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Shekhar, Prateek; Prince, Michael; Finelli, Cynthia; Demonbrun, Matt; Waters, Cynthia – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2019
Engineering education researchers are increasingly integrating qualitative and quantitative research methods to study learning and retention in engineering. While quantitative methods can provide generalisable results, qualitative methods generate rich, descriptive understanding of the investigated phenomenon. On the other hand, a mixed methods…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Resistance (Psychology), Active Learning, Undergraduate Students
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MacMath, Sheryl; Sivia, Awneet; Britton, Vandy – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2017
This study examines teacher perceptions of their experiences with Project Based Learning (PBL) at a secondary school in Western Canada. This PBL initiative included English language arts, mathematics, science, and digital literacy courses and all the grade nines at this large secondary school. This article reports on two teacher focus group…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Active Learning, Student Projects
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McQueen, Hilary; Hallam, Susan; Creech, Andrea – Music Education Research, 2018
This paper is based on the data collected from a longitudinal study of seven maintained, secondary schools in England that have adopted Musical Futures as an approach to teaching music. The research had a particular focus on key stage 3 (11-14). For the purposes of this paper, data gained from 18 music staff and 325 student interview…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Secondary Education, Music Education
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Frazier, Denise K.; Trekles, Anastasia M. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2018
This mixed-method case study followed K-5 elementary teachers through their first year of 1:1 iPad adoption in one elementary school. All teachers in the school were surveyed in September and December 2015 and May 2016. Focus groups consisting of two teachers from each grade level were held during these same months. Teacher perceptions were…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Case Studies, Faculty Development, Elementary School Teachers
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Long, Joseph J.; Butchart, Maggie; Brown, Michael; Bain, Janice; McMillan, Anne; Karatzias, Thanos – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2018
Background: The research reported here sought to evaluate whether a dedicated education programme in vision awareness improved the knowledge and skills of autism support practitioners in identifying visual impairment in autistic people with intellectual disabilities and providing better support to those individuals identified as visually impaired.…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Visual Impairments, Vision
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Wang, Yichuan; Rajan, Pramod; Sankar, Chetan S.; Raju, P. K. – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2017
Serious games are becoming important educational tools and are increasingly being integrated into courses in many different academic areas and widely portrayed as a means of helping individuals concentrate on the subject matter and enjoy learning. This paper discusses the development and testing of a serious game by using a research model where…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Games, Difficulty Level, Usability
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Fitzpatrick, Kate R. – Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 2016
Although the mixing of quantitative and qualitative data is an essential component of mixed methods research, the process of integrating both types of data in meaningful ways can be challenging. The purpose of this article is to describe the use of data labels in mixed methods research as a technique for the integration of qualitative and…
Descriptors: Music Education, Mixed Methods Research, Focus Groups, Surveys
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Hassen, Mohammed Motuma; Akmel, Mesud Mohammed – Educational Research and Reviews, 2018
Fx grading system is a newly incorporated grading system in the Ethiopian higher education curriculum. The system started to apply in 2013, as an element of the modular curriculum, with the intention to a give second chance for students. Currently, this grading system is being implemented in Samara University, Afar, Ethiopia. This study has been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grading, Higher Education, College Faculty
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Karabulut-Ilgu, Aliye; Yao, Suhan; Savolainen, Peter; Jahren, Charles – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2018
The flipped-classroom approach has gained increasing popularity and interest in engineering education. The purpose of this study was to investigate (a) student perspectives on the flipped-classroom approach in a transportation-engineering course and (b) how students used the in-class time dedicated to collaborative problem solving. To this end,…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Homework, Video Technology
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Sobocan, M.; Klemenc-Ketis, Z. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2017
An increasing number of virtual patients (VPs) are being used in the classroom, which raises questions about how to implement VPs to improve students' satisfaction and enhance their learning. This study developed and validated a scale that measures acceptability and attitudes of medical students towards the use of the VP education tool in the…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Virtual Classrooms, Patients, Student Attitudes
Nelson, Kelly D. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine teacher reports and use of differentiation and to examine the use of technology in differentiated lessons. The researcher posed two questions: (a) What is the association between teacher reports of differentiation use and observed differentiation strategies used; and (b) How are teachers using the…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Technology Uses in Education, Elementary School Teachers, Educational Strategies
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Luo, Tian; Hibbard, Laura; Franklin, Teresa; Moore, David Richard – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2017
Aim/Purpose: The goal of this project was to determine what effects exposure to online K-12 teaching and learning activities had on teacher candidates' perceptions of K-12 online learning, how the exposure allowed teacher candidates to reach greater understanding of online pedagogy, and what effect such exposure had on teacher candidates'…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods
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Duran Gisbert, David; Corcelles Seuba, Mariona; Flores Coll, Marta – International Journal of Educational Psychology, 2017
Despite its relevance and evidence support, Cooperative Learning (CL) is a challenge for all educational systems due to the difficulties in its implementation. The objective of this study is to identify the effect of Primary Education initial teacher training in the prediction of future CL use. Two groups of 44 and 45 students were conceptually…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Elementary School Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers
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Garrison, Kasey L.; FitzGerald, Lee; Sheerman, Alinda – School Library Research, 2018
Guided Inquiry (GI) is an emerging pedagogy based on the Information Search Process (ISP), a research-based information-literacy model identified by Carol C. Kuhlthau (1985, 1988a, 1988b, 1988c, 1989b) and operationalized by the Guided Inquiry Design (GID) process (Kuhlthau, Maniotes, and Caspari 2007, 2012, 2015). This study investigated…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes, Grade 9
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O'Flaherty, J.; Liddy, M.; McCormack, O. – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2018
In light of cultural and demographic changes in the Republic of Ireland, there is an important and urgent need for research on the articulation of values education in Irish publicly-managed schools. This article reports the findings from a research project on the moral, religious and spiritual values and traditions of staff and students in…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Social Values, Moral Development, Teaching Methods
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