Examined the comparative efficiency of inquiry-group instruction and traditional teaching methods on Taiwanese junior high school students' achievement and attitudes toward earth science. Surveys of students in both groups indicated that students in the inquiry group had significantly higher achievement scores and significantly more favorable…

Focuses on four aspects of the interaction process in distance education: (1) justification for interaction in the pedagogical process; (2) definition of interaction as it applies to the process of learning; (3) relationship between the current technologies and interaction; and (4) methodologies for integrating interaction into distance education.…

Presents a study of reflective reading using visual texts, where 12 adult literacy students begin to develop skills in teleliteracy by "reading" the texts for meaning by discussing characters, plot, setting, and theme in four edited segments. Finds that television can provide a bridge to link oracy and literacy when used as an educational tool in…

Describes three physics-related structured discussion tasks developed in cooperation with high school physics teachers. Presents the reactions of teachers and students to classroom use of the tasks. (Contains 23 references.) (Author/WRM)

Discusses online teaching and the learning process. Topics include distance education and the teacher's role; creating a detailed class syllabus; moderating online discussions; authentic assessment; and cultivating critical thinking skills. Includes a pre-discussion paper and post-discussion summary. (LRW)

Discusses a project in which the teacher and two third-grade classes collaborated on a mural inspired by the construction of a new wing at their elementary school. Explains that the mural showed the progression of the construction so the students would understand the process of construction. (CMK)

Explains that the amount and quality of talk in the classroom directly affects student achievement and describes how to avoid the initiation-response-evaluation pattern by asking open-ended questions, igniting rich conversations, and increasing wait time with students. The paper also includes Internet resources for boosting talk in the classroom,…

Presents an instructional resource on Native American beadwork that is recommended for upper elementary students. Focuses on different art products such as wampum, a wedding basket, charms, and a peyote fan. Includes background information, discussion questions, and activities and discusses how to evaluate the students. (CMK)

In this study, a multimedia computer-aided tutorial (MCAT) on the topic of debris-flow hazards was developed for senior high-school students in Taiwan. The format of the new course is a blend of whole-class presentations, interactive discussions among the teacher and students, and classroom activities using the MCAT software. The whole-class…

In this paper, we report work undertaken with a group of 11 UK teachers over a period of a year to teach aspects of the nature of science, its process, and its practices. The teachers, who taught science in a mix of elementary, junior high, and high schools, were asked to teach a set of "ideas-about-science" for which consensual support…

In United States history, the GAPE or Gilded Age and Progressive Era, roughly the last third of the nineteenth and first two decades of the twentieth centuries, constitutes one of the most formative and complex of periods, a time that historians designate as the birth of the United States. Many high school students and undergraduates find this…

This article reports the design and effects of a practical, pedagogic experiment motivated by the wish to encourage greater active learning in first-year tutorials along with a range of other learning skills, in particular the practice of good argumentation. The project has its roots in a formal accredited programme in teaching and learning that…

Computer-mediated exchange and interaction have become topics of debate and discussion in the past several years due to the growing interest in synchronous and asynchronous communication and their role in language acquisition, learning, and teaching (Liu, Moore, Graham, & Lee, 2002). This article offers a model for a collaborative course on…

False teeth among children are a Public Health problem which has not received adequate attention in Uganda. This study was therefore developed as a community-based descriptive cross-sectional carried out in Kanungu District using qualitative methods of data collection among caregivers of children, Community Owned Resource Persons and Service…

Quality in distance education has been studied mostly from a top-down approach, from administration and faculty to students. This study was an attempt to understand quality through the eyes of the distance learner. This study identified undergraduate and graduate students' perceptions about quality in distance education, examining factors…