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Direct linkXu, Renmei; Flowers, Jim – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2015
Integrating different science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) areas can help students learn and leverage both the equipment and expertise at a single school. In comparing graphic communications classes with classes that involve rapid prototyping (RP) technologies like 3D printing, there are sufficient similarities between goals,…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, STEM Education, Integrated Activities, Specialization
Willingham, Daniel T. – Educational Leadership, 2014
Researchers have asked college students how they study, and the results show that most use four inefficient strategies that do not often work: (1) reading assigned chapter, trying to understand individual sentences as he goes but not necessarily ensuring he's got the overall gist; (2) marking what he takes to be important points with a…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, College Students, Lifelong Learning, Pretesting
Download full textFerreira, Vítor Manuel; Ramos, Fernando – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
This paper presents a new mobile micro-broadcast (or near-me) Location-Based Service designed to promote face-to-face communication among users located within a given geographical area such as a University campus. Because the communication services provided are time dependent, the application decides whom to contact based on the geographic…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Electronic Learning, Campuses, Geographic Location
Clarke, Anthony; Collins, John; Triggs, Valerie; Nielsen, Wendy; Augustine, Ann; Coulter, Dianne; Cunningham, Joni; Grigoriadis, Tina; Hardman, Stephanie; Hunter, Lee; Kinegal, Jane; Li, Bianca; Mah, Jeff; Mastin, Karen; Partridge, David; Pawer, Leonard; Rasoda,Sandy; Salbuvik, Kathleen; Ward, Mitch; White, Janet; Weil, Frederick – Teaching Education, 2012
We report on the origins, development and refinement of an online inventory to help cooperating teachers focus on selected dimensions of their practice. The Mentoring Profile Inventory (MPI) helps quantify important features of both the motivating and challenging aspects of mentoring student teachers and provides results to respondents in a…
Descriptors: Cooperating Teachers, Practicum Supervision, Mentors, Student Teachers
Sheran, Michelle; Sarbaum, Jeffrey – American Journal of Business Education, 2012
Colleges and universities are increasingly being held accountable for assessing and reporting student learning. Recently there has been increased focus on using assessment to improve learning over time. In this paper we present a simple, step-by-step assessment process that will deliver meaningful results to achieve these ends. We emphasize the…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Pretesting, Microeconomics, Pretests Posttests
Gillman, Joan – Science and Children, 2013
To capture students' excitement and engage their interest in rocketships and visiting planets in the solar system, the author designed lessons that give students the opportunity to experience the joys and challenges of developing straw rockets, and then observing which design can travel the longest distance. The lessons are appropriate for…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Lesson Plans, Grade 4, Grade 5
Wusteman, Judith – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2013
This article describes a recently introduced module at University College Dublin School of Information and Library Studies (SILS), entitled "Information Architecture: Designing the Web." The module provides students with a realistic experience of how information architects apply their skills to produce usable web sites, via a project to…
Descriptors: Learning Modules, Course Descriptions, Information Science Education, Computer System Design
Gomathi, C.; Moorthi, M.; Duraiswamy, K. – International Education Studies, 2008
Web Access Pattern (WAP), which is the sequence of accesses pursued by users frequently, is a kind of interesting and useful knowledge in practice. Sequential Pattern mining is the process of applying data mining techniques to a sequential database for the purposes of discovering the correlation relationships that exist among an ordered list of…
Descriptors: Database Design, Database Management Systems, Coding, Computer System Design
Addams, Lon; Woodbury, Denise – American Journal of Business Education, 2009
Business educators understand the value of improving students' written and oral communication skills. However, too often assignments used to develop these important skills are taught in isolation. The purpose of this article is to enhance a student's written and oral skills by integrating all aspects of the job search written documents and…
Descriptors: Integrated Activities, Job Search Methods, Communication Skills, Business Communication
Cornwell, J. B. – Training, 1981
Significant control of efficiency and quality in delivering training is achieved by specifically defining the target trainee in terms of prerequisite abilities and learning needs (learning objectives), measuring those abilities by prerequisite testing and pretesting, and responding to differences in planned ways. (CT)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Efficiency, Measurement Techniques, Pretesting
Milligan, Anastasia Trekles; Buckenmeyer, Janet A. – International Journal on E-Learning, 2008
Distance education has dramatically increased the educational opportunities for underserved populations. This is evidenced by the fairly recent proliferation and success of online universities, and it is happening in spite of criticism of e-learning and online degree programs among academia and the popular press. As a result, many institutions,…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Technology, Technology Integration, Computer Assisted Instruction
Dick, Walter – Performance and Instruction, 1986
Addresses the four questions raised by Yelon about use of pretests with instruction--should I pretest; on what should I pretest; how should I pretest; how should I adjust to results--and answers them from the perspective of instructional designers conducting formative evaluations to improve quality of instruction under development. (MBR)
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Instructional Design, Material Development, Motivation
Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA. Microcomputing Program. – 1985
During the academic year 1983-84, Drexel University instituted a new policy requiring all incoming students to have access to a microcomputer. The computer chosen to fulfill this requirement was the Macintosh from Apple Computer, Inc. Because Drexel University received one of the first large shipments of this new product, the degree to which these…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Practices, Flow Charts, Higher Education
Trzasko, Joseph A. – 1975
This paper describes the proposed Assessment Center at Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, New York. The center is intended to provide statistical and technical support for the Mercy College elementary education, special education, and speech and hearing departments in the areas of student assessment, student guidance, and program evaluation. Evaluation…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Educational Assessment, Evaluation, Pretesting
Peer reviewedRubenstein, Ralph; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1979
An approach to teaching the mental status examination to sophomore medical students at the Wayne State University School of Medicine incorporates live simulations, a detailed handout, a pretest and post-test, and a short lecture and discussion. The data suggest significant post-test gains, but there were negative findings regarding the handout.…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Higher Education, Medical Education, Mental Disorders
