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McNeill, Barry W.; Bellamy, Lynn – 1994
This document consists of a workshop presentation on curriculum development, design, specification, and assessment in the engineering classroom. Ten sessions focus on: (1) the format and purpose of the workshop, which is designed to help instructors develop an understanding of the basic principles of curriculum and instruction and the ability to…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, College Instruction

Queensland Dept. of Education, Brisbane (Australia). – 1994
The Queensland (Australia) Department of Education s "Corporate Plan 1994-98" identifies student learning and teaching as a key issue and includes effective learning and teaching as a corporate value. This document provides information on five guiding principles that have been formulated for the development and implementation of quality…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Constructivism (Learning), Cooperative Learning, Educational Environment
Rosberg, Merilee – 1994
The role of sociodramatic play in children's cognitive, social, and physical development is discussed, drawing on observations of work with parents and their children ages 3-5. The paper focuses on the way the teachers guided and facilitated play taking cues from the children. A training session was provided to the parents on ways to play with…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Dramatic Play
Walker, Doris McEwen – 1995
Indiana University South Bend (IUSB) School Leadership Project has adopted as a central educational strategy, problem based learning and its sub-model, problems of practice, in its program to prepare school leaders. Problems of practice is an active learning model that involves students in taking responsibility for their learning by immersing…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Administrator Education, Certification, College Instruction
Eitington, Julius E. – 1996
This updated and expanded edition provides a number of new concepts and techniques that should prove valuable to the trainer who is interested in involving his/her learners experientially. It primarily cover methods that relate to the delivery of the training. The book's organization reflects group-in-action bias--the more participative,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Adult Education, Case Studies, Experiential Learning
Trencher, Barbara R. – 1991
This handbook, the third printing of the original 1976 edition, presents an eclectic combination of activities gathered from parents and teachers of preschool children, with a focus on the process rather than the product of learning. Its goal is the establishment of positive experiences and sound interpersonal relationships between adults and…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Art Activities, Class Activities, Classroom Design
Madhere, Serge; Mac Iver, Douglas J. – 1996
The Talent Development approach to helping greater numbers of students succeed in middle school is based on a belief that all students can learn challenging material if the right types of support are given. This report presents the essential components of the Talent Development framework and describes their initial implementation in Evans Junior…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Active Learning, Black Students, Career Exploration
Jiang, Mingming; Ting, Evelyn – 1998
This paper presents a study of factors influencing students' perceived learning in a World Wide Web-based course environment. Qualitative and quantitative methods were employed in the process of data collection and analysis. Results indicated that percent of grade weight on discussion and instructor's specification of requirements of students'…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Constructivism (Learning)
Golub, Jeffrey N. – 1994
Focusing particularly on student writing, this book describes the principles of an interactive classroom and presents specific activities which adhere to those principles. Acknowledging that such classrooms require that the students feel comfortable with each other, the book details several activities that help to build a positive classroom…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment
Nacif, Vannessa – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2005
This article describes a food and restaurant project undertaken by 6-year-old children in a bilingual school in Mexico City. The teacher who conducted this study illustrates the children's involvement in this investigation through photographs, samples of their work, and explanations.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bilingual Students, Photography, Preschool Education
Cowan, Reva; McCloskey, Erin – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2004
This article presents views of course-embedded fieldwork as a structure to facilitate connections between research and practice for teacher candidates in a graduate literacy program. Four major categories emerged from the group interview with the graduate students. Teacher candidates related that course-embedded fieldwork was valuable because it…
Descriptors: Literacy, Graduate Students, Field Experience Programs, Student Teachers
National Environmental Education & Training Foundation, 2002
This report is intended as an introductory guide for those new to the environmental education field and the larger educational benefits it has to offer. The first part of the report includes ten accounts of programs and schools that have met with success by incorporating environmental education into their educational programming. For readers whose…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Environmental Education, Academic Achievement, Active Learning
Gabay, Jerry – 1998
Since the early 1950s, several programs have enticed thousands of rural Mexicans to migrate to California and the Northwest to be agricultural workers. The resultant demographic and cultural impacts have been immense. Hood River County (Oregon) schools are over 30 percent Hispanic. There is much ignorance and prejudice regarding the Hispanic…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Agricultural Laborers, Citizenship Education, Cultural Awareness
Lehner, Helmut – 2000
Our increasingly knowledge-based economy and business enterprises depend on education to produce experts who combine knowledge with depth of understanding. Current teaching methods produce students with superficial verbal and technical knowledge, but who may lack the insight of experts. To become experts, learners must have the opportunity to be…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Active Learning, Adult Education, Cognitive Style
Assessment of Collaborative Approaches to Teaching an Undergraduate Environmental Management Course.

Nordstrom, Karl F. – Journal of Geography, 1996
Describes an undergraduate course in applied shoreline management offered in three different formats: traditional lecture, half-lecture half-collaborative, and fully cooperative. Student evaluations significantly supported the fully cooperative format over the others. Discusses the reasons for this and includes examples of the questions used in…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Cooperative Learning, Course Evaluation, Course Objectives