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Using Internal and External Evaluation to Shape Teacher Preparation Curriculum: A Model for Continuous Program Improvement
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Norman, Patricia J.; Sherwood, Sara A. S. – New Educator, 2015
The same high stakes accountability measures that have shaped the K-12 educational context over the past decade have become part of the university teacher preparation landscape. National accrediting organizations have created more rigorous, outcomes-based accountability measures for teacher preparation programs. Educational stakeholders offer…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Curriculum, Models, Program Improvement, Accountability
Electronic Mail as a Pedagogical Delivery System: An Analysis of the Learning of Argumentation.
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Marttunen, Miika – Research in Higher Education, 1997
Content analysis of 441 electronic mail (e-mail) messages used by 31 Finnish undergraduate students investigated the use of the medium for practicing argumentation (grounding of stated claims) in two teaching modes: a tutor-led seminar and self-directed student discussion. Results indicated argumentation improved during the experiment, especially…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, College Students, Delivery Systems
The Development of Process Indicators To Estimate Student Gains Associated with Good Practices in Undergraduate Education.
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Kuh, George D.; Pace, C. Robert; Vesper, Nick – Research in Higher Education, 1997
A study investigated indicators of student academic performance in six samples (n=911 each) of men and women students from 19 baccalaureate, 27 master's, and 29 doctoral granting institutions. Measures of achievement gains associated with three good educational practices (faculty-student contact, cooperation among students, active learning) were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Active Learning, Classroom Techniques
An Evaluation of Computer-Assisted Instruction for English Grammar Review.
Oates, William – Studies in Language Learning, 1981
The use of computer assisted instruction (CAI) at Indiana University to provide basic grammar review to beginning writing students, and the results of an evaluation of the PLATO system as a learning resource are described. At the time of the evaluation, the CAI curriculum in use was the Language Arts Routing System (LARS). The evaluation involved…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, College English, College Students