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Matthew, Kathryn I.; Varagoor, Gita – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2001
This study gathered and analyzed feedback from graduate students regarding their use of the Internet to complete certain research course assignments. Findings indicate that the majority of students had a positive experience using the Internet, both as a means of accessing course materials and as an important resource for assistance in completing…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Assignments, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Resources
Kaste, Janine A. – Teaching & Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2004
This study focused on my use of first grade literacy cases to scaffold a diverse constructivist perspective in my literacy methods course for preservice teachers. The cases depicted my concurrent work in a local school with three underachieving readers, two having diverse backgrounds with respect to home languages and socioeconomic status. I…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Preservice Teacher Education, Constructivism (Learning), Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
Donner, Susan; Everett, Joyce; Basham, Kathryn – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2004
As a second article in a series devoted to an ongoing evaluation of our antiracism field project, a controversial assignment rooted in our Smith College School for Social Work's antiracism commitment, this paper focuses on the review of 128 assignments completed between September 1998-August 2000. A thematic analysis of these projects revealed…
Descriptors: Social Work, Case Studies, Program Evaluation, Assignments
Hardman, J.; Ng'ambi, D. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2003
Access to the textual world of academia requires that learners are familiar with the critical open-ended questioning stance demanded by textuality. Anecdotal evidence suggests that learners registered for the Bachelor of Education Honours degree are unable to generate appropriate questions to interrogate academic text, impacting on their ability…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Questioning Techniques, Case Studies
Ala-Mutka, Kirsti M. – Computer Science Education, 2005
Practical programming is one of the basic skills pursued in computer science education. On programming courses, the coursework consists of programming assignments that need to be assessed from different points of view. Since the submitted assignments are executable programs with a formal structure, some features can be assessed automatically. The…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Assignments, Student Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
Rosberg, Merilee – 1995
One approach to helping children to become literate is to use good children's literature in the classroom. Children's trade books are now available on a variety of topics. Many of them are traditional stories, but more authors are also writing historical fiction, biographies, and science books. This variety of materials allows the teacher to use…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Reading Aloud to Others
Ackerman, Richard; Maslin-Ostrowski, Patricia – 1995
This paper presents findings of a study that examined case-study teaching methods, specifically, the use of case stories in the training of educational administrators. A case story blends aspects of the case-study methods with storytelling. The case-story approach asks students to develop case stories, using their personal experience to create…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Administrator Education, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies
Van Gilst, Lorna; Villalobos, Jose – 1996
High school students in Venezuela study English grammar and vocabulary for 5 years, but, because theirs is an oral culture, they do very little reading or writing either in their native language or in English. When students reach the university and begin to study composition, they are unmotivated to write essays on teacher assigned topics for a…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Essays, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Paddison, John H. – 1995
In the field of composition instruction, word processors can provide a new writing environment and a wealth of teaching possibilities. Integrating portfolio assessment and its benefits into computer-assisted composition instruction, however, is not easy. Recently implemented at Yavapai College (Arizona), portfolio assessment allows instructors to…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Electronic Mail, Higher Education, Online Systems
Von Holzen, Roger – 1995
This study, conducted at a mid-western regional state university, examined the capacity of e-mail to provide a more flexible medium for transmitting student journals to the teacher. The investigation took place over a 16-week semester in a required freshman level computer literacy course. Students were divided into three groups: (1) the control…
Descriptors: Assignments, College Freshmen, Computer Literacy, Computer Mediated Communication
Kelly, Margaret M. – 1996
This project was designed to develop a model for teaching general music methods for elementary/early childhood education majors using musics of diverse cultures as discrete and infused entities, integrated across the curriculum. The proposed model's primary goal was to develop student awareness of sources of culturally diverse music and related…
Descriptors: Assignments, College Students, Course Content, Cultural Differences
Roberts, David L. – 1993
For many students, required courses outside of their major represent necessary evils. At Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) in Utah, students majoring in finance and credit, management, and marketing are required to take accounting classes. To motivate these students, the Accounting Department has developed pedagogical techniques that emphasize…
Descriptors: Accounting, Assignments, Business Education, Business Education Teachers
Allen, Sheilah – 1987
Recent surveys on writing in secondary school science classes indicate that a variety of modes of writing are incorporated for different purposes. The critical essay, the research report, and term paper assignments still demonstrate their usefulness as promoters of learning science. The study guide, another standard teaching tool, also continues…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Creative Writing, Foreign Countries, Journal Writing
Gill, Kent, Ed. – 1993
In this collection, English language arts teachers describe methods they use to increase their students' interest in and appreciation of writing. The book focuses on the benefits of using portfolios in assessing student writing and incorporation of the revision process into writing. The 16 essays drawn from the elementary, secondary, and, college…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Language Arts
Tokarczyk, Michelle M. – 1993
Three students in an autobiography class--an African-American, a woman, and a gay man struggling to come out--used their writing to both affirm their places in the world and envision another place. Having reviewed her early educational experiences as an African-American, Holly focused her essay back to her present college days and her attempts to…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Autobiographies, Black Students, College Freshmen