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Robertson, Joanne Marie – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2008
This descriptive narrative presents a university/school partnership that led to an inquiry-based approach to language arts instruction, resulting in increased opportunities for reflective teaching and learning, students' environmental awareness projects, the integration of science, and the individualization of instruction at the middle school…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Inquiry, Program Descriptions, College School Cooperation
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Yildirim, Ali – Journal of Educational Research, 1994
This study surveyed public school teachers to investigate their theoretical orientations toward teaching thinking and toward two views about the nature of thinking (content-oriented and skills-oriented). Results showed that less than one-fourth presented a clear content or skill orientation. Most had mixed views about the two theories. (SM)
Descriptors: Course Content, Educational Theories, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
Gore, Peter H.; And Others – 1975
The Crossroads Survey, an adaptation of the macrostructural accounting techniques, was employed for purposes of testing the community development theory that services are added to communities in the same sequence. Dividing services and amenities into 2 categories (commercial and public/professional), the Crossroads Survey was conducted in Clinton…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Services, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods
Hawkey, William S. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1996
Describes the author's three-month career as a student teacher of social studies and art in an upstate New York high school. As his stint progresses, he realizes he cannot continue to rely on his old ways of thinking and functioning. He learns to handle a cooperating teacher's unrealistic expectations and to engage students with audiovisuals and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Coping, High Schools, Role Perception
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Grossman, Pam; Hammerness, Karen M.; McDonald, Morva; Ronfeldt, Matt – Journal of Teacher Education, 2008
In this article, the authors focus on the concept of coherence, a relatively underexplored concept in teacher education. They investigate the relationship between students' perceptions of coherence and a number of structural features of teacher education programs to help develop a stronger definition of one important dimension of coherence--the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Student Attitudes, Education Courses, Field Experience Programs
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Sabir, Myra; Breckman, Risa; Meador, Rhoda; Wethington, Elaine; Reid, Carrington; Pillemer, Karl – Gerontologist, 2006
Purpose: On the basis of the experience of an extensive community-based research partnership in New York City, we developed an innovative process for bridging the gap between aging-related research and practice, using a consensus-workshop model. Design and Methods: We adapted the traditional scientific consensus-workshop model to include…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Research Utilization, Aging (Individuals), Gerontology
GIBSON, ELEANOR J. – 1966
BOTH COGNITIVELY-ORIENTED AND RESPONSE-ORIENTED THEORIES OF PERCEPTUAL LEARNING ARE DISCUSSED AND CONTRASTED WITH A STIMULUS-ORIENTED THEORY. PERCEPTUAL LEARNING IS DEFINED AS AN INCREASE IN SPECIFICITY OF DISCRIMINATION OF THE STIMULUS INPUT. THE AUTHOR DESCRIBED WHAT IS LEARNED IN PERCEPUTAL LEARNING AS () THE DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF THINGS, (2)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discrimination Learning, Learning Experience, Learning Theories
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Gordon, Sheldon P. – PRIMUS, 2005
The standard derivative tests for extrema and inflection points from Calculus I can be revisited subsequently from the perspective of Taylor polynomial approximations to provide additional insights into those tests, as well as to extend them to additional criteria. (Contains 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Calculus, Tests, Mathematics Instruction, Theories
SULLIVAN, EDMUND V. – 1966
AN EXTENSION OF MODELING BEHAVIOR INTO COGNITIVE AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT WAS ATTEMPTED THROUGH THE USE OF FILM-MEDIATED MODELS FOR THE ACTIVATION AND GENERALIZATION PHASES OF THE CONSERVATION PROBLEM. FOUR HYPOTHESES WERE SET UP IN AN ATTEMPT TO QUESTION SUCH PREVIOUS EXPLANATIONS OF THE CONSERVATION RESPONSE AS THOSE OF PIAGET AND BRUNER. THE…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, Instructional Films, Learning Processes
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Teglasi, Hedwig – Sex Roles, 1978
The results suggest that role orientation and achievement motivation of women influenced causal attribution for success and failure outcomes. In some cases these subject variables interacted with the competitiveness of the situation and with sex of partner or of opponent in determining causal ascriptions. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Attribution Theory, Failure, Females
Gonder, Jennifer, Ed.; Howell-Carter, Marya, Ed.; Anderson, Jessica, Ed. – Online Submission, 2013
Included herein is the conference proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference on the Teaching of Psychology: Ideas and Innovations, sponsored by the Psychology Department of the State University of New York at Farmingdale. The conference theme for 2013 was: The Science of Learning. The Conference featured a keynote address by Victor Benassi, Ph.D.…
Descriptors: Psychology, College Instruction, Conferences (Gatherings), Undergraduate Students
Neimeyer, Bruce Carlton – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This dissertation explores the use of formal and informal networks through cyber- and traditional communication methods in the college search and selection process by native and immigrant students to examine various postulates and propositions of social capital theory. In addition, the analysis of cybernetworks used by disadvantaged, college bound…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Statistical Significance, Data Analysis, School Counselors
Smith, Cheryl A. – Journal for Pedagogy, Pluralism & Practice, 2001
A qualitative study investigated success in entrepreneurship from the standpoint of Black women entrepreneurs, one of the fastest growing groups of new small business owners. It explored the business and learning experiences of successful Black women graduates of an entrepreneurship training program in New York State to identify learning…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adults, Blacks
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Faerman, Sue R.; And Others – Public Administration Review, 1987
Describes development and implementation of a theoretically organized, skill-based curriculum developed for practicing managers in public service in New York and delivered by 15 different postsecondary institutions. (Author/CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Curriculum Development, Management Development, Public Administration Education
Neal, Anne D.; Mitchell, Charles – American Council of Trustees and Alumni, 2007
As this report goes to press, the nation's capital is in the midst of a six-moth, city-wide celebration of William Shakespeare. With this celebration as a backdrop, the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) researched how Shakespeare fits into English curricula at 70 of the nation's leading colleges and universities. ACTA surveyed English…
Descriptors: College English, English Literature, Authors, Required Courses
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