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Gavin, M. Katherine; Casa, Tutita M. – Gifted Education International, 2013
Developing mathematical talent in our students should be of primary consideration in education today as nations respond to the challenges of economic crises and ever-changing technological advances. This paper describes two U.S. federally funded curriculum projects, Project M[superscript 3], Mentoring Mathematical Minds, and Project M[superscript…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Educational Strategies, Mentors, Best Practices
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Ritch, Stephen W.; Mengel, Thomas – Journal of Leadership Education, 2009
Appropriate design and redesign of programs, responses to accreditation agencies, and internal academic legitimacy concerns are critical challenges in education in general and in leadership education in particular. "Guiding Questions: Guidelines for Leadership Education Programs (Guiding Questions)," a member initiated project sponsored…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Administrator Education, Leadership Training, Context Effect
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Comer, James P.; Emmons, Christine – Journal of Negro Education, 2006
The Yale Child Study Center School Development Program (SDP) practices an action research approach to look into obstacles to good teaching and learning in schools, and to reduce or eliminate them. A discussion on the SDP explains how the pilot, field-test and dissemination aspects of the work evolved, the intervention methods used and their…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Study Centers, Action Research, Pilot Projects
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Vasquez, Selina – Mathematics and Computer Education, 2004
M.Y. Math Project is a developmental mathematics program that is aimed at: (1) fostering fundamental and problem-solving skills in developmental mathematics students by helping them to learn when and how to create and use algorithms; and (2) providing on-the-job training for developmental mathematics instructors through an instructional framework…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Program Descriptions, Higher Education, Graduate Students
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Mehta, Yusuf; Najafi, Fazil – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2004
Flexible pavement materials exhibit complex mechanical behavior, in the sense, that they not only show stress and temperature dependency but also are sensitive to moisture conditions. This complex behavior presents a great challenge to the faculty in bringing across the level of complexity and providing the concepts needed to understand them. The…
Descriptors: Civil Engineering, Construction Materials, Mechanics (Physics), Engineering Education
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Starrfield, Susan – Michigan Community College Journal: Research & Practice, 1997
Describes the efforts of the Maricopa Mathematics Consortium, in Arizona, to develop a comprehensive mathematics curriculum focusing on application-driven materials at the precalculus level. Reviews the resulting three modules of sample course materials, and discusses three phases of field testing used to assess the modules. Summarizes results…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Consortia, Cooperative Programs, Course Evaluation
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Stewart, Arthur J.; Ryon, Michael G. – American Biology Teacher, 2003
Gill-breathing freshwater snails (Family "Pleuroceridae") are ecologically important, abundant in many streams in the United States, and easy to collect and maintain under classroom conditions. These snails can be used in classroom tests to demonstrate effects of pollutants on aquatic organisms. In more advanced classes, students can cage the…
Descriptors: Water Quality, Environmental Education, Field Tests, Earth Science
Harris, N. D. C.; Mustafa, N. – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1986
Describes a field test and results of a new didactic teaching method involving resource-based learning to teach various aspects of mathematics and science (fractions, magnetism, planets) to elementary aged hearing impaired student in Iraq. The dramatic improvements in language for learners is described and implications of the methods are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Field Tests, Hearing Impairments
Barnette, J. Jackson; And Others – 1995
Questioning and Understanding To Improve Learning and Thinking (QUILT) was designed to increase teacher use of effective classroom questioning techniques and procedures across all grade levels (K-12) and subject areas. QUILT offers faculty the opportunity to focus on the process of effective questioning for a full year and features a process for…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Field Tests, Inservice Teacher Education
Murray State Univ., KY. Center for Innovation and Development. – 1979
Conferences, retreats, workshops, and pre- and inservice training programs on the infusion method of career education for the handicapped were conducted under a project designed (1) to develop and implement a field-based instructional model which includes training of university faculty in methods of career education and (2) to encourage the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Change Strategies, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Tindall, Lloyd W.; And Others – 1980
This final report provides detailed coverage of the progress of a project to meet the need of preparing vocational teachers and curriculum specialists for delivery of effective vocational education programs to the handicapped. It begins with six quarterly reviews of project activities, the main activities being (1) training of state vocational…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Disabilities, Evaluation
Haynes, Bruce – 1980
A description is given of an exemplary program, developed by Claremont Teachers College in West Australia, that involved on-site teacher development to help introduce children in grades 1-4 to historical thinking. The College provided academic staff for the project and assisted teachers by providing advice and materials. The long term objectives…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Strategies, College Role, College School Cooperation
Kansas Univ., Lawrence. Center for Research on Learning. – 1998
This final report and associated materials describe a 3-year research and demonstration project whose purpose was to provide adult educators and adults with disabilities with validated accommodations useful in instruction and assessment. These accommodations were intended to help individuals with disabilities understand their legal rights, meet…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adults
Scanlon, James A. – 1983
A project was conducted to develop a set of curriculum materials for use in implementing an instructional strategy to teach mechanical skills in secondary level exploratory vocational agricultural programs in Arkansas. The specifics of the project were to field test and refine an empirical method for developing and implementing an instructional…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations, Behavioral Objectives, Career Exploration
Stephens, Barbara; Jacobus, Jane – 1985
A four-phase project was undertaken to expand adult basic education (ABE) program outreach to meet the needs of the underserved, rurally isolated, older residents of south and southwest Iowa. The first phase of the project consisted of an advisory committee project review, a series of ABE staff interviews of senior citizens residing in the area,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Aging (Individuals), Consumer Education