Enhancing Teaching and Learning: Libraries and Open Educational Resources in the Classroom     

Erin Davis  Dory Cochran  Britt Fagerheim  Becky Thoms 《Public Services Quarterly》2016,12(1):22-35

Academic libraries continually adjust services to adapt to the ever-changing landscape in higher education. In response to the broken textbook market, libraries are becoming actively involved in the open educational resources (OER) movement. Although there is not a formal program in place, librarians at Utah State University explored a collaborative approach to integrate OER in faculty members' courses. One goal of the effort was to work closely with faculty to consider course objectives and learning outcomes when evaluating and incorporating OER. This article identifies a streamlined process for targeting courses most suited for OER adoption and outlines a process of collaborating with teaching faculty to integrate relevant OER. The paper includes a detailed workflow that other libraries can easily adapt to make OER part of their faculty outreach toolkit.  相似文献   

Instructing adolescents with learning disabilities: converting a meta-analysis to practice     

Swanson HL  Deshler D 《Journal of learning disabilities》2003,36(2):124-35; discussion 149-50

A previous meta-analysis indicated that eight instructional factors--Questioning, Sequencing and Segmentation, Skill Modeling, Organization and Explicit Practice, Small-Group Setting, Indirect Teacher Activities (e.g., homework), Technology, and Scaffolding-captured the majority of successful intervention programs for adolescents with learning disabilities (LD). Most important was the Organization/Explicit factor, which contributed significant variance (16%) to effect size. This factor included two important instructional components: advance organization and explicit practice. In this article, we convert these findings into practical guidelines to direct instructional practice.  相似文献   

Observed Implementation of a Science Professional Development Program for K-8 Classrooms     

Becky Barton Sinclair  Gilbert Naizer  Cynthia Ledbetter 《Journal of Science Teacher Education》2011,22(7):579-594

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Stimulant medication and reading performance: follow-up on sustained dose in ADHD boys with and without conduct disorders.     

S R Forness  J M Swanson  D P Cantwell  D Youpa  G L Hanna 《Journal of learning disabilities》1992,25(2):115-123

The study examined the sustained effects of methylphenidate on reading performance in a sample of 42 boys, aged 8 to 11, with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Two subgroups were formed based on the presence or absence of co-occurring conduct disorders. Subjects were selected on the basis of their positive response to methylphenidate as determined in a series of original medication trials (Forness, Cantwell, Swanson, Hanna, & Youpa, 1991). For the purpose of this study, subjects were placed on their optimal dose of medication for a 6-week period and then tested on measures of oral reading and reading comprehension equivalent to those used in the original trials, retested after a week without medication (placebo), then tested again the following week after return to medication. Only the subgroup with conduct disorders responded, and this response was limited to reading comprehension improvement in only those subjects who also demonstrated improvement in oral reading on original trials. No response differences were found between subjects with or without learning disabilities.  相似文献   

Sustaining and retaining beginning special educators: It takes a village     

Rebecca Swanson Gehrke  Kathleen McCoy 《Teaching and Teacher Education》2007

The need to support and retain beginning teachers has become critical given: (1) the shortage of teachers in certain disciplines, and (2) the current emphasis on teacher qualifications and student achievement. In this study, five first year special education teachers in the southwestern section of the United States provided information on the persons and activities that supplied them with much needed and valued support. The results indicate that having a strong network of support and a variety of resources positively influenced these teachers’ ability to focus on student learning and on their intent to remain in their positions.  相似文献   

Revitalizing Communication and Information Policy Research     

Milton Mueller  Becky Lentz 《The Information Society》2004,20(3):155-157

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Is your training department out of control?     

Catherine M. Sleezer  Richard A. Swanson 《Performance Improvement》1989,28(5):22-26

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Motivational orientations,views about the purpose of education,and intellectual styles     

Mark D. Kroll 《Psychology in the schools》1988,25(3):338-343

College students' motivational orientations toward learning and their views concerning the purpose of education were examined in relation to various intellectual styles. Task orientation (wherein one's goal is to increase understanding or mastery) was found to be positively associated with Tolerance for Ambiguity, Thoughtfulness, and Open-Mindedness. Ego orientation (wherein one's goal is to outperform others) was negatively associated with Tolerance for Ambiguity, Thoughtfulness, Complexity, and Individualism. Moreover, the views that school's purpose should be to promote understanding and achievement motivation tended to be positively associated with these traits, but the view that school should promote one's wealth and status was not associated with these traits.  相似文献   

Secrecy and lying     

Richard A. Swanson 《Performance Improvement》1983,22(7):1-2

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Analysis of process and troubleshooting work behavior     

Richard A. Swanson  Gary R. Sisson 《Performance Improvement》1983,22(2):19-22

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