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Roberson, Sam – Education, 2014
The work of schools is teaching and learning. However, the current educational culture is dominated by three characteristics: (1) the mechanistic view of organization and its practice based on the assembly line model where students progress along a value added conveyor; (2) the predominance of the Essentialist philosophy of education, in which the…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Models, Educational Change, Change Strategies
Kinne, Lenore J.; Faulkner, Shawn A. – Education, 2012
Teacher work sample methodology is a form of performance assessment that requires the teacher to describe, analyze, and reflect on student assessment data to improve both instruction and student learning. Some teacher preparation programs have adopted teacher work sample methodology as a means of teaching teacher candidates to gather and analyze…
Descriptors: Performance Tests, Performance Based Assessment, Teaching Methods, Work Sample Tests
Schumacher, Phyllis; Kennedy, Kristin T. – Education, 2008
The following paper discusses the use of student centered teaching techniques in mathematics classes at the secondary level and at the university level. It appears that secondary mathematics teachers are more versatile than university professors in utilizing these teaching techniques in the classroom. This is partially driven by the No Child Left…
Descriptors: High Schools, Teaching Styles, Teacher Characteristics, Federal Legislation
McAllister, Brook Anne; Plourde, Lee A. – Education, 2008
Research shows that mathematically gifted students learn differently from their same age group peers. They require curriculum to be differentiated to meet their specific learning styles (Johnson, 2000). Studies have shown that formal instruction in elementary school classrooms often lacks challenge for the gifted learner since courses in regular…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Student Needs, Cognitive Style, Elementary School Students
Howard, W. C.; Rice-Crenshaw, Mary – Education, 2006
The authors collaborated to create a model of school reform that has successfully transformed a failing school into a successful school. Working as a team, they have developed a research-based system to effectively improve school performance on the South Carolina School Report Card System. It enhanced the overall quality of a failing school in the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Federal Legislation, State Standards, Educational Change