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Kim, Min Kyu – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2012
It is generally accepted that the cognitive development for a wide range of students can be improved through adaptive instruction-learning environments optimized to suit individual needs (e.g., Cronbach, Am Psychol 12:671-684, 1957; Lee and Park, in Handbook of research for educational communications and technology, Taylor & Francis Group,…
Descriptors: Expertise, Problem Solving, Cognitive Development, Student Evaluation
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Mack, Elizabeth; Augare, Helen; Cloud-Jones, Linda Different; David, Dominique; Gaddie, Helene Quiver; Honey, Rose E.; Kawagley, Angayuqaq O.; Plume-Weatherwax, Melissa Little; Fight, Lisa Lone; Meier, Gene; Pete, Tachini; Leaf, James Rattling; Returns From Scout, Elvin; Sachatello-Sawyer, Bonnie; Shibata, Hi'ilani; Valdez, Shelly; Wippert, Rachel – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2012
There are a growing number of informal science education (ISE) programs in Native communities that engage youth in science education and that are grounded in Native ways of knowing. There is also a growing body of research focusing on the relationship between culture, traditional knowledge, and science education. However, there is little research…
Descriptors: Expertise, American Indian Education, Science Education, Indigenous Populations
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Kovacevic, Jasmina; Macesic-Petrovic, Dragana – International Journal of Educational Development, 2012
This descriptive study finds out the problems most frequently facing the children with special needs in regular schooling. The sample included 500 teachers in elementary schools from Serbia. The results point out the problems in inclusive education. Most educational problems occur in relations and communications with their peers in typical…
Descriptors: Expertise, Inclusion, Disabilities, Foreign Countries
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Williams, Robert F. – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2012
An embodied view of mathematical cognition should account not only for how we use our bodies to think and communicate mathematically but also how our bodies equip us to conceive of mathematical ideas. Research in cognitive semantics claims that the human conceptual capacity rests on a foundation of image schemas: topological patterns of spatial…
Descriptors: Schemata (Cognition), Expertise, Semantics, Ethnography
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Engel, Rafael J.; Bechtold, Jody; Kim, Yoonmi; Mulvaney, Elizabeth – Journal of Social Work Education, 2012
As gambling opportunities proliferate, social workers are likely to see clients with gambling-related problems, but they often lack the expertise to address these concerns. This descriptive study assessed the inclusion of content on gambling-related problems in graduate social work curricula. Responses to an online survey from 86 (43.7%) of the…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Social Work, Expertise, Counselor Training
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Chan, Selena – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2012
This article reports on a study of the perspectives of new tutors teaching traditional vocational trades who recently commenced teaching in the Institutes of Technologies and Polytechnics (ITPs) sector in New Zealand. The perspectives are collated from questionnaires and interviews of 13 tutors, from five ITPs, who have been teaching full-time for…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Tutors
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Filipowski, Tomasz; Kazienko, Przemyslaw; Brodka, Piotr; Kajdanowicz, Tomasz – Behaviour & Information Technology, 2012
Knowledge exchange between employees is an essential feature of recent commercial organisations on the competitive market. Based on the data gathered by various information technology (IT) systems, social links can be extracted and exploited in knowledge exchange systems of a new kind. Users of such a system ask their queries and the system…
Descriptors: Expertise, Informal Education, Information Technology, Workplace Learning
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Kloeppel, Tiffany; Hodges-Kulinna, Pamela; Cothran, Donetta – Physical Educator, 2012
Relatively little is known about the use of structured physical education curricular models in physical education settings. The purpose of this study was to examine teachers' perspectives of various physical education curricular models. Teacher participants ranged from those involved in very structured curricular programs, to teachers that chose…
Descriptors: Expertise, Physical Education, Teacher Response, Self Efficacy
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Townsend, Brendan – International Journal of Music Education, 2012
The purpose of this article is to provide a mnemonic device that when incorporated into practice behavior is shown through case study to help students develop an understanding of the relationship between exercises, new and old, and the music that they are preparing. I developed the mnemonic "Preparation of Relevant Activities Causes Technical…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Mnemonics, Holistic Approach, Case Studies
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Huang, Rongjin; Li, Yeping – School Science and Mathematics, 2012
In this study, we examined 10 expert and 10 novice teachers' noticing of classroom events in China. It was found that both expert and novice teachers, who were selected from two cities in China, highly attended to developing students' mathematics knowledge coherently and developing students' mathematical thinking and ability; they also paid…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Foreign Countries, Beginning Teachers, Mathematics Education
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Admiraal, Wilfried; Lockhorst, Ditte; van der Pol, Jakko – Learning Environments Research, 2012
Teachers in secondary education mainly feel responsibility for their own classroom practice, resulting in largely autonomous and isolated work and private learning activities. Most teachers teach separate classes behind closed doors and learn about teaching by teaching, often described as trial and error (Hodkinson and Hodkinson in Stud Continuing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Conditions, Expertise, Secondary School Teachers
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Mckenzie, Judith Anne; Macleod, Catriona Ida – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2012
In this study, we adopt the concepts of Michel Foucault on the medical gaze and Nikolas Rose on psychological expertise to differentiate between two forms of expertise evident in the education of intellectually disabled children. We draw on a discourse analytic study carried out in South Africa on intellectual disability in relation to educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychology, Mental Retardation, Expertise
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Coll-Serrano, Vicente; Carrasco-Arroyo, Salvador; Blasco-Blasco, Olga; Vila-Lladosa, Luis – Evaluation Review, 2012
Objective: This article describes the process implemented in order to define and build up a Basic Monitoring and Evaluation System for Spanish Cooperation's Culture and Development Strategy (CD-S). Research Design: Delphi techniques were used to assess a wide catalogue of indicators for each of the strategic areas included in the CD-S. Afterward,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Implementation, Program Evaluation, Delphi Technique
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Marsh, Julie A.; McCombs, Jennifer Sloan; Martorell, Francisco – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2012
Drawing on a statewide study of Florida middle-school reading coaches, this article examines what constitutes, contributes to, and is associated with high-quality coaches and coaching. Authors find that coaches generally held many of the qualifications recommended by state and national experts and principals and teachers rated their coaches highly…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Middle School Students, Reading Skills, Reading Strategies
June, Audrey Williams – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2012
A growing proportion of the nation's professors are at the same point in their career: still working, but with the end of their careers in sight. Their tendency to remain on the job as long as their work is enjoyable--or, during economic downturns, long enough to make sure they have enough money to live on in retirement--has led the professoriate…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Retirement, Expertise, Aging (Individuals)
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