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Gillespie, Marilyn K. – 2002
Research findings related to constructivism have been applied to development of the Equipped for the Future (EFF) Framework and Continuum of Performance, a multi-dimensional developmental description of performance serving as a foundation for EFF-based instruction and assessment of learner progress. Acquiring expertise is a complex developmental…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Belcheir, Marcia J. – 1999
This study addressed the question of how much graduation rates would improve if new students were followed for 10 instead of four or six years from their date of first enrollment; it also compared enrollment and graduation patterns of new freshmen and new transfers to see if graduation rates were similar after 10 years. Participants were all…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, Dropout Research, Enrollment Trends
Tileston, Donna Walker – 2000
This book presents 10 practices that are essential to making education meaningful and rich for all students, examining brain research and how it can be applied to the classroom. It incorporates information about learning styles and standards into a classroom instructional model for teachers. The 11 chapters are as follows: (1) "Creating an…
Descriptors: Brain, Cognitive Style, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning
Yildirim, Soner – 1999
This study examined the effectiveness of an educational computing course on preservice teachers' computer use and attitudes toward computers in education. The study used data from 16 (12 female, 4 male) preservice teachers who attended the University of Southern California. Results indicated that teachers' prior computer experience shapes their…
Descriptors: Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Peters, William H.; Stuessy, Carol L.; Loving, Cathleen C. – 2000
A collaborative of secondary teachers and administrators, university faculty, and administrators formulated a four-phase, field-based teacher education program that included: providing for self-directed experiences with adolescents; establishing an understanding of teaching and schools in modern society; developing skills to meet the needs of…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Decision Making, Field Experience Programs, Higher Education
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Justice, David O. – Liberal Education, 1997
The unique characteristics and needs of adult students in higher education are discussed, drawing on experience of the School for New Learning at DePaul University (Illinois). Issues discussed include adult learning habits, motivations of adults for continuing their education, differences in the faculty's role with adult learners, challenges in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Andragogy, College Faculty
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Powell, Richard R. – Teaching and Teacher Education, 1996
A 4-year case study examined how two second-career teachers' prior experiences, beliefs about knowledge, and schooling contexts influenced their ability to implement culturally relevant, constructivist classroom curricula. Interviews and observations highlighted important relationships between teachers' personal belief systems for teaching and…
Descriptors: Career Change, Constructivism (Learning), Cultural Awareness, Cultural Relevance
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De Corte, Erik – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1990
Discusses the use of new information technology in schools and reviews research on the psychology of learning and instruction. Highlights include a theory of expertise; individual differences in learning; the role of prior knowledge; social interaction and learning; transfer of cognitive skills; and designing computer-based learning environments.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer System Design, Elementary Secondary Education
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Johnston, Marilyn – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1990
Presents a case study involving two teaching certification students. Examines how a social studies methods course and a one-year elementary school postbaccalaureate teacher education program influenced students' educational beliefs and practices. Finds influences are partial, differential, and interactive with students' backgrounds and…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Case Studies, Educational Philosophy, Educational Research
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Dimitroff, Alexandra; Wolfram, Dietmar – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1995
Describes a study of graduate students that examined search behavior and affective response to a hypertext-based bibliographic information retrieval system called HyperLynx for searchers with different search skills and backgrounds. Previous experience with hypertext or Boolean searching is examined, and search times are discussed. (21 references)…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Analysis of Variance, Bibliographic Records, Graduate Students
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Ross, Alistair – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 1992
The second part of a British study of elementary teacher trainees' economic and industrial understanding is presented. In this segment, student teachers' attitudes toward economic issues and their perceptions of teaching as work are examined, particularly as they affect implementation of the economics portion of the national curriculum. (MSE)
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Economics Education, Elementary School Curriculum, Elementary School Teachers
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Abrami, Philip C.; And Others – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1992
The impact of learning mathematics under successful and unsuccessful cooperative group conditions was studied for 181 seventh graders in Montreal (Quebec) who had a learned-helplessness or mastery-oriented attributional style and different prior mathematics achievement. Learning of helpless and less able students may depend on accomplishments and…
Descriptors: Ability, Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, Comparative Analysis
Esmaeli, Kateh – Literacy Harvest, 1993
Knowing and learning about students' lives are an essential part of teaching reading to adults. Student journals provide a way for teachers to know and respond to students' personal histories. Adult learners must value themselves and the knowledge they already possess in adult basic education and other realms. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Adults
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Ladson-Billings, Gloria – Social Education, 1991
Describes an undergraduate education course on teaching in a multicultural society. Finds students to be multicultural illiterates, based on their lack of knowledge of multicultural terms. Suggests videotapes and textbooks for building students' multicultural knowledge base. Presents field activities that promote greater multicultural awareness.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, College Curriculum, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Course Content
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Bilal, Dania – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 2000
Reports on a research project that investigated seventh grade science students' cognitive, affective, and physical behaviors as they used the Yahooligans! search engine to find information on a specific search task. Describes measurement techniques that included software, interviews, and questionnaires, and discusses implications for user training…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software
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