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Villalobos, Cristina; Kim, Hyung Won; Huber, Timothy J.; Knobel, Roger; Setayesh, Shaghayegh; Sasidharan, Lekshmi; Galstyan, Anahit; Balogh, Andras – PRIMUS, 2021
Research indicates multi-section coordination improves the academic performance of students in STEM education. This paper describes the process of coordination in Precalculus, Calculus 1, and Calculus 2 courses undertaken by a large department that grew from the merger of two institutions through a pilot program and a project grant. Components…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Calculus, Success, Mathematics Achievement
Gokhale, Anu; Machina, Kenton – International Journal on E-Learning, 2018
A teacher's objective is to provide students the cognitive strategies that enable them to think critically, make decisions, and solve problems. In order to guide student learning, teachers should be aware of the concepts that are prerequisite to the understanding of others and also of typical student misconceptions. The goal of this study was to…
Descriptors: Group Discussion, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving
Llamosa-Villalba, Ricardo; Delgado, Dario J.; Camacho, Heidi P.; Paéz, Ana M.; Valdivieso, Raúl F. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
This paper relates the "Agile School", an emerging archetype of the enterprise architecture: "Processes of Organizational Leadership" for leading and managing strategies, tactics and operations of forming in Higher Education Institutions. Agile School is a system for innovation and deep transformation of University Institutions…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Educational Administration, Higher Education, Universities
Cooper, Cameron I. – Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 2011
This article summarizes the creation and implementation of a concurrent support class for TRS 92--Intermediate Algebra, a developmental mathematics course at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. The concurrent course outlined in this article demonstrates a statistically significant increase in student success rates since its inception.…
Descriptors: Research Design, Community Colleges, Effect Size, Algebra
Smith, Mike U. – 1986
This paper is a progress report of the first phase of a project which essentially seeks to replicate previous studies using the successful/unsuccessful design in an attempt to: (1) corroborate the surface/deep structure conclusion which has become an essential component of an understanding of problem-solving; (2) examine more closely the nature of…
Descriptors: Classification, College Science, Genetics, Higher Education

Metcalf, Michael F. – ADFL Bulletin, 1995
Describes a pilot project to deal with the problem of articulating postsecondary language study. This project consists of 1 elementary school immersion teacher and 21 foreign language teachers from high schools and colleges. The project has the potential of effecting a statewide adoption of proficiency standards and an improvement in the quality…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Articulation (Education), Change Agents, College Students
Lackey, James R. – 1994
The elements of statistical formulae that cause people to perceive them as difficult were studied, working from theoretical bases that involve cognitive load, motivational perception, and impasse driven learning. In a pilot study conducted to identify difficulties that novices perceive while learning statistical formulae, 22 students in an…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Equations (Mathematics)
Levin, James A.; And Others – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1987
The instructional media created by microcomputers interconnected by modems to form long-distance networks present some powerful new opportunities for education. While other uses of computers in education have been built on conventional instructional models of classroom interaction, instructional electronic networks facilitate a wider use of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Cooperative Learning, High Schools
Reeves, Thomas C.; And Others – 1996
This paper describes the development, implementation, and effects of new approaches to cognitive assessment within an undergraduate engineering course at the U.S. Air Force Academy. The course, ENGR 110, "Introduction to Engineering," was designed to be a problem-based learning environment in which cadets worked in teams to solve…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, College Freshmen, Educational Assessment, Engineering Education
Bailey, Anne Lowrey – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
A program at Brandeis University uses literature to help professionals confront career dilemmas and work-related moral issues. Program participants say literature provides a "non-threatening" way to discuss difficult subjects. Doctors, legislators, corporate executives, public-school teachers, etc. have participated. (MLW)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Discussion, Higher Education, Humanities
Reif, Frederick; Scott, Lisa A. – 1997
The acquisition of factual knowledge is increasingly insufficient to prepare students to cope in this complex and rapidly changing world. Students need to learn effective ways of thinking so they can use their acquired knowledge flexibly, solve diverse problems, and become good independent learners. Two pervasive educational problems limit the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Autoinstructional Aids, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction
Kantor, Ronald J.; And Others – 1993
The Jasper Challenge Series of Vanderbilt University (Tennessee) has been used in conjunction with the university's videodisk problem-solving series, "The Adventures of Jasper Woodbury," to provide a teleconference-based performance arena that allows students and teachers to assess the degree to which they are learning to solve the kinds…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Competition, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Assessment
Daniel, J. S.; Smith, W. A. S. – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1979
Two open universities created in Canada in the 1970's--Athabasca and Teleuniversite--are examined from an administrative/management perspective. A study reveals that effective planning requires balanced attention to means and ends, new management structures are required, and committed leadership is needed. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Administration, College Planning, Educational Change
Kuzmich, Carl J.; And Others – 1993
The development of a HyperCard application program, "Connecting to Your MARS Account," is described. The program was intended to assist users of the biomedical computer system at the University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), the Medical ARchival System (MARS), to connect to their computer accounts. Criteria from instructional, graphical,…
Descriptors: Accounting, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Software Development
Westerfield, Kay J.; And Others – 1985
This paper describes a pilot project, conducted within the American English Institute at the University of Oregon, on the use of a published business-oriented management simulation in English language training for university-bound international students. The management game simulated competition among a group of manufacturing companies to acquire…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Communication, Classroom Techniques, College Bound Students
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