The purpose of this article was to describe a group coaching model and present preliminary evidence of its impact on teachers' implementation of Pyramid Model practices. In particular, we described coaching strategies used to support teachers in reflecting and problem solving on the implementation of the evidence-based strategies. Preliminary…

The use of digital technologies is now widespread and increasing, but is not always optimized for effective learning. Teachers in higher education have little time or support to work on innovation and improvement of their teaching, which often means they simply replicate their current practice in a digital medium. This paper makes the case for a…

This prototype instructional materials catalog is a source of information about curriculum and program developments, materials, instructional and training models, and other resources for use in educational research, development, diffusion, and evaluation (RDD&E) training. Section I describes products which, for the most part, have been developed…

This book provides basic material on preservice and inservice instructional programming for foster parents and foster family social workers, and describes a number of program models in which these basic materials are being implemented. The materials (most of which were developed for the June 1973 Invitational Training Seminar at St. Louis…

This paper describes a technique the first author imported from management practice to (a) develop students' meeting management skills, (b) improve students' listening skills and conflict management abilities and (c) encourage student participation and create a supportive learning environment. The technique uses a tangible prop (i.e., a Nerf ball)…