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T.H.E. Journal
December 2000 |
Online Test Prep Tutoring SkillsTutor.com has launched its new Internet curriculum program, SkillsTutor. This Web-based program is designed to support mastery of core skills and prepare students to take state and national standardized tests...   |
Information Today
October 20, 2015 |
EBSCO Introduces Resource for College and Career Readiness EBSCO Information Services launched the PrepSTEP online learning platform to help students build the skills they need for college and career readiness. |
T.H.E. Journal
December 2001
Rob Foshay |
Testing, Testing -- Does Anybody Know Why? The purpose of all testing should be to help instructors improve their teaching and to help learners progress. Yet, all too often, that seems to be the least important purpose for tests. The author, an officer of a testing company, shows how his product can help... |
T.H.E. Journal
August 18, 2009
Scott Aronowitz |
Algebra Prep App Comes to iPhone Pearson has announced the availability of the new AlgebraPrep: Factoring application at the Apple App Store. Designed for use on the iPhone and iPod Touch, the application offers supplemental help to algebra students in the form of video tutorials and practice tests. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2002 |
Web-Based Instructional Program Helps Advance American Indians in Arizona Native Americans for Community Action (NACA), a health and human services agency in Flagstaff that serves primarily off-reservation American Indians, has gone well beyond traditional methods of learning by offering its clients self-paced instruction over the Internet. |
T.H.E. Journal
September 9, 2009
Jennifer Demski |
Learning to Speak Math The presence of a bilingual educator is proving pivotal to the success of technology initiatives aimed at developing Spanish-speaking students' grasp of both the concepts and the language of mathematics. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 18, 2009
Ruth Reynard |
The Suitability of Technology-based Education for Skills Development Skill development now refers not only to specific technical skills for specific vocations but to the development of workplace skills (or competencies) and personal development skills as well. |
Registered Rep.
December 19, 2011
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
8 Facts You Didn't Know About the ACT and SAT In honor of test-taking season, here are some valuable statistics to know about the two tests. |
Information Today
May 14, 2015 |
Gale Helps Middle School Students With Information Literacy Gale launched Research In Context, an online, multimedia (images, audio, video, and primary sources, etc.) research tool for middle school students. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 17, 2010
Ruth Reynard |
Real-Time Technology in Middle School Language Instruction Recently, I interviewed a German language middle school teacher and she shared with me her uses for Web 2.0 tools in foreign language instruction. |
HBS Working Knowledge
May 21, 2014
Michael Blanding |
CORe: HBS Powers Up Online Program on Business Fundamentals Harvard Business School's new online primer on the fundamentals of business aims to translate some of the School's unique classroom teaching methods to the Web. |
T.H.E. Journal
January 28, 2010
Scott Aronowitz |
Wisconsin District To Launch Online School Howard-Suamico School District of Green Bay, WI, has announced it will partner with Kaplan Virtual Education to launch Bay Port iAcademy to provide full- and part-time online education opportunities to middle school and high school students throughout the state. |
T.H.E. Journal
February 2009 |
Student Attitudes: Online Learning Students participating in a survey reveal their opinions about online learning courses. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 7, 2009
Ruth Reynard |
More Challenges with Wikis: 4 Ways To Move Students from Passive to Active Wikis are truly powerful tools to support collaboration. However, teachers are the central engager and the one who keeps the process moving forward. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 1, 2009 |
Technology's Impact on Effective Teaching Strategies Much is significantly different when online tools are used in instruction simply because the contexts of learning and tools used, as well as modes of delivery, differ so greatly. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 17, 2010
David Nagel |
Snapshot: Students Want Online Learning High school students seem to be overwhelmingly in favor of online instruction as a component of their educations. |
Information Today
August 23, 2010 |
Cengage Learning Enhances CengageBrain.com The website, which allows students to purchase or rent textbooks, ebooks, or individual echapters and download study tools, features a more intuitive interface for students |
T.H.E. Journal
September 2, 2009
Ruth Reynard |
5 Ways We're Diminishing Learning by Assuming Face-to-Face Instruction Is Best Face-to-face instruction is often assumed to be the proven method, while other methods have yet to prove themselves. This assumption is not only misleading, but it might also be helping to diminish potential opportunities of better learning for our students. |
T.H.E. Journal
September 1, 2010
Jennifer Demski |
They're Taking Requests: Student Techs Command the Help Desk Varun Kumar, the technology coordinator at William Cullen Bryant High School in Queens, NY, has it good. His workforce consists of Bryant High students, members of the Mouse Squad, a student-based IT support program. |
D-Lib
Jul/Aug 2010
Markey et al. |
The Benefits of Integrating an Information Literacy Skills Game into Academic Coursework: A Preliminary Evaluation BiblioBouts seeks to satisfy student requests for a gaming experience directly integrated into their current coursework. |
T.H.E. Journal
August 27, 2009
Bridget McCrea |
Breaking Through Reading Barriers After using a tech-based reading program with struggling readers and special education students, fourth-grade inclusion teacher Ashlee Ritzko witnessed a new phenomenon: Students that were reluctant or resistant readers were suddenly excited about reading the novels. |
T.H.E. Journal
April 2004 |
MathFacts in a Flash MathFacts in a Flash is a software program that addresses assessment and instruction with more than 40 levels of different math skills. |
T.H.E. Journal
May 14, 2009
Ruth Reynard |
Technology's Impact on Learning Outcomes: Can It Be Measured? The ongoing debate on the effectiveness of technology use for student learning outcomes still seems to have no clear answers. |
CRM
May 2014
Maria Minsker |
The Evolution of the MBA What business schools are doing to better prepare your future employees. |
Registered Rep.
September 19, 2014
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
The College Illusion Are your clients, who could be paying as much as a quarter of a million dollars to send one child to college, getting their money's worth? |
T.H.E. Journal
September 2005 |
TechLiteracy Assessment TechLiteracy Assessment combines multiple-choice questions and performance-based items to measure and report a student's mastery of foundational technology skills. |
Chemistry World
September 1, 2014
Bibiana Campos Seijo |
Developments in chemical education The author exposes developments that occur when chemistry students make informative social media videos and make use of alternative publishing strategies. |
T.H.E. Journal
September 30, 2009
David Nagel |
States Look To Raise Reading Proficiency in Title I Schools The United States Department of Education is awarding $6.61 million in grants to eight states to help improving reading achievement among poorer students. |
T.H.E. Journal
May 2005
Margaret Bowerman |
Successful Strategies for Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners Technology is the perfect tool for providing learners of all abilities the opportunity to achieve. Suggestions about using technology throughout the curriculum and student assessment are provided. |
T.H.E. Journal
July 1, 2009
David Nagel |
Meta-Analysis: Is Blended Learning Most Effective? The United States Department of Education reported recently that it's found some evidence to support the notion that blended learning is more effective than either face to face or online learning by themselves. |
Chemistry World
April 24, 2012
David Smith |
Skills for students Practical Skills in Chemistry, by John Dean could offer any undergraduate a way to develop all of the skills of a fine chemist. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 14, 2009
David Nagel |
Study: Games, Video Improve Preschooler Literacy A new study has shown that educational videos and interactive games can have a positive impact on preschooler literacy when incorporated into the curriculum in a classroom setting. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 1, 2010
Paul Tullis |
An 'A' in Abstractions In Tucson's Catalina Foothills School District, educators and administrators have decided to go all in on 21st century skills, and in so doing have revamped every subject area from K through 12. |
Job Journal
October 7, 2012 |
In a Tough Job Market, Soft Skills are Essential The skills employers value go well beyond technical expertise or your college degree, and it can improve your competitiveness to point out the `soft skills' you'd bring to a job. These valuable traits and abilities deserve a mention if you can back it up. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2011
Paul Muhlrad |
Irving Epstein: Better Living Through Chemistry (Class) It will require a change in mindset for chemistry faculty if we are going to get students into chemistry because they want to be, rather than because they have to be. |
HHMI Bulletin
Aug 2011 |
Michelle Withers: Extolling the Teacher-Scientist I create learning activities so students come up with their own answers. I need to figure out what questions will get them there. How can I guide them to figure it out? |
T.H.E. Journal
April 2009
Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
Mind the Gap The newest Speak Up survey shows a disconnect between student and educator views on learning that must be addressed. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010
Jeanne Erdmann |
Weeklong Program Turns High School Students Toward Careers In Medicine High school students participating in the weeklong Maps in Medicine Program at the University of Missouri, Columbia. Over the next few days they will use the Internet, pore over x-rays and CT scans, and learn how doctors diagnose illnesses by facing a problem one well-researched step at a time. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 25, 2007
Ferdig & Boyer |
Can Game Development Impact Academic Achievement? Having students develop games has shown tremendous promise for motivating students, building conceptual knowledge, and improving content knowledge acquisition. |
Information Today
November 5, 2015 |
McGraw-Hill Education Studies Students and Technology Students see greater potential for technology in college than is currently being used. |
T.H.E. Journal
July 15, 2009
Ruth Reynard |
Beyond Social Networking: Building Toward Learning Communities Social networking is only the beginning of a longer and more complex process of socially constructed learning and ultimately collaboration and knowledge building. |
The Motley Fool
October 28, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
Why Banks Paid Millions to Get on Campus A Fed report discloses who paid how much to gain access to college borrowers. |
National Defense
August 2010
Cynthia D. Miller |
Classroom Perspective: Teachers Speak Out About STEM Three science, technology, mathematics and engineering teachers in different education systems talk about their efforts to attract students to these fields. |
