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Talab, Rosemary – TechTrends, 1995
Discusses copyright issues related to the use of multimedia in higher education. Highlights include student impetus for change; constructivism; growth of the Internet; faculty copyright buybacks; lack of university multimedia policy; student and faculty productions; transmission and downloading; educational music licensing; a video clearinghouse;…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Constructivism (Learning), Copyrights, Downloading
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Gardner, David – Language Learning Journal, 1995
Describes a documentary created during an English course teaching academic skills to first-year arts faculty undergraduates. The focus was on making a video documentary about an issue of concern to the learners whose own negotiated goal was to present their information in English in a way that would be appealing to other students on campus. (12…
Descriptors: Cantonese, Classroom Techniques, College Students, Documentaries
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Robinson, Thomas A. – Journal of Legal Education, 1992
An estate planning course offered in one law school uses simulation to develop legal practice skills. Students take the class without background in taxes, trusts, or estates and must learn the subject area to solve a specific problem, simulating actual practice. Students prepare their own problems and critique each other's work. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Course Organization, Curriculum Design, Estate Planning
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MacLeod, Susan – Journal of Developmental Education, 1992
Describes a project in which students in a community college basic mathematics class worked collaboratively to write their own book on fractions. Students reinforced their math and cooperative skills, gained confidence, organized and revised their ideas, and created their own examples. Relates teacher and student responses to the project. (DMM)
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Community Colleges, Cooperative Learning, Fractions
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Kerkman, Dennis D.; And Others – Teaching of Psychology, 1994
Reports on a study of 96 undergraduate developmental psychology students and their performance on student-developed "pop quizzes." Students who participated in writing test items had significantly higher scores than students who did not. Calls for more research into the effectiveness of other student-developed evaluation methods. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Content, Educational Strategies, Higher Education
Fitzgerald, Michael; Olsen, Henry – EDUCOM Review, 1993
Describes the development of multimedia instructional technology in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York. Grants that allowed the college to develop a multifaceted academic computing environment are discussed, and five programs that were developed by faculty and students are…
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Computer Software Development, Courseware, Curriculum Development
Green, Septima – Learning, 1991
Describes how fourth graders, together with first graders, planned, wrote, and edited a book of recollections, opinions, personalized stories, and poems. The article discusses the interviews between the fourth and first grade students, the final editing and production of the book, and the publication party. (SM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Writing, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
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Saatci, Elizabeth – Business Communication Quarterly, 2004
Assignments that combine case studies with applied research can work for presentations as well as for written reports. One such assignment that has proven to be successful both in the author's classes and later in the students' professional lives is based on (1) incorporating banking concepts and encouraging their use in presentations; (2)…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Hypermedia, Multimedia Materials, Intermode Differences
Passe, Jeff – 1996
In recent years, schools have been moving away from centralized decision making, granting teachers the authority to determine course content. This book explores the concept of including students in curricular decision making. Chapter 1 explains why students at all grade levels should be involved in choosing topics of study. Educational research…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Motivation
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Yon, Nancy K. – 1995
This practicum investigated whether using whole language, cooperative learning, CAI, and an authentic audience to create a magazine would help second and third grade students to learn punctuation skills. The practicum was implemented at a private, south Florida summer computer camp to two different target groups of eight elementary students. Both…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Grade 2
McCahill, Penny – 1994
Teachers must strive to enhance their power as educational connoisseurs and critics, professionals who understand how to use technological learning materials that promote growth across multiple intelligences. This case study demonstrates how this demand was met in an "Advanced" Grade 10 English class at Hillcrest High School in Ottawa, Canada. The…
Descriptors: Assignments, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Foreign Countries
Jefferson County School District R-1, Denver, CO. – 1994
This book was written by 94 students, aged 8-14, at Westridge Elementary School (Littleton, Colorado) during a summer enrichment class. The book was written for anyone who wants to learn about Japanese-American culture and heritage. Chapter 1 gives an overview of Japanese history before American contact, the immigration of Japanese to America, the…
Descriptors: Asian History, Asian Studies, Childrens Literature, Cultural Activities
Prison Literacy Project, Philadelphia, PA. – 1991
These two volumes contain writings designed for the new reader who is in prison. Written by both inmates and external volunteers, the material in these volumes includes poems, stories, and short essays that deal with subjects of interest to prison inmates. To help the new reader, easier-to-read pieces are presented first. Titles in volume I are as…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Books
Levine, Peg, Ed. – 1991
This collection of stories is the result of a publishing project conducted with adult learners in the Reach One Program. The first page describes the steps that led to the finished product: providing a catalyst to stress the value of maintaining a family history; providing activities to stimulate memories of family stories; encouraging prewriting…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Language Experience Approach, Reading Instruction
Martin, Rachel, Ed.; Eddy, David, Ed. – Focus on Basics, 1989
This issue begins with "Listen to a New Word: Publishing from the Grassroots" (Rachel Martin) about a movement to publish the writings of adult literacy participants. The article looks at what these writings have to say about the world and why the world needs to listen. "Effective Practice: Panning for Gold" (Zona Johnson,…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills
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