This article describes an instructional coaching program that includes high-quality data displays to engage teachers in conversation about instruction. A descriptive, nonjudgmental data display that captures a teacher's practice around an identified focus provides the foundation for a productive collaborative coaching conversation. The data…

In this paper, we share examples of best peer review of teaching practices, drawing on our involvement in the design and implementation of the Peer Review of Teaching program at the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology. We review the history of the Peer Review of Teaching Initiative at the University of British Columbia and explain key…

This chapter discusses Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) as they apply to the SoTL. Specifically, it describes when SoTL projects must receive IRB approval, why they must get IRB approval, the review process, and some special issues of concern with regard to SoTL.

"Opportunity to learn" refers to the extent to which teachers dedicate instructional time and content coverage to the intended curriculum using a range of cognitive processes, instructional practices, and grouping formats. This article describes the My Instructional Learning Opportunities Guidance System, a research-based online teacher…

Details are given of the background and organization of the Curriculum Revision and Instruction in Mathematics at the Elementary Level (CRIMEL) program for undergraduates at The Ohio State University. The first three years of the program are discussed; administrative problems in grouping students for instruction, attempts to use multimedia methods…

This document contains the outlines of each of 34 lectures given in the Earth Control and Investigations course sponsored by the Denver Laboratories. Topics covered include construction control of earth dams, canals, and filters; field and laboratory test procedures; soil classification and logging; and field investigations. (DT)

Learning-teaching philosophies basic to open education are presented, and classroom processes which grow out of these philosophies are described in this booklet. Contents include a summary of the Environmental Studies Project in North Carolina and discussions of several aspects of open education (including interpersonal relationships, individual…

This document contains a series of 12 case studies undertaken in various institutions of higher education in Australia, Canada, France, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. These studies review recent experiments in the training of future environmental specialists and generalists. Information in each of the case studies is organized…

In October 1984 the teaching of anatomy at Sheffield University Medical School was radically changed. Described are the background for the changes, aims, teaching methods, courses, support materials, student assessment, and course evaluation. (Author/RH)

Describes a program designed by a practicing inventor to systematically teach gifted and talented elementary school students how to be inventive. Examples of typical student inventions and an appendix listing steps or keys in inventing are included. (Author/RH)

Details are given of the Elementary Mathematics Automated Curriculum System (MACSYS) used with fourth, fifth, and sixth graders at six elementary schools. The four decision-making components of MACSYS are discussed, the structure of the sessions in which the students interact with the computer is described, and the structure of the curriculum is…

An initial project that uses a computer-controlled, laser-read videodisc as a tool in ballet instruction at the University of Iowa is described. (MP)

An approach to error identification in swimming strokes is presented based on principles of hydrodynamics and human movement and their application in swimming, systematic observation, and recognition of inefficient movement patterns followed by correction measures. (JMF)

The implementation of a computer education program in a Hawaiian school is described. The use of the LOGO programing language is central to the program, and teachers' comments on student behaviors and reactions are included. (MNS)

It is noted computer literacy is being placed within school curricula even when the general movement in education seems to be back to basics. The situation in Foothills Elementary School in Monterey, California is detailed. Economics is seen as the main issue that limits immediate expansion of computers in schools. (MP)