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Direct linkChen, Peggy P.; Bonner, Sarah M. – Educational Assessment, 2017
We examined novice teachers' beliefs about grading and constructivist teaching approaches. Adapting an existing instrument designed to assess preservice teachers' grading beliefs that deviate from recommended practices, we administered the Survey of Grading Beliefs to 203 inservice teachers. Exploratory factor analysis resulted in a 3-factor model…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Urban Schools, Disadvantaged Schools
Download full textPolat, Ahmet; Dogan, Soner; Demir, Selçuk Besir – International Journal of Higher Education, 2016
The present study was undertaken to investigate the quality of education based on the views of the students attending social studies education departments at the Faculties of Education and to determine the existing problems and present suggestions for their solutions. The study was conducted according to exploratory sequential mixed method. In…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Educational Quality, Social Studies, Research Methodology
Chiu, Mei-Shiu – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2012
The aim of the present study was to identify children's conceptions of learning mathematics and to assess the identified conceptions. Children's conceptions are identified by interviewing 73 grade 5 students in Taiwan. The interviews are analyzed using qualitative data analysis methods, which results in a structure of 5 major conceptions, each…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Qualitative Research, Mathematics Achievement, Construct Validity
Bayne, Gillian U. – Learning Environments Research, 2012
This research is distinctive in that a mixed-methods approach, employing both cogenerative dialogues and student responses from the Constructivist Learning Environment Survey (CLES), was used to help to understand 9th grade urban students' experiences in their biochemistry class in New York City. Factor analyses of student responses demonstrated…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Urban Schools, Interviews, Biochemistry
Thomas, Kelli – Teacher Education and Practice, 2013
This longitudinal study examines the effects of a collaborative evaluation process on mathematics instruction and student outcomes in an elementary school serving a low-resource community. Thirty-two elementary teachers participated in a 3-year collaborative evaluation professional development process that contributed to improved mathematics…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Change, Educational Practices, Mathematics Instruction
Barkatsas, Anastasios (Tasos); Malone, John – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2005
The primary purposes of the study reported here were to investigate Greek mathematics teachers' beliefs regarding the nature of mathematics and mathematics teaching and learning, and to explore the various links between these beliefs and instructional practice. Two orientations that are characteristic of secondary mathematics teachers' beliefs…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Beliefs, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction
Torres, Vasti – Journal of College Student Development, 2006
This study presents the conceptualization and subsequent model fit analysis of a retention model for Latino/a students at urban commuter universities. The three institutions involved in the study represent different environments for Latino/a students. Two are Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) and the third represents a predominantly White…
Descriptors: Urban Universities, Structural Equation Models, Hispanic American Students, Whites
