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Jan, Shazia K.; Vlachopoulos, Panos – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2019
This paper presents the Integrated Methodological Framework (IMF) which uses social network analysis (SNA) to structurally identify communities in higher education online learning (HEOL). Decades of research speaks for the value of community-based learning albeit in traditional, blended, or online environments. The communities of practice (CoP)…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Network Analysis, Communities of Practice, Online Courses
Bradley Howard Brock – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to determine whether middle school math teachers, as members of a community of practice (CoP) engaging in a collaborative inquiry (CI) intervention, could identify and make practical changes to specific classroom-centered factors that may have inadvertently promoted perceptions of performance-focused…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Middle School Mathematics, Educational Environment, Psychological Patterns
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Kallio, Julie M. – Designs for Learning, 2022
In this paper, I present a design case of the problem-identification process prior to the initiation of a Networked Improvement Community (NIC). A NIC is a type of research-practice partnership (RPP) that brings together researchers and practitioners to tackle complex problems of practice, and in doing so, proposes a social reorganization of the…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Identification, Educational Practices, Communities of Practice
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Brown, Karen L. – Gifted Child Today, 2019
Establishing a collaborative partnership takes a willingness to see the benefits despite the obstacles. Understanding how the partnership will impact each of the involved stakeholders is paramount to being able to foresee the possible issues. In the case of the College of William & Mary and Paradise Valley Unified Schools, challenges of time,…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Partnerships in Education, School Districts, Time Management
Garcia, Maria M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study focused on describing teachers' perspectives in reference to cooperative learning, students diagnosed with ADHD, and teacher participation in professional learning communities (PLCs). A quantitative methodology, survey study method was used to collect information. The literature review on ADHD and Cooperative Learning helped…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Identification, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Clinical Diagnosis
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Vicars, Mark – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2009
School, typically, is no place to be caught being queer and knowledge about homosexuality for the majority of young lesbian, gay and bisexual people is routinely constructed within communities of practice. In this paper, I draw upon my own and others' literacy practices to show how our identities and readings of texts were framed by being…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Homosexuality, Sexual Identity, Adolescents
Roberts, Jennifer A. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to describe and explain teachers' perceptions about effective professional development as well as to identify the environmental factors that affect the teacher participants' ability to engage in and implement various behaviors and beliefs transferred from the professional development experience. Four…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Socialization, Standardized Tests, Professional Development
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers