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Shih, Ju-Ling; Hsu, Yu-Jen – Educational Technology & Society, 2016
This study used the Xbox Kinect and Unity 3D game engine to develop two motion-sensing games in which the participants, in simulated scenarios, could experience activities that are unattainable in real life, become immersed in collaborative activities, and explore the value of adventure education. Adventure Education involves courses that…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Computer Games, Computer Simulation, Questionnaires
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Marques, Joana Brás Varanda; de Freitas, Denise – Policy Futures in Education, 2016
Non-formal education and the dissemination of science are increasingly gaining importance around the world. Whilst astronomy in Brazil is no exception, its growth has however been slow and dispersed, institutions and activities across the country are uncoordinated, and no source exists that integrates relevant information and knowledge. To address…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nonformal Education, Astronomy, Science Education
Kramer, Maxim L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The study is titled "Reducing energy cost and GreenHouse Gas emission in the corporate sector, A Delphi Study". The study applied the Delphi methodology and focused on the Green IT solutions that can help the modern corporate organizations with less than 1000 employees to decrease their energy costs and GHG emissions. The study presents…
Descriptors: Energy, Costs, Climate, Delphi Technique
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Battista, Andrew; Ellenwood, Dave; Gregory, Lua; Higgins, Shana; Lilburn, Jeff; Harker, Yasmin Sokkar; Sweet, Christopher – Communications in Information Literacy, 2015
The scope of this article is to address the possibilities and challenges librarians concerned with social justice may face when working with the ACRL "Framework." While the "Framework" recognizes that information emerges from varied contexts that reflect uneven distributions of power, privilege, and authority, it is missing a…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Citizen Participation, Information Literacy, Librarians
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Blanco-López, Ángel; España-Ramos, Enrique; González-García, Francisco José; Franco-Mariscal, Antonio Joaquín – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2015
Recent decades have seen an increasing emphasis on linking the content and aims of science teaching to what the average citizen requires in order to participate effectively in contemporary society, one that is heavily dependent on science and technology. However, despite attempts to define what a scientific education for citizenship should ideally…
Descriptors: Expertise, Foreign Countries, Delphi Technique, Science Instruction
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Cook, Bryan G.; Buysse, Virginia; Klingner, Janette; Landrum, Timothy J.; McWilliam, R. A.; Tankersley, Melody; Test, David W. – Remedial and Special Education, 2015
As an initial step toward improving the outcomes of learners with disabilities, special educators have formulated guidelines for identifying evidence-based practices. We describe the Council of Exceptional Children's new set of standards for identifying evidence-based practices in special education and how they (a) were systematically vetted by…
Descriptors: Classification, Special Education, Educational Practices, Educational Researchers
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Guu, Y. H.; Lin, Kuen-Yi; Lee, Lung-Sheng – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2014
This study employed a literature review, expert interviews, and a questionnaire survey to construct a set of two-tier competencies for a flip-chip packaging engineer. The fuzzy Delphi questionnaire was sent to 12 flip-chip engineering experts to identify professional competencies that a flip-chip packaging engineer must have. Four competencies,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering, Technical Occupations, Competence
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Mayo-Wilson, Evan; Grant, Sean; Montgomery, Paul – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2014
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are increasingly used to evaluate programs and interventions in order to inform education policy and practice. High quality reports of these RCTs are needed for interested readers to understand the rigor of the study, the interventions tested, and the context in which the evaluation took place (Mayo-Wilson et…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Randomized Controlled Trials, Intervention, Standards
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Strear, Molly M. – Professional School Counseling, 2017
This Delphi study engaged a panel of 14 school counselor educators and school counselors in a critical discourse to generate school counseling strategies to deconstruct educational heteronormativity. This study resulted in 51 school counseling strategies that school counselors can employ to deconstruct educational heteronormativity. This article…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, School Counselors, Counseling Techniques, Inclusion
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Bar-Am, Ran; Arar, Osama – European Journal of Educational Research, 2017
This article deals with the problem of student dropout during the first year in a higher education institution. To date, no model on a budget has been developed and tested to prevent dropout among Engineering Students. This case study was conducted among first-year students taking evening classes in two practical engineering colleges in Israel.…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Dropout Prevention, Budgets, Engineering Education
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Stewart, Josh; Lambert, Misty D.; Ulmer, Jonathan D.; Witt, Phillip A.; Carraway, Candis L. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2017
With a continuous shortage of qualified agricultural science teachers (Foster, Lawver, Smith, 2014; Kantrovich, 2010), it is imperative teacher preparation programs identify and utilize effective cooperating teachers, as well as develop training for in-service teachers that will assist in preparing more effective cooperating teachers. The purpose…
Descriptors: Cooperating Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Qualifications, Agricultural Education
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Bair, Mary Antony – Teacher Educator, 2017
This article describes how one institution used the Delphi technique to identify and operationalize key professional dispositions to be addressed in its teacher education program. Participants included teacher educators, methods course instructors, and school administrators. Data collection occurred in three phases, with the results of each phase…
Descriptors: Personality, Delphi Technique, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Education Programs
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Nafari, Javid; Arab, Alireza; Ghaffari, Sina – SAGE Open, 2017
This study seeks to investigate and understand why and how Iranian higher education students choose to study overseas. After critically analyzing the international student mobility literature, the important factors are distilled. Then, by using Fuzzy-Delphi Method (FDM), 15 factors are selected from the 21 factors initially selected by reviewing…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Student Motivation, College Students, Student Attitudes
Kaiser, Heather – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The effectiveness of teacher professional development (PD) has been scrutinized for decades. Although scholars generally agree that collaboration is a critical component of sustainable PD, among schools in the United States, time for collaboration embedded within the school day is lacking. In the most recent era of social media, school districts…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Social Media, Teacher Collaboration, Models
Ledbetter, Neal Brian – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this research project was to establish consensus among experts regarding best practices of online undergraduate spiritual formation with a specific focus on the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU). Prior to this project, there was no consensus regarding best practices of online spiritual formation at the…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Christianity, Clergy, Spiritual Development
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