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Santhi, N. – Educational Research and Reviews, 2011
Extra classes have been a fixture in the educational system in India. They pre-date all existing educational programmes and examinations. Yet more recently the justification and reasons for the maintenance of these classes have been called into question. There have been unsubstantiated claims that in some cases the classes have been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 10, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality
Brand, Lance G. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was three-fold: to measure the ability of the "Medical Explorers" case-based curriculum to improve higher order thinking skills; to evaluate the impact of the "Medical Explorers" case-based curriculum to help students be self directed learners; and to investigate the impact of the "Medical…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, High School Students, Secondary School Curriculum, Case Method (Teaching Technique)
Wicklein, Robert; Mativo, John – National Center for Engineering and Technology Education, 2009
The purpose of this research project was to use an experimental design research methodology to compare learning and attitudinal effects of two different design instructional strategies on randomly selected and assigned 11th and 12th grade students. Through the use of a common technological based problem, students were guided through a design…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Research Design
Maxson, Robert C.
To determine if the ethnocentric perceptions of students would be influenced by participation in a 3-week social studies unit on "The Contributions of Minority Ethnic Groups to American Civilization," a study was made utilizing 114 students in five 12th grade social studies classes (three experimental and two control). The investigation attempted…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Control Groups, Ethnic Relations
Binkley, Harold – 1967
The joint supervisory and teacher education staffs developed criteria and surveyed needed agricultural competencies as a basis for course building. Teacher educators developed unit outlines for pilot programs in off-farm agricultural occupations conducted in Lafayette, Shelby County, Daviess County, and Reidland high schools. A quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Supply Occupations, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups
Cushman, Harold R.; And Others – 1968
The project objectives were to (1) develop empirically tested guidelines and procedures for initiating, developing, and operating cooperative education programs for secondary students in off-farm agricultural occupations, (2) evaluate the effectiveness of cooperative work experience, and (3) determine the effect of the extent of work experience on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Comparative Analysis