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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2015
Do your students think a triangle can be constructed from any three given line segments? Do they believe that a transformation affects only the pre-image--not the whole plane? Do they understand that examples--no matter how many they find--cannot prove a conjecture but one counterexample is sufficient to disprove it? "What tasks can you…
Descriptors: Geometry, Educational Practices, Secondary School Mathematics, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Wells, Pamela J. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2015
Linear functions are an important part of the middle school mathematics curriculum. Students in the middle grades gain fluency by working with linear functions in a variety of representations (NCTM 2001). Presented in this article is an activity that was used with five eighth-grade classes at three different schools. The activity contains 15 cards…
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Middle School Students, Grade 8, Mathematics Instruction
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Coe, Richard M.; Gutierrez, Kris – College Composition and Communication, 1981
Presents a set of writing assignments and class activities for helping students to define their own writing problems, set their own goals, and evaluate their own progress. (RL)
Descriptors: Assignments, Classroom Techniques, College English, College Students
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Vocational Instructional Materials Lab. – 1991
This Ohio Competency Analysis Profile (OCAP), derived from a modified Developing a Curriculum (DACUM) process, is a comprehensive and verified employer competency list for a welding program. It contains units (with or without subunits), competencies, and competency builders that identify the occupational, academic, and employability skills needed…
Descriptors: Blueprints, Competency Based Education, Decision Making, Employment Potential
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Vocational Instructional Materials Lab. – 1991
This Ohio Competency Analysis Profile (OCAP), derived from a modified Developing a Curriculum (DACUM) process, is a comprehensive and verified employer competency list for a poultry producer program. It contains units (with or without subunits), competencies, and competency builders that identify the occupational, academic, and employability…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Animal Husbandry, Business Administration
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Vocational Instructional Materials Lab. – 1991
This Ohio Competency Analysis Profile (OCAP), derived from a modified Developing a Curriculum (DACUM) process, is a comprehensive and verified employer competency list for a swine producer program. It contains units (with or without subunits), competencies, and competency builders that identify the occupational, academic, and employability skills…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Production, Agronomy
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Vocational Instructional Materials Lab. – 1991
This Ohio Competency Analysis Profile (OCAP), derived from a modified Developing a Curriculum (DACUM) process, is a comprehensive and verified employer competency list for a middle school home economics program. It contains units (with or without subunits), competencies, and competency builders that identify the occupational, academic, and…
Descriptors: Career Development, Caregivers, Communication (Thought Transfer), Competence
Lane Community Coll., Eugene, OR. – 1997
This guide was developed for workplace instructors involved in the Workplace Training Project. The Workplace Training Project was conducted by Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon, in partnership with four area businesses to develop learner-centered competency-based workplace curricula covering the following topics: basic math, fractions and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Cognitive Style, Community Colleges