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Hightower, Sandra – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Doctors in a Northern California community reported that medical assisting students did not use medical terminology in context, could not think critically, and faltered in decision making and problem solving during their internships in medical offices. The intent of this instrumental case study was to investigate the gap between current methods of…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Allied Health Occupations Education, Case Studies, Lecture Method
Williams, Ashley – Online Submission, 2010
Our world is faced with a vast array of environmental catastrophes ranging everywhere from climate change, to air and water pollution, to mass extinction of species which all threaten the environment and human existence. As of now, students are not being informed on the sustainability issues, or engaged in the change process at school. Rote…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Environmental Education, Active Learning, Sustainable Development
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Kachina, Olga A. – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2012
This article investigates if WebQuests have been an effective instructional tool for teaching Social Sciences subjects. In order to obtain an answer to this question, a review of scholarly literature from 1995 to the present has been undertaken and action research in 8th grade U.S. history course was conducted. The literature investigation has…
Descriptors: Social Sciences, Investigations, Instructional Material Evaluation, Action Research