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Scheid, Karen – 1989
This report is intended to provide publishers and product developers with a summary of background information about strategy instruction for disabled learners. It also offers suggestions for how media and materials could be produced and designed to facilitate the teaching and learning of strategies. The first section looks at cognitive and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Disabilities, Educational Media, Elementary Secondary Education

Rautama, Erkki; Sutinen, Erkki; Tarhio, Jorma – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 1997
Describes a framework for computer-aided concept mapping that provides the means to easily trace the learning process. Presents the construction of a concept map as a script which consists of elementary operations. This approach can be applied in presentation tools, in evaluating the learning process, and in computer-aided learning. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Concept Mapping
Panitz, Theodore – 1999
The purpose of this paper is to provide a wide range of examples of writing across the curriculum (WAC) activities in order to encourage teachers to use writing in their classes regularly as a way of stimulating critical thinking in their students and providing variety in their teaching methods. The paper is presented in three sections. The first…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Instructional Design, Instructional Development, Instructional Innovation
Merrill, M. David – Educational Technology, 2001
This instructional design looks at momentum in physics through railroading, to assist students in developing appropriate mental models that will enable them to solve problems relevant to the process or principle being taught. A PEAnet (process, entity, activity network) relationship enables an instructional visualization (simulation) in which…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Instructional Design, Instructional Development, Instructional Innovation

Finkelstein, Judith M.; And Others – Social Education, 1993
Reviews reports from several professional organizations on recommendations about education for participatory citizenship. Reports on a study of 3,000 teachers in grades 1-3 from 7 midwestern states on the characteristics of social studies programs. Recommends four approaches to foster developmental social studies instruction. (CFR)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Educational Strategies
Jones, Deborah; Sims, Rod – 2002
Many tertiary institutions in Australia provide support to develop online teaching and learning resources, an environment characterized by demands from students for quality face-to-face and distance education, staff concern over workloads, institutional budgeting constraints and an imperative to use management systems. There also remains a…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Development, Foreign Countries, Higher Education

Leemkuil, Henny; de Jong, Ton; de Hoog, Robert; Christoph, Noor – Simulation & Gaming, 2003
Describes the development of a collaborative Internet-based simulation game for learning to solve knowledge management problems. The game builds on two starting points: on psychological and pedagogical developments in learning and instruction, and on a perceived need for better training of people working in the emerging field of knowledge…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Games, Computer Simulation, Cooperative Learning
Hannum, Wallace – Educational Technology, 2001
This instructional design blends a structured learning environment (the physics lesson) with an engaging, playful, simulated environment (roller coaster construction), putting into operation ideas from both cognitive and constructivist theories. Two instructional models are used: a general design model for creating instruction and a lesson design…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Instructional Development, Instructional Innovation, Instructional Materials
Community Coll. of Vermont, Waterbury. – 1992
Developed as a resource for faculty members at the Community College of Vermont (CCV), this four-part handbook provides information about the CCV and presents ideas and strategies for enhancing the effectiveness of teaching. Part I reviews the history of the CCV; examines the institution's mission, goals, and programs; profiles the CCV's teachers…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style
National Staff Development Committee for Vocational Education and Training, Chadstone (Australia). – 1993
This module is the third of five integrated professional development modules for adult literacy and basic education (ALBE) personnel. This module is in the form of a 6-hour workshop, the purpose of which is to provide professional development for ALBE personnel in managing an ALBE learning environment. An overview consists of these components:…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Classroom Techniques
Treadway, Ray – 1998
Bennett College (North Carolina) has developed the use of an Integrated Computerized Instructional Support System (ICISS) featuring the use of large networked test-banks, a sophisticated test management system, application software, and multimedia. These materials are used both for interactive learning experiences in the classroom and for…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Centers
Saltiel, Iris M.; Russo, Charline S. – 2001
This book, which is intended for adult educators and human resource developers, presents guidelines for using the principles of cohort programming and learning to improve adult learners' educational experiences. The following are among the topics covered in the book's eight chapters: (1) cohort programming and learning (cohort programs defined;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Students