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Kabat-Ryan, Katalin Judith – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation examines the spatio-temporal practices of a distance learning class in a graduate institution in the Northeast United States. Guided by a multispatial and temporal perspective, the case study builds on Hine's (2003) and Leander and McKim's (2003) connective ethnography of offline and online research sites, and frames the research…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Case Studies, Graduate Students, Distance Education
Engestrom, Yrjo; Rantavuori, Juhana; Kerosuo, Hannele – Vocations and Learning, 2013
The theory of expansive learning has been applied in a large number of studies on workplace learning and organizational change. However, detailed comprehensive analyses of entire developmental interventions based on the theory of expansive learning do not exist. Such a study is needed to examine the empirical usability and methodological rigor…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Workplace Learning, Intervention, Organizational Change
Warren, Alison – International Research in Early Childhood Education, 2014
Early childhood practitioners' professionalism is a contested concept, with interpretations that include professionalisms based on qualifications, on accountability, on relational skills and on critical advocacy. Understandings of professionalism as situated in ecological frameworks rather than within individuals have led to the concept of a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
van Rens, Lisette; Hermarij, Philip; Pilot, Albert; Beishuizen, Jos; Hofman, Herman; Wal, Marjolein – International Journal of Science Education, 2014
Peer review is a significant component in scientific research. Introducing peer review into inquiry processes may be regarded as an aim to develop student understanding regarding quality in inquiries. This study examines student understanding in inquiry peer reviews among pre-university chemistry students, aged 16-17, when they enact a design of a…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Chemistry, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Science
O'Brien, Patricia; McConkey, Roy; García-Iriarte, Edurne – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2014
Background: Inclusive research with people with intellectual disabilities is growing internationally but with few studies examining its feasibility. Methods: In undertaking a national study exploring what life was like in Ireland for people with intellectual disabilities, a community of practice was developed involving a core group of…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Teamwork, Mental Retardation, Feasibility Studies
Silvernail, David L; Batista, Ida A.; Sloan, James E.; Stump, Erika K.; Johnson, Amy F. – Center for Education Policy, Applied Research, and Evaluation, 2014
The goal of this study was to examine the pathways to being college ready in mathematics. Students who enter high school already having demonstrated mathematics proficiency on a standardized test in the 8th grade have already taken a significant step towards being college ready. The best scenario is to enter high school proficient in mathematics…
Descriptors: College Readiness, College Mathematics, High School Students, Mathematics Skills
Evensen, Lars Sigfred; Berge, Kjell Lars; Thygesen, Ragnar; Matre, Synnove; Solheim, Randi – Curriculum Journal, 2016
The Berge et al. article in this volume presents the functional construct of writing that underlies summative and formative assessment of writing as a key competency in Norway. A functional construct implies that specific acts of writing and their purposes constrain what is a relevant selection among the semiotic resources that writing generally…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Standards, Writing Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Pesonen, Henri; Kontu, Elina; Saarinen, Minna; Pirttimaa, Raija – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2016
The aim of this study was to examine conceptions associated with sense of belonging (SEBE) in Finnish general and special school placements for pupils with special education needs. Five pupils were selected for this study by means of purposive sampling. They had a history of several school placements prior to arriving at their current special…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Placement, Special Education, Group Membership
Lin, John J. H.; Lee, Yuan-Husan; Wang, Dai-Yi; Lin, Sunny S. J. – Educational Technology & Society, 2016
The present study investigated the effects of providing subtitles and taking enotes on cognitive load and performance. A total of 73 English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) undergraduates learned brain anatomy and cognitive functions through multimedia programs. We used a 2 (subtitle/no) x 2 (taking enotes/no) factorial design to test the following:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Bain, Keith; Lund-Lucas, Eunice; Stevens, Janice – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2012
Through a project supported by Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program, a team of leading National Disability Organizations, universities, and industry partners are piloting a prototype Hosted Transcription Service that uses speech recognition to automatically create multimedia transcripts that can be used by students for study purposes.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Speech, Transcripts (Written Records), Automation
Leibowitz, Brenda; van Schalkwyk, Susan; Ruiters, John; Farmer, Jean; Adendorff, Hanelie – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2012
This study is set in an era and a context in which extrinsic forms of motivation and reward are offered by higher education institutions as a means to enhance teaching, and in which teaching is effectively undervalued in relation to research. The study focuses on the role of agency in professional development and demonstrates the relevance of…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Incentives, Motivation, Interviews
Hayes, John R. – Written Communication, 2012
In Section 1 of this article, the author discusses the succession of models of adult writing that he and his colleagues have proposed from 1980 to the present. He notes the most important changes that differentiate earlier and later models and discusses reasons for the changes. In Section 2, he describes his recent efforts to model young…
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Models, Writing Processes, Adult Education
The Academic Librarian: Buying Into, Playing Out, and Resisting the Teacher Role in Higher Education
Austin, Trevor; Bhandol, Janine – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2013
This article reports the findings of a small-scale study in a UK university. The research investigated how academic librarians experienced the processes of becoming a teacher. As more librarians are drawn into a teaching role, understanding these developments becomes crucial. A narrative approach revealed the challenges faced as they participated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Librarians, Library Role
Ruggieri, Stefano; Boca, Stefano; Garro, Maria – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2013
A comparison of the effects of transactional and transformational leadership in synchronous and a synchronous online teamwork was conducted. In the study, groups of four participants interacted in online text chat and online text forum in problem solving tasks. The groups were lead by a confederate who acted as a transactional or a…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Synchronous Communication, Asynchronous Communication, Virtual Classrooms
Ho, Dora; Chen, Shu-Chin Susan – School Leadership & Management, 2013
This paper describes the process of school capacity building in Hong Kong's early childhood education at a time when there was a quest for quality education. A local preschool was selected for the study, which took part in a university-school support programme through which consultancy was hired from a university to provide school-based support.…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Capacity Building, College School Cooperation, Action Research