This paper is a summary of an empirical study which evaluated the mathematical knowledge and progress of children with special needs in the first year of school. Emphasis was placed on the question “does the teaching method influence progress in mathematical skills?”. Following the results of the study, current approaches to initial mathematical teaching for special education are considered que...

During the past few decades, major advances in the fıelds of cognitive psychology, brain research, and discipline-based education research in college science classrooms are providing guiding principles for how to achieve learning of complex knowledge and skills such as science. In part I, we describe the nature of expertise and how it is learned, primarily based on the fındings of cognitive psy...

In an effort to increase female student interest in computing we applied and evaluated an interdisciplinary approach at a suburban high school in eastern Los Angeles County, California. Three classes, an IB Environmental Science class, an AP Environmental Science class, and a Computer Science were surveyed to assess attitude changes toward information technology. Results indicated gender differ...

The same forces are raising the position of teaching and learning methods on the institutional agendas of most universities and other higher education organisations. A declining unit of teaching resource has put the spotlight on teaching methods because teaching staff costs are a high proportion of total costs within universities. Greater focus on, and publicity about, performance indicators of...

In this paper a model to integrate the technology of tutoring systems to existing virtual reality training systems is described. The training systems are devoted to dangerous activities for energized line maintenance in the electrical domain. The systems are already in use and have impacted positively the traditional training method, which was based on classroom classes and camp training. The s...

Recent advances in technology have brought major changes in pedagogy methods. Distance Learning (DL) has emerged as an innovative teaching method and it is becoming very popular in today’s education. We study a business simulation game in a DL environment and examine the learning outcomes and benefits of using the game in this environment. We also compare our test results to a game conducted in...

The method is derived from the Greek word "methodos" (Metha-to, odos way) and is defined as the way forward to reaching the goals. Recently, the method has been perceived as the teachers’ means to help students find their own way to rediscover the world around them. In other words, the teaching method is the model or set of procedures or methods organized for implementing the operations underly...

Many scholars have listed the problems that prevent organizations’ employees to attend face to face training methods. Additionally, they have presented Information and Communication Technology (ICT) especially distance learning system as important way to overcome these obstacles. However, they did not depend on empirical studies to mention those problems and to compare between traditional train...

Compared with public undergraduate universities, the overall quality of students in Zhejiang Shuren University is relatively lower. Students learn SCM curriculum difficultly. In order to solve the problem, the teaching reform of SCM curriculum is researched to improve students’ initiative learning. Based on the actual situation, the contents of teaching reform such as curricular system construc...

This case focuses on the challenges of delivering Western-style MBA programs in emerging markets, looking at the experience of the Researcher in teaching and assessing courses within management programs (especially in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management) and in thesis and dissertation research and writing. The case considers: cultural differences, learning style differences, l...