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Doig, Lisa; Sargent, Janice – Social Studies Review, 1996
Describes an integrated curriculum approach to world history/language arts that employs student filmmaking as its primary instructional approach. Discusses how the production process allows teachers to assess students' content knowledge, writing skills, and research skills. Includes a list of "helpful hints," a model content outline, and…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
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Lashbrook, Jeff – Teaching Sociology, 1991
Teaches a critical alternative social psychology about late-capitalist U.S. society. Using Inkeles's list of the traits of "modern man," students make their own historical analysis. Provides description of student projects, data collection and analysis, and findings. Offers alternative conceptual materials and explains their classroom…
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Course Descriptions, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development
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Chin, Christine; Chia, Li-Gek – Journal of Biological Education, 2004
This study employed problem-based learning (PBL) for project work in a Year 9 biology class. The purpose of the study was to investigate (a) how self-generated problems and questions directed students in their learning, (b) how students reacted to this instructional approach, and (c) the problems that they encountered. Students formulated problems…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Video Technology, Problem Based Learning, Biology
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Surendran, Ken; Ehie, Ike C.; Somarajan, Chellappan – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2005
This paper illustrates an approach used to enhance student learning outcomes in a combined cross-listed Systems Analysis and Design (SA&D) course and examines benefits perceived by students through analysis of assessment and students feedback. The SA&D course is a required course in both the Management Information Systems (MIS) major and the…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Required Courses, Design, Student Evaluation
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DebBurman, Shubhik K. – Cell Biology Education, 2002
Facilitating not only the mastery of sophisticated subject matter, but also the development of process skills is an ongoing challenge in teaching any introductory undergraduate course. To accomplish this goal in a sophomore-level introductory cell biology course, I require students to work in groups and complete several mock experiential research…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Research Projects, Cytology, Biology
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Bozarth, Jane; Chapman, Diane D.; LaMonica, Laura – Educational Technology & Society, 2004
This paper describes the analysis undertaken to design a 1-credit-hour online orientation course for students new to online learning. An instructional design team, as a part of an advanced instructional design course, worked with a university-based client. The client identified specific problem areas encountered by novice students of online…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Distance Education, Time Management, Online Courses
Kemp, Cassandra Richardson – Principal Leadership, 2005
Like most states, Pennsylvania has a state accountability system that is aligned with the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and requires that students reach adequate yearly progress (AYP) goals on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) in reading and mathematics at the end of grades 3, 5, 8, and 11 in…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Reading Programs, Public Schools, Graduation Requirements
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Simonson, Michael, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2010
For the thirty-third year, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. This is Volume #2 of the 33rd "Annual Proceedings of Selected Papers on the Practice of Educational Communications and Technology." This volume includes…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Management Systems, Technology Uses in Education, Web Sites
Armstrong, Thomas – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2006
While most of the dialogue in education today is about accountability, standardized testing, and adequate yearly progress, the truth is that student success is deeply connected to the physical, emotional, and cognitive needs that they have at different ages. The best schools already know this and follow practices that are academically engaging and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Student Projects, Middle Schools, Active Learning
Aghbar, Ali-Asghar; Alam, Mohammed – 1992
A study investigated the effectiveness of full dyadic writing as a technique for teaching writing to students of English as a Second Language (ESL). Subjects were 31 college students of diverse cultural backgrounds enrolled in ESL sections of freshman English. Each chose a partner with a different native language with whom to write two essays, the…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Collaborative Writing, College Students
Erikson, Erik; Griffith, Emily – 1998
Classroom techniques for teaching vocational English as a Second Language to hotel housekeepers are offered. The materials consist of a list of specific performance outcomes (use of content language to make verb/object combinations of hotel housekeeping tasks, use of functional language to create communication strategies for negotiation and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques
Haugsjaa, Erik – 1996
This paper outlines hurdles to using the World Wide Web for learning, specifically in a collaborative knowledge-construction environment. Theoretical solutions based directly on existing Web environments, as well as on research and system prototypes in the areas of Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) and ITS authoring systems, are suggested. Topics…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Authoring Aids (Programming), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication
Wachter, Joanne C. – 1999
This survival guide helps elementary school teachers successfully manage their classrooms. Some of the techniques are also appropriate for middle and high school teachers, church school teachers, and preschool teachers. The 24 chapters focus on important classroom management issues, and each chapter includes quick tips for immediate use. A…
Descriptors: Attendance, Classroom Design, Classroom Techniques, Committees
Cummins, Lauren – 1998
This practicum project sought to facilitate change in preschool teacher classroom behavior from teacher-directed practice to child-initiated practice. The goals of the practicum focused on changes that would foster child-initiated activities in order to promote healthy and holistic development, positive self-esteem, and resiliency skills in young…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Change Strategies, Child Development, Child Responsibility
Close Up Foundation, Arlington, VA. – 1991
This document consists of a student resource book entitled "CAAP in Action: The Environment" and an instructor guide entitled "CAAP in Action". CAAP is a program developed by the Close Up Foundation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan civic education organizations, in cooperation with the National Association of Elementary School…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Elementary Secondary Education
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