This study investigated whether adapting instruction to gender-type preferences can improve the attitudes of students, especially female students, and their performance in mathematics. Subjects were 69 young adult college students in a remedial mathematics program whose interest in gender-type activities was determined. Students were randomly…

A forum at the University of Western Australia for those involved in student evaluation of teaching in higher education focused on current issues related to the evaluation of teaching and new developments in the field. Among the issues discussed were traditional methods of obtaining student feedback on teaching, online evaluation of teaching,…

This annual journal contains articles about pedagogy written by faculty members of New Hampshire's Community Technical Colleges. Included in this volume are: (1) "Preface" by Paul Marashio; (2) "Distance Education: An Educator's Experience as an On-Line Student" by John Marclay; (3) "Emergence" by L. Sue Webb; (4)…

This study examined learning communities at two community colleges, North Idaho College (NIC) and Spokane Falls Community College (SFCC) (Washington). Recent emphasis on learning outcomes and transforming the curriculum to be more learning centered has often come into direct conflict with operating under tight budget constraints. Learning…

This book reports on young students' strategies, the ways they construct knowledge, and how to support such development over time. Focus is placed on how to develop an understanding of multiplication and division in grades 3-5. The book describes and illustrates what it means to do and learn mathematics, provides strategies to help teachers turn…

This paper emphasizes the connections between listening and the language arts. It lists advantages of students who are good listeners, such as students can learn more when listening well, and students learn to be polite by listening. In addition, the paper lists the following conditions which improve student listening: teaching and learning…

This intervention study evaluated the effects of using two types of explicit instruction, curriculum maps and guided questions, compared with simple reviews or repetition to teach core curriculum content to high school students with learning disabilities in a group instruction format. A repeated measures research design was used with six groups of…

This study examined how beginning Japanese as a Foreign Language (JFL) learners developed their understanding of the various functions of the "masu" form (for polite and formal situations) and plain form (for intimate and informal situations), noting how they used them in an appropriate manner. Participants included three undergraduate…

This teacher's guide is intended for the instruction of both French as a first language and French as a second language in immersion programs. It provides a host of strategies for teaching listening skills in the classroom in Grades 1 through 7. The first section is designed to bring the teacher's awareness to the training procedure. It discusses…

When the Winnetka public school system reexamined its philosophy, questions were raised about the alignment between theory and practice. This sourcebook represents the thinking of teachers about how the validity of their philosophy of education rests on their ability to analyze what they are, discover how they came to be what they are, and imagine…

If technology is to be integrated into schools successfully, then teachers must understand that instructional technology is not just hardware or software, but rather a process and/or approach to teaching and learning. There are many benefits of and barriers to using technology in teaching. First, with the use of technology, the lesson can be…

This study investigated skills that lead to generation of facilitative visualizations during study time for college age students. Specifically, the study examined the effects of teacher encouragement to generate visualizations, the effects of teacher encouragement and orientation to visualization, and the effects of the use of each of four…

This guide discusses the assessment of heart rate and, in particular, the assessment of heart rate using a heart monitor. Part 1, "Foundation for the Use of Heart Rate," reviews literature about heart rate assessment and heart rate monitors, offering an overview of national guidelines for physical activity. It focuses on the importance…

With reading, as with all academic content and skills, effective instruction is informed by sound assessment. Teachers' knowledge about classroom-embedded reading assessment must continue to be developed so that they can use the information it yields to make informed instructional decisions. At the same time, districts and schools must develop…

Noting that there are far too many variables ever to have the same teaching results with different people in different classes in different historical times and places, this paper describes methods for helping educational psychology students to learn to assess systematically the results of teaching. First, making one's thinking overt helps…