved in collaboration, because children who are able to work effectively with others have better school and social outcomes. This…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Children, Skill Development, Small Group Instruction
Gilpin, Ansley; Mennen, Ferol; Pakulak, Eric; Sommer, Teresa Eckrich; Dwyer, Kathleen M.; Cannon, Erin; Bell, Theodore; Boxmeyer, Caroline; Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay; Chor, Elise; DeCaro, Jason; Dela Cruz, Kenn Lacsamana; Giuliano, Ryan; Gomsrud, Melissa; Karns, Christina; Klein, Scott; Lochman, John; Longoria, Zayra; Molina, Abigail Palmer; Monro, William; Neville, Helen; O'Neil, Lauren; Reynolds, Mary Margaret; Sabol, Terri J.; Sclafani, Marisa; Tighe, Lauren A. – Administration for Children & Families, 2020
This brief introduces four research projects testing promising interventions funded under the Head Start University Partnerships (HSUP): Dual-Generation Approaches1 grant program. Two-generation approaches are typically designed to address problems associated with poverty by combining child-focused services with adult-focused services. Head Start…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Education, Early Intervention, Childhood Needs
Fraser, Kym; Ryan, Yoni – Australian Universities' Review, 2013
From 2015, Australian universities will be required to demonstrate that their programmes explicitly teach and assess achievement of, knowledge and skills, and the application of both as specified by the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF). Over the last twenty years, the sector has applied significant effort and resources to embedding the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Courses, Large Group Instruction, Class Size
Boak, George – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2011
This paper is based on the experience of incorporating action learning within a Master's degree programme over a period of 14 years. The MA in Leading Innovation and Change was launched in 1995. It was first developed, and subsequently delivered, by a small group of staff working collaboratively across organisational boundaries. It is currently…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Masters Degrees, Innovation, Administrator Education
Sansosti, Frank J. – Psychology in the Schools, 2010
The quintessential characteristic of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is having difficulty with basic social interactions. Due to the pervasiveness of their social skills difficulties, it is necessary that supports for increasing social skills of children with ASD are included as part of the educational plan within schools. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Autism, Social Development, Skill Development, Interpersonal Competence
Guskey, Thomas R. – Educational Leadership, 2010
Schools are frequently inundated with demands to implement new instructional interventions and teaching methods that are not yet backed up by a solid body of research. Fortunately, many of these innovations include elements of more established strategies for which evidence of positive effects does exist. Guskey describes the core elements of one…
Descriptors: Mastery Learning, Teaching Methods, Response to Intervention, Feedback (Response)
