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Professional Development Integrating Technology: Does Delivery Format Matter?
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Claesgens, Jennifer; Rubino-Hare, Lori; Bloom, Nena; Fredrickson, Kristi; Henderson-Dahms, Carol; Menasco, Jackie; Sample, James – Science Educator, 2013
The goal of the two Power of Data (POD) projects was to increase science, technology and math skills through the implementation of project-based learning modules that teach students how to solve problems through data collection and analysis utilizing geospatial technologies. Professional development institutes in two formats were offered to…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Technology Integration, STEM Education, Science Process Skills
Adults in Formal Education: Policies and Practice in Europe
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Kocanova, Daniela; Paolini, Giulia; Borodankova, Olga – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2011
This report has been prepared in direct response to the Action Plan on Adult Learning "It is always a good time to learn" (European Commission, 2007), and, more specifically, to its stated objective of increasing the opportunities for adults to achieve a qualification at least one level higher than they previously held. The document…
Descriptors: Qualifications, Higher Education, Educational Attainment, Adult Education
Introduction to Political Risk Analysis. Learning Packages in the Policy Sciences, PS-24.
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Coplin, William D.; O'Leary, Michael K. – 1983
This package introduces college students to the kind of analysis that multinational corporations undertake to assess risks to their business operations due to political and economic conditions. Designed to be completed in 3 weeks, the four exercises enable students to (1) identify the major sources of political risk; (2) determine what social,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Charts, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making
Individual Differences in Cognitive Characteristics and Computer-Managed Mastery Learning.
Federico, Pat-Anthony – Journal of Computer-Based Instruction, 1982
To determine whether individual differences in student achievement and learning rate are reduced or eliminated by mastery instruction, 166 navy trainees who completed a computer-managed course in basic electricity and electronics were cluster analyzed using 24 measures of cognitive characteristics. Discriminant analyses were computed between two…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cluster Analysis, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Style
Learning Packages in International Relations. Learning Package Four: Comparative Foreign Policy Analysis Materials.
McGowan, Patrick J.; O'Leary, Michael K. – 1971
The materials in this learning package are designed for upper division college students or beginning graduate students introducing them to the comparative study of foreign policy. Emphasis is upon analysis of internal and external "causes" of the foreign policy behavior of contemporary states. Using the data provided, students should be…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Foreign Countries
A Study of Two Methods of Mastery Retesting, Personality, and Achievement in a Self-Paced Individualized-Instruction Module.
Burger, Vernon K. – 1976
The relationship between achievement and method of individualized instruction and testing was investigated using a class of 32 community college students. Construction of the mastery tests was described. For the class as a whole, students in a mastery-by-module group had slightly, but not significantly, higher scores than students in a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Individual Characteristics