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Peer Assessment of Soft Skills and Hard Skills
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Zhang, Aimao – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2012
Both the information technology (IT) industry and the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) demand soft-skill training in higher education and require IT graduates to demonstrate competence in interpersonal communication, teamwork, and conflict management. Group projects provide teamwork environment for soft-skill training, but…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Skill Analysis, Information Technology, Peer Evaluation
Adult Education and Training in Europe: Widening Access to Learning Opportunities. Eurydice Report
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Kocanova, Daniela; Bourgeois, Ania; de Almeida Coutinho, Ana Sofia – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2015
Through a comprehensive overview of policies and data related to the renewed European agenda for adult learning, this Eurydice report aims to support the exchange of policy and practice between countries. The report concentrates on measures to ensure that the most vulnerable groups of adult learners, in particular those with low basic skills or…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Access to Education, Educational Opportunities
Trends in VET Policy in Europe 2010-12: Progress towards the Bruges Communique. Working Paper No. 16
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van Loo, Jasper; Schmid, Eleonora – Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2012
European countries have set themselves 22 specific goals by 2014 to support their long-term vision for vocational education and training (VET). This report is a first step in understanding progress by mid-2012 towards these goals, endorsed in 2010 in the Bruges communique to help achieve the Europe 2020 agenda. Attention has clearly focused on…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Labor Market, Educational Trends
Teaching First-Aid Skills to Students with Moderate Handicaps in Small Group Instruction.
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Gast, David L.; And Others – Education and Treatment of Children, 1992
Task analysis and backward chaining were used to teach four young adults with moderate mental disabilities basic first aid skills for simulated cuts, burns, and insect bites. Following training, students were able to apply skills to a nonhandicapped peer. Maintenance probes at 1 to 18 weeks posttraining indicated mixed results. Social validation…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavior Chaining, First Aid, Instructional Effectiveness
A Summative Evaluation of the Aids to Early Learning 1976-1977.
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Lawhon, Del A. – 1977
The Classroom Activity Files and Day Care and Home Learning Activities Files contain approximately 900 learning activites each, and were designed to promote competencies in children at different developmental ages. Twelve Head Start, kindergarten and preschool programs participated in a field study to evaluate the usability, content, and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Basic Skills, Child Development, Compensatory Education
Winona State University Graduate Education Learning Community, Rochester, Minnesota 2005-2006. Anthology of K-12 Action Research Papers. [Volume 3]
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Online Submission, 2005
These papers are partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Science Degree in Education at Winona State University in Winona, Minnesota. The cohort included a variety of licensure areas that represent most levels and content areas of K-12 education. The students were encouraged to keep their questions and hypothesis directed at…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Research Papers (Students), Elementary Secondary Education, Anthologies