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Download full textBlack, John B.; And Others – 1995
This study is a key concept in making design more fruitful in education. It is proposed that what students are doing when they construct knowledge is studying. For several years, Teachers College, Columbia University and the Dalton School (an independent school in New York City), have been collaborating on the Dalton Technology Project. The goal…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Computer Networks, Cooperative Programs, Educational Environment
Peer reviewedDalton, John E.; And Others – Journal of Research in Personality, 1977
This experiment attempted to support McMahan's (1973) attributional theory, which assumes that expectations reflect relatively fixed perceptions, and that people try to avoid making changes in these perceptions, and Frieze and Weiner's (1971) finding that success was attributed to internal factors more than was failure, while failure was more…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Attribution Theory, Hypothesis Testing, Performance Factors
Peer reviewedCurtis, Dalton B., Jr. – Educational Studies: A Journal in the Foundations of Education, 1985
Interpretations of American educational history in the following four books are compared: "History of Education and Culture in America" (H. Warren Button and Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr.), "Americans and Their Schools" (Erwin V. Johanningmeier), "History of Education in America" 3rd ed. (John D. Pulliam), and "The…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Practices, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedJenkins, John M. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 1998
Reviews the history of nongraded high schools, from Preston Search's pioneering efforts in Pueblo, Colorado, to early 1900s Dalton and Winnetka Plans and midcentury continuous-progress plans. Competency, not age, already determines participation in band, orchestra, choir, and athletics. Curricula should be based on the structure, methodology, and…
Descriptors: Continuous Progress Plan, Curriculum, Educational History, Educational Improvement
Jones, John; Dalton, Edward – 1977
This is a glossary of words that commonly appear in energy education and environmental education materials. With over 750 words ranging from "abatement" to "zooplankton" this publication includes some uncommon terms such as "anadromous,""film badge,""putrescible," and "tritium." Space is…
Descriptors: Definitions, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Energy Conservation
Black, John B.; And Others – 1994
Teachers College of Columbia University (New York) and the Dalton School, an independent school in New York City, have collaborated on the Dalton Technology Project and its "Archaeotype" program which presents students with a graphic simulation of an archeological site. Students simulate digging up the artifacts, use reference sources to…
Descriptors: Archaeology, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics
Peer reviewedDalton, Starrett; Overall, John E. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1977
A specific form of nonrandom assignment to treatment groups, the "alternate ranks" design, was investigated. This design eliminates the possibility of a correlation between the covariate and the treatment, and rules out experimenter bias in assignment of subjects to groups. (Editor)
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Educational Research, Experimental Groups, Research Methodology
PDF pending restorationWittenburg, Sandra Lloyd; Johnson, Theodore E. – 1982
A survey of the past 100 years of curriculum development in the United States reveals a series of changes in curricular practice and philosophies. This document reviews those trends in curriculum change, according to historical time periods. Discussed in the section covering 1880-1910 are the Herbartian and Romantic philosophies, the Baltimore…
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational History
Murphy, Jennifer, Ed.; Griffin, Carrie, Ed.; Higgs, Bettie, Ed. – National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NJ1), 2010
The third annual conference of the National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NAIRTL) was held at Trinity College Dublin on 11-12 November 2009, and was attended by over 300 delegates. The theme--"Research-Teaching Linkages: Practice and Policy"--was timely and generated some fascinating papers, workshops and…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Health Promotion, Evidence, Program Effectiveness
Goolsby, Thomas M., Jr., Comp. – 1972
Papers are presented that resulted from a doctoral seminar in the Department of Educational Psychology, Measurement and Research at the University of Georgia. Integration-desegregation, ethics, behavior modification, and accountability are the general areas treated. The papers are: (1) "Segregation--Alias: 'Special Education'" by Margaret C.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Behavior Change, Educational Research, Ethics
ARC Associates, Inc. Oakland, CA. – 1996
The "Lau" decision of 1974, which was related to the education of Chinese-speaking students in San Francisco (California), ushered in new programs, teaching approaches, frameworks, legislation, and government agencies designed to redress fundamental inequities in the educational opportunities available to language minority students. This…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Bilingual Education, Chinese Americans, Court Litigation
Gibbons, Sandra L., Ed.; Anderson, John O., Ed. – 1999
This proceedings contains 13 papers from the 1998 annual Faculty of Education conference at the University of Victoria, British Columbia (Canada). The papers are: (1) "Struggling with Re-Presentation, Voice, and Self in Narrative Research" (Marla Arvay); (2) "Women's Soccer in Canada: A Slow Road to Equity" (Meredith Bogle,…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Telfer, Richard J., Ed. – Yearbook of the American Reading Forum, 1999
The theme of the 1998 conference of the American Reading Forum was "Literacy Conversations: Family, School, and Community." Many papers in this proceedings address this theme directly, emphasizing different types of literacy conversation. Responses to the theme are diverse, encompassing the use of personal histories, therapeutic…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Internet
Shady Side Academy, Pittsburgh, PA. – 1983
The speakers at this centennial symposium addressed a wide range of issues pertaining to how the world of the year 2000 is likely to look, given current socioeconomic and technological trends, and how the secondary schools will respond to these changes. A brief welcome and introduction by the moderator, Christopher Berrisford (headmaster of The…
Descriptors: Economic Change, Educational Demand, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives
Swan, William W., Ed.; Brown, Carvin L., Ed. – GPN Research Report, 1988
This research report contains seven papers on students with serious Emotional Disturbances (SED) and/or Severe Behavior Disorder (SBD) who participated in the Georgia Psychoeducational Network Program (GPN). "The 1982 Cohort of GPN Preschoolers--Where Are They in 1987-1988?" (Juanda Ponsell and others) reports the placement of 75…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Behavior Disorders, Drug Therapy
