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This is the online version of the book "Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards: A Guide for Teaching and Learning." Published by the National Academies Press, the book is presented complete with text and images, is browseable in a variety of ways, and has a PDF version for easy printing. A hardcopy version is also available for purchase from the site.
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In
this
article
from
the
Journal
of
Distance
Education,
the
results
of
an
interpretive
study
conducted
among
adult
learners
engaged
in
online
study
present
an
intensive
look
at
students'
interaction
with
online
community.
The
study
addressed
the
questions,
what
types
of
relationships
were
established
within
learning
groups,
how
did
students
feel
about
their
presence
in
this
type
of
learning
environment
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This
publication,
part
of
an
8-part
series
of
essays
originally
published
by
The
Professional
&
Organizational
Development
Network
in
Higher
Education,
addresses
the
topic
of
how
goal-directed
teaching
and
learning
can
be
more
effective
and
satisfying
for
both
faculty
and
students.
The
essay
discusses
the
following
three
points:
make
teaching
goals
explicit
and
compare
them
with
colleagues'
goals,
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This
site
offers
the
Teaching
Goals
Inventory
(TGI)
online,
a
self-assessment
of
instructional
goals
for
college
and
university
instructors.
The
purpose
of
the
TGI
is
threefold:
to
help
teachers
become
more
aware
of
what
they
want
to
accomplish
in
individual
courses;
to
help
faculty
locate
classroom
assessment
techniques
that
they
can
adapt
and
use
to
assess
how
well
they
are
achieving
their
teaching
...
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This
site
is
part
of
a
step-by-step
process
which
explores
the
design
elements
of
a
web
lesson.
The
aim
of
this
essay
is
to
make
teachers
aware
of
the
considerations
of
learning
goals
that
will
influence
the
shape
of
their
course,
and
to
emphasize
that
the
key
to
developing
effective
technology-based
learning
activities
is
to
start
with
clear
goals
about
desired
outcomes.
The
site
also
provides
a
...
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This
site
features
an
excerpt
from
Dr.
Jamie
McKenzie's
book,
Beyond
Technology:
Questioning,
Research
and
the
Information
Literate
School
Community.
The
featured
chapter
is
on
the
use
of
scaffolding
techniques
in
an
electronic
context
to
organize
and
support
student
investigation
or
inquiry,
and
how
it
helps
keep
students
focused
on
whatever
issue,
problem
or
question
is
driving
a
research
project.
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This
site
presents
a
brief
definition
of
scaffolding
and
example
of
its
usefulness
in
media
education.
Published
by
the
Media
Awareness
Network,
the
summary
was
adapted
from
a
posting
to
their
listserv
by
educator
Bakari
Chavanu.
He
defines
scaffolding
as
developing
a
unit
of
study
through
a
set
sequence
of
four
steps,
which
are
listed.
He
also
provides
an
example
of
how
the
steps
of
scaffolding
would
...
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This
article
recounts
how
students
in
teacher
Joe
Banaszynski's
classes
at
Lance
Middle
School
in
Kenosha,
Wisconsin
used
scaffolding
to
conduct
a
research
project
about
the
American
Revolution.
The
article
describes
the
step-by-step
process
and
how
using
scaffolding
techniques
created
different
results
than
past
activities
and
lessons
about
the
same
subject.
The
article
also
presents
the
definition
...
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This
site
is
the
homepage
for
the
Center
for
the
Study
of
Higher
Education
at
the
University
of
Melbourne,
Australia.
It
provides
a
multitude
of
resources
for
responding
effectively
to
new
issues
in
student
assessment.
The
ideas
and
strategies
are
focused
on
the
practical
educational
issues
surrounding
the
purposes
and
design
of
student
assessment
and
reporting,
in
particular
the
way
in
which
assessment
...
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Visualizations
allow
students
to
think
and
learn
new
concepts
by
giving
them
tools
once
only
accessible
to
experts.
The
Center
for
Innovative
Learning
Technologies
(CILT)
Visualization
and
Modeling
(VisMod)
theme
team
supports
the
design
and
use
of
visualizations
in
K-14
education.
The
VisMod
team
has
centered
on
five
visualization
focus
areas,
disseminated
visualization
information
through
seminars
...
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