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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). Div. of Marine Sciences. – 1984
This report includes nine papers prepared for a workshop on coral reef survey management and assessment methods in Asia and the Pacific. The papers are: "A Contrast in Methodologies between Surveying and Testing" (Charles Birkeland); "Coral Reef Survey Methods in the Andaman Sea" (Hansa Chansang); "A Review of Coral Reef…
Descriptors: College Science, Ecology, Higher Education, Marine Biology
Welch, Wayne W., Ed. – 1981
The four papers in these proceedings provide a comprehensive picture of the rationale, methodology, strengths, and limitations of case studies. In "Doing Justice in Evaluation Research," David Hamilton argues that the application of scientific methods to the study of social systems has given us a false illusion of certainty. He offers an…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Evaluation Methods, Justice, Objectivity
Hord, Shirley M., Ed.; Adams, Ronald D., Ed. – 1981
The first paper in this collection of symposium papers presents the results of a survey of nearly 800 educational institutions and provides information on institutional characteristics, institutions engaged in teacher education evaluation, scope of data collected, methods of data collection, relationship between size of program and method of data…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Decision Making, Evaluation Criteria
Hughes, Kent, Ed.; Sha, Lynn, Ed. – Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2006
These proceedings from a conference with leading experts examines the hugely successful American model of technological and scientific innovation. They stress the critical importance of government funding of physical science for the realms of national security, education, and industry. Kent Hughes and Frederick M. Bush, both of the Woodrow Wilson…
Descriptors: Government Role, Physical Sciences, Scientific Research, Scientific Methodology
Ahtee, Maija, Ed.; Meisalo, Veijo, Ed.; Lavonen, Jari, Ed. – 1994
The 15 conference papers in this report address a variety of issues such as computer applications in mechanics and optics, three-dimensional representation in physics teaching, computers in the physics laboratory, information technologies, the perceptual approach in physics education, improving students' conceptual understanding in physics, using…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Strategies
Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1932
The application of scientific method to the study of college problems in the field of curricula, methods, administration, and student personnel is increasing rapidly. The experimental method--the setting up of alternative procedures in such a way that the factor under study may be isolated for measurement--appeals more to college faculty members…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Higher Education, College Faculty, Prediction
Tisher, Richard P., Ed. – 1987
A diversity of themes are addressed in the papers presented in this document; they include new topic areas as well as concerns that have been cited in previous issues. The papers focus on such topics as: (1) problem solving; (2) cognition; (3) the learning environment; (4) energy education; (5) the use of diagrams; (6) scientific methodology; (7)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, College Science, Elementary School Science
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers