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Download full textGraham, Bonny, Ed. – 2000
This publication contains journal essays and book chapters (from publications of the National Council of Teachers of English) dealing with trends and issues in secondary English education. The publication's first section, "The World Wide Web in the Classroom," contains the following articles: (1) "Journey into Cyberspace"…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Educational Practices, English Curriculum, English Instruction
Peer reviewedMiddleman, Stanley – Chemical Engineering Education, 1983
Discusses the evolution of a set of research programs (dealing with the removal of liquid contaminants from surfaces) used to introduce graduate students to methods of design, evaluation, and modification within the context of a larger research program. Stresses the simultaneity and interaction of theoretical and experimental studies. (JM)
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, Engineering Education, Graduate Study, Higher Education
Peer reviewedRauckhorst, William H. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1981
Reports on a project, funded by the National Science Foundation, being conducted at Argonne National Laboratory to encourage physically handicapped students to undertake careers in science, mathematics, and engineering. (Author/SK)
Descriptors: Career Education, Chemistry, College Science, College Students
Peer reviewedSmith, Jerry L. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1981
Describes a program in which a community college offered its instructional and physical resources to local gifted and talented high school students and their teachers. Students, accompanied by their teachers, performed research on the college campus. Indicates the importance of teachers being on campus with students. (SK)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Role, College School Cooperation, College Science
Abilock, Debbie – MultiMedia Schools, 1997
Discusses how to teach online research techniques and how to design research activities for beginner searchers. Highlights include contextualized learning; task definition; one-stop resource pages; words and search topics; search engines, including metasearch engines; browser techniques; management techniques for organizing sources into folders;…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Evaluation Methods, Information Sources, Instructional Design
Peer reviewedReardon, Kenneth M. – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 1994
Describes two participatory action research projects completed by undergraduate students for community-based organizations in New York City (New York) that dramatically affected municipal economic development and affordable housing policies in two low-income minority communities. Argues that such projects are valuable in helping students gain…
Descriptors: College Instruction, College Students, Community Organizations, Economic Development
Peer reviewedJohnson, Margaret A.; Steward, Gary Jr. – Teaching Sociology, 1997
Reports on a class project that combined an examination of social class and political power with an introduction to sociological research. The project consisted of compiling biographical profiles of cabinet members from the Ronald Reagan, George Bush, and Bill Clinton administrations. Introduces students to issues of conceptualization,…
Descriptors: Course Content, Elitism, Experiential Learning, Higher Education
McConnell, Terry; And Others – Book Report, 1996
Describes techniques involved in having high school students create multimedia research presentations with guidance from the school library media specialist. Topics include necessary writing, library, and technical skills for students; librarian-teacher cooperation; an example of a group project with three students; equipment needs; and library…
Descriptors: Learning Resources Centers, Librarian Teacher Cooperation, Media Specialists, Multimedia Materials
Preddy, Leslie B. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2002
Discusses a hands-on, teacher-library media specialist collaborative model for implementing the inquiry approach to the research process into the classroom and school library media center. Highlights include student research journals, including timelines; brainstorming; questioning; skimming for information; and sample questioning worksheets. (LRW)
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Elementary Secondary Education, Inquiry, Learning Resources Centers
Preddy, Leslie B. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2003
Explains a hands-on, classroom teacher/library media specialist collaborative model for implementing the inquiry approach to the research process into the classroom and school library media center. Topics include the investigation phase; source notes; primary sources; interviews; community resources; storyboards; and peer conferences. (LRW)
Descriptors: Community Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Inquiry, Interviews
Peer reviewedEmmons, Mark; Martin, Wanda – College & Research Libraries, 2002
Compared research papers before and after implementation of an inquiry-based library instruction program at the University of New Mexico to asses the program's effectiveness and consider its future development. Discusses increased collaboration between the library and the English department and suggests more training for instructors and greater…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College English, Comparative Analysis, Futures (of Society)
Peer reviewedPaul, Karin; Kuhlthau, Carol C.; Branch, Jennifer L.; Solowan, Diane Galloway; Case, Roland; Abilock, Debbie; Eisenberg, Michael B.; Koechlin, Carol; Zwaan, Sandi; Hughes, Sandra; Low, Ann; Litch, Margaret; Lowry, Cindy; Irvine, Linda; Stimson, Margaret; Schlarb, Irene; Wilson, Janet; Warriner, Emily; Parsons, Les; Luongo-Orlando, Katherine; Hamilton, Donald – School Libraries in Canada, 2003
Includes 19 articles that address issues related to library skills and Canadian school libraries. Topics include information literacy; inquiry learning; critical thinking and electronic research; collaborative inquiry; information skills and the Big 6 approach to problem solving; student use of online databases; library skills; Internet accuracy;…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedOkolo, Cynthia M.; Ferretti, Ralph P. – Journal of Special Education Technology, 1996
Effects of project-based instruction were assessed in a study of 21 students (mean age 12) with learning disabilities who developed social studies projects from source materials using word processing tools alone or using multimedia presentation tools. Students in both groups acquired substantial content knowledge, but neither group differed in…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Learning Disabilities
McElmeel, Sharron L. – Technology Connection, 1997
Describes a research project where fifth- and sixth-grade students compiled information from original sources and presented it on a Web site. Discusses planning, students' critical thinking in research strategies, and learning outcomes. Includes a summary of selected topics researched with a note on technology skills used. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Critical Thinking, Grade 5, Grade 6
Peer reviewedWalton, Susan A.; Lynch, Maurice P. – Science Scope, 1997
Describes a problem-based unit in which students are charged with the responsibility of discovering what killed the menhaden fish in a local river. Involves the teacher coaching students through the problem and directing them toward resources and lines of inquiry. Enables students to gain an understanding of their local environment and the…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Inquiry, Investigations, Junior High Schools
