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Cornell, Victor; And Others – 1996
Over the past several years, the preeminence of the transfer function at Arizona's Mesa Community College (MCC) has been overshadowed by the increasing demand for remedial education. In fall 1992, 65% of the students assessed for placement in English, mathematics, and reading scored below college-level in at least one of these subjects, and…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Community Colleges, Compensatory Education, Computer Assisted Instruction
Jacobson, Robert – 1991
Virtual worlds technology (VWT) uses special computer hardware and software to link humans with computers in natural ways. A data model, or virtual world, is created and presented as a three-dimensional world of sights and sounds. The participant manipulates apparent objects in the world, and in so doing, alters the data model. VWT will become…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Economic Factors, Educational Technology
Gifford, Lorna J. – 1998
The purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions of graduate students regarding the time spent in taking a course via the Internet compared to taking a class in the "regular" classroom. Graduate students completed a course in research on curriculum and instruction taught entirely via a Web-based program and email. Students would read…
Descriptors: Computer Attitudes, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Conventional Instruction
Hill, Janette R.; Rezabek, Landra L.; Murry, Brandon – 1998
This paper reports outcomes from a development and evaluation effort focused on a specific World Wide Web-based learning environment (WBLE) for school library media specialists (SLMS). Background information is provided explaining how the decision to create a WBLE for the SLMS course was derived. The three main groups contributing to the WBLE…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Evaluation, Distance Education, Educational Environment
Gosper, Maree V.; Rich, David C. – 1998
The Macquarie University (Australia) vision is to provide flexible learning options for all students. This will involve the dual development of resource-based curricula and information technology (IT) capacity across the university. This paper highlights major issues underpinning the design, development, and delivery of flexible learning and how…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development, Distance Education
Brostrom, Stig – 1992
Drawing from a comparison of Danish and American kindergarten students, a review of theories of child activity, and action research, this report outlines several principles for pedagogical practice among 5- and 6-year-old children. The report first focuses on the crosscultural, ethnographic, and comparative study of Danish and American…
Descriptors: Childrens Games, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Darville, Richard – 1993
The teaching of literacy, primarily to second language learners, in the Vancouver, British Columbia, Municipal Workplace Language Training Program is examined. The program arose out of reports to the city's Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) program about language difficulties among workers who couldn't pass tests required for promotion or…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Government Employees
Dodge, Diane Trister; And Others – 1989
A supervised, self-instructional training program for the professional development of child caregivers is offered. Included in this volume, the first of two, are orientation materials and six training modules that are organized around the first six functional areas of the Child Development Associate (CDA) Competency Standards. These areas concern…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Health, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Development
Li, Yuen Ling – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2004
Kindergarten teachers in Hong Kong are often criticised for not putting early childhood education theory into practice after their in-service training. It appears that they may be too concerned about academic work and discipline in the classroom and neglect to create a coherent vision of early childhood education. It might be suggested that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Early Childhood Education
Oliver, Kevin M. – 1996
The use of hypermedia in education is supported by cognitive flexibility theory which indicates transfer of knowledge to real-world settings is improved when that material is learned in a case-based, associative network emphasizing complexity and links to related information. Hypermedia is further assumed to benefit education, because it resembles…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Development, Computer Assisted Instruction, Constructivism (Learning)
Padilla, Felix M. – 1997
Based on a 3-year ethnographic study of college students in a Latino Studies course, this book tells the story of how the students navigated their academic life in a predominantly White university to construct their own education. Drawing on the principles of critical pedagogy, the course, "Sociology of Latino/a Culture and Identity,"…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, College Students, Consciousness Raising, Cooperative Learning
Blocher, J. M.; de Montes, L. Sujo; Tucker, G.; Willis, E. M. – 2000
This paper describes a study conducted by Northern Arizona University's Educational Technology faculty regarding training teachers for the integration of technology and the promotion of learner-centered instruction. Participants included traditional pre-service students enrolled in a required "Technology in the Classroom" course and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Practices, Educational Technology
Rehak, Daniel R. – 1997
The goal of the Carnegie Mellon Online project is to build an infrastructure for delivery of courses via the World Wide Web. The project aims to deliver educational content and to assess student competency in support of courses across the Carnegie Mellon University (Pennsylvania) curriculum and beyond, thereby providing an asynchronous,…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer Science Education, Computer System Design, Computer Uses in Education

McKay, Roberta – Canadian Social Studies, 1996
Advocates a broader and more flexible conceptualization of the Canadian social studies curriculum, emphasizing thematic and interdisciplinary approaches rather than chronology and topics. Praises the reflective inquiry teaching model that adopts a learner-centered approach. Compares social studies to other curricula in an attempt to discover a new…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Curriculum Evaluation

Rallis, Sharon F. – Theory into Practice, 1995
This article presents the traditional view of schooling as a barrier to reform; it explicates the learner-centered vision of schooling as an alternative, identifies the underpinnings of the learner-centered approach to schooling, and explores how this vision of schools as learner-centered environments might be enacted. (SM)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Strategies, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education