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Michelle Yeo; Sarah Hewitt; Joanne Bouma; Sarah Lang – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2024
Heavy content, high volume courses commonly create challenges for undergraduate students. Two such courses at our university are the introductory semesters of anatomy and physiology for first-year nursing students, taught by biology instructors. Despite the vast literature indicating the efficacy of using concept maps as a tool for learning, it is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Undergraduate Students, Nursing Students
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Jarrah, Hani Yousef – Education 3-13, 2020
This study aims at identifying the nature of the practice of primary school teachers in Abu Dhabi for some educational-learning strategies. The sample of the study consisted of (200) teachers who were selected based on simple random sampling according to the study variables. The results of the study showed that the reality of practicing primary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Educational Practices, Learning Strategies
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Higbee, Thomas S.; Aporta, Ana Paula; Resende, Alice; Nogueira, Mateus; Goyos, Celso; Pollard, Joy S. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2016
Discrete-trial instruction (DTI) is a behavioral method of teaching young children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) that has received a significant amount of research support. Because of a lack of qualified trainers in many areas of the world, researchers have recently begun to investigate alternative methods of training professionals to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Role Playing, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
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Sherratt, Dave – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2002
A study examined whether it was possible to teach five children (ages 5-6) with autism to use symbolic pretend play. The intervention used structure, affect, and repetition and progressively faded out the structuring over three phases. All of the children were able to use some symbolic acts within play. (Contains references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Development, Children, Creativity
Markland, Ulla – 1978
Smoking is not an issue for children before the 5th or 6th grade except in rare cases. About 80 children in the 3rd, 5th and 7th grades were interviewed about their smoking habits and their views on smoking. Younger students had a strongly negative attitude to smoking but in the middle years toughness is important. Smoking is something which is…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Developmental Stages, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education
Newcastle Univ., Callaghan (Australia). Family Action Centre. – 2000
This report contains the proceedings of a conference convened to build on the work of those pioneering better teaching and learning techniques for boys. Teachers at the conference were asked to present their schools' experiences in a case study format to maximize the learning and discussion among participants. The report begins with a schedule of…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Case Studies, Child Behavior, Childhood Needs