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Cosner, Shelby – Journal of School Leadership, 2014
Emphasis on improving student learning has brought increased attention to the execution of schoolwide instructional reforms in general and the use of data by teacher teams in particular as an expected element of a school's instructional reform strategy. With this in mind, the purpose of this article is to focus important attention on the work…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Strategies, Change Strategies, Data
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Long, Suzanna K.; Carlo, Héctor J. – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2013
This teaching brief describes an innovative multi-institutional initiative through which integrated student groups from different courses collaborate on a common course project. In this integrated group project, students are asked to design a decentralized manufacturing organization for a company that will manufacture industrial Proton-Exchange…
Descriptors: Integrated Activities, Group Activities, Teaching Methods, Cooperative Learning
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Wei, Wei; DeBrot, David; Witney, Carol – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2015
By investigating the factors facilitating and hindering a small scale educational change, this study highlights the crucial role of leadership in designing and implementing an educational change at a transnational university in Vietnam. During its initiation stage, the programme leaders seemed to fail to (1) set up a clear schedule for changing,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Leadership Role, Investigations, Performance Factors
Lee, Kar-Tin – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
This paper presents the findings of a study conducted in China to identify the potential benefits of incorporating robotics as an educational tool for 100 primary and 320 secondary school teachers of general technology. The Professional Learning Program was conducted from 2010-2013 in China. The major focus of the program was on the development…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Integration, Technology Education, Technology Uses in Education
Edgecombe, Nikki; Cormier, Maria Scott; Bickerstaff, Susan; Barragan, Melissa – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2013
In this paper, the authors draw on empirical data from CCRC's Scaling Innovation project to examine trends in developmental education instructional reform and outline a framework for reform adoption and adaptation. The paper's findings are based on two qualitative data sources: a scan of developmental education reforms that involved changes to…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Evidence
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Varma, Keisha; Husic, Freda; Linn, Marcia C. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2008
Designing effective professional development experiences for technology-enhanced inquiry instruction is the goal of the Technology Enhanced Learning in Science (TELS) NSF funded Center for Learning and Teaching. In order to provide this type of support to a large number of teachers, we devised a "targeted professional development approach."…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Professional Development, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction
Snooks, Kathy – Camping Magazine, 1996
Technical tree climbing is a program on the leading edge of innovation. It will inspire staff, generate revenue, and create a sense of accomplishment and wonder. Initiating a technical tree climbing program requires climbable trees, knowledgeable staff, and a reverence for trees. Describes how Mystic Lake Camp initiated a 4-week program involving…
Descriptors: Camping, Environmental Education, Instructional Innovation, Program Development
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LeBaron, John; McFadden, Anna – Interactive Learning Environments, 2008
This paper offers a case history of one university academic department's experience with the pressure to create online scholarship opportunities for professional educators. As tertiary education transforms its course delivery to Web-based learning management platforms, instructors are challenged to transform career-long practice suddenly and…
Descriptors: Organizational Change, College Faculty, Educational Technology, Technology Integration
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Miller, Haynes R.; Upton, Deborah S. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2008
The d'Arbeloff Interactive Mathematics Project or d'AIMP is an initiative that seeks to enhance and ultimately transform the teaching and learning of introductory mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A result of this project is a suite of "mathlets," a carefully developed set of dynamic computer applets for use in the…
Descriptors: Equations (Mathematics), Calculus, Mathematics Instruction, College Instruction
Pritchard, William H., Jr. – Electronic Education, 1981
Describes 10 steps which can guide an educator through the process of introducing computer-assisted instruction. This guide can be used for implementing computerized instruction at any educational level. (JJD)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Change, Educational Technology
Braden, Roberts A. – 1979
The recent conservative trend in educational policy is addressed in this paper which begins with a description of 10 specific types of threats to the instructional development movement that can evolve from an excessively conservative environment. These threats are named as follows: (1) scapegoat; (2) baby-with-the-bathwater; (3) chronological…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Educational Policy, Educational Trends, Financial Support
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Platt, Bernard P.; And Others – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 1992
A successful summer immersion experience for high school German students is described, with focus on the development, philosophy, and structure of the language academy. Theoretical and practical information is given on student/staff selection, participant grouping, curriculum development, activity planning, facility preparation, and enforcement of…
Descriptors: German, Immersion Programs, Instructional Innovation, Magnet Schools
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Lee, Li-Tze; Hung, Jason C. – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2009
McCarthy (1985) constructed the 4MAT teaching model, an eight step instrument developed in 1980, by synthesizing Dewey's experiential learning, Kolb's four learning styles, Jung's personality types, as well as Bogen's left mode and right mode of brain processing preferences. An important implication of this model is that learning retention is…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Teaching Models, Academic Achievement, Experiential Learning
Burton, Larry D. – 1998
This document includes materials that accompanied a presentation focused on sharing with educators the "Intel-ebration" program. The Intel-ebration program is designed to connect K-16 students in a collaborative educational adventure. Each year the developer of the program collaborates with an academic department at Andrews University…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Cooperative Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
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Slavin, Robert E. – Elementary School Journal, 1981
Focuses on how basic research on psychological principles eventually leads to practical classroom programs. A case study is presented of a classroom program based on psychological research. Inferences are made regarding the problems of transforming basic research into practical classroom programs. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Education, Instructional Innovation, Instructional Materials
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