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Claudia H. Sánchez-Gutiérrez; Pablo Robles-García; Mercedes Pérez Serrano – Language Teaching Research, 2025
Studies on teachers' beliefs about vocabulary learning and teaching have focused, so far, on English as a second language (L2), or foreign language (FL), in different contexts but little attention has been given to other L2s and FLs. In this study, 15 Spanish L2 instructors at large universities were interviewed in order to better understand where…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Attitudes
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McAlpin, Elizabeth; Shilane, David; Kalaycioglu, Selin – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2019
According to the Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning (Mayer, 2009) learning with multimedia requires the integration of verbal and visual information (e.g., printed text and static images, narrated animation). Studies exploring the effects of dynamic versus static presentations yield mixed results. Few studies explore comparing dynamic versus…
Descriptors: Calculus, Undergraduate Students, Mathematics Instruction, College Mathematics
Sweeney, Liam; Tanaka, Kurtis – ITHAKA S+R, 2022
Cultural heritage materials can offer rewarding learning opportunities and impactful experiences for students across a variety of disciplines, especially in the humanities and social sciences. However, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the attendant move to online instruction at many colleges and universities, disrupted pedagogical practices and the ways…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, COVID-19, Pandemics, Humanities
Bickerstaff, Susan; Edgecombe, Nikki – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2019
Adult proficiency in numeracy in the United States lags that of other developed nations, and the nonselective institutions that dominate the higher education sector struggle to address the learning needs of the sizeable proportion of students who enroll in their institutions and are deemed academically underprepared in mathematics. Research on…
Descriptors: College Students, College Mathematics, Remedial Mathematics, Developmental Studies Programs
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Kyle, Aaron M.; Jangraw, David C.; Bouchard, Matthew B.; Downs, Matthew E. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2016
This paper presents the development, implementation, and assessment of a project-based Bioinstrumentation course. All course lectures and hands-on laboratory activities are related to a central project theme: a cardiac pacemaker. The students create a benchtop cardiac pacemaker by applying instrumentation knowledge acquired in the course to each…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Engineering Education, Biotechnology
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Templer, Bill – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2017
The article seeks to contribute to working-class and social justice pedagogy by developing concrete angles on teaching/exploring some of the (a) short fiction, (b) journalistic-photographic work and (c) sociography of poverty by the Danish-born US immigrant, muckraker (http://goo.gl/6WeGtM) and social reformer Jacob A. Riis (1849-1914,…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Teaching Methods, Immigrants, Poverty
Diebold Group, Inc., New York, NY. – 1964
THE PROGRAMING USED PRESENTS MATERIAL IN SMALL STEPS WHICH CALL FOR AN ACTIVE RESPONSE FOLLOWED BY AN IMMEDIATE CONFIRMATION. THE THREE-STEP CYCLE IS REPEATED FOR EACH PIECE OF MATERIAL. THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM ALLOWS SELF-PACING, LOW-ERROR RATE, HIGH MOTIVATION AND EASY DEVELOPMENT TESTING. THE PROJECT USED THIS TECHNIQUE TO TEACH READING TO…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Beginning Reading, Illiteracy
LEBOWITZ, GORDON; AND OTHERS – 1964
TEACHERS IN THE JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS ARE PROVIDED WITH TEACHING OUTLINES, TEACHING DEVICES, AND OTHER MATERIALS TO DEVELOP PUPILS' SKILLS, APTITUDES, AND PROFICIENCY IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES AND SPORTS. A GRADED AND SEQUENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ACTIVITIES IN A UNIFIED PROGRAM, BASED UPON THE CONCEPT OF UNIT TEACHING IN SEASONAL ACTIVITIES, IS…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Instructional Materials, Physical Education, Secondary Education
ROBINETT, BETTY WALLACE; AND OTHERS – 1967
THE CONTENTS OF THIS SERIES (A COMPILATION OF PAPERS READ AT THE TEACHERS OF ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES (TESOL) CONFERENCE, NEW YORK CITY, MARCH 17-19, 1966) ARE GROUPED ACCORDING TO GENERAL SUBJECT (AND AUTHORS)--(1) TESOL AS A PROFESSIONAL FIELD (S. OHANNESSIAN, A.H. MARCKWARDT, G. CAPELLE, D. GLICKSBERG), (2) REPORTS ON SPECIAL…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Instructional Materials, Language Instruction, Language Programs
Mobilization for Youth, Inc., New York, NY.
SUGGESTIONS ARE MADE TO AID THE KINDERGARTEN OR FIRST GRADE TEACHER IN DEVELOPING A PROGRAM, FINDING NEEDED EQUIPMENT, AND PROVIDING A PROPER ROOM ARRANGEMENT. PARTICULAR KINDS OF GAMES FOR ATTENTION, MEMORY, PERCEPTIVE-COGNITIVE, AUDITORY AND VISUAL DISCRIMINATION ARE DESCRIBED. LANGUAGE IS DEVELOPED THROUGH TEACHERS' ROUTINE USE OF SPECIFIC…
Descriptors: Equipment Utilization, Guides, Instructional Materials, Primary Education
New York City Public Schools, Brooklyn, NY. – 1965
A COURSE IS PRESENTED FOR STUDENTS WHOSE NEEDS WOULD NOT BE SERVED BY REGULAR 9TH GRADE MATHEMATICS. GENERAL MATHEMATICS AS TREATED HERE IS MORE THAN ARITHMETICAL COMPUTATION. IT CONTAINS ELEMENTS OF ALGEBRA, GEOMETRY, AND TRIGONOMETRY. THE AIM IS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE GENERAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE STUDENT THROUGH--AN APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Grade 9, Instructional Materials, Mathematics Instruction
NOAR, GERTRUDE
A RESOURCE UNIT FOR TEACHERS IS PRESENTED. IT AIMS AT EXPLAINING THE RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES OF A CITIZEN, DEVELOPING THE PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS OF DEMOCRACY, AND DEVELOPING THE ABILITY TO THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT QUESTIONS OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. SUGGESTED METHODS FOR TEACHING THE UNIT INVOLVED--THE USE OF CASE STUDIES, MASS MEDIA…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Democratic Values, Equal Protection, Instructional Materials
SEXTON, PATRICIA CAYO
IN THIS STUDY OF EXPERIMENTAL AND DEMONSTRATION BASIS EDUCATION PROJECTS FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTHS, VISITS WERE MADE TO THE JOB UPGRADING PROJECT (NORTH RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA), THE MAYOR'S YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROJECT (DETROIT), THE LANE COUNTY YOUTH PROJECT (EUGENE, OREGON), JOB OPPORTUNITIES, THROUGH BETTER SKILLS (CHICAGO), THE YMCA…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Audiovisual Aids, Blacks, Class Size
BRODY, LAWRENCE – 1963
THE DEBILITATING EFFECTS OF POVERTY AND CULTURAL DEPRIVATION CAN BE ALLEVIATED THROUGH EDUCATION. INCREASE OF ACADEMIC SUCCESS THROUGH CURRICULUM IMPROVEMENT AND REORIENTATION IS SOUGHT. SUGGESTED PRIORITIES ARE--USE AND EVALUATION OF NEW METHODS AND MATERIALS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE, COORDINATION WITH AND ASSISTANCE TO OTHER ACTION PROGRAMS, AND…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged, Educational Improvement, Elementary School Students
KINNEY, RICHARD; MOBILIZATION FOR YOUTH CURRICULUM STAFF
A SAMPLE READING UNIT IN SCIENCE IS PRESENTED FOR DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS AT THREE LEVELS OF ABILITY. THE READING LESSON IS COMPLETE WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF ELECTROMAGNETS. FOLLOWING THE SUPPLEMENTARY UNIT ARE THREE SAMPLE OBJECTIVE TESTS FOR THE DIFFERENT ABILITY LEVELS. EACH SET OF QUESTIONS IS DESIGNED BOTH TO TEST KNOWLEDGE OF SCIENCE FACTS…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged, Instructional Materials
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