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Direct linkKeengwe, Jared, Ed.; Onchwari, Grace, Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
Standardized tests have been selected as a key assessment factor in expanding the academic achievement of the national student population. However, these tests position immigrant students at the risk of academic failure, leading education experts to search for new strategies and teaching models. The "Handbook of Research on Assessment…
Descriptors: Guides, Immigrants, Refugees, Land Settlement
Peer reviewedGravett, S. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 1995
Argues, based on a constructivist view of learning, that if knowledge is constructed rather than recorded as received, instruction must be viewed as creating learning environments that enhance the process of knowledge construction, and should guide, support, and accompany students in constructing an increasingly sophisticated understanding of…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Instruction, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning)
Dede, Chris, Ed.; Honan, James P., Ed.; Peters, Laurence C., Ed. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2005
Drawing from the information presented at a conference sponsored by the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Technology in Education Consortium, educators, researchers, and policymakers translate theory into practice to provide a hands-on resource that describes different models for scaling up success. This resource…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Educational Resources, Case Studies, Foreign Countries
Fleer, Marilyn – 1995
Taking a Vygotskian perspective, this monograph focuses on the quality of interaction between children and staff in Australian child care and education programs. Aspects of quality interaction are presented through examples of interaction and through personal stories of staff analyzing their interactional patterns through video and audiotapes.…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Day Care, Discourse Analysis, Early Childhood Education
Download full textBirse, Margaret – 1996
Many primary school teachers feel a lack of confidence in teaching science and technology. This paper aims to demonstrate useful and practical strategies for non-specialist science teachers to use in stimulating a positive scientific attitude among primary school students. It proposes that teachers should strive to develop children's natural…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Curriculum Design, Discovery Learning, Discovery Processes
PDF pending restorationQueensland Dept. of Education, Brisbane (Australia). – 1994
The Queensland (Australia) Department of Education s "Corporate Plan 1994-98" identifies student learning and teaching as a key issue and includes effective learning and teaching as a corporate value. This document provides information on five guiding principles that have been formulated for the development and implementation of quality…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Constructivism (Learning), Cooperative Learning, Educational Environment
Nixon, Dianne; Gould, Katy – 1996
As our knowledge of young children grows, so does our awareness of the importance of the first few years of life. This book is written for students of child care at the college level, for those who work with children in the first three years of their lives, and for anyone who wants to understand more about what researchers and theorists have to…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behaviorism, Child Abuse, Child Development
