Explored how a semester-long experience in a technology-rich classroom at Kent State University affected middle school teachers over the last two years in their use of technology in the classroom. Highlights include access to technology; technology utilization; benefits of technology; and impact on teaching style. (Author/LRW)

Task-oriented and patient-oriented styles were used to instruct 28 patients in a block design task. The patient-oriented style resulted in more nonverbal positivity. The task-oriented style led to higher scores during the first instructional period, whereas the patient-oriented style during the second period resulted in higher scores. (SK)

Considers how characteristics of adult learners (self-direction, experience as a learning resource, need for learning, motivation, and orientation to learning) in Knowles' model of andragogy apply to adults with learning difficulties. Concludes that these adults may need both prescriptive and facilitative teaching. (SK)

This study focuses specifically on teacher verbal behaviors that foster interaction in a two-way interactive television classroom. Studies research on taxonomies of teaching styles and discourse analysis to determine which components would comprise the most practical and useful set of behaviors for the distance education teacher and researcher.…

Teaching style is a predilection toward teaching behaviors and congruence between behaviors and beliefs. Educators can achieve congruence by reflecting on teaching choices and changing behaviors, beliefs, both, or neither. (Contains 30 references.) (SK)

Georgia secondary business teachers (n=25) and business teacher educators (n-22) completed Canfield's Instructional Styles Inventory and Learning Styles Inventory. Both groups preferred well-organized and logical learning situations, working with people, and hands-on activities. Both preferred teaching in an organized, logical manner, using…

In this article, the author addresses the best ways to be prepared for sight-reading at a festival. The best way to learn how to sight-read is to practice sight-reading consistently throughout the year. In theory, this is a great idea. In practice, it is more difficult due to performance demands and other time constraints on the rehearsal.…

Sarah Pigneguy here describes a creative arts project set up to support the acquisition of social skills and to offer students the chance to experience a different style of teaching and learning. Her down-to-earth account shows what can be achieved on a relatively low budget in a single term.

What do teachers learn about their teaching when their students engage in curriculum-based online learning projects? This qualitative study explores beliefs about on-the-job, profession-related learning - or "authentic professional development" - among eight teachers whose students participated in educational projects hosted by five…

This book is about the energy, substance, hope, and determination that excellent teachers bring to the rhythm of classrooms every day, year in and year out. Balli offers experiences and important lessons about teaching and classroom life at all grade levels, illuminating the perspective of both teachers and students. Knitting teacher and student…

This study examined what worldviews are present among Dutch students and teachers and how the students cope with scientific knowledge acquired in the biology classroom. Furthermore, we investigated what learning and teaching strategies teachers adopt when they teach about evolution and worldviews. For this survey, 10 schools for higher general…

There has been growing enthusiasm for English learning in China in recent years. This development, along with the introduction of a new English curriculum in 2001, has brought a breakthrough in English language teaching (ELT) in China. In the new curriculum, the traditional emphasis on grammar and vocabulary is replaced by a focus on the…

This paper explores the impact that SCORM conformance has had on workplace e-learning. The author describes a project in which she was requested to "repurpose" some materials that had originally been designed for the face-to-face teaching of English as a Foreign Language, into SCORM conformant e-learning materials. The rationale for this request…

University staff are now encouraged to supplement their classroom activity with computer-based tools and resources accessible through virtual learning environments (VLEs). Meanwhile, university students increasingly make recreational use of computer networks in the form of various social software applications. This paper explores tensions of…

This study provides qualitative analysis of data that answers the following research question: how do college science faculty teach science and NOS and incorporate aspects of NOS and the history of science into their undergraduate courses? The study concentrates on four cases and more specifically on three introductory science classes and on four…