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Developing Conceptual Understanding and Procedural Fluency in Algebra for High School Students with Intellectual Disability
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Wojcik, Andrew J. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Teaching students with Intellectual Disability (ID) is a relatively new endeavor. Beginning in 2001 with the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act, the general education curriculum integrated algebra across the K-12 curriculum (Kendall, 2011; National Governors Association Center for Best Practices & Council of Chief State School Officers,…
Descriptors: High School Students, Intellectual Disability, Algebra, Mathematics Instruction
Effectiveness and Adoption of a Drawing-to-Learn Study Tool for Recall and Problem Solving: Minute Sketches with Folded Lists
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Heideman, Paul D.; Flores, K. Adryan; Sevier, Lu M.; Trouton, Kelsey E. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2017
Drawing by learners can be an effective way to develop memory and generate visual models for higher-order skills in biology, but students are often reluctant to adopt drawing as a study method. We designed a nonclassroom intervention that instructed introductory biology college students in a drawing method, minute sketches in folded lists (MSFL),…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Recall (Psychology), Adoption (Ideas), Biology
Can Planning Time Compensate for Individual Differences in Working Memory Capacity?
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Nielson, Katharine B. – Language Teaching Research, 2014
Language learners with high working memory capacity have an advantage, all other factors being equal, during the second language acquisition (SLA) process; therefore, identifying a pedagogical intervention that can compensate for low working memory capacity would be advantageous to language learners and instructors. Extensive research on the…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Individual Differences, Second Language Learning, Short Term Memory
Developing Students' Higher-Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) through Technology-Rich Tasks: The Influence of Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK)
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Polly, Drew – Educational Technology, 2011
Technology has been shown to positively influence student learning when students explore technology-rich tasks that simultaneously require them to use higher-order thinking skills (HOTS), such as analyzing or evaluating information or creating new representations of knowledge. Educational technology researchers have posited that in order for…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Thinking Skills, Task Analysis, Teaching Methods
Competency Based Instructional Resource Guide. Sample Format. Welding.
Hoerner, James L.; Horne, Ralph A. – 1980
The purpose of this sample guide is to assist teachers and curriculum specialists in developing instructional materials that are competency based and that meet Virginia standards for competency-based education (CBE) programs. The sample deals with the occupation of welding, but it is the format that is of interest here, not the subject matter.…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Classroom Techniques, Competence, Competency Based Education
Health Occupations Education Service Area Resource.
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Henrico County Public Schools, Glen Allen, VA. Virginia Vocational Curriculum Center. – 1984
This resource is intended to aid in the development of competency-based instructional materials for the health education program in Virginia. This resource is divided into four sections. Section I provides specific information concerning the nature of health occupations and references to sources listing places of employment, training,…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques, Competency Based Education
Business Education Service Area Resource. Competency-Based Education.
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Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., Blacksburg. – 1984
This resource is intended to aid in the development of competency-based instructional materials for the business education program in Virginia. This resource is divided into four sections. Section I provides specific information concerning the nature of business occupations and references to sources listing places of employment, training,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Business Education, Classroom Techniques, Competency Based Education