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McDowell, Liz – Teaching in Higher Education, 2008
Existing research identifies that students' approaches to assignments are related to their general approaches to study. It is suggested that students need to better understand the requirements of assignments and acquire new concepts such as "argument". This fine-grained study proposes four qualitatively distinct assignment pathways: gathering,…
Descriptors: Assignments, Theory Practice Relationship, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies
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Garcia, Mercedes; Sanchez, Victoria; Escudero, Isabel – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2007
This article is written from our perspective as both researchers and mathematics teacher educators, and describes how our knowledge has grown as we engage concurrently in both teaching and research. Reflection-on-action is a means for us of approaching the relationship between theory and practice that comes out of the development of our work as…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Faculty Development, Mathematics Teachers, Theory Practice Relationship
Maker, C. June; Nielson, Aleene B. – 1996
This text on the education of gifted children is organized into two parts--the first on curriculum principles and the second on applications of those principles. The first chapter examines such topics as theories of intelligence, qualitatively different curricula, and a comprehensive approach to curriculum. Chapter 2 considers several continuums…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Development, Educational Principles
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Orion, Nir – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2007
This article suggests that a genuine reform endeavor towards the "Science for All" paradigm should adopt a holistic approach. There are several countries around the world that adopted the "Science for All" paradigm at the beginning of the 21st century. However, while looking closely at the amount of change that took place in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Holistic Approach, Science Education, Educational Change