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Yeung, Yau-Yuen – Online Submission, 2004
This paper presentation will report on how some science educators at the Science Department of The Hong Kong Institute of Education have successfully employed an array of innovative learning media such as three-dimensional (3D) and virtual reality (VR) technologies to create seven sets of resource kits, most of which are being placed on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Prior Learning, Visualization, Computer Simulation
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Dam, Leni, Ed. – AILA Review = La Revue de l'AILA., 2001
This book presents papers, written in both English and French, from a symposium entitled "Promoting Learner Autonomy: New Insights." After "Introduction" (Leni Dam), the eight papers include the following: "Examining the Discourse of Learner Advisory Sessions" (David Crabbe, Alison Hoffman, and Sara Cotteral);…
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Smith, Susan Sperry – 1998
Most experts believe that young children possess a substantial amount of informal knowledge about mathematics. The teacher's role is to create a link between children's ability to use informal math and the ability to understand the more formal math taught in elementary school. Teachers must help children construct and elaborate upon what they…
Descriptors: Childrens Games, Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Computation
Lee, Steven W.; Weis, Glenna – 2001
This study was designed to replicate and improve upon Kaplan's 1992 study of the possible link between teachers' past experiences and use of aversive disciplinary strategies. The current study examines the possible effect of past home and school experience on both preservice and practicing teachers' choices of intervention. The first study…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Corporal Punishment, Discipline, Elementary School Teachers
Marzano, Robert J.; Gaddy, Barbara B.; Dean, Ceri – 2000
This report provides K-12 educators with instructional strategies that research shows have the greatest likelihood of positively affecting student learning. The 12 chapters include: (1) "Introduction"; (2) "Identifying Similarities and Differences (comparing, classifying, creating metaphors, and creating analogies); (3)…
Descriptors: Analogy, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Feedback
Cooper, J. David – 2000
Written to help all teachers provide balanced literacy instruction for all students, this book provides strategies and sample lessons for both direct and indirect literacy instruction. Four complete pieces of literature are provided with updated sample lessons: "Jamaica Tag-Along"; "Mummies, Tombs, and Treasure"; "My Brown…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Childrens Literature, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education
Moulder, Brad; Abdulla, Abdulbaset; Morgan, Deanna L. – College Board, 2005
The College-Level Examination Program® (CLEP®) consists of a battery of 34 tests covering courses in which entering college students often enroll. CLEP exams are tools that help accredited colleges and universities provide course requirement exemptions to students who have gained outside-the-classroom knowledge of certain subjects. Students may…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Testing Programs, Prior Learning, Advanced Placement
Walker, Karen – Education Partnerships, Inc., 2002
How do students with special needs learn best based on brain research? There was a great deal of strictly scientific information about different types of brain damage and how that can affect learning. Given this, it was surprising that there was very little information on ways in which to assist students with learning disabilities utilizing the…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Prior Learning, Teaching Methods, Neurological Impairments
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Hanson, Alan L.; Mergener, Michael A. – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1983
Application of experiences in adult and general education to experiential and prior learning in PharmD program development is discussed. Included in the discussion are definitions, program examples, contrasts with traditional programs, quality control procedures, program evaluation, and cost considerations. (MSE)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Doctoral Programs, Educational Quality, Experiential Learning
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Rowell, J. A.; Dawson, C. J. – Science Education, 1980
Reported is the production of an instructional methodology harmonizing with Piagetian theory and enabling teenage students, including those initially mismatched to the task, to understand the mole, as revealed by their performances on a test of basic skills considered fundamental to that concept. (DS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Educational Research
Sachs, Martha Pomeranz – New Directions for Experiential Learning, 1980
To validate the quality of a college degree, administrators must make certain that learning credited is at college level, fits into degree requirements congruent with the instructional goals of the institution, and is assessed by technically adequate procedures and properly trained assessors. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrative Policy, College Administration, College Credits
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Barbato, Joseph – Change, 1979
The School of New Resources, run by the College of New Rochelle, is a nontraditional degree program for adults in the liberal arts. The School, which has been the model for other institutions, is described including: development of term courses, life experience credits, curriculum development, and student population. (MLW)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Students, Blacks
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Reed, W. Michael; Oughton, John M. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1997
Describes a study of graduate students that focused on determining the relationship among student characteristics, including gender, learning style, and prior computer experiences, and non-linear interval-based navigation of a hypermedia program. Highlights include a literature review, interval frequencies, and suggestions for future research.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Futures (of Society), Gender Issues
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Wadsworth, Pamela – Primary Science Review, 1997
Argues that children learn science more effectively when teachers begin with the ideas they already hold. Children can arrive at scientific understanding through careful teaching that includes discussion activities, practical investigations, or secondary sources. Getting children to discuss their ideas challenges their thinking and encourages them…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Philosophy
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Ridgway, Tony – Reading in a Foreign Language, 1997
Explores the hypothesis that the background knowledge effect, that is, familiarity with the topic, that enhances reading comprehension in a foreign language occurs only between two thresholds. Findings indicate that a lower threshold may exist, whereas the existence of an upper threshold is an open question. (50 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Business Communication, English (Second Language), Hypothesis Testing, Knowledge Level
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