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The Value of Chat Reference Services: A Pilot Study
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Jacoby, JoAnn; Ward, David; Avery, Susan; Marcyk, Emilia – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2016
This article explores student, instructor, and librarian perceptions of chat reference in the context of an introductory composition course. Participants in a mixed-method study responded to an anonymized chat transcript. While student respondents valued speed and efficiency, they were willing to receive instruction and open to questions that…
Descriptors: Reference Services, Pilot Projects, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes
Student Perceptions of Effective Discussion in Online Forums: A Case Study of Pre-Service Teachers
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Ebrahimi, Alice; Faghih, Esmail; Dabir-Moghaddam, Mohammad – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2017
This study reports on a mixed methods study which explored 32 Iranian pre-service teachers' perceptions of attending online asynchronous discussion forums during two seven-week online introductory courses in corpus linguistics. Data were collected through a questionnaire, discussion forum entries and online text-based semi-structured interviews.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Case Studies, Student Attitudes, Mixed Methods Research
Affordances and Constraints of a Wiki for Primary-School Students' Group Projects
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Fu, Huijuan; Chu, Samuel; Kang, Wenxia – Educational Technology & Society, 2013
This study examined a wiki as a computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) environment at upper primary level. A total of 388 Hong Kong Primary-five (P5) students in four Chinese primary schools used a wiki platform within the context of their group projects in General Studies (GS) classes. Adopting a mixed-methods design, qualitative and…
Descriptors: Group Activities, Elementary School Students, Web 2.0 Technologies, Focus Groups
Feedback Dialogues That Stimulate Students' Reflective Thinking
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Van der Schaaf, Marieke; Baartman, Liesbeth; Prins, Frans; Oosterbaan, Anne; Schaap, Harmen – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2013
How can feedback dialogues stimulate students' reflective thinking? This study aims to investigate: (1) the effects of feedback dialogues between teachers and students on students' perceptions of teacher feedback and (2) the relation between features of feedback dialogues and students' thinking activities as part of reflective thinking. A…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Reflection, Feedback (Response), Secondary School Students
Integration of School Features into Taiwanese Elementary School New English Curriculum
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Chien, Chin-Wen – Education 3-13, 2014
Elementary school English activation curriculum, an additional two culture classes, has been implemented only in New Taipei City in Taiwan starting from 2010, so only a few studies focus on it. This is a case study of an English teacher's integration of a school's features into the activation curriculum in a rural elementary school. This study…
Descriptors: English Curriculum, Elementary School Curriculum, Integrated Activities, Case Studies
Education for Sustainability in Higher Education: A Multiple-Case Study of Three Courses
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Mintz, Keren; Tal, Tali – Journal of Biological Education, 2013
Education for sustainability (EfS) in higher education is an emerging specialisation within the general field of EfS. EfS encompasses cognitive, affective and behavioural aspects, and aims at enhancing a variety of learning outcomes in these domains and reaching students from all programmes. One of the main challenges for higher education…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Sustainability, Case Studies, Mixed Methods Research