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Stoddart, Trish; Niederhauser, Dale – Computers in the Schools, 1993
Examines technology's role in restructuring educational processes, highlighting two approaches to computer-assisted education. The Integrated Learning System aims to transmit knowledge using drills and practice. Tool-based systems focus on students actively developing individual conceptual and cognitive approaches to learning; they should aid…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Change Agents, Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction
Oekerman, Rebecca B. – American School Board Journal, 2000
Since 5-year-olds are in the "preoperational" stage of development, they think differently from older children and adults. This means teachers should be encouraged to interact differently with younger kids. The importance of creating developmentally appropriate programs stressing playing and talking is discussed. (MLH)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Boards of Education, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages
Shelton, Jack – Active Learner: A Foxfire Journal for Teachers, 2000
Jack Shelton, teacher, minister, and community builder, describes the benefits of education that is active, relevant, and involved in the community. As coordinator of a cooperative of 29 small rural Alabama schools that enables teachers to implement experiential educational approaches rooted in community study and service, he discusses the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
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Penyak, Lee M.; Duray, Pamela B. – Social Studies, 1999
Describes the Oral History Project at the American School Foundation in Mexico City, Mexico that focuses on examining the Mexican countryside through oral history projects, infusing art and photography within the issues-centered framework, and promoting the acceptance of other cultures. Views the teacher as a facilitator whereas the students…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Art Education, Cultural Pluralism, Empathy
Blaney, Barb – Active Learner: A Foxfire Journal for Teachers, 1997
A White teacher of Lakota third graders describes a year in which her class did not use textbooks. Instead, Lakota culture and history were the basis for learning activities such as writing down legends and transforming them into plays, creating and populating a model town, and writing mini-research papers about the Black Hills and Lakota sacred…
Descriptors: Active Learning, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, Class Activities
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Pringle, Rose M. – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2005
Science requires active learning--it is something that children do, rather than something that is done to them. The learning process involves students' thinking and doing to develop higher-order thinking skills, strengthen their reading and mathematical skills, and attain scientific knowledge. In the elementary grades, children learn biological…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Animals
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Weenk, Wim; Govers, Elly; Vlas, Helma – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2004
Several years of experience in training lecturers for developing and tutoring project-based learning (PBL) courses have resulted in a 'practise as you preach' based and flexible training programme. This programme was successfully incorporated in the teacher training programmes of the University of Twente and other universities and polytechnics in…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Private Colleges, Active Learning, Foreign Countries
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Riffell, Samuel; Sibley, Duncan – Computers and Education, 2005
We developed a hybrid course format (part online, part face-to-face) to deliver a high-enrollment, introductory environmental biology course to resident (living on or near campus), non-science majors at a large, public university. The hybrid course was structured to include bi-weekly online assignments and weekly meetings in the lecture hall…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Educational Improvement, Biology, Science Instruction
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Smith, Ann C.; Stewart, Richard; Shields, Patricia; Hayes-Klosteridis, Jennifer; Robinson, Paulette; Yuan, Robert – Cell Biology Education, 2005
Active learning and research-oriented activities have been increasingly used in smaller, specialized science courses. Application of this type of scientific teaching to large enrollment introductory courses has been, however, a major challenge. The general microbiology lecture/laboratory course described has been designed to incorporate published…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Research Methodology, Course Evaluation, Active Learning
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Wood, E. J. – Bioscience Education e-Journal, 2004
There is much information from educational psychology studies on how people learn. The thesis of this paper is that we should use this information to guide the ways in which we teach rather than blindly using our traditional methods. In this context, problem-based learning (PBL), as a method of teaching widely used in medical schools but…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Problem Based Learning, Methods, Peer Teaching
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Neo, Mai – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2004
This paper presents a multimedia mediated, student centred learning environment which seeks to study the group based, cooperative learning paradigm, using a web based multimedia project. This project is carried out in a Malaysian classroom by groups of students in the second year course in the Faculty of Creative Multimedia (FCM), Multimedia…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Cooperative Learning, Active Learning, Learning Experience
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Horton, K.; Davenport, E.; Hall, H.; Rosenbaum, H. – Education for Information, 2002
In this paper we report upon the Virtual Economy (VE), an Internet simulation which operated for the first time in Spring 2000 involving students at Indiana University, USA and at Napier University, Edinburgh, UK. During 2001, the VE was extended to include participants from other institutions. The main thrust of the project was to encourage…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Internet, Computer Simulation, Business Education
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Irving, Zoe; Young, Pat – LATISS: Learning and Teaching in the Social Sciences, 2004
Despite criticisms in the literature on pedagogy, lecturing continues to be the dominant teaching method on most undergraduate programmes. Drawing on research examining teaching practice in undergraduate Social Policy programmes, accounts of approaches to lecturing are discussed in the context of the arguments in the literature for more active…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Lecture Method, Undergraduate Study, College Instruction
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Steel, Christopher – Science Teacher, 2002
As teachers, they strive to implement imaginative, creative lessons to connect their students with the dynamic mystery of science. To help infuse curricular programs with the philosophy of learning by doing, the staff of Emerson Junior-Senior High School designed and implemented an authentic interdisciplinary project called…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Earth Science, Internet, Imagination
McGlynn, Angela Provitera – Atwood Publishing, 2007
On today's college campuses, says the author, there is no such thing as a "typical" student or "typical" teacher. Diversity abounds among both students and faculty across generations, racial/ethnic backgrounds, and socioeconomic status. This book is intended as a guide for understanding today's diverse college student population and demonstrating…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Behavior, Active Learning, Critical Thinking
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