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Miller, Brant G.; Hougham, R. Justin; Eitel, Karla Bradley – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2013
The Adventure Learning (AL) approach to designing and implementing learning experiences has great potential for practitioners. This manuscript delineates the practical enactment of AL to support the K-12 community, teacher educators, and residential environmental science program providers in the conceptualization and delivery of their own AL…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Place Based Education, Instructional Design
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Oner, Diler – International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2008
In this paper, I review both mathematics education and CSCL literature and discuss how we can better take advantage of CSCL tools for developing mathematical proof skills. I introduce a model of proof in school mathematics that incorporates both empirical and deductive ways of knowing. I argue that two major forces have given rise to this…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Computer Software, Mathematical Logic, Geometry
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Rieber, Lloyd P. – Educational Technology, Research and Development, 1992
Describes the Space Shuttle Commander software package, which utilizes the dynaturtle microworld to teach elementary and middle school students about Newton's laws of motion. Design considerations for computer-based microworlds that represent a compromise between the philosophies of constructivism and direct instruction are presented. (91…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Courseware, Educational Principles
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Leong, Che Kan – Annals of Dyslexia, 1991
This paper first examines views of developmental dyslexia in the 1960s and the 1970s; then discusses issues of the 1980s (e.g., the importance of verbal efficiency); and then projects to the 1990s the challenges of computer technology as mediated learning, "bounded rationality," and "collective rationality" in education. (DB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Computer Assisted Instruction, Dyslexia, Educational History
Southeastern Regional Council for Educational Improvement, Research Triangle Park, NC. – 1985
This report summarizes a conference sponsored by the Southeastern Regional Council for Educational Improvement which explored issues related to the purposes, roles, and practices of the schools in regard to the new technologies. After a brief introduction, Part 1 focuses on strategies for integrating various technological approaches into the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
Schwartz, Helen J. – 1984
Computers can provide four kinds of help to practicing writers: (1) data storage and retrieval, (2) computer-assisted instruction and text feedback, (3) utility or word processing programs, and (4) telecommunications capability. Writing teachers must incorporate certain values into the planning of computer applications in the writing curriculum.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education, Feedback
Keegan, John J., Jr. – Spectrum, 1983
High technology is a valuable educational tool, not a goal. Therefore, implementation must accord with primary purposes of education. An approach is described based on seven critical assumptions about education for the information age, followed by plans derived from these assumptions. (TE)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
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TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1995
This review of the literature on computer-assisted instruction for students with mild disabilities identifies features of effective software, offers examples of software features that support particular instructional strategies, and outlines findings on specific instructional principles as applied to computer-assisted instructional software. (DB)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Educational Principles, Educational Technology
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Vockell, Edward L.; Mihail, Thomas – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1993
Six validated principles of instruction are applied to the development of guidelines for using computerized instruction with students with special needs. The six principles are direct instruction, mastery learning, overlearning and automaticity, cooperative learning, monitoring student progress, and learning styles. A table lists guidelines for…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Disabilities, Educational Principles
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Mumba, Frackson; Chabalengula, Vivien Mweene; Bassoppo-Moyo, T. C. – International Journal of Instructional Media, 2006
Teaching is a moral and educational enterprise. Therefore, teachers are expected to explain and justify the instructional methods and designs they use in their teaching to demonstrate how they meet the moral and educational ends of the teaching enterprise. To justify the use of particular instructional methods and designs goes beyond giving a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Ethics
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Kalmon, Stevan – Technology Source, 2003
To expand online learning opportunities for K-12 students and educators, the Colorado Department of Education established a task force that evaluated programs in 16 other states. Four principles were identified as necessary to promoting equity, rewarding individual achievement, assuring quality and consistency, and adapting to diverse needs:…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Distance Education, Educational Development
Wassermann, Selma – Phi Delta Kappan, 1984
The rise of computer-assisted learning demands that schools reassess their reasons for being and emphasize the nurturing of children's feelings, the promotion of interpersonal skills and higher-level cognitive skills, and the development of creativity, imagination, and moral integrity. Teachers should serve as diagnosticians, curriculum makers,…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Educational Objectives
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Applegate, Anthony J.; Applegate, Mary DeKonty – Journal of Reading, Writing, and Learning Disabilities International, 1989
Drawing on theoretical and practical sources, the paper develops four basic principles of teaching in the reading/language arts and discusses how these apply to the selection and effective use of computer assisted instruction (CAI). CAI is seen as an integral part of a broad based instructional program. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Methods, Educational Principles
Huff, Anne S.; Pondy, Louis R. – 1983
Four papers generated by a broader study of issues management in three suburban Chicago school districts are collected here. "Achieving Routine" focuses on the effective routinization of organizational change, in this case a curriculum decision, through the use of administrative mechanisms and the conceptual linkage of the new to…
Descriptors: Accounting, Boards of Education, Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Benoit, Bob – Social Studies Review, 1998
Observes that most educators agree that an essential goal of education is the development of students who are effective problem solvers. Describes Problem Based Learning (PBL) environments where students act as professionals and confront problems as they occur. Outlines the stages of PBL and provides a bibliography for further reading. (DSK)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Critical Thinking
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