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Download full textLehman, Michael – 1992
This publication describes several different teaching strategies employed to enhance students' understanding of mathematics, such as working in cooperative learning groups, giving presentations based on problems that were solved, and writing about solutions that were found. This innovative approach to teaching mathematics resulted in questioning…
Descriptors: Algebra, Cooperative Learning, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Innovation
Hellman, Linda – 1992
Pima County Adult Education's Workplace Education Project provided workplace education classes at 8 worksites to 322 workers. The worksites included Hughes Aircraft Company; AiResearch Tucson Division; Burr-Brown Corporation; Westward Look Hotel; Tucson Medical Center; Radisson Suite Hotel; Manufacturing & Research, Inc.; and University of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language)
Collis, K. F.; Romberg, T. A. – 1992
Problem solving has become a focus of mathematics programs in Australia in recent years, necessitating the assessment of students' problem-solving abilities. This manual provides a problem-solving assessment and teaching resource package containing four elements: (1) profiles assessment items; (2) profiles diagnostic forms for recording individual…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Diagnostic Teaching, Diagnostic Tests, Foreign Countries
Koszewski, Stephen – 1994
This study assessed the attitudes of three groups that participated in Upward Bound, a newly instituted academic advisory program at Tomball High School in Texas. It also provided a baseline of data to measure students' academic performance. The three groups, 300 high school freshmen, 115 of their parents, and 33 full time faculty, responded to…
Descriptors: Educational Counseling, High School Freshmen, High Schools, Parent Attitudes
Webster, William J. – 1998
This study reports the results of the implementation of Project SEED, a mathematics program for urban elementary school students, in five urban districts: Camden (New Jersey); Dallas (Texas); Detroit (Michigan); Indianapolis (Indiana); and the West Contra Costa Unified School District in Richmond and San Pablo (California). Students exposed to at…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Algebra, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Stolworthy, Reed L. – 1991
A study of preservice student teachers involved 19 undergraduates certified to teach mathematics by the Washburn University (Kansas) teacher preparation program from fall 1984 to fall 1989. The study examined their ability to transmit knowledge of the subject to students through methodologies designed to translate theory into practice. The…
Descriptors: Cooperating Teachers, Higher Education, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers
Thomas, R. Murray – 2000
This paper explores the practical use of risk theory in assessing people's sense of risk in relation to proposed educational development projects. It considers questions such as: How is people's behavior toward a development project influenced by their perception of the risks and benefits implied in the project? How can information about people's…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Clark Atlanta Univ., GA. – 1993
The Precollege Summer Camp Opportunity for Potential Educators (SCOPE) project was a minority recruitment and retention program designed to attract academically challenged tenth and eleventh grade students into teaching careers in mathematics and science. This three-year project offered a six-week summer camp for 50 precollege minority students in…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Career Guidance, College Admission, Cooperative Learning
Weber, James F. – 1993
An overview is provided of Arapahoe Community College's (ACC's) efforts to improve undergraduate education and the success of those efforts. After outlining changes made in the transfer, vocational education, and developmental studies programs, the report identifies new strategies that have been adopted to disseminate information about…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Accountability, Adult Education, Community Colleges
Arapahoe Community Coll., Littleton, CO. – 1994
This annual report provides an overview of Arapahoe Community College's (Colorado) efforts to improve undergraduate education and the success of those efforts as of 1993-94. After outlining changes made in the transfer, vocational education, and developmental studies programs, the report provides information on specific recommendations implemented…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Accountability, Adult Education, Community Colleges
Horan, Michael J. – 1995
Tech Prep is currently in practice in over 1,000 consortia and 5,700 schools nationwide. The skills required for employment in the future require schools to forgo traditional classroom and learning methods to implement courses where content is allied with real world living and working. However, concerns that community colleges have failed to…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Articulation (Education), Community Colleges, Core Curriculum
Petrowsky, Michael C.; And Others – 1992
A survey was conducted of economics faculty at 16 community colleges in Arizona to identify common problems in the teaching of economics and to assist in course articulation and curriculum development. The survey examined faculty attitudes and concerns about placement exams, course sequencing, prerequisites, and such instructional issues as the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Course Content, Economics
PDF pending restorationBlass, Barbara; And Others – 1992
In an effort to increase faculty use and knowledge of computers, Oakland Community College (OCC), in Michigan, developed a Summer Technology Institute (STI), and a Computer Technology Grants (CTG) project beginning in 1989. The STI involved 3-day forums during summers 1989, 1990, and 1991 to expose faculty to hardware and software applications.…
Descriptors: Algebra, Calculus, College Faculty, Community Colleges
Holladay, John M. – 1990
During winter semester 1989, Monroe County Community College (MCCC) developed a Writing Fellows program and introduced a Writing Center into the Learning Assistance Lab (LAL). Both these iniatives were part of the school's writing-across-the-curriculum (WAC) efforts which had been launched in fall 1987. Writing Fellows are specially-trained peer…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Learning Laboratories, Newsletters, Peer Teaching
Dearn, Ceri; And Others – 1995
The works reported in this book represent a second phase to a 2-day summer conference that focused on assessment in mathematics and science classrooms. This book presents research and findings of a subset of the conference participants who investigated a self-selected aspect of assessment in their educational environments. Action research was the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Alternative Assessment, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
