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Philip, Kurien; Mitra, Sugata – Open Learning, 2012
This paper describes the effects of collaborative support on groups of distance learners of General Certificate of Secondary Education mathematics. Two experiments are described. In each case, learners were provided with teleconferencing with peers, experts and mentors in addition to structured study materials. No improvements were noticed in…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Distance Education, Cooperative Learning, Program Effectiveness
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Watkins, Christopher – History of Education, 2007
This article explores an educational experiment mounted at a public school for girls in Bristol in the 1920s and 1930s. In examining the aims and methods of the Badminton School for girls in this period it aims to do two things. The first is to analyse the relationship between the gendered, class-based and nationalist values of the public school…
Descriptors: Leadership, Females, Educational Experiments, Racquet Sports