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Tales Out Of School: Six Secrets From Successful Teachers, John Strassburger
Tales Out Of School: Six Secrets From Successful Teachers, John Strassburger
Publications
This is the third in a series of occasional papers about the challenges confronting students and what Ursinus is doing to help them enter adult life.
Management Of Curriculum Changes: A Case Study Of United Kingdom And Pakistan, Muhammad Memon
Management Of Curriculum Changes: A Case Study Of United Kingdom And Pakistan, Muhammad Memon
Institute for Educational Development, Karachi
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The Movement Toward Authentic Assessment And The Role Of Technology, Brenda L. Clark
The Movement Toward Authentic Assessment And The Role Of Technology, Brenda L. Clark
Graduate Research Papers
Assessment can be defined as the process of collecting evidence of what a student knows and is able to do. There are several types of assessment available for use. The list includes, but is not limited to, standardized tests, performance based assessment and portfolios. All of these have both positive and negative aspects to evaluating student learning.
Academic Civility Begins In The Classroom, Roger G. Baldwin
Academic Civility Begins In The Classroom, Roger G. Baldwin
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
Values and traditions supporting academic civility are learned in the classroom. This essay discusses the role of the college professor in promoting civil discourse and nurturing overall academic civility.
Problem-Based Learning: Preparing Students To Succeed In The 21st Century, Barbara J. Duch, Deborah E. Allen, Harold B. White Iii
Problem-Based Learning: Preparing Students To Succeed In The 21st Century, Barbara J. Duch, Deborah E. Allen, Harold B. White Iii
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
College graduates who can think critically, solve complex problems, communicate clearly, and work effectively in teams will be prepared for the challenges of the 21st century. Problem-based learning (PBL) helps students develop these crucial skills.
Keys To Using Learning Groups Effectively, Larry K. Michaelsen
Keys To Using Learning Groups Effectively, Larry K. Michaelsen
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
Irrespective of such factors as subject matter and class size, small group work can produce positive motivational and learning outcomes. The key is appropriately managing the variables discussed in this essay.
Adding Online Computer Methods To Your Repertoire Of Teaching Strategies, Nancy A. Diamond
Adding Online Computer Methods To Your Repertoire Of Teaching Strategies, Nancy A. Diamond
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
On-line teaching methods offer interesting strategies for teaching whatever you already want to teach. This essay describes a broad range of on-line methods and details the elements necessary for their optimal use.
Relating Student Experience To Courses And The Curriculum, Virginia S. Lee
Relating Student Experience To Courses And The Curriculum, Virginia S. Lee
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
This essay offers a rationale for incorporating students’ personal experience into the curriculum and techniques for doing so to facilitate both cognitive and affective curricular objectives.
The Critical Match Between Motivation To Learn And Motivation To Teach, Ronald Teeples, Harvey Wichman
The Critical Match Between Motivation To Learn And Motivation To Teach, Ronald Teeples, Harvey Wichman
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
Student motives to learn cannot be effectively understood as something independent of prevailing pedagogies, which are shaped by motives to teach. The authors discuss bringing these two aspects of motivation into closer congruence.
Developing A Philosophy Of Teaching Statement, Nancy Van Note Chism
Developing A Philosophy Of Teaching Statement, Nancy Van Note Chism
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
Suggestions are presented for preparing a statement about one’s philosophy of teaching in relationship to the preparation of a teaching portfolio. Included are ideas on developing several common components of such statements.
Writing To Learn, Judith Kalman, Calvin Kalman
Writing To Learn, Judith Kalman, Calvin Kalman
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
The authors explain a technique that discourages the viewing of material as an agglomeration of disembodied facts and fosters students’ awareness of the concepts underlying the topics being discussed.
Retention In The Schools, Sandy Barry
Retention In The Schools, Sandy Barry
Graduate Research Papers
The purpose of this paper is to examine grade retention. It looks at the advantages, disadvantages, and the alternatives to retention. This paper discusses factors that increases a child's chance of being retained. Aspects in education that have affected retention are also discussed. In addition, this paper looks at teachers' beliefs and why they hold these beliefs concerning_retention. Finally, the last chapter summarizes this study and draws conclusions from the literature and suggests recommendations for further study.