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Jungic, Veselin; Kent, Deborah; Menz, Petra – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2012
In this paper, we describe our experience with the creation and utilization of online assignments for several calculus classes at Simon Fraser University (SFU). We present our findings regarding available software by considering the needs and perspectives of the instructors, students, and administrators. We provide a list of questions that guide…
Descriptors: Assignments, Calculus, Courseware, Administrator Attitudes
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Eliason, Susan; Holmes, Christine L. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2012
This article discusses the development, implementation, and outcomes of a Faculty Course Redesign Camp for full-time and adjunct faculty members. The purpose of the camp was to educate and coach faculty in effective strategies to promote learner-centered teaching skills. Evaluation results show that the participants changed their orientation…
Descriptors: Teaching Skills, Adjunct Faculty, Curriculum Implementation, Program Implementation
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Lebesch, Anna M. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2012
The community college environment is complex and dynamic, requiring constant monitoring. To ensure that workforce education, a core component of community colleges' missions, remains aligned with colleges' environments, responsive to employers' needs, suited to students' interests and abilities, and current in content and technology, it is…
Descriptors: Program Development, Program Evaluation, Information Utilization, Labor Market
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Kalevitch, Maria; Maurer, Cheryl; Badger, Paul; Holdan, Greg; Iannelli, Joe; Sirinterlikci, Arif; Semich, George; Bernauer, James – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2012
The School of Engineering, Mathematics, and Science (SEMS) at Robert Morris University (RMU) was awarded a five-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund scholarships to 21 academically talented but financially challenged students majoring in the disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Each…
Descriptors: Grants, Scholarships, STEM Education, Student Experience
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Lim, Cher Ping; Pannen, Paulina – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
This paper documents how four Indonesian teacher education institutions (TEIs) engaged in strategic planning to build their capacity in developing pre-service teachers' ICT in education competencies. These TEIs adopted a holistic approach towards strategic planning by drawing upon the six dimensions of the "Capacity Building Toolkit" for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Schools of Education, Program Development
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Tsao, Ling-Ling; Krueger, Dena – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2010
The purpose of this article is to present a parent's perspective on collaborating with the general education of their son with autism. It is a story of how both sides worked for the educational benefit of a child with autism.
Descriptors: Autism, Parent Attitudes, Student Experience, Student Needs
Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, 2010
This paper provides specific suggestions to help local faculty make more purposeful use of program-level student equity data on their campuses and suggests best practices for the use of these data as local colleges develop their equity and diversity plans. It will help California community colleges in establishing and maintaining an active link…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Community Colleges, Guidelines, Program Development
Patton, Michael Quinn – Guilford Press, 2010
Developmental evaluation (DE) offers a powerful approach to monitoring and supporting social innovations by working in partnership with program decision makers. In this book, eminent authority shows how to conduct evaluations within a DE framework. Patton draws on insights about complex dynamic systems, uncertainty, nonlinearity, and emergence. He…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Decision Making, Educational Development
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Dea, Sarah – Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 2010
Students at Fort Berthold Community College (FBCC) have spent their entire lives hearing about the environmental issues facing the Three Affiliated Tribes (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara). Located on the high plains of northwestern North Dakota, the area contains rich coal and oil resources, the development of which can damage air and water quality.…
Descriptors: Program Development, Conservation (Environment), Student Interests, Tribes
Olson, Cathy Applefeld – Teaching Music, 2010
It's true that each school and each classroom presents its own unique challenges. But Kevin Mixon--who in October traded his instrumental music instructor duties at Blodgett School on the west side of Syracuse, New York, for a job as fine arts coordinator for Syracuse City Schools--knows from experience that some schools are far more challenging…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Music Education, Music, Music Teachers
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Tarkinton, Brenda C.; Karp, Grace Goc – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2010
With today's focus on the importance of lifelong physical activity, educators are increasingly offering a variety of such activities in their classes, as well as in before- and after-school programs. This article describes the benefits of offering ice skating as a challenging and rewarding lifetime activity, either before or after school or in…
Descriptors: Physical Education, After School Programs, Program Development, Safety
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Sweeney, Preston – Tech Directions, 2010
Hosting an engineering competition can bring great success to a technology department. Development and planning of an event can prove frustrating at times, but it pays off in the end. The author describes the first-ever engineering competition held at Maple Avenue Middle School in Saratoga Springs, New York, which provided an evening of creative…
Descriptors: Competition, Engineering, Science Fairs, Science Activities
VanTassel-Baska, Joyce – Gifted Child Today, 2010
The history of the world could be told through countless biographies, as Carlyle said, and these biographies undoubtedly would represent gifted individuals and their contributions at different times in different cultures of the world. The Greeks and Romans recognized the value of talent, as did the tribes of the Bible, responding to the parables…
Descriptors: Urban Education, Academically Gifted, Biographies, Educational History
Ward, Spike Dolomite – Arts & Activities, 2010
In the San Fernando Valley of Southern California, the entire community participates in Youth Art Month through the Annual Valley Wide Student Art Show. The mission of the show is to provide students with an opportunity to exhibit their work publicly and to promote school arts programs during Youth Art Month. Apart from promoting arts education…
Descriptors: Exhibits, Art, Art Education, Art Activities
Fibkins, William L. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2011
This book address a major gap in the current mentoring programs at the secondary level. Staff development resources are often concentrated on helping new teachers be successful in their early school experience. Yes, a good idea, but a limited vision. Meanwhile many veteran teachers go without the mentoring assistance they need to be effective…
Descriptors: Mentors, Administrator Guides, Teacher Effectiveness, Experienced Teachers
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