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Galit Nagari-Haddif; Ronnie Karsenty; Abraham Arcavi – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2025
Planning lessons and in-the-moment improvising during enactment of the plan are two central activities inherent to the practice of teaching. To what extent are these pursuits conflicting or inconsistent? What are the characteristics of improvisation during teaching and what are teachers' possible stances on it? We discuss these questions based on…
Descriptors: Lesson Plans, Planning, Teaching Methods, Creative Activities
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Barker, Marianne – Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquée, 2021
The Canadian government implemented the Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) program to help immigrants integrate into Canada. However, research indicates that the LINC program fails to achieve its integrative goals. Using Fairclough's analytical concepts of genre, discourse and style, this article closely examines a unit of LINC…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Lesson Plans, Social Integration, English (Second Language)
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Elrod, Rachael – Education Libraries, 2016
Opportunities to utilize 3D printing in the K-12 classroom are growing every day. This paper describes the process of implementing a 3D printing service in the Education Library of The University of Florida, Gainesville, a large, doctoral-degree granting, research university. Included are examples of lesson plans featuring 3D printing, creation of…
Descriptors: Printing, Academic Libraries, Program Implementation, Computer Peripherals
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Reinicke, Bryan; Baker, Elizabeth; Toothman, Callie – Information Systems Education Journal, 2018
Professors teaching cyber security classes often face challenges when developing workshops for their students: How does one quickly and efficiently configure and deploy an operating system for a temporary learning/testing environment? Faculty teaching these classes spend countless hours installing, configuring and deploying multiple system…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Information Security, Computer Simulation, Workshops
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Grimsaeth, Gerd; Hallås, Bjørg Oddrun – Policy Futures in Education, 2016
The lesson study (LS) model, which originated in Japan, has become popular all over the world. This article will highlight some of the challenges encountered when the LS model was picked up and introduced in a local school context in a Norwegian municipality. The article views this process in the light of research on LS-model transfer into local…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Local Norms, Lesson Plans, Teaching Methods
Best, Jane; Cohen, Courtney – Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL), 2013
This policy brief outlines the Common Core implementation plans for 15 states, including the professional development and resources/tools--such as instructional materials, toolkits, frameworks, crosswalks, and curriculum guides--that each state is providing. The authors suggest that supplemental resources like McREL's Common Core…
Descriptors: State Standards, Academic Standards, Educational Objectives, Instructional Materials
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Hunt, Kathleen P.; Krakow, Melinda M. – Journal of Effective Teaching, 2015
Lauded as a rewarding pedagogical approach, community-engagement can be time-consuming, resource-intensive, and difficult for instructors to manage for effective student learning outcomes. Collaborative teaching can allow instructors working in the same classroom to draw from each others' expertise and share resources. In this essay, we propose a…
Descriptors: Food, Food Standards, Teacher Collaboration, School Community Programs
Orr, Aline – Online Submission, 2015
This report summarizes highlights from the Austin Independent School District Dual Language Program rubric classroom observations conducted in October 2015. Observers rated several aspects of program implementation according to the rubric and provided comments about classroom practices observed.
Descriptors: English Language Learners, School Districts, Scoring Rubrics, Program Implementation
Relles, Stefani R.; Tierney, William G. – Pullias Center for Higher Education, 2014
Students who graduate from high school who are college-ready are more likely to graduate than those who are not college-ready. The need for remediation on college campuses burdens both students and institutions with financial and opportunity costs that at best delay, and at worst impede graduation rates. At a time when workforce preparation skills…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, College Readiness, College Bound Students, Low Income Groups
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Hall, William J.; Zeveloff, Abigail; Steckler, Allan; Schneider, Margaret; Thompson, Deborah; Pham, Trang; Volpe, Stella L.; Hindes, Katie; Sleigh, Adriana; McMurray, Robert G. – Health Education Research, 2012
Process evaluation is an assessment of the implementation of an intervention. A process evaluation component was embedded in the HEALTHY study, a primary prevention trial for Type 2 diabetes implemented over 3 years in 21 middle schools across the United States. The HEALTHY physical education (PE) intervention aimed at maximizing student…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Classroom Techniques, Physical Education, Middle Schools
Lynch, Sarah; Styles, Ben; Poet, Helen; White, Richard; Bradshaw, Sally; Rabiasz, Adam – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2015
This summary reports the findings from two cluster-randomised trials of Drinkaware's school-based In:tuition life skills and alcohol education intervention: one trial of the programme for 10-11 year olds in primary schools, and another for 12-13 year olds in secondary schools. The trials have been carried out by the National Foundation for…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Alcohol Education, Intervention, Prevention
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Martin, Wendy; Strother, Scott; Beglau, Monica; Bates, Lauren; Reitzes, Timothy; Culp, Katherine McMillan – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2010
This article presents findings from an evaluation of an instructional-technology professional development (PD) program that uses many practices advocated by PD experts. In this multiphase evaluation, evaluators examined the program, determined whether variations in program implementation had an impact on teacher outcomes, and then looked at…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness, Educational Technology
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Stein, Mary Kay; Kaufman, Julia H. – American Educational Research Journal, 2010
This article begins to unravel the question, "What curricular materials work best under what kinds of conditions?" The authors address this question from the point of view of teachers and their ability to implement mathematics curricula that place varying demands and provide varying levels of support for their learning. Specifically, the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Content Analysis, Teacher Attitudes, Investigations
Bulgakov-Cooke, Dina; Baenen, Nancy R. – Wake County Public School System, 2011
Instructional strategies aimed at improving achievement of low performing student subgroups in need of support were selected by the District Improvement Advisory Committee, so that WCPSS could exit District Improvement status. Impact of each initiative, which often included teacher training and coaching is examined in this implementation report.…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Improvement Programs, County School Districts, Educational Legislation
Research for Action, 2011
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has invested in the development and dissemination of instructional tools to support teachers' incorporation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) into their classroom instruction. Math experts have developed formative assessment lessons (FALs) that teachers can incorporate throughout the year's curriculum.…
Descriptors: State Standards, Formative Evaluation, Suburban Schools, Urban Schools
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