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Callinan, Carol J.; van der Zee, Emile; Wilson, Garry – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2018
Social cognitive learning theory has shown that observational learning positively influences essay writing development in high-school students, and that self-efficacy impacts on motivation. This study investigated the relative contribution of model observation, model evaluation, post-submission feedback, and factors relating to self-efficacy, as…
Descriptors: Essays, Writing Skills, Skill Development, Self Efficacy
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Holton, Mark – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2017
This research, conducted with groups of undergraduate students before and after a European fieldwork exercise, critically examines the pedagogic value of fieldwork and its ability to provide students with transferable skills. This is achieved using Anderson and Erskine's lens of tropophilia--the aesthetic connection between people and place--to…
Descriptors: Geography, Geography Instruction, Higher Education, Affective Behavior
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Copping, Adrian – Education 3-13, 2018
This paper explores writing pedagogy in the primary classroom and connections between children thinking creatively and their achievement in writing. Initially 'continuing professional development' for teachers, I designed and facilitated a two-day writing workshop with a class of children around the theme of a Victorian murder mystery. This was…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Writing Achievement, Writing Instruction, Writing Workshops
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Cattik, Melih; Odluyurt, Serhat – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2017
The objective of this study was to teach digital gaming skills to children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) using a SMART board with a graduated guidance teaching method in a small-group instructional format, to determine the participants' levels of learning by observation, and to determine the views of their families on the conducted…
Descriptors: Video Games, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Teaching Methods
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Harris, Geri Maria; Little, Steven G.; Akin-Little, Angeleque – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2017
A severe deficit in handwriting is known as dysgraphia, a problem frequently associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Video self-modelling (VSM) has been proven effective for children with ASD in the strengthening of social skills, verbalizations, and daily living skills. Because VSM has demonstrated success in the acquisition of many types…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Video Technology, Intervention
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Katz, Ellen; Serbinski, Sarah; Mishna, Faye – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2017
Social work educators often teach students clinical knowledge within a university classroom, whereas students tend to learn clinical practice through their practicum experiences. This article describes data from a cross-sectional, mixed-method study on one way to effectively bridge the gap between teaching clinical knowledge and practice to…
Descriptors: Social Work, Mixed Methods Research, Graduate Students, Teaching Methods