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Miles, Rhea; van Tryon, Patricia J. Slagter – Science Educator, 2019
The purpose of Science Education Against Drug Abuse Partnership (SEADAP) is to use the planarian animal model to develop an inquiry-based program to teach the science of drug addiction and pharmacology of drugs being abused. Upon completion of a SEADAP teacher professional development, study data reveals a favorable increase in teacher awareness…
Descriptors: Science Education, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Program Development
Joseph, Siny; Oh, Jung; Ackerman, Patricia – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2018
Faculty members often collaborate on research and service projects, but teaching remains a relatively solitary activity (Gizir & Simsek, 2005 ; Ramsden, 1998 ). While students attend classes taught by various faculty members, faculty members remain largely unaware of the innovative and pedagogical improvements in teaching made by their…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Teacher Collaboration, Undergraduate Study, College Faculty
O'Hare, Liam; Stark, Patrick; McGuinness, Carol; Biggart, Andy; Thurston, Allen – Education Endowment Foundation, 2017
This report describes the development and pilot evaluation of SMART Spaces. This programme aims to boost GCSE science outcomes by applying the principle that information is more easily learnt when it is repeated multiple times, with time passing between the repetitions. This approach is known as "spaced learning" and is contrasted with a…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Repetition, Time Factors (Learning)
Haff, Patricia A.; Stanley, Martha L. – 1983
This guidebook is one in the Target Topic Series developed to highlight issues and concerns related to effective community education operation. It is intended for the community educator and community education advisory council member who want to learn how to evaluate all aspects of their community education program. A pretest covers material…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Education, Models, Needs Assessment
Meehan, Donald B.; Berta, Susan – 1993
Volunteers can serve as a means to educate the public about environmental issues and increase stewardship ethic. This booklet is designed to provide much of the key information about designing and managing environmental volunteer programs to educate the general public. The booklet is based on the experiences of a volunteer program called Island…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Community Education, Environmental Education, Extension Education
Wubbena, Dennis; Burrow, Jim – 1982
This self-instructional module, the thirteenth in a series of 16 on techniques for coordinating work experience programs, deals with vocational student organizations. Addressed in the module are the following topics: the major goals and purposes of vocational student organizations, the role of the teacher-coordinator as a local chapter advisor,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Cooperative Education, Faculty Advisers, Guidelines
Fuchs, Lynn S.; And Others – 1982
In special education, a merger between assessment and instruction is mandated by Federal law (PL 94-142), wherein teachers of handicapped pupils are required to specify individualized educational programs that include procedures for assessing students' progress toward goal attainment. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Elementary Education
Improving Student Interest and Achievement in Social Studies Using a Multiple Intelligence Approach.
Hanley, Chris; Hermiz, Carmen; Lagioia-Peddy, Jennifer; Levine-Albuck, Valerie – 2002
This action research paper describes a program initiated by teacher researchers to improve academic achievement and interest in social studies. The targeted group consisted of fifth graders in a lower middle class community in the Midwest. Analysis of the problem-causes data show three main factors: curriculum, attitude, and effect. In regard to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Action Research, Classroom Techniques, Grade 5
Schwarz, William – 1991
A course was developed to provide data to buyers of new bicycles so they could make an informed decision about their purchases. The instructional systems design process (analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation) was used to analyze the need for a training course on buying and fitting a bicycle. Information was collected…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bicycling, Consumer Education, Consumer Protection
Silvernail, David L.; Small, Dorothy; Walker, Leanne; Wilson, Richard L.; Wintle, Sarah E. – Center for Education Policy, Applied Research, and Evaluation, 2008
As everyone enters the 21st Century there is a great deal of discussion in business and education circles alike about the type of skills the youth will need to survive and thrive in this century. At the same time, there is little known today about the level of 21st Century skills students currently have. In part this is because, as a nation,…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Outcomes of Education, Scoring Rubrics, Teaching Guides
Allen, Robert – 1990
This practicum was designed to expand the scope of the inservice mathematics manipulative training program to address the lack of parent and teacher understanding of the use of manipulatives that are used by Chapter I math tutors to remediate students. A second aim was to acquaint and assist parents and teachers with remediation of educationally…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Inservice Education
Coogle, Constance L., Ed.; Finley, Ruth B., Ed. – 1994
A program was developed in Virginia to train Black and rural family caregivers of persons with dementia, particularly Alzheimer's disease. This final program report begins with project briefs that summarize major products and findings, program objectives and accomplishments, and dissemination activities. Chapter 1 addresses issues related to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Alzheimers Disease, Blacks, Community Resources
Matthews, Jeanette G. – 1999
The instructor of a course focusing on basic academic and job readiness skills for welfare recipients at the Goodwill Employment Help Center in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, conducted an action research project to determine whether developing personal mission statements would increase students' motivation in her course. As new students were accepted…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students

Burrow, Jim – 1982
This self-instructional module, the eighth in a series of 16 on techniques for coordinating work experience programs, deals with developing and implementing training plans. Addressed in the module are the purposes and features of a training plan, developing a training plan, and implementing a training plan for each student in the program. The…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Coordination, Educational Cooperation, Interviews
Hudson, Patt; Gretes, John A. – 1994
The New Horizons project was a workplace literacy partnership during which 454 employees (53%) of Georgetown Steel attended classes provided by Horry-Georgetown Technical College in Conway, South Carolina. Of the 454 participants, 294 were white, 159 were black, 71 were female, 383 were male, 133 had been with the company for 5 years or less, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Behavioral Objectives, Individualized Instruction
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