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McDaniel, Kathryn N. – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2014
Too often, students reach college without the learning, critical thinking, and literacy skills they need to succeed in higher education. Recent educational trends that promote teaching to the test, short reading and writing assignments, group work, and technological resources contribute to students' difficulties transitioning to college-level…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Teaching Methods, Attention, College Preparation
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O'Dowd, R.; Waire, P. – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2009
In this article we examine how instructors make decisions about task design in telecollaboration and the factors that influence these decisions during the actual implementation of the tasks. We begin with a review of the recent literature of online intercultural exchanges to identify and describe a typology of 12 different types of tasks and task…
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Teacher Collaboration, Assignments
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Diamantes, Thomas – College Student Journal, 2007
This paper discusses the critical relation between professor, student and technology in the process of encouraging graduate students to read required textbook sections. It discusses how using online management software, graduate students are required to submit weekly chapter summaries to the professor by 5:00 pm on Fridays. In addition to the…
Descriptors: Reading Assignments, Educational Technology, Computer Software, Graduate Students
Hamilton, Betty Dawn – Technology Connection, 1997
Discusses two approaches to student information and technology assignments: one stressing product, the other process. Suggests methods for assuring that students learn what they are supposed to learn from process: make a chart listing desired outcomes or skills to be mastered and the student's level of proficiency, have semester or year-end tests,…
Descriptors: Assignments, Educational Technology, Group Instruction, Information Seeking