With the unveiling of the National Educational Technology Plan 2010, both preservice and inservice K12 teachers in the United States are expected to create a classroom environment that fosters the creation of digital citizens. However, it is unclear whether or not teacher education programs build this direct instruction, or any other method of…

Active learning has been championed in academic circles as the pedagogical fix to boring lectures typically found in introduction to information systems courses. However, the literature on active learning is mixed. In this paper, we critically examine active learning research and discover a misplaced emphasis leading to paradoxical findings in…

We describe the development of a course to teach modeling and mathematical analysis skills to students of biology and to teach biology to students with strong backgrounds in mathematics, physics, or engineering. The two groups of students have different ways of learning material and often have strong negative feelings toward the area of knowledge…

Describes the aims of science teaching - to impart useful information to the student, and to discipline the minds of students in the scientific method. (AN)

Identifies the goals of history instruction as developing a sense of history through knowledge of human behavior; developing an empathetic feeling for the past; experiencing the past on its own terms through primary sources; using the outlook of the humanities and social sciences; and developing broad understanding and mental discipline. (DMM)

Response Article Nr.2 on a special topic: "The Means-Ends Problem of Education in the Humanities. See AA 502 148 and AA 502 149 for the main article and the first response article, respectively.

The compendium is an annotated bibliography of materials containing instructional objectives and of objectives-based materials collected from institutions, school systems, state departments of education, and commercial producers of educational materials. Organization of listings is by topic, grade range, and alphabetical order. A listing of…

A method for formulating and comparing fuctional program, course, units, and lesson objectives in vocational agricultural education is outlined. A philosophy regarding educational objectives which is based upon the p urpose of writing objectives together with a framework for analyzing such educational objectives are provided. (KP)

The behaviors that underlie the creative process have been shown to be basic to learning and problem solving. Process curricula attempt to develop many of these behaviors. (CK)

Recommendations on how to write behavioral objectives and how to use them as a guide to selecting an appropriate teaching method. (RT)

Described is the beginning course for freshmen students in a college of education. (BY)

Careful consideration should be given to general and specific objectives before initiating a spelling program. (JH)

Discussed the FPA and an intensive weekend it presented to train sex educators and to develop an informative course on sex education. (RK)

Article considered the reorganization of colleges of education and an educational White Paper designed to affect those changes. (RK)