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Hammel, Alice M.; Gerrity, Kevin W. – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of professional development instruction on teacher perceptions of competence when including students with special needs in music classrooms. Subjects for the study were in-service music educators (N = 43) enrolled in an online graduate-level course specifically created to address the skills and…
Descriptors: Student Rights, Class Activities, Learning Activities, Teaching Methods
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Smith, Catherine J. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2012
Despite being criticised for placing little emphasis on thinking, the majority of laboratory work at school level is taught "via" expository "recipe-style" labs. This has been seen to result in students struggling to be able to apply the practical techniques they have learnt in the classroom outside the narrow environment in which they were…
Descriptors: Study Skills, Chemistry, Independent Study, Skill Development
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Nowacki, Amy S. – Journal of Statistics Education, 2011
The study presents and applies the 4MAT theoretical framework to educational planning to transform a biostatistics course into a problem-based learning experience. Using a four-question approach, described are specific activities/materials utilized at both the class and course levels. Two web-based instruments collected data regarding student…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Problem Based Learning, Learning Experience, Teaching Methods
Moriarity, Marlene Therese – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Purpose. The purpose of this study was to discover how coach training experts define coaching and what they would identify to be the essential components of a coach training program for mental health professionals. Methods. A panel of nine experts, through an iterative Delphi process of responding to three rounds of questionnaires, provided…
Descriptors: Expertise, Delphi Technique, Mental Health Workers, Mental Health
Bailer, Alice; Silva, Tony – 1998
This document explains Maryland's practical approach to developing student activities designed to facilitate high school students' transition to postsecondary education and/or the workplace. The document begins with an overview of Maryland's Career Connections initiative, which prepares for college and careers through the following: hands-on…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Career Exploration, Computer Uses in Education, Education Work Relationship
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Center on Education and Training for Employment. – 1999
This resource guide was developed to help local adult basic and literacy education (ABLE) programs throughout Ohio implement the state's Indicators of Program Quality, which were drafted in 1992 in response to the National Literacy Act of 1991. The guide provides a context for using the Indicators in ABLE programs and includes suggestions for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Check Lists
Vaughn, Carol – 2000
This document is intended as a template for individuals initiating and developing adult education distance learning programs. The introduction discusses the following issues: benefits of distance learning; flexibility; confidentiality; retention; and the best students to target. The template and supplementary materials are organized in five…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning