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Grossen, Bonnie; Kelly, Bernadette F. – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de Pedagogie, 1992
Advocates the use of the Engelmann-Becker Direct Instruction method to address third-world problems in education. Explains the method, which structures meaningful, strategic learning to ensure student success. Presents results of a pilot study of its use in Gazankulu in South Africa. (DMM)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Curriculum Design, Developing Nations, Educational Needs
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Kroesbergen, Evelyn H.; Van Luit, Johannes E. H.; Naglieri, Jack A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2003
This study examined relationships between mathematical learning difficulties (MLD) and the planning, attention, simultaneous, successive (PASS) theory of cognitive processing. PASS processes were assessed in 267 Dutch students with MLD. Results indicated students with MLD performed lower than peers on all "Cognitive Assessment System"…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Anderton, Alain – Economics, 1987
Argues that new resources are needed to help teachers prepare students for the new General Certificate in Secondary Education (GCSE) examination. Compares previous examinations with new examinations to illustrate the problem. Presents textbooks, workbooks, computer programs, and other curriculum materials to demonstrate the gap between resources…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Decision Making, Economics Education
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Ruthven, Kenneth – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1987
Proposes that ability is a concept central to the current practices of mathematics teaching. Argues that the widespread view that mathematics learning is an ordered progression through a hierarchy of knowledge and skills subjects students to "ability stereotyping" and serves as a gross global model. (TW)
Descriptors: Ability, Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Attitudes
Strugnell, William – Education Canada, 1982
Describes the art education program in Moncton, New Brunswick (Canada) from elementary school through senior high, emphasizing art as a serious discipline that demands a coherent structure, definite objectives, sequential learning skills, reasonable expectations of both product and process, a regular place in the timetable, and trained teachers…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Teachers, Classroom Environment