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Royer, Regina D.; Richards, Patricia O. – Learning & Leading with Technology, 2005
In this edition of Learning Connections, the authors show how technology can enhance study of weather patterns, reading comprehension, real-world training, critical thinking, health education, and art criticism. The following sections are included: (1) Social Studies; (2) Language Arts; (3) Computer Science and ICT; (4) Art; and (5) Health.…
Descriptors: Weather, Reading Comprehension, Health Education, Art Criticism
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Broda, Herbert W.; Baxter, Ryan E. – Social Studies, 2003
Passive students staring blankly at computer screens has been a worrisome image for many educators. Often they fear that technology can remove students from contact with the real world. Two technologies that have been in general use for many years, but are more recently appearing in the educational sector, provide the opportunity to reap the…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Technology Uses in Education, Spatial Ability, Visualization
Rogers, George E. – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 2005
Project Lead The Way (PLTW) is thought by some to be the nation's premier program in providing high schools and middle schools with pre-engineering curriculum and linkage to college-level engineering and engineering technology programs. This study examined the infusion of the PLTW pre-engineering curriculum into the well-established technology…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Technological Literacy, Technology Education, High Schools
Watson, John F. – North American Council for Online Learning, 2007
Online learning is growing rapidly across the United States within all levels of education, as more and more students and educators become familiar with the benefits of learning unconstrained by time and place. Across most states and all grade levels, students are finding increased opportunity, flexibility, and convenience through online learning.…
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational Resources, Student Evaluation, Educational Assessment
Ford, Edmund A. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961
The latest available statistics for 1958-59 indicate there were 8,084 small schools and that they had enrolled in them 1,650,000 pupils. It is a matter of conjecture how much these figures will be reduced in the next 10 years, but there is considerable doubt that the reduction will be a truly significant one. In any event the current figures are…
Descriptors: Educational History, Rural Schools, High Schools, Small Schools
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Gönen, Selahattin; Kocakaya, Serhat; Inan, Cemil – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2006
This study provides a comparative effect study of the Computer Assisted Teaching and the 7E model of the Constructivist Learning methods on attitudes and achievements of the students in physics classes. The experiments have been carried out in a private high school in Diyarbakir/Turkey on groups of first year students whose pre-test scores of…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Student Attitudes, Physics, Achievement Tests
Tornatzky, Louis G.; Macias, Elsa E.; Jenkins, Davis; Solis, Carlos – Tomas Rivera Policy Institute, 2006
One of the generally accepted premises of current economic thinking is that a large and expanding proportion of growth is tied to what has come to be known as the "knowledge economy" or equivalently, the innovation sector. Despite recent U.S. Census Bureau data indicating that Latinos now constitute the largest minority group of the U.S.…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Policy Analysis, Information Technology, Hispanic Americans
Gonen, Selahattin; Kocakaya, Serhat; Inan, Cemil – Online Submission, 2006
This study provides a comparative effect study of the Computer Assisted Teaching and the 7E model of the Constructivist Learning methods on attitudes and achievements of the students in physics classes. The experiments have been carried out in a private high school in Diyarbakir/Turkey on groups of first year students whose pre-test scores of…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Student Attitudes, Physics, Achievement Tests
Educators' Spotlight Digest, 2006
This column is a collaborative effort by library media specialists and K-16 educators who write about the motivational strategies that have worked for them in teaching IL skills. Motivational strategies include ways to gain and sustain attention, increase relevance for learning information literacy skills, build confidence in students' developing…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Motivation Techniques, Motivation, School Libraries
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Parsons, Lynn D. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2006
Many students with disabilities have difficulty acquiring social skills, especially those necessary for employment. Students with autism struggle because of problems with (1) theory of mind; (2) reading facial expressions; (3) auditory processing problems; and (4) a lack of exposure to social conventions. Virtual reality and video have been used…
Descriptors: Autism, Asperger Syndrome, Video Technology, Secondary School Students
US House of Representatives, 2004
This hearing was convened to discuss the reauthorization of the District of Columbia Tuition Assistance Grant Program. The purpose of the hearing was to highlight the tremendous impact the tuition assistance program has had on promoting higher education for high school graduates in the Nation's Capital. The original aim of the program in 1999 was…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, High Schools, Grants, Educational Technology
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Sternadel, Lisa – Science Teacher, 2004
In this article, the author analyzes an inquiry-based project in order to examine students' efforts to build interpretations from evidence. This project fits within the Standards definition of scientific inquiry in several ways: (1) Students used previously learned biological concepts and principles to guide their inquiries; (2) Students relied on…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Inquiry, Student Projects, Science Instruction
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Lane, Kelly – Science Teacher, 2004
For the fourth year in a row, the author and a computer teacher have joined forces to guide students through an annual technology and research project that benefits area institutions and community members. The author presents the three key areas of the geospatial technologies curriculum at Douglas High School in Box Elder, South Dakota: (1)…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Information Systems, Computer Science, Satellites (Aerospace)
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Jewell, Vivian – English Journal, 2005
A considerable use of technology to supplement classroom instruction could improve student learning. A high school teacher reveals the ways in which the use of online discussions of literature assignments increases student participation by extending dialogue beyond the physical space and time of a single class.
Descriptors: Student Participation, Distance Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Teaching Methods
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McLelland, Dorothy; Crawford, John – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2004
The Drumchapel Project was a joint exploratory project between Glasgow Caledonian University, a 1992 university, and Drumchapel High School, a secondary school in a deprived area of Glasgow. The initial aim was to explore ICT skill levels among the school pupils but an information literacy agenda emerged in the course of the Project. Focus groups…
Descriptors: Ownership, Focus Groups, Disadvantaged, Access to Computers
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