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Making Undergraduate Research a Central Strategy in High-Impact Practice Reform: The PASSHE Journey
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Moran, James D., III.; Wells, Marilyn J.; Smith-Aumen, Angela – New Directions for Higher Education, 2015
This chapter describes undergraduate research expansion in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) in the context of both fiscal and student enrollment challenges.
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Educational Research, Research Projects, Educational Change
Collaborative Instructional Design for College Readiness
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Boyer, Brenda L. – Knowledge Quest, 2015
High school seniors' success in making the transition to college hinges greatly on their ability to perform college-level research. Studies pointing out failure to provide this critical preparation abound (Head 2013; Head and Eisenberg 2010). Helping students make this leap is the topic of much research and discussion between members of the…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, College Readiness, High School Seniors, Research Projects
Dancing with the Web: Students Bring Meaning to the Semantic Web
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Brooks, Pauline – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2012
This article will discuss the issues concerning the storage, retrieval and use of multimedia technology in dance, and how semantic web technologies can support those requirements. It will identify the key aims and outcomes of four international telematic dance projects, and review the use of reflective practice to engage students in their learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Dance, Semantics
Preparing Prisoners for College Using Programmed Learning and Contingency Management
Berman, Mark Laurence – Training Technol, 1970
Program learning and contingency management are two approaches designed to prepare prisoners for college. Academic performance of Newgate students has been high. In a quarterly supplement to Educational Technology Magazine. (GR)
Descriptors: College Preparation, Correctional Education, Prisoners, Program Descriptions
The Establishment of a State Research Coordinating Unit in Vocational Education in Pennsylvania. Final Report.
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Pennsylvania State Board of Education, Harrisburg. – 1969
This final report of the Pennsylvania Research Coordinating Unit for Vocational Education (RCU) summarizes activities during the period from August 1966 to August 31, 1969. Major activities and accomplishments of the RCU include program initiation, development of research and related activities, ancillary research and related projects, the…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Information Dissemination, Information Systems, Models
One School's Approach to Planning for Affective Education
Vicary, Judith R.; And Others – Humanist Educator, 1977
An Affective Education Committee was formed during the 1974-75 school year out of common interests of different committees to study the state of the art of affective education in the district. Results indicated teachers had considerable interest in learning to use various materials available to them within the district. (Author)
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Curriculum Design, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Pennsylvania's Abstracts of Research and Related Materials in Vocational Education.
Pennsylvania Research Coordinating Unit for Vocational Education, Harrisburg. – 1977
Forty project abstracts constitute this collection, all of them Pennsylvania research and exemplary activities conducted during the 1975-76 fiscal year and supported with part C and D federal vocational funds (Public Law 90-576). Each of the one-page abstracts contains project title, name and address of project director, project dates, amounts of…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged, Federal Aid