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Fogarty, Ian; Geelan, David – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2013
Students in 4 Canadian high school physics classes completed instructional sequences in two key physics topics related to motion--Straight Line Motion and Newton's First Law. Different sequences of laboratory investigation, teacher explanation (lecture) and the use of computer-based scientific visualizations (animations and simulations) were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Simulation, Animation, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Hung, Woei – Educational Research Review, 2009
The design of problems is crucial for the effectiveness of problem-based learning (PBL). Research has shown that PBL problems have not always been effective. Ineffective PBL problems could affect whether students acquire sufficient domain knowledge, activate appropriate prior knowledge, and properly direct their own learning. This paper builds on…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Problem Sets
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Stephan, Michelle L. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2009
This article gives a general overview of an alternative instructional sequence that can be used to teach integer concepts and operations. The sequence follows three heuristics from Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) that encourage curricula to be reinforced with real-world applications (financial net worth): move students gradually, yet…
Descriptors: Numbers, Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Mathematics, Heuristics
Thomas, Ronald S. – Principal Leadership, 2010
Despite all the speeches, articles, and meetings about data-based instructional decision making, the author's observation after more than 20 years of working with middle and high school teams is that teachers and administrators often make important instructional decisions on the basis of historical precedent, anecdotal information, experience, or…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Data Processing, Decision Making Skills, Management Information Systems
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Witte, Anne E. – Journal of Teaching in International Business, 2010
Designing educational sequences that enhance the cognitive, behavioral, and critical skills of a diverse learning community seeking global competencies, requires mindfulness of different international educational models, a tailored curriculum designed to build different types of awareness learning, and clarity in targeted outputs keeping in mind a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Cultural Awareness, International Trade, Educational Change
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Smith, Bryan; Sauro, Shannon – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2009
The research on text-based synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC), while generally acknowledging the potential benefits afforded by the medium's capacity for extensive self-repair, has done little in the way of exploration of the nature of such text. Indeed, until quite recently, output logs have been favored almost exclusively at the…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction
Flowers, Nancy; Carpenter, Dawn M. H. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2009
Too many educators avoid using data when making decisions because they believe it is too time-consuming to do so. The authors present five steps that make it easier to use data in making school decisions. The first step is to review school improvement plan to identify the most salient issues a school wants to improve. The second step is to…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Data Interpretation, Use Studies, Decision Making Skills
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Liu, Ai-Qi; Li, Guo-Fu; Guo, Bai-Ni; Qi, Feng – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2008
The function 1 divided by "x"[superscript 2] minus "e"[superscript"-x"] divided by (1 minus "e"[superscript"-x"])[superscript 2] for "x" greater than 0 is proved to be strictly decreasing. As an application of this monotonicity, the logarithmic concavity of the function "t" divided by "e"[superscript "at"] minus "e"[superscript"(a-1)""t"] for "a"…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Equations (Mathematics), Computation, Mathematical Formulas
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Bartroff, Jay; Finkelman, Matthew; Lai, Tze Leung – Psychometrika, 2008
After a brief review of recent advances in sequential analysis involving sequential generalized likelihood ratio tests, we discuss their use in psychometric testing and extend the asymptotic optimality theory of these sequential tests to the case of sequentially generated experiments, of particular interest in computerized adaptive testing. We…
Descriptors: Sequential Approach, Statistical Analysis, Psychometrics, Testing
Fernandez, Nicole – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to explore the possible causes that might contribute to the disproportionate percentage of English language learners ELLs with special education individual education plans (IEPs). Elementary school classroom teachers from school districts that exhibited high growth in the percentage of ELLs with IEPs during 2007-2010…
Descriptors: Brain, Scientific Research, Spatial Ability, Memory
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Stedman, Richard; Lee, Brian; Brasier, Kathryn; Weigle, Jason L.; Higdon, Francis – Rural Sociology, 2009
Recent initiatives from state and federal government agencies have helped foster the formation of community-based watershed organizations. Although there is a great deal of enthusiasm about the potential of these organizations to enhance water quality, relatively little attention has been paid to the impacts these organizations may have on the…
Descriptors: Water Quality, Environmental Education, Sequential Approach, Mail Surveys
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Rydant, A. L.; Shiplee, Brian A.; Smith, John P.; Middlekauff, Bryon D. – Journal of Geography, 2010
This article addresses the development of a conceptual model of fieldwork practice and the creation of an associated set of skills for the geosciences. The set of eight generic and seventeen specific skills is applied in two international field courses to demonstrate the utility of such a skills-centered model across a broad range of venues,…
Descriptors: Field Instruction, Curriculum Development, Field Studies, Earth Science
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Beck, Mitch – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2009
This article presents a story of James, an elementary student who was recently mainstreamed into a regular education classroom for science and now struggles to succeed in his new environment. It also describes how the New Tools reclaiming intervention puts him on the right track to making new friends. James is a ten-year-old African American…
Descriptors: Intervention, Self Contained Classrooms, Grade 5, Disabilities
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Rissman, Jesse; Gazzaley, Adam; D'Esposito, Mark – Neuropsychologia, 2009
While a core function of the working memory (WM) system is the active maintenance of behaviorally relevant sensory representations, it is also critical that distracting stimuli are appropriately ignored. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging to examine the role of domain-general WM resources in the top-down attentional modulation of…
Descriptors: Visual Stimuli, Cognitive Processes, Maintenance, Young Adults
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Seifert, Christine – Business Communication Quarterly, 2009
This paper details an assignment sequence that requires graduate students in an applied communication program to identify problems that clients may not be aware of. Good writing and good problem-solving are "inextricably linked to [a student's] ability to frame an issue, gather, and analyze information, and to structure a helpful response" (Musso,…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Problem Solving, Writing Instruction, Technical Writing
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