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Direct linkHarbin, Joy; Newton, Jodi – Education, 2013
This study of elementary mathematics teachers is intended to determine if the perceptions, beliefs, and experiences of mathematics teachers in elementary school align with their teaching practices in mathematics. Research included observations, reflections, and interviews with a purposefully selected group of elementary teachers representing upper…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Teachers, Teaching Methods
Holliday, Wendy; Rogers, Jim – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2013
This paper reports on the findings of an observational study of information literacy instruction in a college writing course. Using a sociocultural approach, the study explores how classroom discourse can influence the ways in which students conceive of information literacy and the process of research and writing. We found that a discourse that…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, College Instruction, Writing Instruction, Learner Engagement
Lapinski, Maria Knight; Maloney, Erin K.; Braz, Mary; Shulman, Hillary C. – Human Communication Research, 2013
A 2-part study examines the influence of normative messages on college males' hand washing perceptions and behaviors. Study 1 tests for the appropriateness of hand washing as a target of social norms campaigns and tests messages designed to change perceived descriptive norms. Results indicated that hand washing behavior is appropriate for health…
Descriptors: College Students, Males, Hygiene, Health Promotion
Range, Bret G.; Young, Suzie; Hvidston, David – School Leadership & Management, 2013
This study measured teachers' perceptions about the important elements of the pre- and post-observation conferences within one school district in a US state. Overall, respondents valued the post-observation conference more than the pre-observation conference and identified trusting relationships, constructive feedback, reflection and areas of…
Descriptors: Observation, Feedback (Response), Reflection, School Districts
Download full textNitecki, Elena; Chung, Mi-Hyun – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2013
With our expertise and experiences in teaching language development and early literacy instruction courses at a teacher education college, we argue that it is imperative to find ways to integrate learning standards with developmentally appropriate play-based methods. We examined what literacy coach candidates found in their classroom observations…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Emergent Literacy, Play, Coaching (Performance)
Niemeijer, A.; Frederiks, B.; Depla, M.; Eefsting, J.; Hertogh, C. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2013
Background: The demand for (care) services for people with intellectual disabilities (ID) is on the rise, because of an expanding population of people with ID as resources are concurrently diminishing. As a result, service providers are increasingly turning to technology as a potential answer to this problem. However, the use and application of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Retardation, Dementia, Concept Mapping
Dunn, Cynthia Dickel – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2013
In recent years, politeness theory has increasingly focused on speakers' own conceptualizations of polite behavior, viewing politeness concepts as a type of language ideology. This article examines the construction of Japanese politeness concepts in the business etiquette training provided for new employees in Japanese companies. Drawing on…
Descriptors: Japanese, Pragmatics, Language Research, Business Communication
Greene, Amy; Dotterweich, Andy R. – Educational Studies, 2013
Childhood obesity and physical inactivity are serious threats to the health and wellness of our schoolchildren. Research has shown that play and physical activity are important in development, behaviour and academic achievement. Through the efforts of coordinated school health program and a Physical Education for Progress grant, a county school…
Descriptors: Child Health, Physical Activities, Physical Education, Grade 4
Rispoli, Mandy J.; Davis, Heather S.; Goodwyn, Fara D.; Camargo, Siglia – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2013
Analogue functional analyses are a well-researched means of determining behavioral function in research and clinical contexts. However, conducting analogue functional analyses in school settings can be problematic and may lead to inconclusive results. The purpose of this study was to compare the results of a trial-based functional analysis with…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Developmental Disabilities, Comparative Analysis, Intervention
Janney, Donna M.; Umbreit, John; Ferro, Jolenea B.; Liaupsin, Carl J.; Lane, Kathleen L. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2013
In this study, we examined the contribution of the extinction procedure in function-based interventions implemented in the general education classrooms of three at-risk elementary-aged students. Function-based interventions included antecedent adjustments, reinforcement procedures, and function-matched extinction procedures. Using a combined ABC…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Intervention, At Risk Students, Elementary School Students
Strandell, Harriet – Children & Society, 2013
After-school reform in Finland is analysed as a case of state intervention in childhood and of inscribing political goals in an activity with children. The paper asks what understandings of children and childhood are communicated in and through the reform and its dispersed implementation. Theoretically, the paper is informed by new ways of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, After School Programs, Child Care, Politics of Education
Beyond Autism: A Baby Siblings Research Consortium Study of High-Risk Children at Three Years of Age
Messinger, Daniel; Young, Gregory S.; Ozonoff, Sally; Dobkins, Karen; Carter, Alice; Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie; Landa, Rebecca J.; Charman, Tony; Stone, Wendy L.; Constantino, John N.; Hutman, Ted; Carver, Leslie J.; Bryson, Susan; Iverson, Jana M.; Strauss, Mark S.; Rogers, Sally J.; Sigman, Marian – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2013
Objective: First-degree relatives of persons with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are at increased risk for ASD-related characteristics. As little is known about the early expression of these characteristics, this study characterizes the non-ASD outcomes of 3-year-old high-risk (HR) siblings of children with ASD. Method: Two groups of children…
Descriptors: Outcome Measures, Autism, Early Intervention, Siblings
Redman, Erin – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2013
Achieving a sustainable future requires that individuals adopt sustainable behaviors, which are often learned and cemented at a young age. Yet, traditional education efforts have been inadequate in fostering transformative change, in part because many programs focus on fact-heavy, teacher-centered techniques while neglecting the practices that…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Teaching Methods, Environmental Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Mira, Meredith L. – Democracy & Education, 2013
Across the United States, researchers and youth workers alike have identified an increasing number of civically engaged youth who are organizing to improve their communities and schools. By taking an action-oriented approach, these youth are speaking back to the notion that they are uninvolved in society. This interview-based study explores the…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Responsibility, Caseworker Approach
McNicholl, Jane; Blake, Allan – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2013
This paper explores the work of teacher education in England and Scotland. It seeks to locate this work within conflicting sociocultural views of professional practice and academic work. Drawing on an activity theory framework that integrates the analysis of these seemingly contradictory discourses with a study of teacher educators' practical…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Teacher Education, Foreign Countries, Criticism
