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More than a Network: Building Professional Communities for Educational Improvement
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Dolle, Jonathan R.; Gomez, Louis M.; Russell, Jennifer Lin; Bryk, Anthony S. – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2013
This chapter is a case study of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching's Pathways [TM] program. The goal of the Statway [Registered Trademark] and Quantway [Registered Trademark] pathways is to improve the success rate of community college students who place into developmental mathematics. What makes these programs unique is…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Community Colleges, Research Methodology, Instructional Design
Lesson Design: Nine Steps to Knowledge (From Print to Pictures).
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Connelly, James O. – Technical Communication: Journal of the Society for Technical Communication, 1994
Uses R. Gagne and L. Briggs's nine Events of Instruction to discuss where video fits into the teaching and learning process, what educators can legitimately expect of video as an instructional tool, and where principles to guide the development of effective instructional videos can be found. (SR)
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Higher Education, Instructional Design, Instructional Effectiveness
Distance Education and Learners' Individual Differences: An Examination of Different Instructional Procedures Designed To Accommodate the Learning Characteristics of Field-Dependent and Field-Independent Learners.
Riddle, Joy – 1992
A study will be conducted to determine if the learning style of field dependence/independence has any effect on the cognitive outcomes and attitudes of students in a distance education class. The instructional strategies of group and individual learning will be compared to see which one results in greater learning and which one students prefer and…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Attitude Change, Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis
Cognitive, Affective, and Social Impacts of Arithmetic Practice with ILS: An Integration of Findings from 6-Years Qualitative and Quantitative Studies.
Hativa, Nira – 1991
This report summarizes the results of studies of four computer-assisted integrated learning systems (ILS) designed to teach students arithmetic: two in Israel (TOAM--distributed in the United States as DEGEM and SEMEL) and two in the United States (CCC and WICAT). The qualitative and quantitative studies identified cognitive, sociological, and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Competition, Computer Assisted Instruction