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Bass, Randy; Rosenzweig, Roy – 1999
This paper discusses the implementation of technology in social studies education. The first section addresses reasons why technology is used in social studies education, including the goal of making the social studies classroom a site of active learning and critical thinking. The second section describes three frameworks for using technology to…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Computer Uses in Education, Critical Thinking, Educational Technology
Bass, Ronald K.; And Others – 1978
This discussion of the current state of the art in the field of instructional development includes an integration of the points made by the authors of Chapters 1-12 in the book, "Instructional Development: The State of the Art, Volume I," together with additional material. A discussion of professional organizations, journals, and…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Educational Change, Educational Technology, Instructional Development
Bass, Willard P.; And Others – 1971
The Bordertown Dormitory Program, providing Navajo students with experience in attending schools in off-reservation communities with non-Indian children, was evaluated in terms of the success of students; adequacy of dormitory and school facilities and programs; attitudes of students, parents, school personnel, and townspeople toward the program;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Community Attitudes, Dormitories
Jackson, Philip W.; And Others – 1993
This book offers a generalized way of examining the moral significance of what occurs in classrooms, with a focus on analyzing classroom interactions from a symbolic/expressive point of view. The book's ideas were derived from the Moral Life of Schools Project, a 2-year study that investigated the ways in which moral considerations permeate the…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Techniques
2000
This comprehensive reader features 24 chapters in 5 primary areas of educational research. Part One, "Leadership, Management, and Organizational Behavior," demonstrates that leadership has a strong conceptual basis that is basic in all human situations. It contains 6 articles: "The Nature of Leadership" (J. Gardner); "Give…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Leadership, Minority Groups
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Klingner, Janette K.; Vaughn, Sharon; Boardman, Alison; Swanson, Elizabeth – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2012
Collaborative Strategic Reading is an innovative new approach to teaching reading that weaves together two instructional programs: cooperative learning and reading comprehension strategy instruction. In small groups, students work through the four main steps-Preview, "Click and Clunk," Get the Gist, and Wrap Up-helping each other improve…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency, Reading Consultants
Kouzes, James M.; Posner, Barry Z. – 1999
This book is written to assist people to lead others in getting extraordinary things done. The basic message is that the best leaders care. This is not about being soft or a cheerleader. In chapter 1, the research to support this point of view is examined. In chapter 2, a classic case study to illustrate the seven essentials of encouraging the…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education, Administrators, Elementary Secondary Education
Rudd, Rima E.; Moeykens, Barbara A.; Colton, Tayla C. – Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999
In this chapter, the authors share their examination of the medical and public health literature regarding links between health and literacy and identify trends in research and practice. They note the connection between educational attainment and health, as education may influence lifestyle behaviors, problem-solving abilities and values. In…
Descriptors: Health Education, Educational Attainment, Public Health, Patients
Sarason, Seymour B. – 1990
Schools have been intractable to change and the attainment of goals set by reformers. A major failure has been the inability of reformers to confront this intractability. As a result, each new wave of reform learns nothing from earlier efforts and comes up with recommendations that have failed in the past. Nine chapters explore why reform efforts…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
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Bass, Barry A.; And Others – Psychological Reports, 1974
Results of an investigation to determine if differential study habits between internal and external individuals could be a significant factor in the link between locus of control and academic achievement indicate that the study habits are an important factor. (Author/KM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Grade Point Average, Locus of Control
Oakes, Jeannie; Quartz, Karen Hunter; Ryan, Steve; Lipton, Martin – 2000
Education reform based on technical and rational processes often short-circuits reform because it is uncontentious, abstract, and provides educators with no legitimate ways to question the marketplace values and policies that drive much contemporary school reform. The perspective referred to as "betterment" is an alternative reform that…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Citizenship Responsibility, Democratic Values, Educational Change
Hyman, Irwin A. – 1997
The research on discipline is synthesized and presented in a highly readable form making the case against corporal punishment of children. The negative results are presented through examples. Although popular opinion on the subject of hitting has shifted so that many parents as well as educators and therapists realize the connection between…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Anger, Child Abuse, Child Development
Bass, Bernard M., Ed.; Avolio, Bruce J., Ed. – 1994
This book shows how transformational leadership is expected to contribute to an organization's efforts to improve its operations and the best use of its human resources. The concepts of transactional and transformational leadership are introduced within the framework of a full-range model of leadership. This model is applied to research,…
Descriptors: Human Resources, Informal Leadership, Leadership Qualities, Management Teams
Dyer, W. Gibb, Jr. – 1992
This book presents the personal, professional, and family dilemmas that entrepreneurs face at each stage of their careers and discusses strategies to manage such problems successfully. The material was gathered in the following ways: (1) interviews with 14 entrepreneurs; (2) 70 case studies of entrepreneurial firms; (3) analysis of biographies of…
Descriptors: Adults, Business Administration, Business Education, Career Development
Trickett, Edison J., Ed.; And Others – 1994
The following essays allows for exploration of similarities and differences of diverse groups and stimulate cross-fertilization of ideas: (1) "Toward an Overarching Framework for Diversity" (Edison J. Trickett, Roderick J. Watts, and Dina Birman); (2) "Our Similarities Are Different: Toward a Psychology of Affirmative…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Definitions
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