Students in a Winnipeg (Manitoba) alternative high school participated in a project designed to increase student voice in their own learning and in school direction. Studying emotional intelligence, helping plan a provincial student conference, and conducting research on student priorities developed real-world skills, increased appreciation of…

An 18-month pilot project established a compulsory Web-based course in a teacher education program at a Quebec university. Analysis of synchronous conversations, interviews, and 5,300 e-mails showed that student teachers had to acquire a new way of learning which seemingly increased their motivation and enhanced development of critical thought due…

Describes TELD (Teaching by Examples and Learning by Doing), a Web-based online courseware engine for higher education. Topics include problem-based learning; project-based learning; case methods; TELD as a Web server; course materials; TELD as a search engine; and TELD as an online virtual classroom for electronic delivery of electronic…

Investigated the effects of three types of interaction (academic, collaborative, and social) on learning, satisfaction, participation, and attitude toward online learning in a Web-based environment with undergraduates in Korea. Concludes that social interaction with instructors and collaborative interaction with peers are important in enhancing…

Focuses on an activity in which students sample air at school and generate ideas about how to classify the microorganisms they observe. The results are used to compare air quality among schools via the Internet. Supports the development of scientific inquiry and technology skills. (DDR)

Discusses the development of a data analysis activity used with 8th grade students at the beginning of the school year. Groups of students collected a variety of data about a specific population. (DDR)

This study investigated the utility of the self-regulation model of decision making for explaining and predicting adolescents' academic decision making. Measures included an assessment of decision-making skill; academic goals; select scales of Learning and Study Strategies Inventory; and teacher ratings of achievement behavior. Adolescents'…

Asserts that assessment tools created by instructors or counselors can be effective in exploring students' individual needs and providing a foundation for appropriate interventions. Presents a Student Information Sheet, which elicits basic information, and two measures created to explore academic self-concept and students' self-concept related to…

Discusses the elements of instructional design and technical design in module writing. Describes the development of an evaluation instrument to evaluate the modules written by course lecturers from the School of Distance Education at the Universiti Sains Malaysia. Recommends that multimedia and distance-learning strategies be integrated into the…

Reports research findings of an experimental design in which cooperative-learning strategies were applied to closed-lab instruction of computing concepts. SimCPU, a software package specially designed for closed-lab usage was used by 171 high school students of four classes. Results showed that collaboration enhanced learning and that blending…

Alfie Kohn, former teacher and current educational theorist and writer, discusses his views on teaching, learning, and parenting. He addresses the problems of reward-based education, the negative effects of competition on learning, and capitalizing on the naturalness of altruistic behavior in humans. He stresses the importance of treating children…

Modifies the concept of Supplemental Instruction to explore cognitive and developmental factors of high school students. Intensive Developmental Instruction (IDI) was used in a pre-college summer program. Preliminary results indicate that high schools students perform as well as college students and demonstrate a correlation between the grade…

States that for faculty to make effective referrals to academic support programs, they should be knowledgeable about services and describe them to students in their classes early in the term, they must endorse the use of the service and repeatedly encourage students to attend, and they must make their referrals personal. (VWC)

Seeks to determine if differences exist in learning styles between developmental "at-risk" college students and college peer-tutors. Finds that through the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), differences existed on the Judging-Perceiving scale. Discusses academic skills related to this scale along with suggestions peer-tutors can use…

Describes a qualitative study involving interviews with 12 women employees in academic libraries that investigated their views of computers and technology, methods for training effectiveness, learning styles, and views on serving patron's needs. Discusses training implications and makes suggestions for maximizing transfer of training. (LRW)