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Sheppard, Ian – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2009
Engaging students with real-world activities can be effective in supporting the learning of mathematics, "whenever possible, real-world situations will provide a context for both introducing and applying geometric topics" (NCTM 1989). Tool making is a way to bring real-world mathematics into the classroom and using the tool is a way of…
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Geometry, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction
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O'Shea, Patrick M.; Onderdonk, James C.; Allen, Douglas; Allen, Dwight W. – Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education, 2011
Education traditionally has been defined as a one-way relationship between teacher and learner. However, new technologies are dramatically changing that relationship in a multitude of ways. In this article, the authors describe some of these changes and explore one example of the intersection between technology and pedagogy, describing a college…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Educational Technology, Appropriate Technology, Teaching Methods
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Armstrong, Gary R.; Tucker, Joanne M.; Massad, Victor J. – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2009
Classroom instruction continues to change dramatically with new technology and pedagogy. Faculty aspire to develop innovative programs and creative education while seeking effective teaching strategies that capitalize on emerging technology and invoke student interest and involvement. Research shows that student involvement, hands-on projects, and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Interviews, Student Projects, Student Developed Materials
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Martinez Luaces, Victor; Velazquez, Blanca; Dee, Valerie – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2009
We analyse the origin and development of an Experimental Design course which has been taught in several faculties of the Universidad de la Republica and other institutions in Uruguay, over a 10-year period. At the end of the course, students were assessed by carrying out individual work projects on real-life problems, which was innovative for…
Descriptors: Research Design, Student Projects, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries
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Walsh, Christopher S. – Journal of Research in Reading, 2009
Multiliteracies-related research is just emerging from the formal discourse of pedagogical theorising and how it may look in practice needs further exploration. This research, initiated under that warrant, presents practitioner research and the enactment of a multiliteracies curriculum with Year 8 students in New York City's Chinatown. The study…
Descriptors: Art Education, Cartoons, Discourse Analysis, Art Expression
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Cajander, Asa; Daniels, Mats; McDermott, Roger – Computer Science Education, 2012
This paper investigates the links between the "contributing student pedagogy" and other forms of peer-mediated learning models, e.g. "open-ended group projects" and "communities of practice." We find that a fundamental concern in each of these models is the attribution of "value"; specifically, recognition…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Information Technology, Socialization
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Erdem, Mukaddes – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2009
The study described looks at the effects of learning style profile of teams on the quality of materials developed in a collaborative learning process. The study was carried out on collaborative teams of four or five university students, formed through learner preferences. Learning styles of the teams were determined using Kolb's Learning Styles…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Printed Materials, Learning Processes, Profiles
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Pirbhai-Illich, Fatima; Turner, K. C. Nat; Austin, Theresa Y. – Multicultural Education & Technology Journal, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine how digital technologies were introduced in a collaborative literacy intervention to address a population long underserved by traditional schools: the Aboriginals of Canada. Design/methodology/approach: Situated within a critical ethnographic project, this paper examines how digital technologies…
Descriptors: Intervention, Foreign Countries, Literacy, Adolescents
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Dreon, Oliver, Jr.; Dietrich, Nanette I. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2009
The authors teach instructional technology courses to pre-service teachers at Millersville University of Pennsylvania. The focus of the instructional technology courses is on the authentic use of instructional and assistive technology in the K-12 classroom. In this article, the authors describe how they utilize streaming videos in an educational…
Descriptors: Special Needs Students, Special Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Education Courses
Adelman, Howard; Taylor, Linda – Center for Mental Health in Schools at UCLA, 2011
This brief highlights what principals say about their work, especially about how the job has changed and what factors most affect job performance and satisfaction. The data have been culled from various surveys, reports, interviews, and so forth published since 2000. Specific attention is given to the degree to which concerns about addressing…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Principals, Barriers, Administrator Effectiveness
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Triantafyllakos, George N.; Palaigeorgiou, George E.; Tsoukalas, Ioannis A. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2008
The development of educational applications has always been a challenging and complex issue, mainly because of the complications imposed by the cognitive and psychological aspects of student-computer interactions. This article presents a methodology, named We!Design, that tries to encounter the complexity of educational applications development…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Educational Technology, Methods, Educational Environment
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Wheeler, Steve; Yeomans, Peter; Wheeler, Dawn – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2008
This paper explores the potential for wiki-type open architecture software to promote and support collaborative learning through the use of student-created content. It delineates some of the affordances and constraints of wiki software as an open architecture that has the potential to facilitate collaborative learning through community-focused…
Descriptors: Internet, Computer Software, Cooperative Learning, Student Developed Materials
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Chen, Chiu-Jung; Liu, Pei-Lin – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2012
The purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of using learner-generated and instructor-provided multimedia annotations on foreign language reading comprehension and attitudes. The four research questions are: (1) what are the effects of using different multimedia annotations on reading comprehension for learners of different…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Hypermedia, Cognitive Style, Reading Comprehension
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Hunt, Brandon; Gilmore, Genevieve Weber – Professional Counselor, 2011
In an effort to ensure the efficacy of preparing emerging counselors in the field, CACREP standards require that by 2013 all core faculty at accredited universities have a doctorate in Counselor Education and Supervision. However, literature suggests that a disparity may exist in the preparation of counselor educators and the actual…
Descriptors: Internship Programs, Counselor Training, Supervision, Teaching Methods
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King, Kathleen P. – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2010
The integration of formal and informal learning is increasing transparently in our daily lives. Leaders of higher and continuing education will benefit from better understanding why and how to formatively research and design effective popular informal learning such as educational podcasting. Using media that has a wide general public user base and…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Informal Education, Action Research, Continuing Education
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