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Merseth, Katherine K. – 1994
Long used in the professional fields of business and law, cases and case methods of teaching represent a relatively new and promising approach in the education of teachers. This digest, organized into two sections, presents definitions of cases and case methods, explores the purposes of using case studies, and suggests avenues for further research…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Huling, Leslie – 1998
Quality teacher education programs provide candidates with many early field experiences in diverse settings. This Digest examines complexities and challenges of early field experiences, noting the nature and degree of early field experiences within teacher education programs. Through field experiences, teacher candidates observe and work with real…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Field Experience Programs, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education
Kasten, Margaret; And Others – 1988
Calculus has become the center of a heated debate within the mathematics community. There are those who question the very centrality of calculus in the mathematics curriculum. Evidence indicates that many current calculus courses are not serving students well. In addition, computers and advanced calculators can now do many of the manipulations…
Descriptors: Calculus, College Mathematics, Curriculum Development, Educational Trends
Haury, David L.; Milbourne, Linda A. – 1998
The overwhelming majority of American adults support environmental education being taught in schools but teachers wanting to include environmental education within their classrooms face several formidable challenges. Instructional materials are widely scattered and are often of questionable quality. Though not an exhaustive list of what is…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Higher Education, Instructional Materials
Haury, David L.; Milbourne, Linda A. – 1999
Educators are constantly seeking new ways to capture the attention of students and create active learning environments where minds are engaged and students are nurtured. The full potential of the Internet as a tool for learning is still being explored. This digest offers some examples of ways in which the Internet can be used as a tool for…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Resource Materials, Science Activities
Cosgrove, Maryellen S. – 2002
This digest focuses on the advantages of distance learning (DL) in teacher preparation, explaining that teacher candidates need to be ready to embrace rapidly changing technologies throughout their careers. Teacher education programs can extend the traditional uses of DL by bringing campus-based courses into school-based classrooms, expanding…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Potts, Bonnie – 1994
Critical thinking skills figure prominently among the goals for education proposed by educational researchers, parents, and employers. This digest discusses the skills related to critical thinking and three specific strategies for teaching these skills. The first, Building Categories, is an inductive reasoning tool that helps students categorize…
Descriptors: Classification, Critical Thinking, Educational Environment, Educational Objectives
Blanton, Linda – 1990
In English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) classes at the college level, students are often enrolled who have a high degree of oral fluency, but little proficiency in reading or writing. Developmental ESL students need a solid start toward "inventing" themselves as readers and writers. One method of teaching ESL students to write is to build…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Students, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Maurer, Matthew J. – 1998
In the information age of instant access to libraries, databases, information centers, organizations, government agencies, and self-appointed experts worldwide, it is hard to decide where to turn for accurate, reliable, and up-to-date information about science education. This digest provides an annotated listing of World Wide Web resources and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Higher Education, Information Sources
Shaw, Stan F.; Scott, Sally S.; McGuire, Joan M. – 2001
This digest summarizes the issues involved in the instruction of college students with learning disabilities and offers a practical approach to teaching these students. It notes first that disability law at the college level is not as prescriptive as that for the elementary secondary level. Since the instructional climate in higher education is…
Descriptors: College Students, Compliance (Legal), Educational Principles, Higher Education
Mielke, Dan – 1999
Distance education is an alternative method for delivering academic course work to students unable to attend traditional campus-based classes. This Digest presents information on the many forms of distance education and keys to successful teaching with distance education. Distance education is a method of education in which the learner is…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Barr, Vickie – 1993
This digest discusses the dilemma surrounding foreign language requirements at colleges and universities and students with learning disabilities. Many students and professionals question the reasonableness of foreign language requirements for students with learning disabilities, but, according to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,…
Descriptors: College Students, Graduation Requirements, Higher Education, Latin
Anderson, Jeffrey – 1998
This Digest defines service-learning as both a philosophy of education and an instructional method. As a philosophy, service-learning reflects the belief that education should develop social responsibility and prepare students to be involved citizens in democratic life. As an instructional method, service-learning involves a blending of service…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Integrated Curriculum
Straight, H. Stephen – 1998
This digest discusses Language Across the Curriculum (LAC), an approach to teaching language that works with faculty in other content areas to identify the specific vocabulary and genres that students need in order to function effectively in another language in their respective disciplines. LAC also draws from the content-based approach to…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Curriculum Design, Higher Education, Instructional Materials
Garcia-Barbosa, Tamara J.; Mascazine, John R. – 1998
Graduate students are often assigned teaching responsibilities as part of an assistantship, but most have had very little or no formal teaching experience. This digest summarizes some of the literature and resources available to support graduate assistants in their teaching roles. Sections include: (1) "Attention to How Students Learn";…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Resource Materials