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Arpit Sharma; Susan Wright – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2025
This study examines accounting faculty perceptions of the alignment of the newly revised CPA exam with the evolving demands of the accountancy profession. Triggered by significant technological advancements and the CPA Evolution initiative, the exam now encompasses broader coverage of data analytics, information technology, and emerging…
Descriptors: Accounting, Licensing Examinations (Professions), College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes
Thomas R. Guskey, Editor; Cassandra Erkens, Contributor; Katie White, Contributor; Mandy Stalets, Contributor; Garnet Hillman, Contributor; Tim Brown, Contributor; Tom Hierck, Contributor; Tom Schimmer, Contributor; Sharon V. Kramer, Contributor; Sarah Schuhl, Contributor; Anthony R. Reibel, Contributor; Joellen Killion, Contributor – Solution Tree, 2025
In "The Teacher as Assessment Leader, Second Edition," editor Thomas R. Guskey and expert contributors offer research-backed strategies for re-envisioning assessment to enhance student learning and teacher instruction. The authors provide actionable steps, practical examples, and strategies for utilizing formative assessments. These…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Formative Evaluation, Data Analysis, Evidence Based Practice
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Stains, Marilyne; Sevian, Hannah – Research in Science Education, 2015
Students' mental models of diffusion in a gas phase solution were studied through the use of the Structure and Motion of Matter (SAMM) survey. This survey permits identification of categories of ways students think about the structure of the gaseous solute and solvent, the origin of motion of gas particles, and trajectories of solute particles in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Models, Undergraduate Students, Knowledge Level
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Haynes, Chayla – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2017
An investigation of the literature revealed that racial consciousness and the behaviors of White faculty in the classroom appeared linked. A conceptual framework, Racial Consciousness and Its Influence on the Behaviors of White Faculty in the Classroom, was subsequently developed and tested in this constructivist grounded theory study. Findings…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Whites, Racial Attitudes, Racial Bias
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Zarkadis, Nikolaos; Papageorgiou, George; Stamovlasis, Dimitrios – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2017
Science education research has revealed a number of student mental models for atomic structure, among which, the one based on Bohr's model seems to be the most dominant. The aim of the current study is to investigate the coherence of these models when students apply them for the explanation of a variety of situations. For this purpose, a set of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Schemata (Cognition), Models, Nuclear Physics
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Berkant, Hasan Güner; Baysal, Seda – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2017
The changes which occur during the learning process have been explained by many teaching-learning models and theories. One of these models is allosteric learning model (ALM) which was developed by André Giordan in 1989. This model was derived from a biological metaphor related to proteins. The interaction between individual and environment in a…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Lesson Plans, Foreign Countries, Questioning Techniques
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Groth, Randall E.; Bergner, Jennifer A. – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2013
This report describes a model for mapping cognitive structures related to content knowledge for teaching. The model consists of knowledge elements pertinent to teaching a content domain, the nature of the connections among them, and a means for representing the elements and connections visually. The model is illustrated through empirical data…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Structures, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Preservice Teachers
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Player-Koro, Catarina – Ethnography and Education, 2011
This article draws from data produced during subject theory lectures and in conversional interviews with students from an ongoing ethnographic study of mathematics teacher education at a Swedish University. Using Bernsteins' language of description of the pedagogic device the article describes how the aims of teacher education to re-contextualise…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Mathematics Education, Ethnography, Cognitive Structures
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Wilke, Ryan A.; Losh, Susan Carol – Action in Teacher Education, 2012
The authors examine conceptual change in preservice teachers through a synthesis and application of mental models theory. They analyzed longitudinal data in the form of lesson plans, interviews, and written rationales from eight, social science preservice teachers. Findings that illustrate how preservice teachers' mental models changed during…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Models, Visualization, Schemata (Cognition)
Rus, Vasile; Lintean, Mihai; Azevedo, Roger – International Working Group on Educational Data Mining, 2009
This paper presents several methods to automatically detecting students' mental models in MetaTutor, an intelligent tutoring system that teaches students self-regulatory processes during learning of complex science topics. In particular, we focus on detecting students' mental models based on student-generated paragraphs during prior knowledge…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Prior Learning, Cognitive Structures, College Students
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Zhiyong, Zhu – Chinese Education and Society, 2007
This article reviews the studies concerning ethnic identity construction in the schooling context. Next, it outlines a conceptual framework about theories of ethnic identity. Finally, it demonstrates a case study of ethnic identity construction of Neidi Tibet School with data collection and analysis. (Contains 1 note, 2 tables, and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Boarding Schools, Ethnicity, Cognitive Structures
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Clariana, Roy B.; Wallace, Patricia – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2007
This proof-of-concept investigation describes a computer-based approach for deriving the knowledge structure of individuals and of groups from their written essays, and considers the convergent criterion-related validity of the computer-based scores relative to human rater essay scores and multiple-choice test scores. After completing a…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Multiple Choice Tests, Construct Validity, Cognitive Structures
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Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2017), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Models, Vocational Education, Outcomes of Education
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers