1 Vicente Colomer Romero, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Department, Polytechnic School of Alcoy, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Paseo del Viaducto, 1 CP.38001 Alcoy, SPAIN , [email protected] 2 Samuel Sánchez Caballero, Polytechnic School of Alcoy, Polytechnic University of Valencia, [email protected] 3 T. Vicente Esquerdo Lloret, Polytechnic School of Alcoy, Polytechnic Universit...

In the educational scenario, Project-Based Learning appears as the main teaching method addressed to develop active learners by developing symbolic learning and critical thinking by adapting students to the current challenges of society. This adaptation supposes to develop many cognitive processes that influence on the development of language and thinking which are considering 21st century skil...

Explores the extent to which computer-assisted teaching facilitates the learning of basic mathematical concepts and skills in children with Down Syndrome (DS). Two groups of DS children were trained in the teaching of counting and cardinality abilities and concepts on the same material. One, taught by using mathematical multimedia software, the other learned using pencil-paper-based tasks. Both...

In 1997 the Ministry of Education launched a Programme for the Development of Educational Technologies (PSTD) having as its main stated goals: the provision of infrastructures to schools (PCs, internet connections, etc.); the improvement of teachers’ professional skills in using ICT; the improvement of effectiveness of learning and teaching methods and content; and the promotion of the use of I...

Many people reason poorly, by almost any measure of reasoning. Although there is evidence that people can be taught to think critically, educators don’t really know how. They don’t know what works, what doesn’t, or why. This report describes the Monash Critical Thinking Study – a three year project to investigate the effectiveness of a number of teaching methods for improving critical thinking....

This paper provides a brief overview of an implicit training method used for teaching autonomous agents to represent humans in 3D Virtual Worlds without any explicit training efforts being required.

PURPOSE Conventional medical curriculum is the rule of medical teaching in Greek Medical Schools. Medical students are often taught irrelevant details with little or no reference to their potential clinical significance. Alternatively, integrated teaching warrants that the complete teaching material is covered by each faculty member not considering areas of personal expertise. The aim of this s...

remedial teaching methods pdf The curriculum of remedial teaching was for children to like learning English.Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University. remedial teaching in english pdf Remedial or developmental courses are the most common policy instruments.students, the lack of prior knowledge is too large and remedial teaching before entering a programme is neces...

Teaching constitutes part of a psychiatrist's work. The essential determinants of best practice in psychiatric education as well as proven teaching methods are still lacking. The authors have presented the application of the Delphi technique to under- and postgraduate teaching programmes in diverse fields of medical knowledge. The Delphi method is based on systematic and anonymous refinement of...