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Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Shogren, Karrie A.; Palmer, Susan B.; Williams-Diehm, Kendra L.; Little, Todd D.; Boulton, Aaron – Exceptional Children, 2012
Promoting self-determination has become a best practice in special education. There remains, however, a paucity of causal evidence for interventions to promote self-determination. This article presents the results of a group-randomized, modified equivalent control group design study of the efficacy of the Self-Determined Learning Model of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Self Determination, Teaching Methods, Teaching Models
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Scott, Catherine – Australian Journal of Education, 2010
Individualism is the dominant value system in Western cultures and, as such, it affects the conduct of every aspect of human endeavour, including education. One of the most enduring effects on education has been the search for individual differences that can explain and predict variation in student achievement, with the hope that pedagogical…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Teacher Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Academic Achievement
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Wang, Margaret C.; And Others – Curriculum Inquiry, 1984
Discusses the technique of measuring program implementation, describing an effort to evaluate and refine the implementation of an innovative instructional model and examining the implications of this project for future research. (MCG)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
Leung, Kit H. – 2002
Diagnostic Cognitive Assessment (DCA) is an alternative dynamic assessment. It aims at measuring cognitive processes for effective learning support and coaching. DCA is embedded in a digital coaching system (DCS) as an executive director. It contains three sub-models: Expert Knowledge Model, Inference Model, and Student Model. While the Expert…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Cooperative Learning
Hittleman, Daniel R. – 1976
Some of the merits and limitations of Competency Based Teacher Education (CBTE) programs are reviewed, and a model CBTE program is presented. The model CBTE program is the primary concern of this discussion; however, arguments are mentioned for and against other such programs to give perspective to the components chosen for inclusion in the model…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Teacher Education, Educational Environment, Educational Objectives
Chapman, Reuben E. – 1968
This third in a series of three papers on the Associated Staff Training Program of the Foreign Language Innovative Curriculum Study discusses the training of Instructional Systems Consultants, describing in detail the skills necessary for proper handling of an innovative problem-solving routine. The six major skill areas, which correspond to the…
Descriptors: Consultants, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Feedback