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Lavi, Rea; Dori, Yehudit Judy; Wengrowicz, Niva; Dori, Dov – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2020
Contribution: A rubric for assessing the systems thinking expressed in conceptual models of technological systems has been constructed and assessed using a formal methodology. The rubric, a synthesis of prior findings in science and engineering education, forms a framework for improving communication between science and engineering educators.…
Descriptors: Models, Engineering Education, Teamwork, Scoring Rubrics
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Hamilton, Eric; Lesh, Richard; Lester, Frank; Brilleslyper, Michael – Advances in Engineering Education, 2008
This article introduces Model-Eliciting Activities (MEAs) as a form of case study team problem-solving. MEA design focuses on eliciting from students conceptual models that they iteratively revise in problem-solving. Though developed by mathematics education researchers to study the evolution of mathematical problem-solving expertise in middle…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Mathematics Education, Educational Research, Models
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Richie, Mark L. – TechTrends, 1993
Discusses quality management principles as taught by W. Edwards Deming and describes their applications to educational technology services. Traditional organizational charts are explained; and benefits of using flow charts in Deming's systems are described, including better communications between departments, building teamwork, and opportunities…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Educational Technology, Flow Charts, Improvement
Moffitt, Mary C. – School Administrator, 2000
A learning technologies director explains lessons gleaned from his school's strategic efforts to create a districtwide technology plan. The plan required an upfront vision, creative teamwork, facilitative leadership, instructional support, and patience. A sidebar details plans for incorporating assistive technologies for special-needs learners.…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Institutional Mission
Collette, Pauline, Comp.; And Others – 1995
These proceedings contain 54 papers and an abstract of a panel discussion on women's issues in adult education that were presented at a conference on adult education research. The following are among the papers included: "Reducing Dropout in Distance Education" (Belawati); "Examination of the Validity of the Education Participation…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy
Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 1999
In 1992, school leaders and teachers at Wallace-Rose High School in Teachey, North Carolina, began a multi-year whole-school improvement initiative that included the following actions: (1) identify low-performing students; (2) develop a team of faculty and administrators to work with low-performing students; (3) reduce class size for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Academic Standards, Administrator Role