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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
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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
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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
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House, Peggy A. – Mathematics Teacher, 1994
Describes some mathematical investigations of the necktie which includes applications of geometry, statistics, data analysis, sampling, probability, symmetry, proportion, problem solving, and business. (MKR)
Descriptors: Clothing, Data Analysis, Geometry, Learning Activities
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Newman, Claire M.; Turkel, Susan B. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1985
A class survey is suggested as a way to stimulate students' interest in applying mathematics to a real-life problem that will require them to collect, organize, and interpret data. How to proceed from selection of topic to using the data to estimate and predict is discussed. (MNS)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Learning Activities
Ally, Mohamed; Cleveland-Innes, Martha; Boskic, Natasha; Larwill, Sandra – Journal of Distance Education, 2006
This article reports findings from a study exploring the generativity (Gibbons, Nelson, & Richards, 2000; Parrish, 2004) and discoverability (Friesen, 2001) of learning objects in the hands of the learner. Through the convergence of two separate pilot projects--the Canadian EduSource initiative through Athabasca University, and the…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Pilot Projects, Online Courses, Lifelong Learning
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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
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
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. National Assessment of Educational Progress. – 1978
Information is presented from a study of achievement and interest among students in age groups nine, 13, and 17 in the area of art education. Major objectives of the study were to generate information on how much time students spend enjoying works of art, how important they perceive art to be, how they evaluate works of art, what types of art they…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aesthetic Education, Art Education, Attitude Change
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Brahier, Daniel J.; And Others – Arithmetic Teacher, 1992
Provides 5 activities for levels K-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, and for the family that incorporate data collection and interpretation in the decision-making process. Activities investigate taste preference, voter preference, meal preference at the school open house, three close presidential elections, and questions about the years and dates of presidential…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Discovery Learning, Elementary Education
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Norwood, Karen S.; Coston, Yvonne M. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1993
Describes four activities for grade levels K-3, 4-5, and 6-8 and for the family that explore statistical concepts using a manipulative familiar to students-SKITTLES candies. Concepts explored include frequency graphs, data collection and analysis, probability, measures of central tendency, averaging, and correlation coefficients. Includes…
Descriptors: Computation, Cooperative Learning, Correlation, Data Analysis