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Direct linkHerron, Jean Foster; Major, Claire Howell – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2004
This article comprises the results of a qualitative study designed to examine community college leaders' attitudes toward problem-based learning as a method for teaching leadership. The respondents in the study participated in a year-long community college leadership academy, which used problem-based learning as the primary instructional method.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Leadership, Community Colleges, Administrator Attitudes
van Gog, Tamara; Ericsson, K. Anders; Rikers, Remy M. J. P.; Paas, Fred – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2005
Cognitive load theory (CLT) has been successful in identifying instructional formats that are more effective and efficient than conventional problem solving in the initial, novice phase of skill acquisition. However, recent findings regarding the "expertise reversal effect" have begun to stimulate cognitive load theorists to broaden their horizon…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Advanced Students, Epistemology, Problem Solving
Squire, Kurt D. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2008
Interactive digital media, or video games, are a powerful new medium. They offer immersive experiences in which players solve problems. Players learn more than just facts--ways of seeing and understanding problems so that they "become" different kinds of people. "Serious games" coming from business strategy, advergaming, and entertainment gaming…
Descriptors: Video Games, Models, Educational Change, Interactive Video
Zingale, Marinella; Belfiore, Giovanni; Mongelli, Vita; Trubia, Grazia; Buono, Serafino – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
The authors present the outcomes of three parent training experiences carried out at the Research Institute "OASI MARIA SS" in Troina, Italy, which were designed to facilitate the acquisition of specific competencies and to promote educational effectiveness within the family. Some 30 families (all with a member with autistic disorder or…
Descriptors: Severe Mental Retardation, Interdisciplinary Approach, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Download full textEdward, Karen-leigh; Hercelinskyj, Julie; Warelow, Philip; Munro, Ian – International Electronic Journal of Health Education, 2007
A variety of developments in nursing education in Australia including some innovative and exciting models, educational enterprises between education and industry, and evidence of developing strengths in research and professional alliances on a national level have been discussed recently. This paper presents Simulation to Practice as an example of…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Nursing Education, Mental Health, Problem Solving
Petreshene, Susan S. – 1985
Designed to help stimulate the development of thinking skills in children of varying abilities and to review basic skills at all elementary grade levels, this book contains 153 "ready-to-go" classroom activities. Included are "total-group,""partner," and "individual" activities. Activities in the book are…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Elementary Education
McGill, Ian; Beaty, Liz – 1995
Action learning is a process of learning and reflection that happens with the support of a group of colleagues ("set") working with real problems with the intention of getting things done. This guide is for those who want to practice action learning. It can be used to introduce the concepts of action learning to others and as a manual…
Descriptors: Administration, Collegiality, Cooperation, Educational Development
Zinger, David J. – 1986
This manual was developed to facilitate the initial training of a group of pre-retirement peer counselors and to introduce them to the basics of helping for clients facing pre-retirement issues. An introduction explains the use of the manual and urges users to complete suggested exercises when reading the manual. The next section lists learning…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Foreign Countries, Helping Relationship, Learning Activities
Salomon, Gavriel; Perkins, D. N. – 1985
Arguing that the most widespread argument in favor of the teaching of programming concerns its possible impact on generalizable cognitive skills, this paper addresses the "how" of transfer. The outlines of a theory of the mechanisms of transfer are presented, the theory is used to examine the contrasts between certain studies that did…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Learning Processes, Literature Reviews, Problem Solving
Hortin, John A. – 1985
Two studies were conducted to train students to use imagery in their learning and to investigate whether such training would transfer to solving visual puzzles and verbal problems. In the first study, with 78 graduate students, 29 experimental-group subjects were given a lecture and slide presentation designed to teach about imagery. Both the…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Imagery, Problem Solving
McClanahan, Susan – Day Care and Early Education, 1974
A series of easy activities for parents or caregivers to use in guiding the developmental progress of children at the infant, toddler, and preschool levels. (Author)
Descriptors: Developmental Tasks, Infants, Language Acquisition, Learning Activities
KOPEF, RUTH – 1963
A TENTH-GRADE BIOLOGY CURRICULUM GUIDE IS PRESENTED. THE FOUR UNITS OF STUDY ARE FOUNDATIONS OF LIFE, VARIETY OF LIFE, DISTRIBUTION OF LIFE, AND CONTINUITY OF LIFE. ALSO INCLUDED ARE AN OUTLINE COURSE OF STUDY, A STATEMENT OF COURSE OBJECTIVES, SAFETY RULES AND REGULATIONS, A DESCRIPTION OF FIVE TEACHING METHODS (CLASS DISCUSSION, THE…
Descriptors: Biology, Curriculum Guides, Grade 10, Independent Study
Wescourt, Keith T.; Hemphill, Linda – 1978
The goal of the present project was to identify the types of knowledge necessary and useful for competent troubleshooting/debugging and to examine how new approaches to formal instruction might influence the attainment of competence by students. The research focused on the role of general strategies in troubleshooting/debugging, and how they might…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Programs, Concept Teaching, Information Processing
Dinkmeyer, Don; McKay, Gary D. – 1975
The STEP course is an educational program for parents which teaches them the ideas and skills they need for raising responsible children and feeling more adequate and satisfied as parents. The authors have developed a package of materials designed for nine training sessions. Each session provides an opportunity to: (1) discuss specific activity…
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Educational Resources, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Education
Conger, D. Stuart, Comp.; And Others – 1974
Life skills are problem solving behaviors applied appropriately and responsibly in the management of one's life. The purpose of this book is to make available evaluation reports on the use of the life skills course conducted by a variety of organizations. Each evaluation study was based on a different experimental design and in some cases the…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Development, Instructional Materials, Instructional Programs
