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The Impact of an Adaptive E-Course on Students' Achievements Based on the Students' Prior Knowledge
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Alsadoon, Elham – Education and Information Technologies, 2020
Researchers emphasize that prior knowledge is one of the important factors that influence learning. This study discusses the design and implementation of adapting an e-course to students' prior knowledge using the Learning Management System (LMS). It aims to investigate the impact of such adaptive e-course to the learner's prior knowledge through…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Academic Achievement, Prior Learning
Credit for Prior Learning in the Community College: A Case from Colorado. Recognition of Prior Learning in the 21st Century
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McKay, Heather A.; Douglas, Daniel – Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2020
This brief is part of a broad landscape analysis focused on policy and practice issues related to the recognition of prior learning. The landscape analysis focuses on issues arising in the practice of the recognition of prior learning, policies that encourage or limit its adoption, and key research needs and future directions for the field. This…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Community Colleges, Recognition (Achievement), College Credits
Using Student Growth to Evaluate Teachers: A Comparison of Three Methods. Research Brief. Volume 1502
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Shneyderman, Aleksandr; Froman, Terry – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2015
In accordance with the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law of 2001, 100% of students were expected to become proficient on state assessments of reading and mathematics by the end of 2013-2014 academic year. Schools that consistently failed to meet the NCLB's Adequate Yearly Progress requirements were subject to penalties. In 2011, the U.S.…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement
Teachers of Young Children in Taiwan: Teachers' Concerns about Curriculum and the Implementation of the Project Approach
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Lin, Yi Man – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The Project Approach has been applied to early childhood education in Taiwan since 1993. The purposes of this study were to explore how teachers of young children conduct the Project Approach, what challenges they have encountered and what support they may need. In addition, this study investigates teachers' implementation of the Project Approach…
Descriptors: School Activities, Early Childhood Education, Parent Participation, Prior Learning
Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education. Proceedings of the Annual Conference (9th, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, June 1990).
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Clough, Barbara Stolze, Ed. – 1990
Among 17 French and 63 English papers are the following: "Case Study of the Convergence Model in Program Evaluation" (Alexander); "Nowlen's Approach to Continuing Professional Education" (Blanchard); "Challenge for Indigenous Approaches to Adult Education (AE) and Development" (Bonson); "Cultural and Social…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
Adult Education Research Annual Conference (AERC) Proceedings (34th, University Park, Pennsylvania, May 1993).
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Flannery, Daniele, Ed. – 1993
Among the papers included are the following: "Exploring Literacy through Theater" (Andruske); "Heuristic Research" (Beckstrom); "Self-Direction in Adult Undergraduates" (Blowers); "Commodification of Adult Education" (Briton, Plumb); "Collective Group Learning" (Brooks); "Psychosocial Development of Women" (Caffarella, Barnett); "Writing Wrongs"…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning