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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Never Mind the Prescriptions, Bring on the Descriptions: Students' Representations of Inquiry-Driven Design
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Knowlton, Dave S. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
Instead of designing by following prescriptive models, students may benefit by approaching design as a process of free inquiry. This paper considers the impact of this inquiry-based approach on students' thinking by considering the ways that students represented the design process at the end of an inquiry-based design course.
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Design, Educational Technology, Inquiry, Instructional Design
Using Asynchronous Discussion to Promote Collaborative Problem Solving among Preservice Teachers in Field Experiences: Lessons Learned from Implementation
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Knowlton, Dave S. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
Designers who are charged with creating online environments that support students' problem-solving efforts and instructors who are searching for instructional strategies to support students' asynchronous problem-solving efforts will find this paper useful. The paper describes a systematic approach for using computer-mediated bulletin boards to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Field Experience Programs, Problem Solving