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Hadley, Elizabeth Burke; Mendez, Karyn Zalman – Reading Teacher, 2021
Vocabulary learning is an essential component of early literacy instruction. However, choosing appropriate words for instruction can be a challenge, with many resources encouraging the instruction of words that are either too easy or too obscure. This article, based on a systematic review of vocabulary interventions, presents research-based…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Selection, Teaching Methods, Selection Criteria
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Lauren P. Bailes; Wayne K. Hoy – International Journal of Educational Management, 2014
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop, illustrate, and apply the concept of choice architecture to schools. Design/methodology/approach: The analysis is a synthesis of concepts from the social science research that nudge people toward positive actions. Findings: A dozen concepts are identified, defined, and illustrated as a set of…
Descriptors: Administrators, Selection, Selection Criteria, Prompting
Clarke, Doug; Roche, Anne – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2010
As part of a larger project, "Task Types in Mathematics Learning," through the use of a questionnaire, we sought middle years mathematics teachers' insights into the task types they chose to use in mathematics, the reasons for these choices, and the ways (if any) in which their choices had changed as a result of their involvement in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Mathematics Education
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Jalongo, Mary Renck – Young Children, 1983
Suggests guidelines for selecting and using picture books exploring emotionally charged issues to help attain therapeutic goals and/or to foster an emotionally enriching classroom experience. (RH)
Descriptors: Bibliotherapy, Childrens Literature, Criteria, Early Childhood Education
Matsuzaki, Takeshi – Online Submission, 1998
Classroom second language instruction can be characterized as one of the following: focus-on-formS, focus-on-meaning, or focus-on-form. The book titled "Focus on Form in Classroom Second Language Acquisition" (Doughty & Williams, 1998) argues for the desirability of focus-on-form over focus-on-formS and focus-on-meaning, discussing the efficacy…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Design
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Ware, Mark E.; Chastain, Jeffrey D. – Teaching of Psychology, 1991
Reports results of a study assessing the effectiveness of teaching statistics with an emphasis on selection skills. Discusses how general academic ability and gender affected students' learning when the instructor emphasized selection skills. Concludes that teachers must emphasize selection skills through handouts, lectures, and examinations to…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Educational Research, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education
Ringold, Dorman R. – 1964
This study was undertaken to identify and organize meaningful and useful basic materials on transistor principles and applications, and to explore some of the elements required for adult teaching. It was limited to the apparent needs of information-seeking adults in greater Los Angeles who desired occupational skills. A literature review…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Course Content, Criteria, Educational Needs
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Brodbelt, Samuel – Contemporary Education, 1980
Criteria for the selection of cooperating teachers are suggested in an attempt to improve the student teaching experience by equating factors in successful teaching with criteria that cover professional requirements, classroom teaching skills, and subjective factors. (JMF)
Descriptors: Cooperating Teachers, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education, Practicum Supervision
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Elksnin, Linda K. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2001
This article provides guidelines for effectively implementing the case method of instruction (CMI) in special education teacher preparation programs. Information is provided on how to write cases, how to access (and assess) commercially available cases, and how to present a case. Examples of inservice applications of CMI are provided. (Contains…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Disabilities, Evaluation Criteria, Guidelines
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