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Learning Progression Research in Geography: What Teachers Need to Know
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Larsen, Thomas B.; Millsaps, Lisa; Harrington, John A., Jr.; Lefferd, Rhonda – Geography Teacher, 2018
Teachers play a vital role in advancing LP research in geography, regardless of whether they teach geography on its own or integrate geography into other subjects (e.g., social studies, science, language arts). The goal of this work is to inform geography educators about LPs and how teachers factor into this endeavor. This article is intended to…
Descriptors: Geography, Geography Instruction, Teaching Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
Lessons Learned from Professional Development Workshops on Using GIS to Teach Geography and History in the K-12 Classroom
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Tabor, Lisa K.; Harrington, John A., Jr. – Geography Teacher, 2014
The brain perceives, recognizes, interprets, comprehends, appreciates, and remembers experiences that are both text and non-text or verbal and nonverbal. This article discusses Dual- encoding as a proven method of teaching that increases student learning retention and incorporates multiple learning styles. Students learn both subjects better when…
Descriptors: Geographic Information Systems, Teaching Methods, Geography Instruction, Workshops
Virtual Reality Check: Teachers Use Bug-in-Ear Coaching to Practice Feedback Techniques with Student Avatars
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Elford, Marti; Carter, Richard A., Jr.; Aronin, Sara – Journal of Staff Development, 2013
There is not just one way to give feedback, nor is there just one kind of feedback. Bug-in-ear technology, which allows coaches to give teachers in the classroom immediate feedback, has been used successfully for 35 years. In an updated twist on this method, researchers at the University of Kansas used bug-in-ear coaching in a virtual classroom…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Methods, Coaching (Performance), Classroom Techniques
Teachers Are the Center of Education: Writing, Learning and Leading in the Digital Age
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National Writing Project (NJ1), 2010
This series of reports, "Teachers Are the Center of Education," was developed to highlight the importance of teachers and the quality of their work. This specific report, a partnership among the College Board, the National Writing Project and Phi Delta Kappa International, shines the spotlight on one aspect of teacher work: the…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Profiles, Teacher Effectiveness
The Effects of a Computerized Professional Development Program on Teachers and Students with and without Disabilities in Secondary General Education Classes
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Schumaker, Jean B.; Fisher, Joseph B.; Walsh, Lisa D. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2010
Effects of a computerized professional development (PD) program were investigated in two studies. For each, teachers were randomly assigned to either a Virtual Workshop (VW) group that used a computerized program for PD or to an Actual Workshop (AW) group that participated in a live PD session. In Study 1, the teachers' knowledge about and…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Development, Computer Assisted Instruction
The Reality of the Earth Science Classroom.
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Yates, Billy Charles; And Others – 1993
A 1991 survey of Kansas earth science teachers provides findings concerning earth science students, earth science teachers, and some current practices in earth science instruction. Generally students take earth science in seventh, eighth, or ninth grade. About two-thirds of the students taking earth science do so at the ninth grade level. The…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Earth Science, Environmental Education, Geology