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Heywood, Dave; Parker, Joan – International Journal of Science Education, 2001
Focuses on student and in-service primary teachers' learning about balanced and unbalanced forces in a range of contexts and identifies significant features of the learning process from the learners' perspectives. (Contains 33 references.) (DDR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Elementary Secondary Education, Force
Meyer, Helen – Science Education, 2004
This study presents comparative case studies of preservice and first-year teachers' and expert teachers' conceptions of the concept of prior knowledge. Kelly's ("The Psychology of Personal Construct", New York: W. W. Norton, 1955) theory of personal constructs as discussed by Akerson, Flick, and Lederman ("Journal of Research in…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Teaching Methods, Urban Schools, Constructivism (Learning)
Stern, Luli; Roseman, Jo Ellen – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2004
The transfer of matter and energy from one organism to another and between organisms and their physical setting is a fundamental concept in life science. Not surprisingly, this concept is common to the "Benchmarks for Science Literacy" (American Association for the Advancement of Science, [1993]), the "National Science Education Standards"…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Textbooks, Fundamental Concepts, Curriculum Development
Pratt, Dave; Simpson, Amanda – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2004
Mathematics in textbooks and indeed in conventional classrooms is often presented as exercises or worksheets in which the mathematics itself has been processed into a form that is easily digested. This McDonald's version of mathematics ensures that the mathematical skill or technique is laid bare and typically the sole focus of attention. In this…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Primary Education
Irez, Serhat – Science Education, 2006
Given the important role of science teacher educators in developing science teachers' understandings of nature of science (NOS), this study explores 15 Turkish "prospective" science teacher educators' beliefs about NOS in the context of teacher education reform in Turkey. A reflection-oriented qualitative approach was adopted in the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Scientific Principles, Educational Change
Nevada System of Higher Education, 2008
This report focuses on distance education within the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) for the 2007-08 academic year and provides documentation of the substantial growth of distance education within all colleges and universities. Distance education is a field of continuous improvement and change, and NSHE institutions are constantly…
Descriptors: Technical Support, Nontraditional Students, Higher Education, State Colleges
Abbott, Lenice C. – 1992
A multi-pronged comparative approach was used to identify training and development needs specific to faculty evaluators of prior learning experience essays. Surveys were administered to 39 active evaluators who were members of the National-Louis University (NLU) faculty and 14 directors of prior learning assessment programs external to NLU. The…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Educational Needs
Montgomery, Joel R.; Lau, Chak C. – 1996
A new integrative learning model has been designed to help corporate educators facilitate employee learning transfer and on-the-job performance. The model's components are as follows: (1) access new information, ideas, experiences, and/or perspectives; (2) identify relevance and value based on integrated life experience and wisdom; (3) engage in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, Corporate Education, Education Work Relationship
Kissam, Edward – 1993
This paper examines basic skills competencies developed by Mexican immigrant adult learners through participation in (although not always completion of) adult basic education programs conducted by the Mexican, Instituto Nacional para la Educacion de los Adultos (INEA). The comparison provides the conceptual basis for configuring instructional…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Communication Skills
Perry, Phyllis J. – 1997
This teacher resource book, designed to encourage student interest and build learning across the curriculum in grades K-5, is based on the theme of animals. Resource lists and activities in the book focus on the following sections: (1) animals as pets; (2) animals on the farm; (3) animals in the woods; and (4) animals in the wild. Each section…
Descriptors: Animals, Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Elementary Education
Cooper, J. David – 1993
Reflecting dramatic changes in educators' understanding of literacy, this book, a revision of an earlier text published in 1986 under the title, "Improving Reading Comprehension," provides support for preservice and inservice teachers in learning to help children develop literacy effectively. The central feature of the book is a literacy program…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Higher Education
Malenka, Margaret M.; Smith, Stephen P. – 1994
This paper describes two prospective English teachers' beliefs and understandings regarding literature and the teaching of literature. Through extensive interviews that included context-specific tasks, the study explored the subjects' prior experiences with literature, their conceptions regarding the nature of literature, and their perceptions of…
Descriptors: English Curriculum, English Instruction, English Literature, English Teacher Education
Brophy, Jere; And Others – 1991
In most elementary schools in the United States, students get their first systematic introduction to history as a discipline and to chronological treatment of U.S. history as subject matter in fifth-grade U.S. history courses. To develop information about the knowledge and misconceptions concerning U.S. history that fifth-grade teachers can expect…
Descriptors: Curriculum Research, Grade 5, History Instruction, Intermediate Grades
Donlon, Thomas F. – 1991
In the 1960s, credit-by-examination was promoted as a way to broaden access to college. In 1971, Ewald Nyquist, Commissioner of Education in the Regents system of New York, proposed that the Educational Testing Service offer a degree based entirely on performance on examinations. Although a few institutions theoretically offer such degrees, in…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Credits, College Programs, Degree Requirements
Kirby, Elizabeth; Schick, Jo-Anne – 1998
This study examined recent (1995-1998) education students' exposure to a variety of instructional technologies prior to taking a required instructional technology course. The purpose was to identify how frequently students had used various technologies before entering the required course and to identify longitudinal changes and/or trends in…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education