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Langer, Philip – TUTOR: Graduate Teacher Program Newsletter, 1987
Suggestions on how to enhance college teaching are provided. Lecturing is stressed as a critical component of teaching, and each lecture's introduction, main body, and conclusion must be correlated prior to any given lecture. Information on how to compose and give a lecture includes: what to put in an introduction; what can be done to help the…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Evaluation Methods, Grading
Download full textBattersby, Mark, Ed. – Learning Quarterly, 1999
The articles in this issue of Learning Quarterly, published by the Centre for Curriculum, Transfer, and Technology (British Columbia), discuss the relationship between assessment and learning. Assessment can be used for three purposes in education: (1) to evaluate and credential (grade); (2) to determine institutional effectiveness; and (3) to…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Educational Assessment, Educational Methods
Connect, 1981
Provided are recommendations and reports related to teacher training in environmental education (EE). Recommendations from the Intergovernment Conference on Environmental Education (Tbilisi, 1977) are highlighted, indicating that environmental training of qualified educational personnel be a priority activity. Activities of the Unesco-UNEP…
Descriptors: Conferences, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries
Bock, Douglas G.; Bock, E. Hope – 1981
As one of a series of sharply focused booklets based on concrete educational needs, this booklet provides teachers with educational theory and research on evaluating classroom speaking and presents suggestions for the application of the theory in regular classroom situations. The section on theory and research begins by describing a model of the…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Classroom Communication, Educational Theories, Evaluation Criteria
Pollio, Howard R. – Teaching/Learning Issues, 1991
This pamphlet explores the results of a study concerning what expert lecturers are aware of during their lectures. Results of interviews with seven college lecturers, recipients of university teaching awards, are reported, as are summary evaluations of each professor's classroom where an audio tape was made of that day's lecture. Each evaluation…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Classroom Communication, College Faculty, Higher Education
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1979
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 34 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: an evaluation of college-level dictionaries for use in freshman composition; peer feedback during the writing process; the effects of formal, traditional grammar…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annotated Bibliographies, Communication Skills, Doctoral Dissertations
Instructional Exchange, 1990
The six editions of the newsletter provide a forum for the sharing of research findings and instructional strategies by faculty of Western Michigan University. Topics addressed include: active learning; lecture variations; lecture techniques; grading student participation; leading discussions; overcoming silence; discussion challenges; course…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Testing, Course Descriptions
Rhem, James, Ed. – National Teaching & Learning Forum, 1993
The six issues of this newsletter for academic year 1992/93 typically include one or more lead articles; the columns "Research Watch,""ERIC Tracks," and "Teaching Assistant (TA) Forum"; Case Studies; and Case Study Responses. Major articles and columns included in this volume are: "Cooperative Learning as a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Research, Cognitive Style, College Freshmen
Allain, Violet Anselmini; Pettus, Alvin M. – 1998
The use of short cases (or case scenarios) and a case method of instruction can help teachers and other educators in both preservice and inservice contexts learn ways of implementing curriculum and providing effective instruction for diverse students. This "Fastback" from the Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation illustrates such use of the case…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism, Culturally Relevant Education
Revista de Investigacion Educativa, 2000
Articles in this volume focus on the following: teacher evaluation and quality management in education; steps toward a comprehensive and systematic staff evaluation; opinions of university students on teaching methods at science faculties; design of a scale to assess the ability to jump for the use in elementary school physical education; effects…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Salomone, Ronald E., Ed. – FOCUS: Teaching English Language Arts, 1985
Because of the wide and continuing interest in a previous issue on techniques for teaching works by Shakespeare, this journal issue presents 19 additional articles on a broad range of Shakespeare related topics. Following an introduction, the titles of the articles and their authors are as follows: (1) "Making Changes/Making Sense"…
Descriptors: Drama, English Instruction, Higher Education, Literature Appreciation
Pollio, Howard R. – Teaching Learning Issues, 1996
This paper first evaluates discipline classification schemes and general differences between disciplines associated with the natural sciences and those associated with the humanities. It then reviews research which either asked students how professors in these fields teach, observed teachers in their classrooms, or asked students to describe their…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Style, College Faculty, Grading
Peer reviewedO'Hear, Michael F., Ed.; And Others – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 1986
Addressing issues on developmental education, instructional and learning methods, learning assistance and academic support, and reading and research, this issue of the Journal of College Reading and Learning includes the following articles: "Moving the Mountain to Mohammed: Study Skills Tutoring in the Residence Halls" (J. L. Rogers); "Memory…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Processes, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
PDF pending restorationRhem, James, Ed. – National Teaching & Learning Forum, 1992
Volume One of this 12 page newsletter includes six issues. Typical features include: a lead article; Research Watch; ERIC Tracks; Case Studies; Case Study Responses; Curriculum; Teaching Assistants (TA) Forum; and Profile (personal and Programmatic). Major articles included in volume one are: "Faculty and Students: Different Ways of…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning
Langhans, Joseph J., Ed. – Florida Journal of Communication Disorders, 1996
This annual volume is a compilation of professional articles and proceedings from a conference addressing timely issues in speech-language pathology and audiology. Featured articles include: (1) "Glottal Airflow: Instrumentation and Interpretation" (Christine M. Sapienza); (2) "Clinical Implications of Motor Speech Disorders in…
Descriptors: Adults, American Indians, Audiology, Children
