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Cleary, Michelle Navarre – Journal of Basic Writing (CUNY), 2011
Adult students are more anxious about writing for school, less familiar with academic conventions, and more likely to drop out than younger students. For students learning to move between personal, work, and academic discourse communities, the ongoing and explicit writing instruction argued for in the research of Sternglass, Herrington and Curtis,…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Adult Students, Writing Workshops, Writing Instruction
Strickland, Karen; McLatchie, Joan; Pelik, Rowena – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2011
Purpose: This paper aims to demonstrate how an institutional learning, teaching and assessment (LTA) strategy was developed and a "dynamic" strategy created in order to achieve the ongoing enhancement of the quality of the student learning experience. Developing LTA strategies that foster ongoing engagement and provide inspiration to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Action Research, Educational Resources, Educational Technology
Charlier, Bernadette – American Journal of Distance Education, 2011
This article describes and analyzes actors' experiences of distance learning systems in a wide variety of cultural and organizational contexts. In line with the project of this special series of issues, results of research, much of which is longitudinal, allow us to suggest answers to the following questions: Who are the actors of distance…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Educational Trends, Educational Technology
Scivoletto, Sandra; da Silva, Thiago Fernando; Rosenheck, Robert Alan – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2011
Objective: High levels of domestic violence, mental illness, and alienation from authorities are associated with high incidence of children/adolescents living on the streets in low and middle income countries. The Equilibrium Project (Programa Equilibrio) was created to facilitate social reintegration through a virtual partnership between an…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Sexual Abuse, Mental Disorders, Drug Use
Turnbull, Brenda J.; White, Richard N.; Sinclair, Elizabeth; Riley, Derek; Sipe, Cynthia L.; Pistorino, Carol – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2010
This first of two reports presents early findings from the National Evaluation of the Comprehensive Technical Assistance Centers (Comprehensive Centers), a federally funded program that provides technical assistance to states in connection with the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001. The law authorizing the Comprehensive Centers, the…
Descriptors: School Districts, Technical Assistance, State Action, Program Implementation
Marcellus, Lenora – Child Welfare, 2010
As the health, social, and developmental needs of infants in foster care become more complex, foster families are challenged to develop specialized knowledge to effectively address these needs. The goal of this qualitative research study was to identify the process of becoming a foster family and providing family foster caregiving within the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Infants, Placement, Foster Care
James, Delores C. S.; Wirth, Christopher K. – Health Educator, 2010
Underage drinking is a widespread national problem that requires continuous attention from different agencies and groups in the community. This project was funded by a 50-member local coalition that included groups such as researchers, faith-based organizations, law enforcement, parents, schools, community college, university, local businesses,…
Descriptors: Prevention, Community Attitudes, Focus Groups, Drinking
Mattek, Ryan J.; Jorgenson, Elizabeth T.; Fox, Robert A. – Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 2010
The purpose of this project was to develop an internship training program that offered in-home therapy for young children with significant emotional and behavior problems. The children lived in single-parent, low-income homes in unsafe neighborhoods of a large, urban area. A year-long, training and supervision program was implemented with 10…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Therapy, Graduate Students, Behavior Problems
Graham, Barbara Elaine – Language and Education, 2010
Issues affecting pre-school education in a rural area of Kenya are highlighted in a study of a mother tongue education (MTE) programme in one indigenous language group, the Pokomo. Factors supporting the introduction of MTE include official support for MTE, the welcoming of non-government stakeholder involvement in education, the presence of…
Descriptors: Teaching Styles, School Districts, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries
Manochehri, Nick-Naser; Sharif, Khurram – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2010
The major aim of this study was to uncover the influence of recently introduced classroom technology on a student's learning attitude. Research was conducted in a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region university where classroom technology was being implemented for the first time. Hence specific attention was being given to the careful management…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Program Effectiveness, Multiple Regression Analysis, Factor Analysis
Kervin, Denise; Obinna, Jennifer – Journal of Family Social Work, 2010
This article describes a school-based youth-driven teen dating violence prevention project. The project objectives are to provide opportunities for students to plan presentations and activities; develop knowledge and awareness about unhealthy gender norms, seen as an important root cause of relationship violence, particularly for teenagers; and…
Descriptors: Prevention, Dating (Social), Violence, Peer Relationship
Still, Brian – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2010
2008 marked the 10-year Anniversary of the Open Source movement, which has had a substantial impact on not only software production and adoption, but also on the sharing and distribution of information. Technical communication as a discipline has taken some advantage of the movement or its derivative software, but this article argues not as much…
Descriptors: Technical Writing, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Publishing
Sulzer, Arthur Henry, IV – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Urban high-school students' low average level of academic achievement is a national problem. A lack of academic progress is a factor that contributes to students failing to graduate. In response to these urban high school student problems, a growing number of urban charter high schools have opened as an alternative to the traditional public high…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Secondary School Students, Urban Education, Marine Education
Maddix, Mark A., Ed.; Estep, James R., Ed.; Lowe, Mary E., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2012
The book provides best practices from online educators who are engaged in online teaching and program development in Christian higher education. It also explores the distinct aspects of teaching and developing online courses and programs from a Christian perspective and within Christian higher education institutions. As such it is can serve as a…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Learning Theories, Higher Education, Online Courses
Wang, Chunyun – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Introduction: Children today are under much more stress than a few decades ago due to academic pressure, family financial hardship, competition with peers, and stressed parents. Consequently, stress-related health issues and behavioral problems, such as cardiovascular diseases, headaches, insomnia, anxiety, depression, violent or withdrawal…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Elementary School Students, Stress Variables, Exercise