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Harris, Mary M.; Jacobson, Arminta; Hemmer, Rebecca – Harvard Family Research Project, 2004
Teacher education has the potential to serve as an important forum for overcoming barriers to the engagement of parents in their children?s education. Nevertheless, parent involvement has yet to hold a central role in the teacher education curriculum (Chavkin & Williams, 1987; de Acosta, 1996; Epstein & Dauber, 1991; Hiatt-Michael, 2001) and in…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Curriculum, Teaching Methods, Teacher Educators, Preservice Teachers
Davis, Barbara Gross – 1985
To explore the potential of computer controlled videodiscs for simulating undergraduate science laboratory instruction, the Annenberg/CPB (Corporation for Public Broadcasting) Project funded the University of Nebraska to create and field test six videodisc laboratory experiments, two each in biology, chemistry, and physics. The six discs were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Assisted Instruction
Stecher, Brian M.; Wood, Alice C.; Gilbert, Mary Lou; Borko, Hilda; Kuffner, Karin L.; Arnold, Suzanne C.; Dorman, Elizabeth H. – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2005
The purpose of this research is to determine whether we can use classroom artifacts as the basis for making valid judgments about the presence of reform-oriented teaching practices in middle-school mathematics classes. Our approach compares ratings based on collections of artifacts assembled by teachers according to our directions (the "Scoop…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Observation, Field Tests, Middle School Teachers