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Wayfinding essays - 0 views

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    From Polynesian Voyaging Society, a Hawai'i-based organization dedicated to reaffirming the commitment to undertake voyages of discovery, this page offers links to several essays that look at wayfinding, or non-instrument navigation. See See polynesian_wayfinding tag for related links.
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Accelerated Learning Project (ALP) - 0 views

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    ALP, developed at the Community College Baltimore County, is an innovative approach to basic writing programs that accelerates basic writing students through their developmental writing course and ENG 101 in one semester.
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Experience and education - 0 views

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    Dewey, J. Experience and education. Macmillan, 1938/1939. Dewey's concise statement of his ideas about the needs, problems and possibilities of education.
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Experience and education (summary) - 0 views

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    500 word summary of the work by J. Dewey.
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Academic transformation: the road to college success - 0 views

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    By De Sellers, Dochen, Hodges, published by Prentice Hall in 2004. This text helps students to build learning strategies.
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National Association for Developmental Education (NADE) - 0 views

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    NADE seeks to improve the theory and practice of developmental education at all levels.
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ACCUPLACER - 0 views

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    College Board ACCUPLACER tests provide students with useful information about academic skills in math, English, and reading. Resource for students from The College Board
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Cooperative learning - 0 views

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    Unsigned article describing cooperative learning. Includes references and links. From the Education Technology Training Center at Kennesaw State University. A "teaching strategy in which small teams, each with students of different levels of ability, use a variety of learning activities to improve their understanding of a subject."
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Real writing - 0 views

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    This is the companion site to Susan Anker's Real writing (4th Edition). The site contains student resources (exercises and advice) as well as resources for writing faculty.
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Learning together and alone: cooperative, competitive, and individualistic learning - 0 views

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    by David W. Johnson, Roger T. Johnson. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1994. Goal structures, interaction among students, and instructional outcomes; basic elements of cooperative learning.
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Southern Center for Active Learning Excellence (Scale Institute) - 0 views

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    Located at Patrick Henry Community College, the Center emphasizes active learning and cooperative learning.
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WritePlacer - 0 views

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    Published by the College Board, WritePlacer Guide with Sample Essays, part of the ACCUPLACER (R) program.
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Implicit theories of intelligence predict achievement across adolescent transition: a l... - 0 views

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    By Blackwell, Trzesniewski, and Dweck. Published in Child Development, January/Feburary 2007, v 78, #1, pp 246-263. Findings support mediational model and interventions for students.
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Smilkstein, Dr. Rita - 0 views

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    Smilkstein writes on "brain-compatible" teaching. Her best-known publications, Born to learn (2003) and Igniting student potential (2007) are both described on this site, along with a "Natural human learnings process guidelines" document for educators.
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Constructivism: Vygotsky and the internet - 0 views

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    A discussion of Vygotsky (also known as Vykotsky) and theories of Constructivism from MathForum. Includes links to other references.
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Vygotsky, excerpts from "Thought and language" and "Mind and society" - 0 views

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    Google Books excerpt of Language, literacy, and learning in educational practice: a reader by Stierer and Maybin, see pp 45-58. This excerpt includes Vygotsky's work on proximal development. Also known as Vykotsky.
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bell hooks on education - 0 views

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    This entry, by Burke and published in the Encyclopedia of Informal Education, describes hooks' theories and the evolution of her thinking about education, 2004.
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Center for Teaching and Learning, LaGuardia Community College - 0 views

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    The center works with faculty and studies pedagogy as well as examining practice. See lagcc tag for related bookmarks.
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Literacy autobiography - 0 views

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    Description of how to teach Literacy Autobiography, as well as the instructor's reflection on what was and was not successful in his/her own teaching. From the Western Kentucky University (WKU) Writing Project; resources for Middle School and Secondary Teachers.
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Accidental poetry: a literacy autobiography - 0 views

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    By Carol Case, part of the National Writing Project site. Originally published in The Quarterly, Vol 22 #4, Fall 2000. This is an example of a literacy autobiography. A PDF is available via link on this page.
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