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Ozcelik, Erol; Yildirim, Soner – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2005
High demands on learners in Web-based learning environments and constraints of the human cognitive system cause disorientation and cognitive overload. These problems could be inhibited if appropriate cognitive tools are provided to support learners' cognitive processes. The purpose of this study was to explore the factors influencing the use of…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Prior Learning, Cognitive Processes
Luster, Tom; Lekskul, Kunlakarn; Oh, Su Min – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2004
The central question addressed in this study was: What factors are associated with individual differences in academic motivation among first-grade students who were born to low-income adolescent mothers? Data from a 7-year longitudinal study were used to address the question. First-grade teachers assessed academic motivation for 89 children at the…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Mothers, Grade 1, Predictor Variables
Nair, P. A. P. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2003
Most developing countries have embarked upon the implementation of new models in the teaching and learning arenas, and South Africa is no exception. Because the economic empowerment of a nation depends on the success of its educational strategies, the introduction and development of outcomes-based education (OBE) at all levels of education in…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Outcome Based Education, Prior Learning, Educational Practices
Goodwin, David R.; Arthaud, Tamara A.; Ragan, Gay A.; George, Suzanne M. – Educational Action Research, 2005
Using the framework of cooperative inquiry within action research, the authors engaged in collaborative critical self-reflection on their experiences teaching with Interactive Television (ITV) to accommodate teacher education students in remote rural areas. A discussion of quality distance education and building a community of learners is based…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Action Research, Distance Education, Rural Areas
Maternal Teaching Strategies in Four Cultural Communities: Implications for Early Childhood Teachers
Wang, Xiao-lei; Bernas, Ronan; Eberhard, Philippe – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2005
This article examines maternal everyday teaching strategies in Chinese, American, Hutterite, and Native American cultural communities. It moves beyond a theoretical framework based on distancing by suggesting that effective adult teaching strategies are contextually and culturally determined. The authors urge early childhood educators to make…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Teaching Methods, Mothers
Hewson, Mariana G.; Hewson, Peter W. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2003
One of the factors affecting students' learning in science is their existing knowledge prior to instruction. The students' prior knowledge provides an indication of the alternative conceptions as well as the scientific conceptions possessed by the students. This study is concerned primarily with students' alternative conceptions and with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Prior Learning, Scientific Concepts, Experimental Groups
Utsumi, Lillian; Kizu, June – Journal of the National Association for Alternative Certification, 2006
In this paper we present two studies that examine mentoring supports for alternative certification teachers from three perspectives: pre-interns, mentor teachers, and site administrators. The diverse sample population allowed us to study the role of race, gender, age, and prior careers in six domains of teacher learning and in their beliefs about…
Descriptors: Mentors, Alternative Teacher Certification, Racial Differences, Gender Differences
Tretter, Thomas R.; Jones, M. Gail; Andre, Thomas; Negishi, Atsuko; Minogue, James – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2006
To reduce curricular fragmentation in science education, reform recommendations include using common, unifying themes such as scaling to enhance curricular coherence. This study involved 215 participants from five groups (grades 5, 7, 9, and 12, and doctoral students), who completed written assessments and card sort tasks related to their…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Educational Change, Science Education, Science Curriculum
Lazarowitz, Reuven; Lieb, Carl – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2006
A formative assessment pretest was administered to undergraduate students at the beginning of a science course in order to find out their prior knowledge, misconceptions and learning difficulties on the topic of the human respiratory system and energy issues. Those findings could provide their instructors with the valuable information required in…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Undergraduate Students, Learning Problems, Advanced Courses
Bleicher, Robert E. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2006
The purpose of this study was to examine changes in personal science teaching self-efficacy (PSTE), outcome expectancy (STOE), and science conceptual understanding and relationships among these in preservice teachers. Seventy preservice teachers enrolled in science teaching methods courses participated in this study. PSTE, STOE, and science…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Science Instruction
Licciardo-Musso, Lori – 1996
The strategies in this book, geared for students from grades 4-8, are designed to bring literature to life for students, and to encourage students to become lifelong readers. The first section of the book presents four "'Into' Activities" that are designed to get students excited and curious about what they are about to read and to build students'…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Style, Critical Reading, Intermediate Grades
Brooks, Michelle; Hamann, Louise; Vetter, Mary – 1997
A program was designed and implemented to improve student vocabulary and comprehension. The target population consisted of 59 students in grades 1, 2, and 3 in a low-income area of a large city in central Illinois. The problems of lack of prior knowledge, poor vocabulary, and insufficient comprehension were documented through data collected from…
Descriptors: Family Problems, High Risk Students, Learning Strategies, Low Income
Talbot, Virginia – 1997
Designed to offer a balanced instructional approach for language arts, this book combines a systematic phonics program with whole language. It teaches reading skills by using the children's own language, basal readers, poems, and songs, and by emphasizing writing, spelling, listening, and speaking skills. The book includes daily lesson plans,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Language Arts, Lesson Plans
Wan, Yee – 1996
This paper proposes an integrative approach for teaching English as a second language to students in Hong Kong to develop their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in English to meet the challenge of an English curriculum. The integrative approach provides an authentic language environment for learners to develop language skills in a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Environment, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1989
The Defense Activity for Nontraditional Education Support (DANTES) Program is a testing service conducted by the Educational Testing Service for DANTES, an agency of the Department of Defense. DANTES' mission is to help service members obtain credit for knowledge and skills acquired through non-traditional educational experiences. Since World War…
Descriptors: Adults, Certification, College Admission, Equivalency Tests