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Elliott, Alison – AECA Resource Book Series, 1996
Research has supported the idea that the use of computers in the education of young children promotes social interaction and academic achievement. This resource booklet provides an introduction to computers in early childhood settings to enrich learning opportunities and provides guidance to teachers to find developmentally appropriate software…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Software Evaluation
Bazeli, Marilyn J.; Heintz, James L. – 1997
Many teachers want to use media technology to add a new dimension to classroom learning. Focusing on curriculum application and integration, the 75 projects in this activity book engage students in active, participatory, real-life learning. This book gives simple instructions and reproducible activity sheets for standard, basic technologies in the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Audiotape Recordings, Audiovisual Aids, Computer Uses in Education
Lesh, Richard, Ed.; Lamon, Susan J., Ed. – 1992
This book grew out of a conference sponsored by the Educational Testing Service and the University of Wisconsin's National Center for Research in Mathematical Science Education that focused on assessment issues in mathematics education. The book's 16 chapters focus on clarifying and articulating the goals of assessment and instruction. They are…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Educational Innovation, Educational Trends
Hartog, Sandra B., Ed.; Levine, Judith R., Ed. – 1994
This publications presents 20 papers from a conference on innovations in teaching psychology at the college level along with a conference program that lists and describes all presentations. The papers are "They Can't Learn When They Don't Know How: Teaching Statistics Using a Learning to Learn Model" (Beverly Rolker-Dolinsky and Donna Qualters);…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Aggression, Art, Athletics
Further Education Unit, London (England). – 1991
This handbook is designed to help further education colleges in Great Britain plan for those changes that will make them more flexible and learner centered. Section 1 describes the process according to which content is organized. The Current Profile Checklist in Section 2 can be used to obtain a profile of the college's flexibility and learner…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Ancillary School Services, College Admission, Distance Education
Heckman, Richard T. – 1993
Due to the increasing emphasis on technology and the trend toward downsizing and multiculturalism in today's workplace, graduates of technical education programs need non-technical thinking and problem solving skills to stay successfully employed. Historically, however, a dichotomy has existed between vocational and liberal education, which has…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Innovation
Anthony, Mary Anne – 1991
In 1989, a consortium of four community colleges in Southern California (i.e., Cerritos College, Mt. San Antonio College, Rancho Santiago College, and Rio Hondo College) received a Title III grant of $2.5 million to support the development of innovative teaching and learning programs. The specific goals of the project are to increase the academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques
Rubadeau, Duane O.; And Others – 1983
Designed to provide a concise description of traditional instructional techniques, as well as more recent technology-based techniques, this 11-part guidebook includes the following sections: (1) "The Value of Planning"; (2) "Aids to Effective Instruction," reviewing the reasons for employing learning objectives, Bloom's taxonomy of objectives for…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Educational Technology
Dwyer, David C.; And Others – 1983
This fourth volume of a six-volume study of a school district code-named "Milford" provides an ethnographic account of Kensington School today. Tracing the school's development through the 1979-80 school year, the study's central metaphor is of a ship on a perilous journey. Chapter 1 describes the school's opening day and "Crosscurrents in…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Case Studies, Class Activities, Classroom Environment
CAUSE, Boulder, CO. – 1990
Proceedings of the 1989 national conference of the Professional Association for Computing and Information Technology, formerly known as the College and University Systems Exchange (CAUSE) are recorded in this document. Papers are organized according to seven concurrent tracks in the following areas: (1) planning and strategy issues; (2) funding…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Organization, Administrative Policy, Change Strategies
Cooper, Bruce S.; Hummel-Rossi, Barbara – 1986
Because of a serious teacher shortage nationwide, it has become common to find many teachers teaching "out of license"--teaching courses in which they have had few or no college courses. In an attempt to address this problem, New York City has embarked on an innovative program to relicense teachers in mathematics and science to fill the…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, City Government, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
Krukones, Michael G.; And Others – 1986
An interdisciplinary course integrating political science, literature, and film is used at Bellarmine College in Kentucky as a vehicle for examining politics on the local, state, national and international levels. Four novels and their analogous films are used, corresponding to the respective political level--"The Last Hurrah,""All…
Descriptors: Course Content, Film Criticism, Film Study, Fused Curriculum
Wright, Peter H. – 1985
A concept-based introduction to market segmentation is provided in this instructional module for undergraduate and graduate transportation-related courses. The material can be used in many disciplines including engineering, business, marketing, and technology. The concept of market segmentation is primarily a transportation planning technique by…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), College Instruction, Engineering Education, Graduate Study
McWha, Charley – 1985
A concept-based introduction to public transportation pricing is presented in this instructional module for undergraduate and graduate transportation-related courses for disciplines such as engineering, business administration, and technology. After an introductory section on transportation pricing planning and the history of transportation system…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Costs, Engineering Education, Financial Policy
Scalici, Anthony – 1985
A concept-based introduction to paratransit is provided in this instructional module for undergraduate and graduate transportation-related courses for disciplines such as engineering, business, marketing, and technology. The concept of paratransit generally refers to modes of transportation other than mass transit and solo-driven automobiles. The…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Delivery Systems, Engineering Education, Higher Education
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