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Creating a Memory of Causal Relationships: An Integration of Empirical and Explanation-Based Learning Methods

Book by Michael J. Pazzani; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1990

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Artificial Intelligence, Learning, Memory, Occam (Computer Program Language)

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...through a common memory. The results of all learning methods are added to the hierarchy of schemata. The...schemata is used by the explanation-based learning method to constrain future learning...
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Educating for Democracy: Case-Method Teaching and Learning

Book by Robert F. McNergney, Edward R. Ducharme, Mary K. Ducharme; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1999

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Case Method, Democracy--Study And Teaching--United States--Case Studies, Teachers--Training Of--United States, Teaching--United States--Case Studies

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...time, their study via "case methods" must be, as the phrase suggests, methodical. Case methods in education--like those methods used to prepare physicians...unique variations, case-method approaches in all fields promote...democratic teaching and learning" is probably best revealed...
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Handbook of Cooperative Learning Methods

Book by Shlomo Sharan; Praeger, 1994

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Group Work In Education--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...methods other than cooperative learning when the circumstances require...lectures, individualized methods of instruction, and others. Choice of the instructional method appropriate for given aspects of classroom teaching and learning rests with the teacher. There...broad grasp of the different methods available and how they serve...
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The Politics of Ethics: Methods for Acting, Learning, and Sometimes Fighting with Others in Addressing Ethics Problems in Organizational Life

Book by Richard P. Nielsen; Oxford University Press, 1996

Subjects:

Business Ethics, Interpersonal Communication, Negotiation, Persuasion (Psychology)

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...to address. Action-learning methods combine elements of acting with elements of learning with others. That is, one can...while acting and one can act while learning. action-learning theory and method offer a framework for considering...
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Beyond Access: Methods and Models for Increasing Retention and Learning among Minority Students

Book by Steven R. Aragon; Jossey-Bass, 2000

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Community Colleges--United States, Minorities--Education (Higher)--United States, Minority College Students--United States

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...measures the learners preferred method for interacting with the environment...teachers, peers, and the learning task, persistence and willingness...the student brings to the learning situ- ation. The task engagement...processing work required by the learning task, and includes attention, participation, methods of study, fact retention...

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Journal Articles on: learning methods

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Inductive Teaching and Learning Methods: Definitions, Comparisons, and Research Bases

Journal article by Michael J. Prince, Richard M. Felder; Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 95, 2006

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Engineering, Learning, Research, Teaching methods

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...active and collaborative learning methods, both of which are...positive effects on many learning outcomes. If an inductive method is found to have a...each of the various methods. Before teaching a...using any inductive method, the instructor should write learning objectives that define...
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Simple, Individually Unique, and Context-dependent Learning Methods for Models of Human Category Learning

Journal article by Toshihiko Matsuka; Behavior Research Methods, Vol. 37, 2005

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Hypothesis testing, Optimization techniques, Psychology of learning, Stochastic models, Teaching methods

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...type of hypothesis-testing learning model, which makes it similar...However, its random search method, interpreted as unstructured...accuracies. Thus, the stochastic learning methods can result in paying attention...for real-world category-learning tasks, stochastic learning...
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The Effect of Active Learning Methods on Student Retention in Engineering Statistics

Journal article by Paul H. Kvam; The American Statistician, Vol. 54, 2000

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Experiential learning--Research, Learning, Psychology of--Research, Memory--Measurement, Statistics--Study and teaching, Teaching--Comparative method

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...the effect of the methods on the students...months. Beyond the learning method used in course...COMPARING THE TEACHING METHODS The goal of the...by the teaching method used in the course...traditional vs. active learning). To see this...no matter what method of teaching was...using active-learning methods. The only students...
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Radical Conversations: Part Two-cultivating Social-constructivist Learning Methods in Abe Classrooms

Journal article by Bill Muth, Madeline Kiser; Journal of Correctional Education, Vol. 59, 2008

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Arts festivals, College students, Colleges & universities, Data analysis, Data collection, Investment education, Learning, Literacy, Methods, Poetry, Prisons, Reading, Social interaction, Vocational education

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...risks to some prison-based learning experiences. But, for some...that conversation-based learning is seen as radical in some...exclusively individualized methods are challenged by this paper...themselves and with each other. Method This qualitative study positioned...tell their story" about learning in ABE prison classrooms...
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Does It Matter? Analyzing the Results of Three Different Learning Delivery Methods

Journal article by William N. Chernish, Agnes L. Defranco, James R. Lindner, Kim E. Dooley; Quarterly Review of Distance Education, Vol. 6, 2005

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College students, Distance learning, Instructional design, Internet, Teaching methods

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...the delivery method did not contribute...that the three methods did not contribute...any difference in learning achievement, the...of each of the methods. When the learners...instructional television method, 39% of them...primary communication method, it was expected...differed, the learning achievement level...use of various methods in delivery would...

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Magazine Articles on: learning methods

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Tuning Workers into Safety Training: To Effective Deliver a Safety Message to Employees-Regardless of the Training Method Used-It Is Important to Get Them Involved Physically and Emotionally in the Learning Process

Magazine article by Katherine Torres; Occupational Hazards, Vol. 68, November 2006

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Occupational health and safety--Methods, Occupational safety and health--Methods

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...Hazards Regardless of which method of training is employed...uncomfortable with more interactive methods of learning such as role-playing, for...model that is adjusted to the learning style of the country we are...Swan says. Determining which method to use also is contingent...
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Support Vector Machines and Kernel Methods: the New Generation of Learning Machines

Magazine article by Nello Cristianini, Bernhard Scholkopf; AI Magazine, Vol. 23, Fall 2002

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...Machines and Kernel Methods: the New Generation of Learning Machines by Nello...Journal of Machine Learning Research has a regular section for kernel methods.1 An increasing...as kernel-based learning methods continue to deliver...
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Distance Learning in Vogue: Educational Methods Adapt to Needs of Older Students

Magazine article by Kathy Blair; Anglican Journal, Vol. 126, November 2000

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Adult students, Distance education, Education, Theology

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Entire Library

Distance Learning in Vogue: Educational Methods Adapt to Needs of Older Students...to be trained for ordination are learning in company with active lay people...what they call "self-directed learning." The College of Emmanuel and...
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Evaluation Methods for Machine Learning

Magazine article by Nathalie Japkowicz, Chris Drummond, William Elazmeh, Sofus Macskassy; AI Magazine, Vol. 28, Winter 2007

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Algorithms, American Association for Artificial Intelligence, Artificial intelligence, Computer science, Performance evaluation, Workshops

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Evaluation Methods for Machine Learning...develop new machine-learning algorithms but rather...presented a projection method that allows for a quick...technologies and machine-learning evaluation. Finally...or should evaluation methods be designed on a case...the field of machine learning progressing, or have...
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Podcasting: a New Delivery Method for Faculty Development

Magazine article by Christopher Essex; Distance Learning, Vol. 3, 2006

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College faculty, Digital audio players, Digital music, Support personnel

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Podcasting: a New Delivery Method for Faculty Development by Christopher...is easily accessed and has a minimal learning curve. PODCAST PRODUCTION The first...that makes it an appropriate delivery method for the material? One answer to this...you should provide them with multiple methods of providing feedback on the show. Mention...

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Newspaper Articles on: learning methods

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Learning Method That Really Clicks; Academic Blazing Educational Trail

Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), March 9, 2010

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Elementary school students--Analysis, Elementary school students--Methods, Slumdog Millionaire (Motion picture), University of Newcastle upon Tyne

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Learning Method That Really Clicks; Academic Blazing...is designed to encourage independent learning by letting children work with computers...way. "Schools using self-organised learning centres or SOLEs to complement their...
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Report Slams Heavy Focus on School Testing; Says Methods Handcuff Teachers, Don't Boost Learning

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), May 27, 2011

Subjects:

Educational assessment--Methods, Educational assessment--Reports, Educational evaluation--Methods, Educational evaluation--Reports, National Research Council--Reports, Teachers--Methods, Teachers--Reports

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Report Slams Heavy Focus on School Testing; Says Methods Handcuff Teachers, Dont Boost Learning. Byline: Ben Wolfgang, THE WASHINGTON TIMES...policy, the government should overhaul testing methods that have handcuffed teacher creativity and...
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NEW IT LEARNING METHOD - Fast Route to New Jobs and Career Progression.; Beat IT Jobs Problem Route to a New Career

Newspaper article; Birmingham Evening Mail (England), January 6, 2000

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Broadcasting, Broadcasting industry, Computer services industry, Information technology services industry, National Broadcasting Company Inc., User training services

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

NEW IT LEARNING METHOD - Fast Route to New Jobs and...New Career. Leading IT home learning company NBC, claim their methods of teaching, linked to Microsoft...anyone can gain from structured learning coupled to commercially recognised...
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Exploring Learning; Web Site Opens Research Methods to Students

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 2, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Exploring Learning; Web Site Opens Research Methods to Students. Byline: Christian...Spaceflight Museum. Proponents of learning via Second Life see it as a way...lead to more nuanced distance-learning courses. Robert Amme, a professor...
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Cherish Our Hot Dates with Destiny; Traditional Method: Rote Learning of Dates Is an Integral Part of a History Education

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 16, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Dates with Destiny; Traditional Method: Rote Learning of Dates Is an Integral Part of...Education. Byline: Allan Massie LEARNING dates is bad for you. It puts...bad thing. They say that rote learning of important dates is turning...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: learning methods

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Language Acquisition

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...by applied linguists. People learning a second language pass through...overgeneralization, as do children learning their native language. However...new languages. Most traditional methods for learning a second language involve some...
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Adult Education

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...corresponence courses, and distance learning programs (with courses transmitted...promote education as a lifelong learning process but also to systematize the methods and philosophy of the field...Act (1973), the Lifelong Learning Act (1976), and for a broader...
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Psychology

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...sense perception , thinking, learning , cognition, emotions and...In England the empirical method employed in modern psychological...the use of the scientific method of research, and in the belief...medicine, and Freudian research methods became the foundations of...improved methods of teaching and learning. Social psychology, developed...
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Dewey, John

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...has been a leading factor in the abandonment of authoritarian methods and in the growing emphasis upon learning through experimentation and practice. In revolt against abstract learning, Dewey considered education as a tool that would enable the...
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Christian II

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the throne. He was imprisoned until his death. A gifted and educated ruler despite his despotic methods, Christian II did much to advance learning in Denmark. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press...

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