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Jan Kalenda; Ellen Boeren – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2025
International organisations have measured adult learning participation since the 1990s, using surveys like the Adult Education Survey (AES) and the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). These surveys employ a 'triadic' classification of learning activities -- formal (FAE), non-formal (NFE) and informal learning…
Descriptors: Classification, Adult Education, Adult Students, Participation
Sindberg, Laura K. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2016
The purpose of this study was to examine the ways in which a professional learning community (PLC) of music teachers sustained growth as they sought to incorporate Comprehensive Musicianship Through Performance (CMP) in their teaching practices. Seven music teachers from a suburban school district in the upper Midwest participated in a PLC as they…
Descriptors: Music, Music Education, Music Teachers, Professional Development
Lido, Catherine; Osborne, Michael; Livingston, Mark; Thakuriah, Piyushimita; Sila-Nowicka, Katarzyna – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2016
This research employs novel techniques to examine older learners' journeys, educationally and physically, in order to gain a "three-dimensional" picture of lifelong learning in the modern urban context of Glasgow. The data offers preliminary analyses of an ongoing 1,500 household survey by the Urban Big Data Centre (UBDC). A sample of…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Adult Learning, Lifelong Learning, Urban Areas
Barrett, Theresa J. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This quantitative, nonexperimental, correlational study sought to determine whether a relationship exists between family physicians' levels of self-directed learning readiness (SDLR) and their preferences for continuing medical education (CME) activities. The study also sought to determine whether years in clinical practice or size of clinical…
Descriptors: Correlation, Independent Study, Learning Readiness, Learning Activities
Little, Michael H.; Cohen-Vogel, Lora – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2016
In recent years, a debate over kindergarten has ensued. We refer to the actors in this debate as "developmentalists," on the one hand, and "academic advocates," on the other. Developmentalists argue that kindergarten should be centered on child-initiated play and intentional teaching through play, art activities, and hands on…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Educational Policy, Advocacy, Debate
Moreira da Silva, Mauren Porciúncula; Pinto, Suzi Samá – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2014
This paper aims to reflect on the teaching of statistics through student research, in the form of projects carried out by students on self-selected topics. The paper reports on a study carried out with two undergraduate classes using a methodology of teaching that we call "learning projects." Monitoring the development of the various…
Descriptors: Statistics, Learning Activities, Student Projects, Student Research
Finger, Glenn; Jamieson-Proctor, Romina; Cavanagh, Rob; Albion, Peter; Grimbeek, Peter; Bond, Trevor; Fitzgerald, Robert; Romeo, Geoff; Lloyd, Margaret – Australian Educational Computing, 2013
This paper presents a summary of the key findings of the TTF TPACK Survey developed and administered for the Teaching the Teachers for the Future (TTF) Project implemented in 2011. The TTF Project, funded by an Australian Government ICT Innovation Fund grant, involved all 39 Australian Higher Education Institutions which provide initial teacher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education Programs, Surveys, Psychometrics
Bailey, Brad; Spence, Dianna J.; Sinn, Robb – Journal of Statistics Education, 2013
Researchers and statistics educators consistently suggest that students will learn statistics more effectively by conducting projects through which they actively engage in a broad spectrum of tasks integral to statistical inquiry, in the authentic context of a real-world application. In keeping with these findings, we share an implementation of…
Descriptors: Statistics, Curriculum Implementation, Discovery Learning, Learning Activities
Schaub, Maryellen – Sociology of Education, 2010
Over the second half of the twentieth century, changes occurred in parent reports of their engagement in cognitive activities with their young children in the United States. This article argues that the growing trend of "parenting for cognitive development" in young children in the latter half of the twentieth century is associated with the…
Descriptors: Mothers, Child Rearing, Behavior Standards, Young Children
van Dyk, Liezl – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2008
An abundance of research, by educational researchers and scholars of teaching and learning alike, can be found on the use of ICT to plan design and deliver learning activities and assessment activities. The first steps of the instructional design process are covered quite thoroughly by this. However, the use of ICT and quantitative methods to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Information Technology, Decision Making, Educational Researchers
Kuwan, Helmut; Larsson, Ann-Charlotte – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2008
Policy interest in international surveys on Adult Learning (AL) has increased strongly. AL survey data are used as benchmarks for a country's educational system. However, results of key indicators like participation in learning activities often vary remarkably between different data sources. Stating that these differences are due to varying…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Learning Activities, Adult Learning, Learning Modules
Bureau of the Census (DOC), Suitland, MD.
Nine pamphlets comprise this college-level curriculum support package about 1970 census data. "Teacher's Guide: Approaches to Census Data" describes unit objectives, discusses student materials and other publications the teacher may need, and suggests class exercises. A workbook for students gives an overview of 1970 census subject…
Descriptors: Community Size, Data, Data Collection, Demography
Smey, Barbara A. – 1981
This manual is designed to train local planning team members and school supervisors/administrators to conduct surveys of local opinions regarding career education. These materials, representing a one-day workshop, consist of eight activities. Topics covered in the activities are an overview of the workshop, an introduction to survey research,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Education, Data Analysis, Data Collection

Bloom, Stephen J. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1994
Describes a project for first and second graders involving gathering and interpreting survey data from another student they have never met to identify the student at the end of the project. Includes sample curricular goals and instructional strategies. (MKR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Coordination, Data Analysis, Data Collection

Evered, Lisa J. – School Science and Mathematics, 1994
Presents data collection activities for the home, school, and community that encourage students to summarize, interpret, and draw inferences. Four types of activities are discussed: observations, surveys, experiments, and sampling. (Author/MKR)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Elementary Education, Experiments, Learning Activities
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