Since its inception, special education has historically been an underfunded federal mandate leaving states and school districts unable to offer more than a basic level of support for individuals with disabilities. The amount and frequency of time allotted for special services including Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Physical Therapy is…

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the Self-Determined Career Development Model (SDCDM) on progress towards three goals of a young adult with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), using a multiple probe across goals design. Following the intervention, the young adult made progress towards each of his three goals that exceeded the…

Greenfoot is an educational integrated development environment aimed at learning and teaching programming. It is aimed at a target audience of students from about 14 years old upwards, and is also suitable for college- and university-level education. Greenfoot combines graphical, interactive output with programming in Java, a standard, text-based…

Using a computer-based scientific discovery learning environment on buoyancy in fluids we investigated the "effects of goal specificity" (nonspecific goals vs. specific goals) for two goal types (problem solving goals vs. learning goals) on "strategy use" and "instructional efficiency". Our empirical findings close an important research gap,…

Introduction: This study describes (a) process goals, (b) success factors, and (c) barriers for optimizing simulation-based learning environments within the simulation setting model developed by Dieckmann. Methods: Seven simulation educators of different experience levels were interviewed using the Critical Incident Technique. Results: (a) The…

The objectives of training activities as stated in the DoW are: 1. to organize training within the project for the participants to learn to use the necessary tools; 2. to support training activities of the partners when they deliver and take in use the tools and practices during extended pilots. The approach with regards to the first point is that…

The effects of behavioral objectives and/or criterion test items on the learning process were investigated. The 123 subjects were randomly assigned to either an example-only, an objective-example, a test-example, or an objective-test-example group. Objectives significantly increased the amount of time subjects spent studying the example displays.…

There are two sections to this document: (1) a concept catalog which provides a simple descriptor (a single word or phrase) and number code for each student error identified in the answer matrices for the study guide, pretest, and posttest; and (2) a list of measurable behavioral objectives which give detailed and specific statements of the…

A brief look at a technology to integrate media and objectives by cataloging and retrieving materials by computer. (Author/HB)

Discusses consequences of using computer-assisted learning (CAL) packages for experiment planning in undergraduate physical chemistry laboratories and examines textbook presentations and syllabus criticism. An approach to syllabus reconstruction that combines operational research with experiences of CAL development program is demonstrated through…

The purpose was to develop and implement a strategy for organizing a curriculum into a system having explicit structural mediators of positive transfer from lower- to higher-order objectives. This was cast as a mathematical system, and three axioms were specified so that the system was characterized by composition and reversibility. A set of…

Describes clientele who could benefit from software being developed at University of Iowa for writing effective prose; what these authoring tools do and how they work; and design standards likely to produce a successful product. The software's design scheme, general design principles and objectives, and educational potential are discussed. (MBR)

Describes a technique being developed for online instruction and assistance for bibliographic database searchers called Individualized Instruction for Data Access (IIDA). The objectives of the project are discussed, as well as the use modes and flow of control of the system, and seven references are included. (Author/BK)

One hundred educational psychology master's and doctoral students in New York state were surveyed about career objectives. At both levels, students intended to devote more than half their time to academic work. Topics such as computer-assisted instruction and instructional technology were of less interest than more traditional specialties. (SLD)

The relations among curiosity, intrinsic motivation, and the "flow" state of absorbed participation as defined by Csikszentmihalyi are explored. Specifically, the roles curiosity plays in triggering and maintaining a flow state in learners who are engaged in an interactive lesson are considered. There has not been much research on…