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The Efficacy of IRIS "STAR Legacy" Modules under Different Instructional Conditions
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Sayeski, Kristin L.; Hamilton-Jones, Bethany; Oh, Susan – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2015
The vast majority of special education teacher preparation programs in the United States incorporate the IRIS Center's "STAR Legacy" modules into their coursework. Given the diversity of module content and ways in which the modules are employed, the purpose of this study was to explore the potential mediating effects of instructional…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Special Education, Learning Modules, Outcomes of Education
Pre-Service Teacher Beliefs about Language Learning: The Second Language Acquisition Course as an Agent for Change
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Busch, Deborah – Language Teaching Research, 2010
This large mixed methods study investigated the effects of the introductory second language acquisition (SLA) course on the beliefs of pre-service teachers (n = 381) enrolled over a three-year period at a state university in California. Pre- to post-course paired sample t-tests that were run on 23 beliefs statements from a widely used survey…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Education Courses, Teacher Education Programs, Second Language Learning
Tagging Thinking Types in Asynchronous Discussion Groups: Effects on Critical Thinking
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Schellens, T.; Van Keer, H.; De Wever, B.; Valcke, M. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2009
The present study focuses on the use of thinking types as a possible way to structure university students' discourse in asynchronous discussion groups and consequently promote their learning. More specifically, the aim of the study is to determine how requiring students to label their contributions by means of De Bono's (1991) thinking hats…
Descriptors: Discussion Groups, Identification, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills
Waking up the Back Row: Using Effective Communicating-to-Learn Strategies in Education Courses
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Williams, Patricia; Hammer, Margaret; McCauley, Joyce K.; Sullivan, Sam – Action in Teacher Education, 2007
How can university faculty use communicating-to-learn activities to enliven discussions, check understanding, and assess learning? By incorporating various reading, writing, listening, speaking, and thinking strategies into their classes, faculty are teaching through example and are making classes invigorating. As such, their undergraduate and…
Descriptors: Education Courses, Creative Activities, Instructional Materials, Demonstrations (Educational)
Increasing Teachers' Confidence in Using Computers for Education.
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Pina, Anthony A.; Harris, Bruce R. – 1993
The anxiety or confidence that teachers display towards computers and other new technologies is a subject which should be of prime importance to teacher educators and educational technologists. Many teachers feel ill-prepared and resist the integration of computers and other technologies into their instruction. Since 1976 there has been a growing…
Descriptors: Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes, Computer Uses in Education, Education Courses
Reading Field Experience Program.
Ceaser, Lisbeth – 1993
The lessons included in this collection were written by California Polytechnic State University Reading Specialist Credential candidates in the Salinas Cohort Project of 1992 as partial fulfillment for an education course titled "Bilingual Special Education Reading Problems." Each lesson is research-based. A rationale describes the…
Descriptors: Choral Speaking, Creative Dramatics, Education Courses, Elementary Secondary Education