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Kathryn Wilson – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Traditional, standardized instruction and assessment practices are insufficient to promote the development of skills such as critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication, which have been deemed necessary for post-secondary success (Darling-Hammond & Adamson, 2013; Milner, 2018; Rickles et al., 2019). They also serve to…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices, Skill Development
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Reaburn, Robyn – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2014
This study aimed to gain knowledge of students' beliefs and difficulties in understanding p-values, and to use this knowledge to develop improved teaching programs. This study took place over four consecutive teaching semesters of a one-semester tertiary statistics unit. The study was cyclical, in that the results of each semester were used to…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Statistics, Postsecondary Education, Beliefs
Liljedahl, Peter, Ed.; Oesterle, Susan, Ed.; Allan, Darien, Ed. – Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group, 2011
This submission contains the Proceedings of the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group (CMESG), held at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia. The CMESG is a group of mathematicians and mathematics educators who meet annually to discuss mathematics education issues at all levels of learning. The aims…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Mathematics Education, Textbooks, Performance Based Assessment
Ruiz, Santi; Earl, Richard; Ruiz, Julie; van den Broeke, Pam – 2001
Australia's new information technology training package emphasizes assessment occurring in the workplace or in a simulated work environment. The options available to Australia's technical and further education (TAFE) institutes in delivering institutionalized training to meet this requirement were explored. The following four options were…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Education, Context Effect, Conventional Instruction
Harrington, Lois G. – 2000
This Ideabook is designed to help vocational/tech prep and applied academics teachers plan and present their subject matter in a more integrated way. Section 1 discusses integrating the curriculum, rationale for using the curriculum, and how the book helps teachers modify their instructional programs to more closely match demands and realities of…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Classroom Techniques
Noll, Cheryl L., Ed.; Graves, Pat R., Ed. – 2001
This document (which is to be the last in its series) indexes business education articles and research studies compiled from a selected list of 38 periodicals published in 2000. Priority is given to journals essential to research and teaching across the broad business education spectrum. Articles are indexed by subject and author. The following…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administration, Adult Learning, Basic Business Education