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Download full textSingh, Abha; Yager, Stuart O.; Yutakom, Naruemon; Yager, Robert E.; Ali, Mohmaed Moustafa – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2012
There has been a wealth of research examining learning environments as one of the variables that contributes to academic success for students studying science. A constructivist learning environment has been explored as one way to assist students in achieving greater success with science learning. There is a lack of research concerning how and if…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Evidence, Teaching Methods, Professional Development
Direct linkShort, Deborah J.; Fidelman, Carolyn G.; Louguit, Mohammed – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2012
This article describes a study examining the effects of Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) model instruction on the academic language performance of middle and high school English language learners. The SIOP model is an approach for teaching content curriculum to students learning through a new language. Teachers employ techniques…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Achievement Tests, English (Second Language), Professional Development
Boss, Suzie – District Administration, 2012
For their ambitious project, called America at War, high school juniors at Da Vinci Charter Academy in the Davis (California) Joint Unified School District didn't just study history. They became historians. Their project offers compelling evidence of what students can accomplish through project-based learning (PBL), an instructional approach that…
Descriptors: State Standards, Performance Based Assessment, Active Learning, Teaching Methods
White, Paul; Anderson, Judy – Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 2012
With increased accountability attached to students' results on national testing in Australia, teachers feel under pressure to prepare students for the tests. However, this can lead to shallow teaching of a narrowed curriculum. An alternative approach involves using data to identify common errors and misconceptions, discussing strategies aimed at…
Descriptors: Testing, Test Items, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
Cammarata, Laurent; Tedick, Diane J. – Modern Language Journal, 2012
Research on immersion teaching has consistently shown that immersion teachers tend to focus on subject matter content at the expense of language teaching. The response to that research has often entailed suggestions for teachers on how better to integrate language and content in their instruction. However, missing from the discussion are rich…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Educational Change, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Hunzicker, Jana – Professional Development in Education, 2012
Research shows that professional development alone does not provide adequate leadership preparation for teachers, yet many develop into established teacher leaders. The purpose of this study was to explore how teachers learn to exercise informal leadership in the schools and districts where they work. Eight elementary teachers who lived and worked…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Focus Groups, Faculty Development, Professional Development
Jimenez, Bree A.; Mims, Pamela J.; Browder, Diane M. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2012
Effective practices in student data collection and implementation of data-based instructional decisions are needed for all educators, but are especially important when students have severe intellectual and developmental disabilities. Although research in the area of data-based instructional decisions for students with severe disabilities shows…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Developmental Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Severe Mental Retardation
Lewthwaite, Brian; Wiebe, Rick – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2012
This ongoing research inquiry investigates through the analysis of teacher candidate experiences the factors influencing two groups of chemistry teacher candidates' development during their extended practica in their second and final year of an after-degree bachelor of education at a university in central Canada. The tenets of Bronfenbrenner's…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Practicums
Bashan, Bilha; Holsblat, Rachel – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2012
In this article, a unique model of instruction based on co-teaching carried out in the framework of the practice teaching program intended for third year college students is presented. The program incorporated principles of modeling based on processes of mentoring, instruction, and discussion, showing the students the pedagogical importance of…
Descriptors: Expertise, Student Teaching, Qualitative Research, General Education
Yeh, Yi-Fen; Jen, Tsung-Hau; Hsu, Ying-Shao – International Journal of Science Education, 2012
Scientific inquiry involves a variety of abilities scientists use to investigate the natural world. In order to develop students' scientific inquiry, researchers and educators have developed different curricula and a variety of instructional resources, which make features and descriptors of scientific inquiry in teaching and learning even more…
Descriptors: Novices, Educational Research, Multivariate Analysis, Researchers
Chien, Grace Chin-Wen – Teacher Education and Practice, 2012
Starting in the fall of 2009, ELL (English-language learner) instructional coaches began to provide workshops to ELL and general education teachers in a northwest American city. This article aims to analyze the differentiated instruction provided in the workshops. Data in this study include observational field notes, interviews, and documents.…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Professional Development, Case Studies, English Language Learners
Kramer-Vida, Louisa; Levitt, Roberta; Kelly, Susan P. – Language Arts, 2012
Standards can aid educators as they work to produce strong student writers who can create meaningful and skillfully crafted authentic pieces of writing. This once-a-month, yearlong professional development program, conducted during the school day, shifted a district's kindergarten writing program to a writing workshop model that enabled the…
Descriptors: State Standards, Teaching Methods, Kindergarten, Writing Processes
Kelchtermans, Geert – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2009
The person of the teacher is an essential element in what constitutes professional teaching and therefore needs careful conceptualisation. In this article the author argues for this central thesis, presenting a wrap up of his theoretical and empirical work on the issue over the past decade. These studies have been inspired--both conceptually and…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Teaching Methods, Reflective Teaching, Teacher Educators
Podulka, Michelle; Witort, Ron – Learning & Leading with Technology, 2009
Should teachers sacrifice class time for professional development? Two authors present their arguments to this question. The first author contends that teachers should definitely use class time for professional development. Technology is changing and growing all the time, and it is their job to prepare students for the world they will inherit.…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Teaching Methods, Literary Criticism, Persuasive Discourse
Marbach-Ad, Gili; McAdams, Katherine C.; Benson, Spencer; Briken, Volker; Cathcart, Laura; Chase, Michael; El-Sayed, Najib M.; Frauwirth, Kenneth; Fredericksen, Brenda; Joseph, Sam W.; Lee, Vincent; McIver, Kevin S.; Mosser, David; Quimby, B. Booth; Shields, Patricia; Song, Wenxia; Stein, Daniel C.; Stewart, Richard; Thompson, Katerina V.; Smith, Ann C. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2010
This essay describes how the use of a concept inventory has enhanced professional development and curriculum reform efforts of a faculty teaching community. The Host Pathogen Interactions (HPI) teaching team is composed of research and teaching faculty with expertise in HPI who share the goal of improving the learning experience of students in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Microbiology, Educational Change, Learning Experience
