In 2003, the Norwegian higher educational system was reformed. The reform, known as the 2003 Quality Reform, introduced changes in the teaching model and student assessment. The authors wished to study how these changes affected male and female students. Therefore, they addressed student learning outcomes, measured through examination results,…

In recent years, biodiversity has received a great deal of attention worldwide, especially in environmental education. The reasons for this attention are the increase of human activities on biodiversity and environmental problems. The purpose of this study is to investigate biology student teachers' conceptual frameworks regarding biodiversity.…

In the last decade, an important debate about the characteristics of today's students has arisen due to their intensive experience as users of ICT. The main belief is that frequent use of technologies in everyday life implies competent users able to transfer their digital skills to learning activities. However, empirical studies developed in…

A cross-matched list of teaching competencies was derived from the Florida Essential Competencies List and the Carey Validation of Self-Evaluation Procedures for Identifying Instructional Needs of Teacher Centers. This list of teaching skills was then used to determine competencies embedded in four models of teaching--a creative process model, a…

The results of a careful and systematic reanalysis of the data of almost 100 comparative studies of different college teaching methods are reported. No shred of evidence was found to indicate any basis for preferring one teaching method over another as measured by the performance of students on course examinations. Underlying all theories…

Fifty-two University of Georgia juniors in a Competency Based Teacher Education Program employed two families of teaching models while teaching in two elementary field centers for three consecutive quarters. Observation revealed that four models were extensively implemented in grades K-5 while two were selected less than half the time. (Author/JC)

Examines three media of model and of self-generated performance feedback in a self-instructional learning activity in counselor training. Results indicate that learning is significantly enhanced when a written performance feedback component is added to a written modeling component. The same did not hold true for audio and video presentations.…

Findings from study one indicate no differences in mode of presentation when counseling students were given a written standard model, written serial model, or videotape model of how to ask tacting questions. In study two, counseling students received written or video models and their responses in writing outperformed oral responses. (Author/RC)

Reviews and evaluates empirical experiments that use two instructional models of student-teacher interaction, cognitive apprenticeship and reciprocal teaching. developed Argues that although many experiments have been conducted in different settings with good results, there is no evidence about the situational conditions or the ability of the…

This book reports findings of a study comparing how the leading institutions of higher education in England, France, and the United States conduct their graduate programs in political science. Institutions studied were: Cambridge University, Oxford University, and the University of London in England; the University of Paris 1 (Sorbonne), Institute…

A study of 443 college faculty in English, biology, mathematics, and psychology in 163 institutions found gender, discipline, and some contextual variables to be the most significant predictors of faculty teaching paradigms. In addition, teaching paradigms were reflected in the frequencies of instructional behaviors reported by the faculty…

This study investigated the problem of applying a single model in international cross-cultural studies of effective classroom teaching. The context of the social-efficiency tradition was used as a framework for understanding how teacher education is reflected in actual teaching behaviors. The model chosen for study was the Developmental Teacher…

This qualitative study investigated differences, from the point of view of instructors, between teaching college courses over the Web versus in more traditional face-to-face formats. Twenty-one college instructors who had taught in both formats were interviewed. Four of the interviews were by telephone and 17 by e-mail. Interview fragments were…

In order to explore the perceived conflict between teacher education programs and liberal arts and sciences programs this study examined faculty and institutional principles for good practice in undergraduate education at a comprehensive college. For the study, 14 teacher education (TE) and 10 liberal arts and sciences (LAS) (all from the…

This study was conducted to explore the relationship between elementary school teachers' professed teaching practice and their beliefs about and understanding of elementary mathematics. The Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics, published by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (1989) was used as the criterion for…