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Lapp, Diane; And Others – 1989
This book offers strategies to help educators become increasingly effective in teaching various areas in content area reading and learning. The book includes the following chapters: "Content Area Reading: A Historical Perspective" (E. Dishner and M. Olson); "Content Area Reading: Current State of the Art" (T. Bean and J.…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Improvement, Literacy
Stevenson, Dwight W., Ed. – 1981
This anthology contains 21 articles on teaching methods and assignments in technical writing. The anthology is divided into three major sections. The first section, "Courses," presents plans for alternative approaches to the teaching of technical writing. The second section, "Components," offers a variety of activities for major segments within a…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Course Organization
Stokoe, William C., Ed. – 1980
This is a selection of papers that have appeared in the journal "Sign Language Studies" between 1972 and 1979. The aim is to provide the reader with some knowledge of the world as signers see it. The book is for academic decision-makers, teachers and parents of deaf students, as well as the intellectually curious. Following an introductory essay,…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Biculturalism, Deafness, Dialects
Maddux, Cleborne D., Ed.; Johnson, D. LaMont, Ed. – 2001
The chapters in this collection explore the role technology will play in education in the 21st century. Educators, information specialists, program designers, and researchers discuss issues, trends, and problems in online technology and its potential to reenergize the educational system. The chapters are: (1) The Web in Education: Asset or…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Critical Thinking, Distance Education, Educational Technology
Day, Christopher W., Ed.; van Veen, Dolf, Ed. – 2000
The first Yearbook of the European Educational Research Association (EERA) is based on a selection of texts presented at the EERA annual meeting in 1999, which took place in Lahti, Finland. It is intended to be part of the development of a European conversation about educational research. The chapters of part 1, Teaching and Teachers, are: (1)…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning
Guershon, Harel, Ed.; Dubinsky, Ed, Ed. – 1992
The concept of function is the single most important mathematical concept studied from kindergarten to graduate school and is critical throughout the full range of education. Thus, the goals of this book are to contribute to research in learning the concept of function and to provide a resource for mathematics teachers that could help them in…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Resources, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Cooney, Thomas J.; Brown, Stephen I.; Dossey, John A.; Schrage, Georg; Wittmann, Erich Ch. – 1996
This book is intended for both preservice and inservice teachers who wish to experience some of the fundamental ideas expressed in the documents published by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) that are commonly referred to as the Standards. The text encourages the reader to seek connections between pedagogy and content in a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Functions (Mathematics), Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Dillon, Dallas E.; Piro, Vince; Nicoll-Johnson, Mark – 1997
The three papers collected in this document present opinions for and against the use of anthologies in introductory writing and literature classes at community colleges. The first paper, "College Students Must Read Book-Length Works," by Dallas E. Dillon, proposes that students, even non-traditional community college students, should be pushed to…
Descriptors: Anthologies, College English, Community Colleges, English Instruction
Seelye, H. Ned, Ed. – 1996
The need for new approaches, methods, and techniques in cross-cultural training and intercultural education is paramount. This collection of more than 30 exercises and activities aims to help begin a regular flow of materials into the stream of resources available to professionals in the intercultural field. The emphasis in the collection's first…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cross Cultural Training, Experiential Learning, Instructional Effectiveness
Moore, Michael G., Ed.; Cozine, Geoffrey T., Ed. – 2000
This book brings together a selection of articles published in "The American Journal of Distance Education" that are related to Web-based delivery of distance education. Articles include: "Performance and Perceptions of Distance Learners in Cyberspace" (Peter Navarro and Judy Shoemaker); "Distance Education for Dentists: Improving the Quality of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Distance Education, Educational Technology
Liu, Leping, Ed.; Johnson, D. LaMont, Ed.; Maddux, Cleborne D., Ed.; Henderson, Norma J., Ed. – 2001
This book contains the following articles on evaluating and assessing educational information technology: (1) "Assessing Learning in the New Age of Information Technology in Education" (Leping Liu, D. LaMont Johnson, Cleborne D. Maddux, and Norma J. Henderson); (2) "Instruments for Assessing the Impact of Technology in Education" (Rhonda…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Technology, Evaluation Methods
Barton, Angela Calabrese, Ed.; Osborne, Margery D., Ed. – 2001
The essays in this book draw from current debates concerning schooling and the need for liberatory education; the social construction of science and identity; and systems of race, class, and gender oppression and domination. These works aim to pose such questions as: (1) How can we shape practice and curriculum to address the needs of diverse…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
DeCoker, Gary, Ed. – 2002
This book is a collection of works that explore the implications of a national U.S. curriculum through the study of Japanese education. It consists of 10 chapters: (1) "The Development of the Course of Study and the Structure of Educational Reform in Japan" (Hiroshi Azuma); (2) "Setting National Standards: Educational Reform, Social…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship
Owens, Kay, Ed.; Mousley, Judy, Ed. – 2000
This volume presents different issues and views on research in mathematics education in Australia. Chapters include: (1) "An Introduction to This Review" (Kay Owens); (2) "Recent Research Monographs" (Kay Owens and editors of the monographs); (3) "Language Factors in Mathematics Education" (Nerida Ellerton, Ken…
Descriptors: Algebra, Educational Research, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Topping, Keith, Ed.; Ehly, Stewart, Ed. – 1998
Peer-Assisted Learning (PAL) involves students consciously assisting others to learn, and in so doing, learning more effectively themselves. PAL encompasses peer tutoring, peer modeling, peer education, peer counseling, peer monitoring, and peer assessment, which are differentiated from other more general "cooperative learning" methods.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Gifted, Learning Processes
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