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Caicedo, Jefferson – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2015
The present study concerns the activities teachers develop and ninth-graders' participation in responses to those activities. The objectives of this study were to identify and describe the types of teaching activities developed and how students respond to them and to show how the target language is used in the classroom. The data collection was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Participation, English (Second Language), Grade 9
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Haines, Shana J.; Summers, Jean Ann; Turnbull, Ann P.; Turnbull, H. Rutherford, III.; Palmer, Susan – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2015
Developing children's self-regulation and engagement skills are primary goals of early childhood education. These skills are fostered in both home and preschool environments and can lead to improved educational outcomes. This qualitative case study investigated how a refugee family and Head Start teachers fostered the self-regulation and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Refugees, Preschool Children, Early Childhood Education
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Zambo, Debby – Planning and Changing, 2013
Thanks to the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED) newly designed EdD programs are developing scholarly practitioners who have the knowledge, skills, and dispositions they need to resolve the problems of practice they are facing. To achieve this, students are taking core courses and, in many programs, completing an internship, or…
Descriptors: Mentors, Teaching Methods, Graduate Surveys, Doctoral Programs
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Huth, Thorsten – Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 2013
This paper investigates how instances of language use can serve as analytic anchors for insight into interactional development over time. I present a usage-based, longitudinal study of multi-turn sequences underlying telephone openings in order to specify if and to whom "language learning" may be relevantly ascribed. Two successive…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Language Usage, German, Transcripts (Written Records)
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de Groot, Esther; Endedijk, Maaike; Jaarsma, Debbie; van Beukelen, Peter; Simons, Robert-Jan – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2013
Critically reflective dialogues (CRD) are important for knowledge sharing and creating meaning in communities. CRD includes different aspects: being open about mistakes, critical opinion sharing, asking for and giving feedback, experimentation, challenging groupthink and research utilisation. In this article we explore whether CRD aspects change…
Descriptors: Health Personnel, Veterinary Medicine, Attitudes, Attitude Change
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Orgnero, M. Carolina – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2013
This is a narrative case study that analyzes Carl's experience as a nontraditional student who enrolls in a transition course after a 15-year hiatus from college. Specifically, the study aims at understanding the perceived impact that the course had on shaping the personal narrative of learning in college of a reentry student. Using a…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Reentry Students, Personal Narratives, Student Experience
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Bonell, Simon; Ali, Afia; Hall, Ian; Chinn, Deborah; Patkas, Ioannis – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2011
Background: Little has been published regarding the views of family members of people with intellectual disabilities who are being cared for in out-of-area psychiatric hospitals. This study explores this area with specific reference to whether culturally appropriate services were being provided. Materials and Methods: Sixteen family members were…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Psychiatric Hospitals, Family (Sociological Unit), Patients
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Verdesca, Anthony F., Jr. – Journal of Access Services, 2011
A recent "New York Times" article heralded a film documentary whose subject was a competition in which the entrants vied for the title of "one of the best craftsmen of France." The film spotlights the competition between pastry chefs--French pastry chefs--who come from all over France to compete. It's a microcosm of larger…
Descriptors: Competition, Foreign Countries, Reference Services, Librarians
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Webel, Corey; Krupa, Erin E.; McManus, Jason – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2015
This study examines patterns in how a group of fifth- and sixth-grade teachers evaluated and reported using different types of curriculum resources to support their teaching in relation to the mathematical concepts outlined in the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. In particular, it explores the use of resources that were available to…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Concept Teaching
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Ellerbrock, Cheryl R.; Denmon, Jennifer; Owens, Ruchelle; Lindstrom, Krista – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2015
This yearlong qualitative multisite case study investigated ways middle and high school transition supports foster a developmentally responsive transition for students. A total of 23 participants engaged in this study, including 4 students, 4 middle school teachers, 13 high school teachers, 1 middle school principal, and 1 high school principal.…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Middle School Students, Qualitative Research
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Sharma, Sue Ann; Pang, Sangho – Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 2015
Multimedia expands the opportunity for graduate teachers to develop a community of learners in an online reading clinic as they reflect and collaborate on a variety of reading and writing experiences during an online lesson study of a comprehensive corrective reading lesson. This qualitative method study explores (a) the pedagogical shifts of…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Communities of Practice, Qualitative Research
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McLean, Cheryl A.; Rowsell, Jennifer – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2015
The article examines high school students' writing composition practices in multimodal instructional environments. We use Rosenblatt's transactional theory to look across the findings of 2 studies that blend traditional and digital modes of instruction in order to explore how modal switching can support students' reading and writing. We also…
Descriptors: Photography, High School Students, Writing (Composition), Instructional Innovation
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Bannister, Nicole A. – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2015
Using a case study design and ethnographic methods, this research investigated the interactions of a group of high school mathematics teachers who collaborated daily on issues related to curricular and pedagogical reforms. The members of the collaboration team implemented these reforms with the goal of supporting all students' learning of 1st-year…
Descriptors: Interaction, Cooperative Learning, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices
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Maxey, Daniel; Kezar, Adrianna – Journal of Higher Education, 2015
Over a period of several decades, non-tenure-track faculty members (NTTF) have become a majority of instructional faculty among nonprofit higher education institutions. A growing volume of research points to a relationship between the poor working conditions or lack of support these faculty members often experience and adverse effects on student…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Tenure, Educational Opportunities, Barriers
Lamb, Janeen; Diezmann, Carmel; Fox, Jillian – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2015
The aim of this study was to investigate the role of the instructional leader when introducing digital technology into the mathematics teaching in the Australian Curriculum. The research reported here involves the principal and five teachers from one school and is part of a larger study. Results indicated that principal-led "crucial…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Mathematics Instruction, Technology Integration, Technology Uses in Education
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