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Perceptual Drawing as a Learning Tool in a College Biology Laboratory
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Landin, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The use of drawing in the classroom has a contentious history in the U.S. education system. While most instructors and students agree that the activity helps students focus and observe more details, there is a lack of empirical data to support these positions. This study examines the use of three treatments (writing a description, drawing a…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Verbal Learning, Biology, Cognitive Processes
Getting the Knowledge-Skills Mix Right in High-Level Vocational Education and Training Qualifications. Occasional Paper
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Priest, Annie – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2009
This paper aims to contribute to the discussion on the quality and accessibility of underpinning knowledge in competency-based training. It uses the Vocational Graduate Certificate and the Vocational Graduate Diploma in Education Design in a Queensland TAFE [technical and further education] institute to examine how the "traditional"…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Competence, Training, Foreign Countries
Country Profiles of Scientific Competence in TIMSS 2003
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Kjaernsli, Marit; Lie, Svein – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2008
The aim of the present contribution is to investigate similarities and differences of strengths in science competences between countries, based on TIMSS 2003 data. Analyses are based on systematic investigation of patterns of p values for individual science items. Hierarchical cluster analysis was applied to establish meaningful groups of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Multivariate Analysis, Profiles, Comparative Analysis
Qualities of Thoughtful Social Studies Classes: An Empirical Profile.
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Newmann, Fred M. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1990
Reports a research project with the goal of learning about the barriers to promoting higher-order thinking in high school social studies. Compares social studies departments that are successful at promoting higher-order thinking with less successful departments. Describes the technical aspects in the development and use of the 17 observational…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development
The Systems Thinking and Curriculum Innovation Project. Technical Report, Part 2.
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Mandinach, Ellen B.; Thorpe, Margaret E. – 1988
This is the second of two reports on the first year activities and results of the Systems Thinking and Curriculum Innovation Project (STACI), a two-year project which is examining the cognitive demands and consequences of using the STELLA (Structural Thinking Experimental Learning Laboratory with Animation) software to teach systems thinking,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests, Comparative Analysis
Learning Strategy Instruction: Modifications to Meet the Educational Needs of Limited English Proficient Learning Disabled Students.
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Hudson, Pamela J.; Fradd, Sandra H. – Journal of Reading, Writing, and Learning Disabilities International, 1987
A need exists for appropriate curricula for students who are both limited English proficient (LEP) and learning disabled (LD). This paper reviews learning strategy approaches for LEP and LD students, compares two models (the Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach and the Strategies Intervention Model), and proposes a merging of the two…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum, Curriculum Development