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National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Alexandria, VA. – 1999
This document contains the proceedings of a policy forum that reviewed past and present federal priorities regarding education of children and youth who are deaf and hard of hearing. Included in the document are prioritized goals and recommendations generated by the policy forum participants for the education of these children. Goals and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Communication Skills, Deafness, Early Identification
Niederhauser, Dale S.; Salmen, Donna J.; Fields, Matt – 1998
The introductory technology course for preservice teachers provides a forum for them to develop technological competency as they reflect on their own learning processes, develop a deeper understanding of learning theory, examine the relationship between theory and practice, critique the nature of school-based learning experiences, and analyze…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Constructivism (Learning)
1998
This document contains four papers from a symposium on individual differences in learning. "Novice and Expert Learning: Impact on Training" (Barbara J. Daley) reports on a study in which 20 novice and expert nurses were interviewed to identify their different learning processes and the factors that facilitated or hindered their learning.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Case Studies, Educational Environment
Stolworthy, Reed L. – 1992
This study investigated the ability of preservice secondary school history and social studies teachers to transmit knowledge of the subject to students through methodologies designed to translate theory into practice. Participants in the study were 23 student teachers certified to teach history and social studies by Washburn University (Kansas)…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Cooperating Teachers, Higher Education, History
Weiping, Wu – 1992
To date, principles of applied linguistics have been practiced little in the Chinese foreign language (CFL) classroom. Most students of Chinese, the majority of whom are in higher education, are not knowledgeable about linguistics. Most teachers of Chinese in the United States are hired for their interest in Chinese culture or native Chinese…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Chinese, Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs
Fero, George J.; Bush, Betty J. – 1994
The purpose of this study is twofold: (1) to identify beginning teachers' perceptions of the role parents play in their children's education; and (2) to investigate the congruency of beginning teachers' perceptions with information presented in teacher education courses. A survey, completed by 178 second- and third-year teachers in Missouri,…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Beginning Teachers, Education Courses, Elementary School Teachers
Richardson, Gloria D. – 1993
This qualitative study, conducted at Mississippi State University-Meridian Campus, examined the journal of a student who was given directions to reflect on her student teaching experiences in prescribed areas and ways, and the journals of two students who were not given any directions concerning the content of their journals. The directed student…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Conceptual Tempo, Cooperating Teachers, Critical Thinking
Ellis, Kathleen – 1993
This paper addresses the question, "What teacher questioning behaviors influence student learning?" It synthesizes research findings, explicates their prescriptive implications, and presents behavioral guidelines for teachers who wish to make informed choices about improving classroom questioning behavior. The paper examines and…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Development, Communication Research
Koetting, J. Randall – 1994
A teacher of educational theory delivers an educational foundations course on sociocultural concerns in education. In this course, teaching is presented as an orientation to the world and a moral enterprise because it intervenes in people's lives. Students typically fear theory classes because they do not want to appear foolish or because…
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Philosophy, Educational Technology, Educational Theories
Lebow, David G.; Wager, Walter W. – 1994
Implications of using authentic activity as a model for appropriate learning activity are discussed, particularly in regard to the design of computer-based simulations and project-based learning activities. Mere provision of computer-based simulations and reality-centered projects does not ensure that a student will derive the benefits of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Computer Software Development, Context Effect
Cassara, Beverly B. – 1988
Participatory research began as a reaction to traditional social science research methodology, which tended to make persons into objects of study. It had its beginnings in Tanzania around 1970, when a group of farmers participated in research to assess and solve the problem of losses of grain harvests. The process grew out of the philosophy of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Education, Citizen Participation, Community Action
Fox, James – 1990
Numerous documented examples are presented of how research has contributed to the development of constructive education policies and practices throughout the country. Part 1 discusses the use of research in California, South Carolina, Florida, and Connecticut. Also described are the efforts of specific organizations that are using research to…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Early Childhood Education, Educational Innovation, Educational Policy
Koike, Dale A., Ed.; Simoes, Antonio R. M., Ed. – 1989
Papers from a conference on language teaching and testing are grouped in four sections. The first contains a foreword by Dale A. Koike and Antonio R. M. Simoes. The second, on research in second/foreign language teaching, includes the following: "Second Language Learning and Evaluation: From Theory to Classroom Practice" (Sandra J.…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Classroom Techniques, Expository Writing, Foreign Countries
Hughes, M. G. – 1990
This paper advocates giving urgent attention to improving the education and training of educational administrators and managers, realizing the need to respond to rapid and far-reaching political and social change worldwide, and to consequent change within national educational systems. The improvement of administrative structures and the…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Effectiveness, Comparative Education, Distance Education
Andrews, Sharon Vincz; Wheeler, Patricia J. – 1990
Through the analysis of qualitative data from journals, interviews, class reflection, and classroom dialogue, two language arts methods instructors traced the effects of their college methods courses on student teachers and first year teachers. They investigated the students' willingness to use strategies they had tried and seen demonstrated in…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Cooperating Teachers, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education
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