http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Sun, 19 May 2013 10:40:16 PDT Sun, 19 May 2013 10:40:16 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=90727 This interactive site allows participants to learn about skeletal anatomy by viewing the bones of a human, chimpanzee, and baboon. Users select a bone from the list of four bone types on the skeletal image, and launch the bone viewer. A detailed look at each bone from six viewing angle options is provided along with the option to select another bone or make a comparison with another species (chimpanzee or baboon). The Comparative Anatomy section enables users to make direct comparisons of bones. The material is appropriate for science teacher education as it illustrates how careful observation leads one to wonder about the dizzying beauty of a planet that works by bringing us one different creature after another. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=89485 Visual ANOVA is an interactive Flash program which demonstrates visually how variability between and within experimental groups contributes to the F ratio in the Analysis of Variance. It is not a numerical calculator; rather it visually and holistically demonstrates the relations among important concepts. Visual ANOVA is supported by online instructions and by an extensive online lecture explaining the theory behind the Analysis of Variance. The online lecture is supported by two types of assignments: 1) Online computer-graded homework, and 2) A pdf file that gives students the opportunity to do handwritten homework problems with answer keys. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=80328 Provides interactive simulations on what it is like to have a deficit in writing, reading, math, or attention. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=91408 Calibrated Peer Review (CPR) is a program, for networked computers, that enables frequent writing assignments without any increase in instructor work. In fact, CPR can reduce the time an instructor now spends reading and assessing student writing. CPR offers instructors the choice of creating their own writing assignments or using the rapidly expanding assignment library. If you believe in constructivist learning, writing is the most important tool that you have. But if you have a class of 300 students, grading essays challenges even the true believer. Calibrated Peer Review (CPR)can be used in classes of any size. CPR is based on the model of peer review in science. The student reads a document, either on-line or hard copy, then writes about it. When the student has demonstrated competence as a reviewer, the program delivers three peer documents on for review. The student answers content and style questions and assigns scores. Finally, the student does a self-review. The student grade comes from writing and reviewing. Even though the program is only in its third year, approximately 100,000 students have used it. Although CPR was designed for use in large chemistry classes, experience has shown that it can serve in many other disciplines, as well. Currently, business, chemistry, economics, English, and life science instructors are using CPR in college, graduate and professional, high schools and middle schools. CPR was developed in the Chemistry Department at U.C.L.A. with funding provided by the National Science Foundation and Howard Hughes Medical Institute. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=89254 Provides online tutoring, handouts, and interactive PowerPoint presentations on writing-related topics (incl. ESL). http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=89256 Readers theater scripts for elementary and middle school students. Suitable for ESL and native speakers of English, depending on the level http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=91357 The ASL Fingerspelling site offers a number of tools for novices and experts to help them become proficient at fingerspelling. For novices, there is a standard dictionary to learn the basic fingershapes. You can also see what a word looks like with the fingerspelling converter and practice your receptive skills with an interactive quiz. A stand-alone Macintosh program which gives you all of the features of the web site, with the addition of a speed control for various skill levels, can be down-loaded from this site. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=90751 eTEACH is a vehicle for publishing coordinated multi-media instructional materials on the World Wide Web. Logically, an eTEACH presentation consists of digital streaming video, a coordinated ?slide show?, a table of contents, and possibly optional materials and links to external web sites. The actual materials stored on the web server are an HTML frameset, associated web pages, the digital video, and associated JavaScript code, which controls and coordinates the presentation. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=89373 The Utah online Virtual Lab is a JAVA program run dynamically off a database. Instructors author a statistical virtual reality simulating theories and data in a specific research focus area by defining independent, predictor, and dependent variables and the relations among them. Students work in an online virtual environment to discover the principles of this simulated reality: they go to a library, read theoretical overviews and scientific puzzles, and then go to a lab, design a study, collect and analyze data, and write a report. A student's design and data analysis decisions are computer-graded and recorded in a database; the written research report can be read by the instructor or by other students in peer groups simulating scientific conventions. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=89959 With so many claims about education products and practices, what does it mean to be "research-based" when it comes to knowledge of the brain? Whether you want to learn about brain-based teaching methods, help students improve reading and writing skills, or explore the possibilities brain research provides, the Education Connection of BrainConnection.com is for you.