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Providing Support for Student Independence through Scaffolded Instruction.
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Larkin, Martha J. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2001
This article presents the techniques of a special education teacher who practiced effective scaffolded instruction. A case study illustrates use of scaffolded instruction to break the failure cycle and such techniques as establishing a shared goal, actively diagnosing the learner's understandings and needs, providing tailored assistance, giving…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Diagnostic Teaching, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
Assessing the Impact of Service Learning: A Workbook of Strategies and Methods. 2nd Edition.
Driscoll, Amy; Gelmon, Sherril B.; Holland, Barbara A.; Kerrigan, Seanna; Spring, Amy; Grosvold, Kari; Longley, M.J. – 1998
This guide, in workbook form, offers an assessment model for service learning programs that focuses on the four constituencies of service learning: students, faculty, community, and the institution. The approaches described were evaluated and refined in a pilot study with 10 service learning courses. The model provides both quantitative and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Methods, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation
Data Wise: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning
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Boudett, Kathryn Parker, Ed.; City, Elizabeth, Ed.; Murnane, Richard, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2005
In the wake of the accountability movement, school administrators are inundated with data about their students. How can they use this information to support student achievement? "Data Wise: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning" presents a clear and carefully tested blueprint for school leaders. It shows…
Descriptors: School Culture, Academic Achievement, Data, Educational Assessment
Written Case Analyses and Critical Reflection.
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Harrington, Helen L.; And Others – Teaching and Teacher Education, 1996
The study investigated the use of case-based pedagogy to develop critical reflection in prospective teachers. Analysis of students written analyses of dilemma-based cases found patterns showing evidence of students open-mindedness, sense of professional responsibility, and wholeheartedness in approach to teaching. (DB)
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
Collaborative Learning: Sourcebook for Collaborative Learning in the Arts and Sciences at Indiana University.
Hamilton, Sharon J., Ed.; Hansen, Edmund J., Ed. – 1992
This sourcebook, prepared by the Intercampus Group on Collaborative Learning of Indiana University, offers suggestions to those who are already familiar with collaborative learning, but want to know how others are responding to the same or similar challenges. Papers are presented that examine general issues of collaborative learning in the Arts…
Descriptors: Biology, Case Studies, Class Size, Classroom Techniques
Learning in Progress: Recognising Achievement in Adult Learning.
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Nashashibi, Pauline – 2002
This document explores the United Kingdom's developing practice of recognizing adult students' achievement in ways that make flexible use of the learning outcomes methodology, provide a mix of accredited and non-credited work, and are sensitive to the ethos of adult learning. (That ethos is often characterized by adult students' desire for…
Descriptors: Achievement, Achievement Rating, Adult Education, Adult Educators