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Stratford, Steven J.; Krajeik, Joseph; Soloway, Elliot – 1997
This paper presents the results of a study of the cognitive strategies in which ninth-grade science students engaged as they used a learner-centered dynamic modeling tool (called Model-It) to make original models based upon stream ecosystem scenarios. The research questions were: (1) In what Cognitive Strategies for Modeling (analyzing, reasoning,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Computer Software
Ayres, Paul; Sawyer, Wayne; Dinham, Steve – 2001
This study investigated how five Australian teachers, who were considered to be exemplary in helping students develop independence, influenced and guided their students to extremely high grades in 12th grade. Teachers were observed teaching a lesson and then interviewed. The interviews asked them to identify successful outcomes of the lesson and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Active Learning, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Hohmann, Mary; Weikart, David P. – 2002
High/Scope preschool curriculum is a model for developing high-quality early childhood programs that encourage and support children's initiatives and active learning experiences. This revised manual for early childhood practitioners and students presents essential strategies adults can use to make active learning a reality in their programs. The…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Child Development, Classroom Design, Cognitive Development
Kimonen, Eija; Nevalainen, Raimo – 1996
Over half of Finnish elementary schools are small schools employing 1-3 teachers. This paper examines the implementation of new national curriculum policies in two small elementary schools. The new policies, adopted in 1994, stress autonomous control of learning and encourage each individual school, in collaboration with the community, to draw up…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Educational Change

Hootstein, Edward W. – Social Science Record, 1994
Reports on a study of instructional strategies and beliefs among 18 middle-school U.S. history teachers and 60 middle-school students. Finds the most widely used strategies involve active learning, group projects, and student participation. Includes a table of the 10 most used strategies and 4 recommendations for instructional design. (CFR)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Assignments, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design
Yildirim, Zahide – Educational Technology & Society, 2005
This study investigates student teachers' opinions about learning "instructional technology and material preparation" subjects in a hypermedia-based constructivist learning context. A qualitative case study design was employed. The students of one classroom were the focus of an in-depth investigation by means of interviews, which were…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Student Teachers, Instructional Design, Student Attitudes
Baturo, Annette – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2004
In this article, the author presents findings of a project that focused on identifying elements in the learning environment that promote numeracy outcomes. The project--"Numeracy Research and Development Initiative"--was undertaken in eight schools across a range of settings within the three schooling systems in Queensland and was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Teachers, College School Cooperation
Zehler, A. M. – 1994
This report is based on the findings of a Special Issues Analysis Center (SIAC) focus group on active learning instructional models for limited English proficiency (LEP) students which convened in June 1993. The report is aimed at supplying answers for teachers uncertain about what to do when confronted with English language learners (ELL) in…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Helm, Judy Harris, Ed. – 1998
Projects are in-depth studies of a topic undertaken by a class, a group, or an individual child. Projects are intended to strengthen children's dispositions to be interested, absorbed, and involved in in-depth observation, investigation, and representation of worthwhile phenomena in their own environments. This Catalog on the Project Approach, the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Cooperative Learning, Creative Development, Discovery Learning
Abraham, Thomas – 1998
This paper describes the creation of an active learning environment within an Internet-based course in the School of Business, Government and Technology at Kean University (New Jersey). The introductory Management Information Systems (MIS) course is an elective that has become increasingly popular with junior and senior business majors. The main…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Assignments, Business Administration Education, Comparative Analysis
Wade, Anne; Abrami, Philip C.; Sclater, Jennifer – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2005
In this paper, we provide a description of a CSLP research project that looked at portfolio use within a middle school, the web-based e-portfolio software we have developed within the context of the Quebec educational system, our plans for further development of the tool, and our research plans related to the use of portfolios to support learning.…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Portfolios (Background Materials), Portfolio Assessment, Research Projects
James Madison Univ., Harrisonburg, VA. Workforce Improvement Network. – 2002
This guide describes development of the problem-based approach of GED as project. It is Volume 1 of a proposed four-volume series. Section 1 describes the concept of GED as project, thinking and problem solving, successful intelligence, and integration of content and skills. Section 2 covers GED as project implementation using learning projects…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style
2001
This symposium on executive and management development consists of three presentations. "The Role of the Chief Learning Officer: Implications for Human Resource Development (HRD) Theory and Practice" (Robin Lackey) reports findings that suggest a need for a clarification of the role of these leaders and have led to the identification of…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Administrator Role, Administrators, Adult Education
Krogh, Lola – 2001
Research in Australia on evaluating the application of action research as an action learning tool and its impact on the learning of students, educators, industry, and training providers, explored how that learning, in turn, has impacts on research, learners, educators, and the community. In the field of social and community services, in…
Descriptors: Action Research, Active Learning, Classroom Techniques, Developed Nations
Browne, Hetty S. – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1913
About 79 per cent of the rural schools in the Southern States have only one teacher. It is evident, therefore, that a plan must be worked out which will enable this single teacher to make her school a factor in the development of the life around it. On November 2, 1910, the Peabody Board appropriated $600 to work out such a plan. It was finally…
Descriptors: Educational History, Rural Schools, Rural Education, Relevance (Education)