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Lopez, Leslie Ann – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2016
Student teachers are most often provided opportunities for observing, then engaging directly in teaching during the student-teaching phase of their program. The ability to "notice" nuanced communication techniques, and identify interrelated methods and simultaneous skills occurring during teaching coincides with the development of the…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices
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Southard, Katelyn M.; Espindola, Melissa R.; Zaepfel, Samantha D.; Bolger, Molly S. – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
When conducting scientific research, experts in molecular and cellular biology (MCB) use specific reasoning strategies to construct mechanistic explanations for the underlying causal features of molecular phenomena. We explored how undergraduate students applied this scientific practice in MCB. Drawing from studies of explanation building among…
Descriptors: Molecular Biology, Biology, Science Instruction, Qualitative Research
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Behrendt, Marc; Machtmes, Krisanna – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2016
Background: Photovoice is one method that enables an educator to view an experience from a student's perspective. This study examined how teachers might use photovoice during an informal learning experience to understand the students' experiences and experiential gain. Design and methods: Participants in this study consisted of six students, three…
Descriptors: Photography, Social Action, Teaching Methods, Informal Education
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Fouberg, Erin H. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2013
Through qualitative analysis of 80 student essays, the author examines geographic concepts students describe as holding traits of threshold concepts. With a group of 11 Honors students, the author employs metacogntion, asking students to analyze their own learning to discover their threshold concepts. Recognizing the role of liminality, this study…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, World Geography, Essays, Qualitative Research
Asha K. Jitendra; Michael R. Harwell; Stacy R. Karl; Danielle N. Dupuis; Gregory Simonson; Susan C. Slater; Amy E. Lein – Grantee Submission, 2016
This study examined the effects of a research-based intervention, schema-based instruction (SBI), implemented by experienced- (taught SBI in previous study; Jitendra et al., 2015) and novice-teacher implementers (taught SBI for the first time with professional development) on the mathematics outcomes of seventh-grade students. SBI is a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Schemata (Cognition), Evidence Based Practice, Beginning Teachers
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Norato Cerón, Catalina – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2014
This action research project examines the impact of reading stories aloud on the development of children's reading and critical thinking strategies as well as on the improvement of English as a foreign language. Analysis of journal entries and transcriptions of recordings of the sessions were used to gather the information. Data collected revealed…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language)