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Meyers, Noel M.; Nulty, Duncan D. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2009
In this article, we articulate five principles of curriculum design and illustrate their application in a third-year undergraduate course for environmental and ecological scientists. In this way, we provide a practical framework for others wishing to enhance their students' learning. To apply the five principles, we created a learning environment…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Student Evaluation, Teaching Methods, Alignment (Education)
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Friend Wise, Alyssa; Padmanabhan, Poornima; Duffy, Thomas M. – Distance Education, 2009
This mixed-methods study probed the effectiveness of three kinds of objects (video, theory, metaphor) as common reference points for conversations between online learners (student teachers). Individuals' degree of detail-focus was examined as a potentially interacting covariate and the outcome measure was learners' level of tacit knowledge related…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Student Teachers, Computer Mediated Communication, Figurative Language
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Bradley, Linda, Ed.; Thouësny, Sylvie, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2012
For the first time, the annual conference of the European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL) took place in Sweden. The conference took place at the Faculty of Education on historic ground on the old fortification walls of Carolus Dux from the 17th century right in the centre of the city. This year's host comprised the…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Gogate, Lakshmi J.; Bolzani, Laura H.; Betancourt, Eugene A. – Infancy, 2006
We examined whether mothers' use of temporal synchrony between spoken words and moving objects, and infants' attention to object naming, predict infants' learning of word-object relations. Following 5 min of free play, 24 mothers taught their 6- to 8-month-olds the names of 2 toy objects, "Gow" and "Chi," during a 3-min play…
Descriptors: Play, Mothers, Infants, Attention
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Wilkinson, Kelly – Journal of Educators Online, 2008
An important component of internships is the connection between students, universities and employers. "High-quality internships... encourage contact between faculty and students as well as develop cooperation among students," (Implementing and Assessing Internships, 2002, 67). This "good practice" must exist to ensure good…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Internship Programs, Business Administration Education, Student Journals
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Gan, Zhengdong – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2008
This article reports on a case study of negotiation that occurred in peer group oral interactions under assessment conditions. Discourse analysis was used to illustrate how participants negotiated and co-constructed the assessment format itself as well as meaning exchange sequences. Analyses of the data point to the advantage of using peer group…
Descriptors: Group Discussion, Oral Language, Discourse Analysis, Peer Groups
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Hoven, Debra; Palalas, Agnieszka – CALICO Journal, 2011
An exploratory study conducted at George Brown College in Toronto, Canada between 2007 and 2009 investigated language learning with mobile devices as an approach to augmenting ESP learning by taking learning outside the classroom into the real-world context. In common with findings at other community colleges, this study identified inadequate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Listening Skills, Immigrants
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Egelston-Dodd, Judy; Ting, Simon – Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities, 2007
This article describes the mediated American Sing Language (ASL) presentation of technical vocabulary and definitions within the context of a web-based astronomy course for first year students at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, NY). Deaf students showed achievement gains with fewer…
Descriptors: Deafness, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Misconceptions
Terrasi, Renee Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2007
This study examined the effects of Dolphin-Assisted Therapy (DAT) as a reinforcer for verbal operant production in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Three children who attended a dolphin therapy program participated in this single subject research study. Baseline data was collected for each child via a video tape provided by parents and…
Descriptors: Animals, Therapy, Reinforcement, Verbal Communication
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Lee, Libby; Thompson, Andrew – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2007
In this paper, we discuss and analyse the development of a resource documenting an Indigenous early childhood playgroup programme. The resource, known as the "Best Start DVD" was developed through a partnership between community and government support agencies to support engagement of parents as educators of their children. Through…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Early Childhood Education, Play, School Community Relationship
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Watters, Christopher – Cell Biology Education, 2005
Most science students readily understand that following fertilization, a single-celled egg must undergo multiple rounds of cell division to become a multicellular organism. This transformation is so universal among animal embryos that developmental biologists refer to the process with a single term: ''gastrulation.'' During gastrulation, many if…
Descriptors: Cytology, Molecular Biology, Embryology, Video Technology
Mackay, Stephen R. – Online Submission, 2005
Background: After trying to define the reason why the piano ended up with 88 keys, I found patterns to explain ways of playing the piano with an 8:8 ratio which gives purpose to why the piano has 88 keys on it. Purpose: The first purpose is to enable piano teachers and music students to benefit from understanding how to play piano and be…
Descriptors: Music Education, Video Technology, Musical Instruments, Teaching Methods
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Watters, Christopher – Cell Biology Education, 2004
In this article, the author reviews material that deals with the infection pathways taken by three different animal viruses. The comparative study would be useful for discussions involving intermediate and advanced undergraduates. Before discussing the videos, the author first describes the method he followed in selecting these research records.…
Descriptors: Animals, Microbiology, Comparative Analysis, Science Education
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Games, Ivan Alex – Learning, Media and Technology, 2010
This article presents the results of a three-year study of "Gamestar Mechanic" (www.gamestarmechanic.com), a flash-based multiplayer online role-playing game developed for the MacArthur Foundation's digital media learning initiative by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Gamelab in New York. The game's objective is to help children…
Descriptors: Design, Role Playing, Discourse Analysis, Thinking Skills
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Sood, Aparesh; Mittal, Ankush; Sarthi, Divya – Journal of Educational Technology, 2006
The existing multimedia software in E-Learning does not provide par excellence multimedia data service to the common user, hence E-Learning services are still short of intelligence and sophisticated end user tools for visualization and retrieval. An efficient approach to achieve the tasks such as, regional language narration, regional language…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Video Technology, Multimedia Instruction, Computer Software
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