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Getchell, Leroy Alfred – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Our nation, if it is going to keep a competitive edge versus the rest of the world, must reform the current system of educating children. The purpose of this study is to provide evidence that implementation of one increasingly popular reform effort, the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (IBPYP), changes teachers' perceptions of…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Teacher Effectiveness, International Education, Teacher Attitudes
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Finkelstein, Neal; Hanson, Thomas; Huang, Chun-Wei; Hirschman, Becca; Huang, Min – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2010
Since 1995, the Buck Institute has partnered with university economists and expert teachers to create the Problem Based Economics curriculum. The curriculum was developed to respond to NCEE (National Council on Economic Education) standards, and it is supported by professional development for teachers. This study examines whether the Problem Based…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Problem Based Learning, Secondary School Curriculum, Curriculum Implementation
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Dusenbury, Linda; Hansen, William B.; Jackson-Newsom, Julia; Pittman, Donna S.; Wilson, Cicely V.; Nelson-Simley, Kathleen; Ringwalt, Chris; Pankratz, Melinda; Giles, Steven M. – Health Education, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe the topics covered by coaches assisting teachers implementing a research-based drug prevention program and explore how coaching affects student outcomes. Design/methodology/approach: The All Stars drug prevention curriculum is implemented by 16 urban teachers who received four coaching sessions.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Urban Teaching, Teaching Styles, Substance Abuse
Lishawa, Shane; Schubel, Adam; Varty, Alison; Tuchman, Nancy – Metropolitan Universities, 2010
Universities are uniquely positioned to lead society toward sustainability and their collaborations with community organizations are essential to this transition. The Biodiesel Program at Loyola University at Chicago Center for Urban Environmental Research and Policy provides a case study of course-based service learning projects facilitating…
Descriptors: Environmental Research, Service Learning, Community Organizations, Sustainable Development
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Lee, Jin Sook – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2010
The goal of this chapter is to provide a conceptual review of culturally relevant pedagogy (CRP) and a synthesis of research that documents its application to immigrant children and English language learners (ELLs). First, the significance and relevance of CRP are framed in the context of today's student population and the growing gaps in academic…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Migrant Children
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Bryant, Jill; Bates, Alisa – Educational Action Research, 2010
The purpose of this research was to study the design and implementation of a newly developed, two-semester, action research course in a Master of Arts in Teaching program. Over a four-year period, we (the instructors) used action research methodologies for analysis and evaluation of the course. Throughout this study, students expressed varying…
Descriptors: Action Research, Research Methodology, Research Skills, Teacher Educators
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Walker, Rebecca; Spronken-Smith, Rachel; Bond, Carol; McDonald, Fiona; Reynolds, John; McMartin, Anna – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2010
This study aimed to use a learning inventory (the Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students, ASSIST) to measure the impact of a curriculum change on students' approaches to learning in two large courses in a health sciences first year programme. The two new Human Body Systems (HUBS) courses were designed to encourage students to take a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Student Attitudes, Program Effectiveness, Human Body
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Stratman, Jacob; Van Zee, Matthew – CEA Forum, 2008
It is the scope of this article to present a theoretical framework for successful collaboration and our ideas on how it might be implemented in a first-year college composition classroom. We began by creating a collaborative assignment for our composition classes based on a very cursory understanding of successful collaboration. In light of this…
Descriptors: Freshman Composition, Collaborative Writing, Cooperative Learning, Teaching Methods
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Carr, Sonya C. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2008
Assessment for learning provides feedback to improve teaching and learning in the classroom. However, many teachers focus on measuring what students have learned at the end of a unit of instruction and fail to allow opportunities for feedback and revision during instruction. As Bransford, Brown, and Cocking (2000) explained, "Feedback is…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Peer Evaluation, Teaching Methods, Guidelines
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Eckes, Suzanne E. – Action in Teacher Education, 2008
The purpose of this article is to inform teachers, administrators, students, and university faculty about the most important legal topics to include in preservice teacher education programs. Surprisingly, only a few studies have attempted to identify the most important topics. This article reviews the relevant literature regarding school law…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Legal Problems, Teacher Education Programs
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Tadema, Annemarie C.; Vlaskamp, Carla; Ruijssenaars, Wied – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2008
Until recently in the Netherlands, students with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) rarely made use of the educational facilities available. As a result of a new law passed in 2003, an increasing number of students attend school. A specific curriculum has been developed, but no knowledge has been gained regarding the…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Educational Facilities, Case Studies
Ford, Lance Mason – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Education can be a lonely business. Teachers and administrators are often separated from other adult professionals in isolated classrooms, offices, and administration buildings. Geographic remoteness only exacerbates personal seclusion, preventing collaboration concerning how to foster student learning and wellbeing. Bringing a disparate group of…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Graduate Students, Community, Doctoral Programs
Alexander, Gregory Haynes, III – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Purpose. The purpose of this study was to compare the perceived level of job satisfaction of SELPA directors with that of local school district special education directors in the counties of Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, and Orange of Southern California and to identify factors that contribute to their job satisfaction. Additionally, this…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Research Methodology, Compliance (Legal), School Districts
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Albrecht, Conan C.; Romney, Marshall; Lowry, Paul Benjamin; Moody, Greg – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2009
This paper describes an innovative, integrated implementation of the core Information Systems courses. While the published IS curriculum provides standards on course "content", it gives little direction on the "implementation" of the courses. At Brigham Young University, we have reengineered the traditional topics of analysis,…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Information Systems, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Implementation
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Searight, H. Russell; Searight, Barbara K. – InSight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching, 2009
Problem-based learning (PBL) is a small-group pedagogical technique widely used in fields such as business, medicine, engineering, and architecture. In PBL, pre-written cases are used to teach core course content. PBL advocates state that course material is more likely to be retained and applied when presented as cases reflecting "real life"…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Problem Based Learning, Course Content, Psychology
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