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Robertson, Katherine – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2016
The benefits of undergraduate research are well documented, and many colleges and universities include a senior research requirement for graduation. In addition, most science curricula attempt to include discoverystyle, laboratory components to prepare students for their research experiences and to expose them to research methods in different…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Student Experience, Budgets
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Pattison, Ashley E.; Robertson, Rachel E. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2016
Expressive language is an important skill to develop in children with intellectual disabilities. It not only aids in decreasing the likelihood of challenging behaviors from occurring but also aids in increasing the individuals independence and assistance in them becoming successful members of society. No previous studies have examined the…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Children, Speech Communication, Intervention
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Peslak, Alan R.; Lewis, Griffith R.; Aebli, Fred – Information Systems Education Journal, 2014
Teaching computer information systems via distance education is a challenge for both student and faculty. Much research work has been performed on methods of teaching via distance education. Today we are faced with a variety of options for course delivery. Asynchronous delivery via online or lesson instruction still remains most common. But…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Distance Education, Teaching Methods, Synchronous Communication
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Kenyon, Kristy L.; Onorato, Morgan E.; Gottesman, Alan J.; Hoque, Jamila; Hoskins, Sally G. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2016
CREATE (Consider, Read, Elucidate the hypotheses, Analyze and interpret the data, and Think of the next Experiment) is an innovative pedagogy for teaching science through the intensive analysis of scientific literature. Initiated at the City College of New York, a minority-serving institution, and regionally expanded in the New York/New…
Descriptors: Testing, Achievement Gains, Teacher Attitudes, Community Colleges
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Chang, Li-Yun; Xu, Yi; Perfetti, Charles A.; Zhang, Juan; Chen, Hsueh-Chih – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2014
Learning to read a second language (L2) is especially challenging when a target L2 requires learning new graphic forms. Learning Chinese, which consists of thousands of characters composed of hundreds of basic writing units, presents such a challenge of orthographic learning for adult English speakers at the beginning stages of learning. In this…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Instruction, Reading Skills, Orthographic Symbols
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Rave, Kristen; Golightly, Amy F. – Education, 2014
This study examined the impact of a commercially available math fluency intervention program on the basic multiplication fluency of three classrooms of fifth grade students. Baseline assessment and progress monitoring of thirty-three regular- and eleven special education students occurred over nine weeks. Within-group analyses revealed significant…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 5, Case Studies