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Looking inside the Black Box: Measuring Implementation and Detecting Group-Level Impact of Cognitively Guided Instruction
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Robert Schoen; Wendy Bray; Claire Riddell; Charity Buntin; Naomi Iuhasz-Velez; Walter Secada; Eva Yujia Li – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2024
Studies have found that some teacher professional development programs that are based on Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI) can increase student mathematics achievement. The mechanism through which those effects are realized has been theorized, but more empirical study is needed. In service of this need, we designed a novel measure of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Mathematics, Cognitive Development, Professional Development Schools
What Teaching Teaches: Mentoring and the Performance Gains of Mentors
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Amaral, Katie E.; Vala, Martin – Journal of Chemical Education, 2009
A peer mentoring program was added to an introductory chemistry course at a large university. The introductory chemistry course prepares students with little or no previous chemistry background to enter the mainstream general chemistry sequence and is part lecture and part small-group problem-solving. Faculty instructors are responsible for the…
Descriptors: Mentors, Group Activities, Chemistry, Problem Solving
Applied Communication. Florida Teaching Supplement.
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Vocational, Adult, and Community Education. – 1991
The information in this supplementary notebook is intended to provide teachers with additional materials, ideas, suggestions, and activities to help in implementing the Applied Communication modules that combine language arts skills with vocational applications. The Applied Communication instructional materials were funded and developed by a…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cooperative Learning, Instructional Materials
A Model for Improving Writing in the Heterogeneously Grouped Classroom through Cooperative Problem-Solving.
Johnson, Nancy – 1990
A practicum incorporating cooperative problem-solving and cooperative process writing was developed to improve attitudes toward writing and to improve writing skills. The participants, 28 heterogeneously grouped grade 12 students, worked in cooperative learning groups throughout a summer session to develop their writing and their problem-solving…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Cooperative Learning, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking
Applied Mathematics. Florida Teaching Supplement.
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Vocational, Adult, and Community Education. – 1991
The information in this supplementary notebook is intended to provide teachers with additional materials, ideas and suggestions, and activities to help in implementing the first 21 units of the Applied Mathematics modules that help develop and refine job-related mathematics skills. An introduction lists the 36 units of the complete Applied…
Descriptors: Calculators, Cooperative Learning, Estimation (Mathematics), Instructional Materials
Proceedings of the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA) (Madrid, Spain, October 19-21, 2012)
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International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers