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Scheuneman, Janice Dowd; And Others – 1997
As part of the research leading to the implementation of computer-based case simulations (CCS) for the licensing examinations of the National Board of Medical Examiners, gender differences in performance were studied for one form consisting of 18 cases. A secondary purpose of the study was to note differences in style or approach that might…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, Cognitive Processes, Computer Simulation
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Compton, Mary V.; Shroyer, Susan P. – 1997
This paper discusses the development and use of case studies in the preservice education of teachers of the deaf and hard-of-hearing. It describes the guidelines for selecting decision-based cases, which were judged the most appropriate for instruction of prospective teachers. The selection of cases focused on choosing a critical incident,…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, Critical Incidents Method, Deafness
Barnett, Carne, Ed.; And Others – 1994
This book is a teacher development tool presenting information to help facilitate discussions of the cases found in a companion book. The introduction discusses the values of case-based instruction, organizing a case discussion group, introducing participants to case discussions, preparing for a case discussion, discussing a case, anticipating and…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, Decimal Fractions, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Haysbert, JoAnn W. – 1993
Hampton University (Virginia) developed a team for the Commonwealth Center Invitational Team Case Competition composed of four junior level students majoring in math education, history education, elementary education, and special education. One student was a white female, two were African American females, and one was an African American male, and…
Descriptors: Achievement, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, Competition
Sato, Manabu – 1991
The case method is a key tool that teachers can use to develop their practical knowledge and practical thinking styles in both preservice and inservice education. The case method in Japanese teacher education has been a major approach for more than 100 years. The approach to case method described here has been implemented in five settings: (1) the…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
Kruckeberg, Dean – 1993
A chronic problem in public relations education is the fragmentation of coursework, particularly as this fragmentation impacts on the application of communication theory. Public relations textbooks presentation of theory is often fragmented and segregated in to "theoretical" chapters and "applied" chapters with little integration between the two.…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, College Seniors, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Williams, Ellen U.; And Others – 1993
Collaboration can improve the quality of services provided to rural students with low-incidence disabilities such as autism. When there are few of these children scattered over a wide geographic area, they cannot be clustered for services. Other rural problems include inadequate funding, lack of qualified staff, need for staff training, inadequate…
Descriptors: Autism, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education
Alvarez, Marino C. – 1990
This study examined how instruction that encourages critical thinking about what has been read can lead to incorporated knowledge that can be retrieved and applied to other related settings. Case-based learning (an instructional method long used with graduate business, law, and medical students) is one method that can be used to foster critical…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, Critical Thinking, Educational Research
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den Heyer, Kent – Canadian Social Studies, 2005
Schools are too often places in which answers are conveyed to questions students are rarely, if ever, asked. This article offers, therefore, some examples of content--animating and throughline questions--and assessment practices that centralize questions rather than answers. While animating questions return teachers to the mysteries that excite us…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices, Educational Strategies
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Ragan, Joseph M.; McGettigan, Patrick J.; Storms, Michael R.; Rizman, Brian – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2004
Pedagogical revisions to the undergraduate Haub School of Business curriculum at Saint Joseph's University employing the SAP R/3 system encompass the core accounting courses traversing the sophomore and junior years. The entire accounting curriculum was overhauled in order to integrate SAP R/3. Each course progressively builds upon and expands the…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Accounting, Curriculum Development, College Curriculum
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And Others; Levison, D. A. – Medical Education, 1977
A problem solving case method of teaching practical pathology is described, illustrated, and compared with more traditional teaching methods. Advantages include: emphasis of the relevance of pathology to clinical medicine; encouragement of self-assessment; economy of equipment costs and staff time. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, Clinical Diagnosis, Clinical Experience
Turner, Roselyn M.; Grizzaffi, Karen – 2003
This document discusses how service learning has developed over the past century in its practices from involvement in volunteerism to active civic engagement. It is so beneficial to both learners and the community that many educators and government leaders believe it should be a required component in the educational career of all students. The…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Community Colleges, Community Services
McCammon, Laura A.; Miller, Carole; Norris, Joe – 1998
A collaboration by three drama methods professors (two in Canada and one in the United States) provides opportunities for preservice drama education students to: explore the complex issues found in classrooms; examine their own learning about how to teach drama; and discover their own powerful teaching voices and a sense of community. The faculty…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Dramatics, Higher Education, Personal Narratives
Miller, Barbara; Kantrov, Ilene – 1998
This book for teachers, administrators, and central office staff provides guidelines for orchestrating and extending conversations among case users, with strategies for improving facilitators' effectiveness and a conceptual framework for understanding and acting in the role of facilitator. The book describes how to foster an entire professional…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
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Maulitz, Russell C.; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1983
An elective course in the history of medicine focuses on clinical thinking using the case study method. Course goals include: student recognition of clinical reasoning as a historical process; understanding of distinctions between disease categories and etiological frameworks; and different conceptualizations (etiological and syndromic) of…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, Classification, Clinical Diagnosis
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