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Direct linkJose Ignacio Priego-Quesada; Andresa M. C. Germano; Daniel Schmidt; Alberto Encarnacion-Martínez; Andressa L. Lemos; Carlos Sendra-Perez; Conrado T. Laett; Emmanuel S. da Rocha; Falk Zaumseil; Fran Oficial-Casado; Inaê de Oliveira; Inmaculada Aparicio-Aparicio; Jesús A. Escalona-Navarro; Joaquín Martín Marzano-Felisatti; Marina Gil-Calvo; Ignacio Catalá-Vilaplana; Niclas Masuch; Pedro Pérez-Soriano; Roberto Sanchis-Sanchis; Felipe P. Carpes – Advances in Physiology Education, 2024
Internationalization in higher education is essential, and although active learning methodologies are increasing and allow students to develop transversal skills, most still have a very local scope. In this context, the Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) methodology is an interesting approach to benefit the students' development.…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Science Education, Biomechanics, International Education
Download full textKlempin, Serena; Lahr, Hana – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2021
Guided pathways reforms are emerging as a promising strategy for improving student outcomes and closing equity gaps at community colleges, but little is known about how the guided pathways approach can help address challenges facing adult students. This report discusses strategies that three Tennessee community colleges that have implemented…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Community Colleges, Equal Education, Strategic Planning
Houston Independent School District, 2016
The Optional Flexible School Day Program (OFSDP) is approved by the Texas Commissioner of Education and is offered by the Houston Independent School District (HISD) to provide students with flexible school hours and days of attendance. The goal of the program is to improve the graduation rates for students who are in danger of dropping out of…
Descriptors: Flexible Scheduling, School Schedules, Nontraditional Students, Nontraditional Education
Koroluk, Jaymie; Atkins, Bridgette; Stranach, Matthew – Journal of Professional, Continuing, and Online Education, 2016
A key role of teaching and learning centres at postsecondary education institutions is to provide professional development for faculty and staff. A challenge for teaching and learning centre staff is to design, develop, and deliver professional development programs that are engaging and relevant to participants. This Report of Practice describes…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Blended Learning, Teaching Assistants, Faculty Development
Houston Independent School District, 2015
The Optional Flexible School Day Program (OFSDP) is approved by the Texas Commissioner of Education and is offered by the Houston Independent School District (HISD) to provide students with flexible school hours and days of attendance. The goal of the program is to improve the graduation rates for students who are in danger of dropping out of…
Descriptors: Flexible Scheduling, School Schedules, Nontraditional Students, Nontraditional Education
Houston Independent School District, 2014
The Optional Flexible School Day Program (OFSDP) is approved by the Texas Commissioner of Education and is offered by the Houston Independent School District (HISD) to provide students with flexible school hours and days of attendance. The program offers opportunities for students to make progress toward completing high school if they are unable…
Descriptors: Flexible Scheduling, School Schedules, Nontraditional Students, Nontraditional Education
Wang, Margaret C. – 1982
Despite increased interest in and acceptance of the concept and mandate of providing adaptive instruction to ensure schooling success for each student, a sizable gap exists between identification of specific educational practices and application of such practices in schools. The work described in this paper is aimed at examining the feasibility…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary School Students
Connolly, Frances T.; Figgures, Cleo – 1984
A brief description of programs providing school-age care in the Philadelphia School District is provided (the text of a 1984 School Age Child Care Conference presentation). Appended to the speech text is a technical summary of the 1982-83 program evaluation of one such program: the Child Care Program. Descriptive material provided in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development, Class Activities, Day Care
Peterson, Gary W. – 1976
The final report describes a project at the Florida State University at the end of its third year and an assessment of the degree to which project goals were attained. The project goals were to: (1) establish mastery standards for degree programs; (2) create open, time-variable educational programs; (3) verify that the program product can serve as…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation
Wade, Winnie, Ed.; Sutton, John, Ed. – 1994
This publication contains interim reports from 26 programs developed at 22 British higher education institutions in response to a government "White Paper" that called for development of more flexible patterns of teaching and learning. Each description includes the institution's title, names of key personnel, short description of the…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), College Instruction, Continuous Progress Plan, Courses
