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Zou, Tracy X. P.; Mickleborough, Neil C.; Ho, Stanley S. M.; Yip, Stephen Y. W. – International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning, 2015
Student-driven approaches have generated positive results in student development. This study reports a Students as Learning Experience Designers (Student-LED) Project as one example of employing student-driven approaches to develop learning abilities, leadership skills and reflective habits, in the context of the new senior secondary curriculum…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Centered Learning, Secondary School Students, Curriculum Development
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Taylor, Kari; Haynes, Carolyn – About Campus, 2008
Recognizing the mismatch between a philosophy of holistic development and evaluation focused on external, quantitative criteria led Miami University's Honors and Scholars Program to revise its curriculum in accordance with student development theory. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Student Development, Learning Strategies, Curriculum Development, Honors Curriculum
Costa, Arthur L.; Kallick, Bena – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2008
Bringing together all four books in the AS CD ground-breaking Habits of Mind series, this volume presents a compelling case for why it's more relevant than ever to align the missions of schools and classrooms to teaching students how to think and behave intelligently when they encounter problems and challenges in learning and in life. Drawing on…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Lifelong Learning, School Culture, Thinking Skills
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Corno, Lyn – Educational Psychologist, 2008
New theory on adaptive teaching reflects the social dynamics of classrooms to explain what practicing teachers do to address student differences related to learning. In teaching adaptively, teachers respond to learners as they work. Teachers read student signals to diagnose needs on the fly and tap previous experience with similar learners to…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Student Diversity, Classroom Techniques, Prior Learning
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Campoy, Renee W. – Reading Improvement, 1997
Advocates inclusion of moral issues as part of curriculum planning. Argues that children need encounters with moral issues as part of their schooling experiences. Presents four metacognitive strategies for promoting moral thinking about children's literature in language arts and beyond schooling. Includes recommendations for classroom…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Language Arts
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Schuh, John H. – New Directions for Student Services, 1996
Describes and discusses courses offered by student affairs staff, excluding courses offered by student affairs practitioners, as part of student affairs preparation programs. Focuses on undergraduate courses and emphasizes learning outcomes associated with various courses. Discusses goals and course objectives, course materials, instructional…
Descriptors: College Students, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
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Tagg, John – About Campus, 2004
What are colleges for? What are they supposed to do? Are educators teaching their students how to grub for grades or how to learn in deep lasting ways? These are just some of the questions that the author attempts to explore in this article. An unbiased observer, looking at any organization, would look to its core processes, what its members do,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Learning Strategies, Colleges, Multiple Choice Tests
Sidelnick, Daniel J. – 1988
The development of the Pennsylvania State Department of Education's Tests of Essential Learning Skills (TELS) program objectives is described. A conceptual framework is presented that incorporates reading skills into the social studies curriculum. Instructional strategies designed to assist in the development of reading skills in the content areas…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities, Learning Strategies
Campbell, Patricia E. – 1995
In 1992, Okanagan University College, in British Columbia (Canada), undertook a project to develop and implement an integrated curriculum in four participating health and human services programs. The project stemmed from findings in province-level reports on curriculum integration and on needs for health and human services programs. Specific…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Educational Quality, Faculty Development
Bloland, Paul A. – 1996
The Student Learning Imperative (SLI) was created to stimulate discussion on how student affairs professionals can enhance student learning and personal development. This paper outlines the antecedents and background of the SLI position paper. A member of the committee that developed the SLI discusses here student affairs' historical goal of…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Environment, College Students, Curriculum Development
Zuber-Skerritt, Ortrun – 1992
This book presents a series of case studies in higher education which demonstrate how teams of academics have improved their practice, skill and conditions of learning and teaching through "action research." Action research is defined as collaborative critical enquiry by academics themselves into their own teaching practice, into problems of…
Descriptors: Action Research, College Faculty, College Instruction, Curriculum Development
Sappier, Teresa A. – 1996
The S.A.C.K. Alignment Model integrates curriculum, instruction, and multiple assessments with the cultural and learning experiences of students. This model illustrates how prior cultural and learning experiences can be linked to state-mandated content and performance standards. S.A.C.K. is an acronym for skills, affects/attitudes, concepts, and…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, Cultural Activities
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Khoumsi, Ahmed; Gonzalez-Rubio, Ruben – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2006
Our department has redesigned its electrical engineering and computer engineering programs completely by adopting a learning methodology based on competence development, problem solving, and the realization of design projects. In this article, we show how this pedagogical approach has been successfully used for learning compiler design.
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Competency Based Education, Engineering Education, Computer Science Education
Maaka, Margaret J.; Lipka, Pamela A. – 1996
This paper presents preliminary information from the first part of a long-term study of curriculum development in a sixth grade classroom in Hawaii. It describes: (1) the teaching practices implemented; and (2) the literacy attitudes and habits that developed within this environment. A ten-year veteran teacher with teaching experience across the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Elementary School Curriculum
Christensen, Lois M. – 1991
There are various learning styles, each with its own characteristics. Some researchers have associated the different styles with specific brain hemispheres. In the past teachers generally have taught with one type of learning style in mind, with much emphasis placed on the outcomes of learning. Increased attention should be paid to the individual…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Style
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