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The
Ocean
World
site
has
a
wide
variety
of
information
regarding
the
ocean.
Established
by
Texas
A
and
M
University's
Jason
Project,
Ocean
World
provides
a
wealth
of
information
on
weather,
forams,
icebergs,
fisheries,
coral
reefs,
waves,
El
Nino,
currents
and
more.
The
site
contains
information
for
both
students
and
teachers.
The
teacher
section
of
the
site
contains
background
information
on
all
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The
System
Dynamics
in
Education
Project
(SDEP)
at
the
Massachusetts
Institute
of
Technology
is
a
group
dedicated
promoting
and
teaching
system
dynamics
and
learner-centered
learning
in
education.
System
dynamics
is
a
method
for
studying
the
world
around
us.
It
deals
with
understanding
how
complex
systems
change
over
time,
and
how
internal
feedback
loops
within
the
structure
of
the
system
influence
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This chapter from the book "Tools for Teaching" covers the first day of class from an experienced teacher's perspective. It offers a collection of suggestions and techniques on getting started, taking care of administrative tasks, and setting standards and expectations. These suggestions are useful to teachers of any level, teaching any subject.
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The
complete
report
from
Richard
Hake's
long-term
study
of
interactive
engagement
(IE)
techniques
and
their
effect
on
the
understanding
of
physics
by
non-physics
majors.
The
study
analyzed
diverse
student
populations
in
high
schools,
colleges,
and
universities
and
used
pre-
and
post-instruction
testing
to
determine
the
gains
in
each
group.
IE
techniques
were
shown
to
improve
student's
understanding
...
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This resource is the basis for :
Conservation Ecology: Lessons from the physics education reform effort -
http:/
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MIT
System
Dynamics
Education
Project
developed
Road
Maps,
a
series
of
self-guides,
modeling
and
selected
literature
to
help
students
and
teachers
learn
the
principles
of
system
dynamics.
This
site
is
part
of
that
project,
and
provides
listings
of
articles
and
othe
webpages
containing
discussion
of
Road
Maps
publications.
Road
Maps
are
a
series
of
self-guides
that
use
modeling
exercises
and
selected
...
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This
is
an
abstract
for
a
paper
that
reports
on
a
general
strategy
for
making
the
learning
environment
in
large
(and
small)
lectures
more
effective
by
increasing
student
involvement.
Researchers
have
used
and
evaluated
the
effectiveness
of
Microcomputer-Based
Interactive
Lecture
Demonstrations
(ILDs)
in
introductory
physics
lectures
since
1989
and
have
found
them
to
be
very
successful
for
teaching
...
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This
pdf
article
discusses
the
need
for
teaching
systems
thinking
and
critical
thinking
skills.
Systems
thinking
and
systems
dynamics
are
important
for
developing
effective
strategies
to
close
the
gap
between
the
interdependent
nature
of
our
problems
and
our
ability
to
understand
them.
This
article
calls
for
a
clearer
view
of
the
nature
of
systems
thinking
and
the
education
system
into
which
it
must
...
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This
site,
written
by
the
Writing
Center
at
Colorado
State
University,
is
an
overview
of
using
peer
review
in
the
classroom.
It
provides
information
on
planning
for
peer
review,
helping
students
make
effective
comments,
helping
students
handle
divergent
advice,
sample
worksheet
and
additional
information.
This
is
a
very
useful
site
for
an
instructor
hoping
to
implement
the
use
of
peer
review
in
any
...
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This
journal
article
published
at
the
October
2000
Frontiers
in
Education
Conference
discusses
strategies
and
mechanisms
for
electronic
peer
review.
It
outlines
a
peer-grading
system
for
review
of
student
assignments
over
the
World-Wide
Web
called
Peer
Grader.
The
system
allows
authors
and
reviewers
to
communicate
and
authors
to
update
their
submissions.
This
system
facilitates
collaborative
learning
...
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This
pdf
article
in
EDUCAUSE
Review
discusses
the
use
of
information
technology
(IT)
to
improve
educational
outcomes.
The
article
outlines
why
technology
does
not
always
work
to
improve
educational
outcomes
and
provides
suggestions
of
how
use
IT
investments
to
improve
educational
outcomes.
EDUCAUSE
is
a
nonprofit
association
whose
mission
is
to
advance
higher
education
by
promoting
the
intelligent
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