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50 Years of ERIC
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A Mathematics Educator's Introduction to Rural Policy Issues
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Waters, Michael S., Ed. – Appalachian Collaborative Center for Learning, Assessment, and Instruction in Mathematics (ACCLAIM), Ohio University, 2005
Most of the scholarship and commentary on mathematics education deals with issues of curriculum and instruction; this is understandable in a field logically belonging to the domain of curriculum and instruction. Moreover, issues of teaching and learning are compelling to people who love to learn and teach mathematics. Policy receives shorter…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Educational Policy, Rural Education, Multicultural Education
Learning and Instruction.
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De Corte, Erik, Ed. – Learning and Instruction, 1991
Five papers on research related to learning and instruction discuss the following: subjective competence and self-assessment; development of quantitative-relational abilities from childhood to adolescence; detecting functional relations in a computerized learning environment; developmental patterns and individual differences in word-search…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Development, Competence, Computer Assisted Instruction
Conceptual Change in the Physical Sciences.
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Vosniadou, Stella, Ed.; Saljo, Roger, Ed. – Learning and Instruction, 1994
The seven articles of this theme issue bring together recent theoretical work in investigating the kind of conceptual change that occurs in the learning of the physical sciences. How conceptual change occurs and the implications for science instruction are considered. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Concept Formation, Educational Theories
Learning and Instruction (Journal Title).
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Saljo, Roger, Ed. – Learning and Instruction, 1994
The four articles in this journal present a case study of reflection and communication in learning mathematics; an examination of elaborative interrogation; a study of effects of learning style, study tasks, and instruction; and an assessment of argumentative skills among Finnish university students. (SLD)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Style, College Students, Communication (Thought Transfer)