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Integrating Experiential and Academic Learning in Teacher Preparation for Development Education
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Ryan, Anne – Irish Educational Studies, 2012
With a view to linking ideals with action in development education, the preparation of teachers for practice in this area merits consideration. Given the theory/practice disconnect associated with initial teacher education, it is appropriate to explore means of effectively initiating beginning teachers into development education. To that end, a…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Experiential Learning, Developmental Programs
Longitudinal Developmental Courses in Japanese Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Osada, Hirokazu; Tachimori, Hisateru; Koyama, Tomonori; Kurita, Hiroshi – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2012
We followed up 67 children with autistic disorder (AD) and 31 children with pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDDNOS) for more than 10 years by reviewing medical records at a clinic for children with developmental disabilities. The participants' data were collected between their first visit to the clinic and the visit at…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Clinics
Preparedness for Tertiary Chemistry: Issues of Placement and Performance of Academic Development Programmes
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Potgieter, M.; Davidowitz, B.; Mathabatha, S. S. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2008
The introduction of an outcomes-based curriculum in South Africa together with a new syllabus for physical sciences for grades 10-12, prompted the development of an instrument to monitor conceptual understanding in chemistry at the secondary-tertiary interface. This instrument was used to evaluate placement within different programmes at tertiary…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Chemistry, Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education
Successful Placement or Displacement in the Transition from School to Vocational Training: The Case of Lower Secondary School Pupils
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Skrobanek, Jan; Reissig, Birgit; Muller, Matthias – Journal of Youth Studies, 2011
A system of qualification options has evolved that is complementary to company-based and school-based vocational training. Thus far, these alternatives have been largely disregarded by vocational education research. Yet with respect to the number of annual entries, those alternatives are currently nearly as significant as conventional vocational…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Developmental Studies Programs, Student Placement, Foreign Countries
Placement Testing: Man and Machine, Doing the Best We Can?
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McPherson, Douglas – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe how and why Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ) has developed a system aiming to effectively place students in freshman and developmental English programs. The placement system includes: triangulating data from external test scores, with scores from a panel-marked hand-written essay (HWE),…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Educational Testing, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Basic Academic Requirements of Freshman Students in Departments of English.
Salamah, Galal – 1984
Three common policies used by English departments in Kuwait universities to accommodate the students in appropriate course types and levels are discussed and compared from a practical perspective. The three policies are concerned with placement tests and remedial courses and are intended to: (1) place students with high scores on the standardized…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Arabs, College Freshmen, Developmental Studies Programs