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Fey Cole – David Fulton Publishers, 2024
"An Educator's Guide to Project-Based Learning" will inspire practitioners to implement project-based learning effectively and identifies the importance of creative and innovative classrooms for highly successful educational outcomes. Project-based learning is becoming increasingly popular for research and practice. By creating the…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Program Implementation, Educational Innovation
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Herz, Lori; Russo, M. Jean; Ou-Yang, H. Daniel; El-Aasser, Mohamed; Jagota, Anand; Tatic-Lucic, Svetlana; Ochs, John – Advances in Engineering Education, 2011
The undergraduate Bioengineering Program at Lehigh University was established as part of the university's Bioscience and Biotechnology Initiative with support from the National Science Foundation through a grant from its Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC). The objective here is to describe the program development and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Engineering Education, Biotechnology, Program Descriptions
Hunt, Gilbert H.; Wiseman, Dennis G.; Touzel, Timothy J. – Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd, 2009
Schools today have transcended from the chalkboard to the whiteboard and are populated by students who are not frightened to use the technology of this new age of learning. During this period of dynamic change, teachers must be ready to meet the challenges of preparing students for a global society characterized by diversity and ever-increasing…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Teacher Effectiveness, Student Behavior, Learning Strategies
Vician, Chelley; Brown, Susan A. – 1994
Integrating computer-based communication into the delivery of a course is not a simple task, but it need not be a daunting one. With conscientious planning, coordination with institutional resources, preparation of training materials, and flexible responses to student learning, an instructor can readily succeed. Concerns and problems encountered…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Higher Education, Instructional Development, Instructional Innovation
Texas Univ., Austin. Texas Center for Reading and Language Arts. – 1999
This professional development guide focuses on teaching secondary students effective communication skills in both professional and social situations. Information in the guide will assist the teacher in determining the students' understanding of the communication process and build on this understanding by providing the communication skills needed…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Faculty Development, Instructional Innovation, Program Implementation
Hudgins, William B., Jr. – Georgia Social Science Journal, 1984
Interscholastic competition is an excellent means for showcasing social studies for students, parents, and the local community. Described is a social studies tournament as designed by one high school. Specifically discussed are tournament divisions, format, content, team selection and composition, instrument preparation and scoring, tournament…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation, High Schools, Interschool Communication
Texas Univ., Austin. Texas Center for Reading and Language Arts. – 2000
This guide is designed to provide an overview of vocabulary development and to focus on ways that enhance secondary vocabulary instruction. It includes strategies for teaching vocabulary and for integrating vocabulary into a lesson. It includes specific instructional strategies for teaching vocabulary skills based on the Texas Essential Knowledge…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Instructional Innovation, Program Implementation, Secondary Education
Rathgeb, Jody – Teaching Theatre, 1994
Describes the efforts of a teacher to create an after-school drama program where none existed before in a blue-collar area of Pennsylvania. Explains how an original production, "Voices from Middle School," was developed and performed through combining her after-school volunteer drama classes with an in-school poetry class. (PA)
Descriptors: After School Programs, Enrichment Activities, Instructional Innovation, Middle School Students
Texas Univ., Austin. Texas Center for Reading and Language Arts. – 2000
Included in this guide are strategies for helping struggling secondary readers and writers so that they will develop the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) necessary to write successfully and have greater access to the general curriculum. It focuses on the writing process because research supports the efficacy of the writing process as a…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Instructional Innovation, Process Approach (Writing), Program Implementation
Ford, Faye, Ed. – 1983
This book describes 119 award-winning projects from a program which established a national teachers' competition to select and disseminate superior teacher-planned and developed programs which use photography as an integral part of the K-12 school curriculum. All subject areas, grade levels, and states are represented in summaries of projects that…
Descriptors: Awards, Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Innovation
Rillo, Thomas J. – 1985
Outdoor education provides a setting in which students learn to discover things for themselves and should be an integral part of school curriculum. Beginning as soon as students and teachers step beyond the classroom, outdoor education employs methods of observation/discovery, research, and reflection. Small group instruction allowing full use of…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Enrichment, Discovery Learning
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Heath, Brent E. – Social Studies Review, 1988
Examines ways in which teachers may follow the California Framework for History-Social Science Education prescriptions in integrating and correlating the history-social science curriculum. Suggests three possible departures from current practice which might prove valuable for teachers. (LS)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, History, History Instruction
Armstrong, Sara – 1995
This document discusses the benefits of telecommunications in education and provides information on how to implement an educational telecommunications program. The book is organized into six sections. The first gives an overview of telecommunications and notes reasons for going online. The second section examines factors such as how the classroom…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Benefits, Educational Equipment
Baggett, Freeman E. – 1984
In order to create a computer-literate elementary school, this practicum aimed (1) to provide information about computer-assisted instruction (CAI) to all kindergarten through grade 5 teachers while developing a prototypical classroom in grade 2; (2) to increase community awareness of CAI; and (3) to encourage quality networking among educators…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Educational Innovation, Elementary Education
McMillan, Samuel, Ed.; Quinto, Frances, Ed. – 1985
Designed as a teacher's guide to stimulate student interest, creativity, and achievement, this teaching guide includes 132 projects which involve the use of photography as an instructional tool. The volume is divided into subject areas with grade levels ranging from kindergarten through higher education. Most projects are multidisciplinary, and…
Descriptors: Awards, Case Studies, Creative Activities, Elementary Secondary Education
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