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Direct linkRobinson, Michael; Tibanyendera, Basil; Seltzer-Kelly, Debbie – Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 2007
This article reports the effects of a science, technology, and society (STS) teaching approach on the knowledge and attitudes of preservice science and mathematics teachers in Uganda toward global science and technology-based problems and/or threats. The responses of a baseline or control group (N = 50) and an experimental group (N = 50) to five…
Descriptors: Science and Society, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Teachers, Science Teachers
Lindsay, Geoff – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2007
Background: Inclusive education/mainstreaming is a key policy objective for the education of children and young people with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities. Aims: This paper reviews the literature on the effectiveness of inclusive education/mainstreaming. The focus is on evidence for effects in terms of child outcomes with…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Program Effectiveness, Comparative Analysis, Teacher Attitudes
Adjiage, Robert; Pluvinage, Francois – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2007
This paper summarizes our analysis of the complexity of ratio problems at Grades 6 and 7, and reports a two-year experiment related to the teaching and learning of rational numbers and proportionality in these grades. Two classes were followed and observed. Part of the teaching material was common to both classes, mainly the objectives and the…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Students, Instructional Materials, Numbers
Williams, Joanna P.; Nubla-Kung, Abigail M.; Pollini, Simonne; Stafford, K. Brooke; Garcia, Amaya; Snyder, Anne E. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2007
This study evaluated the effectiveness of a comprehension program integrated with social studies instruction designed for at-risk second graders. The program included instruction in cause-effect text structure, emphasizing clue words, generic questions, graphic organizers, and the close analysis of specially constructed cause-effect target…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Grade 2, Text Structure, Social Studies
Devlin-Scherer, Roberta; Burroughs, Greer; Daly, Jim; McCartan, William – Action in Teacher Education, 2007
Secondary teachers increasingly face student differences in ability, background, socioeconomic status, and language. One method designed to prepare future teachers for dealing with these challenges is the teacher work sample (TWS), which has been widely adopted by colleges of education as part of performance-based accreditation requirements. A…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Student Teachers, Work Sample Tests, Instructional Improvement
Freedman, Lauren; Carver, Cynthia – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2007
How do secondary teacher candidates learn about their responsibility for the ongoing literacy development of their students? How do they gain the understandings and knowledge of instructional practices necessary to meet this responsibility within their content teaching? The authors document three stages of development their students progress…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Developmental Stages, Teacher Attitudes, Preservice Teachers
Yeh, Yu-Chu – Computers and Education, 2007
Adapting training methods to specific teacher traits to best facilitate the training effects for preservice teachers is an important, yet neglected, topic in aptitude-treatment interaction research. This study investigated interactions between four personal traits (CT-dispositions, thinking styles, CT-skills, and intrapersonal intelligence) and…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Behavior, Computer Simulation
Darwin, Stephen – International Journal of Training Research, 2007
With the rapidly transforming nature of vocational work, it is increasingly challenging for vocational teachers in institutional environments to develop learning that is relevant and sustainable. Although it has been widely observed that new pedagogies are essential in this changing vocational environment, little guidance is emerging for both…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Vocational Education, Teacher Educators
Baird, Lynn N. – Journal of Access Services, 2007
This article examines staff training from a different perspective, as a means of transmitting organizational culture to student employees through a closer communication between career and student part-time employees. Results of a qualitative survey suggest communication supports multigenerational relationships and administrators who invest in…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Organizational Culture, Student Employment, Staff Development
Jensen, Peter S.; Arnold, L. Eugene; Swanson, James M.; Vitiello, Benedetto; Abikoff, Howard B.; Greenhill, Laurence L.; Hechtman, Lily; Hinshaw, Stephen P.; Pelham, William E.; Wells, Karen C.; Conners, C. Keith; Elliott, Glen R.; Epstein, Jeffery N.; Hoza, Betsy; March, John S.; Molina, Brooke S. G.; Newcorn, Jeffrey H.; Severe, Joanne B.; Wigal, Timothy; Gibbons, Robert D.; Hur, Kwan – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Objective: In the intent-to-treat analysis of the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children With ADHD (MTA), the effects of medication management (MedMgt), behavior therapy (Beh), their combination (Comb), and usual community care (CC) differed at 14 and 24 months due to superiority of treatments that used the MTA medication algorithm (Comb+MedMgt)…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Behavior Modification, Psychopathology, Therapy
Lacey, Penny; Layton, Lyn; Miller, Carol; Goldbart, Juliet; Lawson, Hazel – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2007
This paper arises from research into inclusive literacy for pupils with severe learning difficulties who do not learn to read and write conventionally. The ultimate aim of the study was to seek out examples of good practice in teaching and learning literacy that includes students with severe learning difficulties and disseminate them as widely as…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Literacy Education, Focus Groups, Emergent Literacy
Effect of Cooperative Learning Strategies on Students' Understanding of Concepts in Electrochemistry
Acar, Burcin; Tarhan, Leman – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2007
The present study was conducted to investigate the degree of effectiveness of cooperative learning instruction over a traditional approach on 11th grade students' understanding of electrochemistry. The study involved forty-one 11th grade students from two science classes with the same teacher. To determine students' misconceptions concerning…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Chemistry, Learning Strategies, Cooperative Learning
McGovern, Heather – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2007
Teachers often test course materials by using them in class. Usability testing provides an alternative: teachers receive student feedback and revise materials "before" teaching a class. Case studies based on interviews and observations with two teaching assistants who usability tested materials before teaching introductory technical writing…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Technical Writing, Beginning Teachers, Teaching Assistants
Download full textGray, Kathleen; Chang, Rosemary; Radloff, Alex – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2007
This paper reports on evaluation of a scheme to improve University teaching through action research over a five-year period in the science, engineering, and technology division of a large Australian dual sector University. Between 2002 to 2006 this scheme directly committed approximately A$210,000 in grants and involved over 130 teaching and other…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Action Research, Evaluation, Scholarship
Noonan, Mary Jo; Ballinger, Ruth; Black, Rhonda – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2007
Mentoring has long been recognized as an effective strategy for retaining and supporting doctoral students in their programs of study. In this qualitative investigation, we conducted three focus groups of proteges, peer mentors, and faculty mentors to explore definitions, experiences, and expectations of mentoring. Results indicated that the three…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Mentors, Definitions, Focus Groups
