Over the past dozen years, the switch from paper to electronic sources of information has been all encompassing. How can technology support the efforts of scholars to find and evaluate information? General-purpose search engines use an obscure mix of advanced algorithms to index, search, match, and rank results. Metasearch software extends the…

Calls for reform in university education have prompted a movement from teacher- to student-centered course design, and included developments such as peer-teaching, problem- and inquiry-based learning. In the sciences, inquiry-based learning has been widely promoted to increase literacy and skill development, but there has been little comparison to…

Good teachers are storytellers. They use stories to promote interest in the classroom; to help students understand and remember events, places, people, and ideas; to provide context for teaching abstract concepts and systematic processes such as math and research skills; and to promote understanding of other cultures and people. Storytelling can…

Problem solving and exploratory activities using technology as a tool continue to receive attention in recommendations for school mathematics. This article presents an experience in pre-college level type of teaching aiming at familiarizing students with the process of mathematical research. Students discovered a result based on a computer…

With increasing demands for online courses in all levels of higher education, a community college English instructor implements alternative methods of communication to ensure course rigor and integrity as she meets her objectives of enhanced student learning and success.

This document discusses the use of process induction and the proactive action model to teach research skills across the social studies curriculum. Process induction is the ability of an individual to transfer schema related knowledge and skills to other situations and settings, to use knowledge and process skills in new and diverse instances to…

In reference to the topic of research, it seems an incongruence exists between what academic counseling psychologists would prefer versus what graduate students actually do. One of the first fears experienced by novice graduate students surrounds taking statistics and research methodology courses. Normalizing the statistics-related anxiety, and…

The problem solving method is utilized in a sex role study at the elementary level to develop a basic understanding of survey and research techniques. (JR)

Both teachers and students can use experimental research methods in the classroom. (JR)

A respected method of studying comparative education is that of analyzing national character and assessing its impact on methods and systems of education. Like anthropologists, comparative educators must immerse themselves in a society in order to study its educational system. This analogy raises the issue of methodology, and many studies have…

The initial effort to apply the Keller plan model of individualized learning to teaching research methods in sociology is described. (Author/KM)

JUNIOR COLLEGE RESEARCH IS TYPICALLY "INSTITUTIONAL" WITH APPLICABILITY ONLY TO THE SPECIFIC INSTITUTION. MOST REPORTS RECEIVED AT THE CLEARINGHOUSE DESCRIBE COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF POPULATIONS (ENTIRE CLASSES, STUDENT BODIES, ETC.) INVOLVING NO SAMPLING PROCESSES. DATA WERE COMMONLY COLLECTED THROUGH RECORDS SEARCHES AND PRESENTED IN…

THIRTY SECONDARY AND COLLEGE TEACHERS, SUPERVISORS, AND TEACHER EDUCATORS FROM AGRICULTURE, HOME ECONOMICS, BUSINESS AND OFFICE EDUCATION, DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION PARTICIPATED IN AN INSTITUTE DESIGNED TO INCREASE THE RESEARCH COMPETENCE OF PERSONS IN POSITIONS OF LEADERSHIP. ALL EXCEPT ONE WERE ENROLLED…

This study investigates the improvement in research and development skills which resulted from the 1968 AERA Presession. Instructional materials were administered to 47 participants who were pretested and posttested to assess their improvement. The results of the presession are considered favorable. (HW)