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Bostock, Stephen J. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1998
A non-science undergraduate course provided an opportunity for constructivist design, (i.e., provide learners with personal control, authentic learning contexts and diverse personal interactions including collaboration) using the World Wide Web, e-mail, and video. Describes the course design, implementation, and evaluation. Concludes authentic…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Constructivism (Learning), Cooperative Learning
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Savin, Howard A. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2000
This article summarizes how an organization designed and implemented a quality improvement infrastructure and an effective outcomes-based management system. Stages included: assessing the organization's current status and planning for buy-in, initiating data collection, ensuring data integrity, utilizing data in clinical assessment and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Change, Case Studies, Children
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Jung, Insung; Leem, Junghoon – International Journal of Educational Technology, 1999
Describes the Network-Based Instructional Systems Development model for developing Web-based virtual training courses that incorporate social interaction and collaborative learning strategies in a self-directed learning environment within a Korean corporate context. Topics include problem-based learning; constructivism; resource-based learning;…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Constructivism (Learning), Corporate Education, Course Evaluation
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Whitehead, Amy; Jesien, George; Ulanski, Betty Kearns – Infants and Young Children, 1998
The Family-Centered Interdisciplinary Preservice Training Program in Early Intervention at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is providing training to professionals that fully integrates parent involvement. Student activities include a curricular focus on family-centered early intervention, hands-on activities building interdisciplinary team…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Curriculum Design, Disabilities, Early Intervention
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Bamberg, Heidi M.; Grenier, Elizabeth M.; Harris, Michael G. – Optometric Education, 1998
Compares the 1995-96 curricula of U.S. optometry schools, focusing on clock hours and proportion of curriculum devoted to specific content areas. Results indicate greater variation in some areas than in others, and changes in curricular emphasis since a previous study, particularly consolidation in hours devoted to basic sciences and expansion in…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Comparative Analysis, Course Content, Curriculum Design
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Howard, Jeffrey P. F. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1998
Explores academic service learning as an innovative pedagogical model capable of transforming traditional teaching and learning practices. Notes that faculty undertaking this challenge can expect initial resistance from students, periodic self-doubt about their teaching accomplishments, and colleagues' skepticism, but also renewed student…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Faculty, College Instruction, Curriculum Design
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Stapp, Yvonne F. – English for Specific Purposes, 1998
Highlights an instructional model that provides a framework for the incorporation of technical content in a multilevel workplace English course, and a strategy for ensuring the relevance and accuracy of such information through instructor-employer collaboration. The materials and techniques described can be adapted for any workplace English course…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Curriculum Design, Education Work Relationship, English for Special Purposes
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Reid, Jo-Anne; Kamler, Barbara; Simpson, Alyson; Maclean, Rod – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 1996
Examines problems with representing poststructuralist research. Argues that researchers' positioning within major discourses governing education may have as much influence on what is seen in classrooms as does physical positioning. Challenges researchers to make explicit their underlying interests and agendas. Uses a study of gender-role…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Experimenter Characteristics
Educational Media and Technology Yearbook, 1998
Lists educational media-related journals, books, ERIC documents, journal articles, and nonprint resources classified by Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Electronic Performance Support Systems; Computer-Assisted Instruction; Distance Education; Educational Research; Educational Technology; Electronic Publishing; Information Science and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Simulation, Distance Education
French, Dan – Phi Delta Kappan, 1998
Highlighting Massachusetts initiatives, examines the recent state movement toward adoption of curriculum frameworks and state assessments as vehicles for improving accountability and student achievement. Absence of standards guarantees stratified educational opportunities. Reform initiatives should include practitioners; avoid prescriptive,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Case Studies, Curriculum Design
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Cassimjee, R.; Brookes, H. B. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 1998
A study investigated the concerns of 24 South African nursing students enrolled in a problem-centered, community-based training program. Results indicated most were not troubled by the problem-centered approach but were less positive about the community-based nature of the course. Most negative perceptions decreased over the three-month period of…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Anxiety, Attitude Change, College Students
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Higgs, L. G. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 1998
Describes the transformation of the philosophy of the teacher education program at the University of South Africa from a traditional, fundamental pedagogical approach to a pluralistic problem-centered approach that encourages trainees to develop their own creative potential. Course outlines and anticipated outcomes are included. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Course Content, Course Descriptions
Morgan, Lena P.; Hertzog, C. Jay – Principal Leadership, 2001
To determine students' areas of concern while moving from middle- to high-school level, two college deans surveyed all eighth- and ninth-graders in four northwest Georgia school systems. Comprehensive transitional programs targeted concerns about curriculum, facilities, safety, discipline, staff, and general routines. A Wisconsin transition…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Discipline, Educational Facilities, Grade 8
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Itoh, Kohei; And Others – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1994
Saskatchewan's Japanese second-language curriculum for grades 10-12 are presented, including goals and objectives in speaking, listening, reading, and writing defined for each level. Curriculum design and structure are discussed briefly, and the importance of cultural awareness and evaluation procedures are emphasized. (Contains 19 references.)…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Cultural Awareness
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LeFevre, Jo-Anne; And Others – Cognition and Instruction, 1993
Fourth, sixth, and eighth graders and adults estimated answers to multiplication problems and explained their estimation procedures. Found performance improved with age, and sixth graders understood the simplification principle in estimation. The most striking developmental changes were in conceptual knowledge used for estimating. Proposes a…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Arithmetic, Cognitive Development
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