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Ellis, Jason Brent; Abreu-Ellis, Carla; Moor, Alexa; Aukerman, Kaitlyn; Buttil, Michael; Edwards, Alyssa – American Secondary Education, 2017
This article demonstrates how teachers can represent a different culture in their instructional planning while still meeting state-mandated content standards. It shares the lessons learned by practicing and pre-service teachers through an experience designed to help them become more culturally responsive teachers. Participants spent a month in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Culturally Relevant Education, Instructional Development, Academic Standards
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Banks, Tachelle; Jackson, Debbie; Harper, Brian – Higher Education Studies, 2014
This article supports the notion of high quality clinical teacher preparation models and lays out an argument for investing in professional education that is organized around more coherent systems for cultivating clinical practice. This article outlines the creation and implementation of a clinically-based teacher preparation program. Project…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Quality, Professional Education
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Snyder, Dawn; Gardner, Joel – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2012
At Franklin University, we are in the process of creating a master's degree in Instructional Design and Performance Technology. In one of the program courses, Enhancing Learning with Technology, we wanted students to experience applying principles of e-learning while using an industry standard e-learning application. However, we have learned by…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Instructional Design, Computer Software, Program Development
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Scarletto, Edith – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2013
This study used both focus groups (qualitative) and survey data (quantitative) to develop and expand an instruction program for GIS services. It examined the needs and preferences faculty and graduate students have for learning about GIS applications for teaching and research. While faculty preferred in person workshops and graduate students…
Descriptors: Evidence, Best Practices, Geographic Information Systems, Program Development
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Jones, Andrew – New Directions for Higher Education, 2008
Summarizing past research, Smith (1995) indicates that the majority of faculty members "'view teaching as their primary role,' want to do a good job, and work hard at improving their effectiveness." Yet most faculty members are not educated to be teachers. At best, they have received a course in pedagogy specific to their discipline as a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Instructional Development, College Faculty, Mentors
Sexton, Jami – Online Submission, 2010
This action research project focuses on increasing student comprehension and achievement. The study examined the effectiveness of completing detailed item analysis of assessments for the purpose of placing students into different Language Arts classes and learning groups within those classes. Research advocates placing students of similar ability…
Descriptors: Action Research, Goal Orientation, Academic Achievement, Comprehension
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Luft, Pamela; Brown, Christina M.; Sutherin, Laurie J. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2007
Benchmarks and standards have become an important part of the teachers' instructional focus since the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. As educators they all recognize the importance of having high expectations of their students. Standards help schools articulate these expectations clearly to students, their parents, and the community. Yet, there…
Descriptors: Instructional Development, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Standards
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Ross, Bill, III; Miller, LeRoy – OCSS Review, 1997
Introduces an interscholastic social studies competition designed for high school students by teachers at Sydney High School (Ohio). Briefly describes the game and the success that it found with regional high schools. Offers information for those interested in adopting the competition for their own local schools. (DSK)
Descriptors: Competition, Extracurricular Activities, Games, High Schools
Kershaw, Isaac; McCaslin, N. L. – 1995
A study was conducted to describe Ohio secondary vocational education teachers' use of student assessment information in making instructional decisions. The target population for the study was all teachers who taught in secondary vocational education programs in Ohio public schools. A questionnaire was mailed to a random sample of 393 secondary…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Development, Secondary Education
Vaughn, Joan A. – 1997
An inservice training program to enhance the ability of child protective services (CPS) workers to provide parent education to their clients was developed and tested with CPS workers in a rural Ohio county. The CPS workers' need for training in delivery of parent education was assessed through an 11-item pretraining survey that was completed by 20…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Inservice Education
Supovitz, Jonathan A.; Christman, Jolley Bruce – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2003
Over the past several years, education reformers have increasingly invested in the development of communities within schools as a central strategy to improve teaching and student learning. These communities come in various guises, including small schools, small learning communities, and teacher teams. Two assumptions about how these communities…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Instructional Improvement, Teacher Collaboration, Discourse Communities
Squire, P. J.; Miller, Larry E. – 1997
A study explored attitudes of adult vocational instructors in Central Ohio toward the use of higher-order thinking skills in vocational education. The attitude instruments developed by Kitinoja and Miller (1989) and Baldwin (1989) were adapted into a six-point Likert-scale to collect data from 32 of 33 full- and part-time instructors in 10 adult…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Vocational Education, Educational Objectives
Washington, Wenifort – 1990
The vast underutilization of technology in educational environments suggests the need for more research to develop models to successfully adopt and diffuse computer systems in schools. Of 980 surveys mailed to various Ohio public schools, 529 were completed and returned to help determine current attitudes and perceptions of teachers and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Uses in Education
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Siedentop, Daryl; And Others – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 1994
Analyzes high school physical educators' work from curricular and instructional perspectives, suggesting that the ecology of instructional physical education (PE) cannot be understood without examining how PE is embedded within school ecology. PE is unlikely to achieve prominent status in schools if it continues to be delivered in traditional…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Elementary and Secondary Education. – 1983
This is one of three publications prepared by the Ohio State Board of Education to assist schools in implementing a competency based education program, as required by the 1983 revised minimum standards for elementary and secondary schools. This document provides assistance in planning and implementing an effective instruction/intervention…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Curriculum Design, Educational Planning, Educational Strategies
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