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Brown, Amanda H.; Losoff, Barbara; Hollis, Deborah R. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2014
The University of Colorado Boulder (CU-Boulder) is known for strong programming in the sciences and a teaching faculty at the forefront of science education and reform. Librarians at CU-Boulder, in collaboration with science faculty, are challenged to improve undergraduate science education. Using rare, historic, and artistic works from Special…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Active Learning, Librarian Teacher Cooperation, Academic Libraries
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Byrne, Brian; Wadsworth, Sally; Boehme, Kristi; Talk, Andrew C.; Coventry, William L.; Olson, Richard K.; Samuelsson, Stefan; Corley, Robin – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2013
The genetic factor structure of a range of learning measures was explored in twin children, recruited in preschool and followed to Grade 2 ("N"?=?2,084). Measures of orthographic learning and word reading were included in the analyses to determine how these patterned with the learning processes. An exploratory factor analysis of the…
Descriptors: Genetics, Preschool Children, Elementary School Students, Kindergarten
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. – 2000
The state of Colorado has set forth five content standards for visual arts education in its public schools: (1) students will recognize and use the visual arts as a form of communication; (2) students will know and apply elements of art, principles of design, and sensory and expressive features of visual arts; (3) students will know and apply…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Art Activities, Art Education, Elementary Secondary Education
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Kohl, Patrick B.; Finkelstein, Noah D. – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2005
Student success in solving physics problems is related to the representational format of the problem. We study student representational competence in two large-lecture algebra-based introductory university physics courses with approximately 600 participants total. We examined student performance on homework problems given in four different…
Descriptors: Homework, Physics, Tests, Universities