This book, written by authors representing 12 countries and five continents, is a collection of international perspectives on distance learning and distance learning implementations in higher education. The perspectives are presented in the form of practical case studies of distance learning implementations, research studies on teaching and…

The term "serious games" became popularized in 2002 as a result of an initiative to promote the use of games for education, training, and other purposes. Today, many companies are using games for training and development, often with hefty price tags. For example, the development budget for the U.S. Army recruiting game, "America's…

Nontraditional students are rapidly becoming the majority group on campuses across America. These students are often hard pressed for time and in order to provide them with equal learning opportunities many universities and colleges are currently responding by offering classes using a variety of delivery methods and formats. In this study,…

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of computer aided instruction and traditional method of instruction on the junior secondary school students achievement in mathematics. Four research questions and hypotheses were stated and tested in the study. The design of the study was the pre-test post-test control group experimental…

If teaching is the effective communication of knowledge, the teacher first must be knowledgeable about the subject being taught. Communicating that knowledge to students is just as important. One standard teaching method is the lecture. A lecture is prepared before class by the teacher and should include not only the facts to be learned by the…

A study was conducted at Moraine Valley Community College (MVCC) to determine the characteristics of individuals who had taken courses through the college's Non-Traditional Learning (NTL) sub-division. The records of students who had taken specified NTL courses during spring 1981, fall 1981 or spring 1982 were retrieved and analyzed. Study…

The effects of open and traditional classrooms on creative expression were investigated using 60 children randomly drawn from grades 1, 4, and 8 from two different school systems. (ST)

This article compares traditional teacher education (TTE) with competency-based teacher education (CBTE). (JS)

Based on dissertation for EdD degree at Oregon State University (1967).

CONTROLLED CLASSROOM EXPERIMENTS ATTEMPTED TO ESTABLISH A BASIS FOR EVALUATING THE COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE WRITING ACT ITSELF, DRILL ON USAGE AND MECHANICS, SELF-INSTRUCTION, GROUP DISCUSSION, THEME CORRECTION AND CRITICISM, AND IMMEDIATE TUTORIAL FEEDBACK. EXPERIMENTS WERE CONDUCTED WITH ALMOST 300 STUDENTS IN GRADES 8 THROUGH 12. IT WAS…

SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR THE DEAF WERE DEVELOPED TO DETERMINE IF GRAMMATICAL ERRORS IN WRITTEN LANGUAGE COULD BE REDUCED. PRELIMINARY ANALYSES WERE MADE ON THE LANGUAGE OF DEAF STUDENTS AND USED AS A GUIDE FOR THE SELECTION OF GRAMMAR MATERIAL TO BE PROGRAMED. ONE CONTROL GROUP AND TWO EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS WERE USED IN THE STUDY. THE SAMPLES CONSISTED…

TO DETERMINE THE COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROGRAMED AND CONVENTIONAL WORKBOOK METHODS OF TEACHING GRAMMAR, SENTENCE STRUCTURE, PUNCTUATION, AND CAPITALIZATION, PRE- AND POST-TEST SCORES IN FOUR REMEDIAL ENGLISH SECTIONS WERE COMPARED. TWO TEACHERS PARTICIPATED IN THE EXPERIMENT, WITH EACH CONDUCTING A WORKBOOK SECTION AND A PROGRAMED SECTION.…

This chapter of "The Best of the Best of ERIC," Volume 2, contains 15 summaries of documents and journals on the back-to-basics controversy, all of which are indexed in either "Resources in Education" or "Current Index to Journals in Education." The materials included deal with various aspects of the topic, such as…

The "Curriculum for Meeting Modern Problems" was tested by the Project Evaluator in 36 Classrooms in 10 communities within the State of Ohio. Two areas of investigation were established. The first area was conceived as follows: Do students who are subjected to the experimental treatment learn to apply their knowledge about behavior and…

This study was conducted to show how a teacher's training affects his or her attitudes toward teaching. Twelve statements dealing with various aspects of education in relation to subject and student oriented instruction were distributed to 15 traditionally prepared teachers and 15 Teacher Corps prepared teachers. Each participant indicated in…