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The SERP Approach to Problem-Solving Research, Development, and Implementation
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Donovan, M. Suzanne; Snow, Catherine; Daro, Phil – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2013
Education researchers are increasingly working in practice-based partnerships in order to direct their research efforts toward important problems of practice. We argue for the creation of an infrastructure to support routine and sustained interaction among researchers, practitioners, and designers in order to make partnership efforts more…
Descriptors: Educational Research, History, Research Methodology, Instructional Design
Cooperative Learning Instructional Methods for CS1: Design, Implementation, and Evaluation
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Beck, Leland; Chizhik, Alexander – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2013
Cooperative learning is a well-known instructional technique that has been applied with a wide variety of subject matter and a broad spectrum of populations. This article briefly reviews the principles of cooperative learning, and describes how these principles were incorporated into a comprehensive set of cooperative learning activities for a CS1…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Teaching Methods, Computer Science Education, Programming Languages
Methodological Complications of Matching Designs under Real World Constraints: Lessons from a Study of Deeper Learning
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Zeiser, Kristina; Rickles, Jordan; Garet, Michael S. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2014
To help researchers understand potential issues one can encounter when conducting propensity matching studies in complex settings, this paper describes methodological complications faced when studying schools using deeper learning practices to improve college and career readiness. The study uses data from high schools located in six districts…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, College Readiness, Career Readiness, Teaching Methods
DEGREE OF STUDENT CONTROL OVER PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION--LONG-TERM CUMULATIVE EFFECTS ON PROBLEM-SOLVING AND TRANSFER.
CAMPBELL, VINCENT N.; CHAPMAN, MADALYNNE – 1965
THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE WHETHER GIVING THE LEARNER CONTROL MIGHT SHOW PROGRESSIVE EFFECTS ON LEARNING AND PROBLEM-SOLVING IN A GIVEN SUBJECT MATTER OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL MONTHS. ALL FOURTH-GRADE STUDENTS IN 3 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND 2 FIFTH-GRADE CLASSES FROM 1 OF THESE SCHOOLS PROVIDED APPROXIMATELY 200 SUBJECTS. SCHOLASTIC…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Educational Research, Elementary School Students
Mathematical Problem Solving and Computers: A Study of Learner-Initiated Application of Technology in a General Problem-Solving Context.
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Dugdale, Sharon; LeGare, Owen; Matthews, James I.; Ju, Mi-Kyung – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1998
A study of 38 K-12 teachers at the 1996 summer institute of the Northern California Mathematics Project suggested that a learning environment incorporating technology, facilities for sharing computer solutions, and development of skills with software can foster effective and spontaneous learner-initiated use of technology for mathematical…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Environment, Educational Research, Educational Technology
The CEIC Review, 2001.
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Page, Stephen, Ed. – CEIC Review, 2001
These six issues examine education in the inner cities. Titles include: "Pathways to School/Community/Family Partnership Results: Measures of Success and Student Learning" (e.g., promoting community partnerships and active learning through federal policy and linking child development knowledge with partnership evaluation); "Emerging…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Accountability