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Korgan, Christos; Durdella, Nathan – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2016
Students' success in overcoming difficult academic and social circumstances is tied to educational resilience, yet the current body of literature fails to unpack the complexities of resilience in relation to students' interpretation of themselves and environmental messages. To examine this phenomenon, this study used a narrative inquiry approach…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Resilience (Psychology), Family Influence, Peer Influence
Baker, Diana; Scanlon, David – Exceptionality, 2016
The active involvement of secondary school students with high-incidence disabilities (HI) in instructional accommodations is essential to both enacting the accommodations and to the accommodations effectiveness. Very little is known about students with HI's knowledge about instructional accommodations, experiences with them, or opinions on…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), High School Students, Focus Groups
Communicating the Nature of Science through "The Big Bang Theory": Evidence from a Focus Group Study
Li, Rashel; Orthia, Lindy A. – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2016
In this paper, we discuss a little-studied means of communicating about or teaching the nature of science (NOS)--through fiction television. We report some results of focus group research which suggest that the American sitcom "The Big Bang Theory" (2007-present), whose main characters are mostly working scientists, has influenced…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Programming (Broadcast), Television, Focus Groups
Carter, Carolyn Denise – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences of teachers relative to: (a) the processes and strategies used to implement the various components of a teacher effectiveness model used by teachers participating in four focus group sessions. The research explored the teachers' experiences with which components were most and…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Effectiveness, Models, School Districts
Kelleher, Sheri E. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This qualitative case study was designed to investigate mentors and mentees and their relationships in a formal group-mentoring program. Results and findings were expected to contribute to the literature on how to best support future new faculty and senior faculty careers by providing data on the opinions of those who participated in the mentoring…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Teacher Attitudes, Mentors, Private Colleges
Collins, Hilary; Glover, Hayley; Myers, Fran; Watson, Mor – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
This paper explores the unlearning and learning undertaken by adjuncts (Associate Lecturers) during the introduction of automated messaging by the university as part replacement of adjunct pastoral support for students. Automated messages were introduced by the University to standardize the student experience in terms of qualification…
Descriptors: Automation, Distance Education, Adjunct Faculty, Learning
Augustine, Jill – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this study was to design, develop, and administer an Objective, Structured Management Exam (OSME) on management skills for pharmacy students. Pharmacy preceptors for the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy participated in focus groups that identified business, management, and human resource skills needed by pharmacy graduates.…
Descriptors: Pharmaceutical Education, Test Construction, Objective Tests, Administrators
Campbell, Drey – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Test anxiety is problem that affects college students. Explanatory mixed methods research was completed with the objective of understanding the interrelationship of prayer and test anxiety as well as the potential therapeutic effects of Christian prayer on test anxiety. It was hypothesized that Christian prayer would have significant effects on…
Descriptors: Test Anxiety, Mixed Methods Research, Beliefs, Christianity
Russell, Abigail Emma; Tay, Marianne; Ford, Tamsin; Russell, Ginny; Moore, Darren – British Journal of Special Education, 2019
There is little research exploring educational practitioners' experiences of working with children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The current study aimed to understand educational practitioners' beliefs concerning the home lives of children with ADHD, and how they perceive that home lives affect children's behaviour in…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Teaching Experience, Family Environment
Hoff, Hild Elisabeth – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2019
The work presented here is a qualitative study of socio-cultural approaches to literary texts in a selection of upper secondary English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms in Norway. The article explores opportunities and challenges related to the fostering of competent "intercultural readers" in foreign language (FL) educational…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Sociocultural Patterns
Bokhorst-Heng, Wendy; Marshall, Kelle Keating – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2019
The focus of this article is how pedagogical theory and applied linguistic research informed the development of a multifaceted methodology designed to elicit middle school students' perspectives on bilingualism and their language identities within the context of a one-way French Immersion programme in New Brunswick, Canada. The theoretical context…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Adolescents, Educational Theories, Applied Linguistics
Stein, Kristy Cooper; Miness, Andrew; Kintz, Tara – Teachers College Record, 2018
Background: Student engagement is a cognitively complex domain that is often oversimplified in theory and practice. Reliance on a single model overlooks the sophisticated nature of student engagement and can lead to misconceptions and limited understandings that hinder teachers' ability to engage all of their students. Assessing varied models…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Theories, Social Theories, Hypothesis Testing
Hodgson, Anna R.; Grahame, Victoria; Garland, Deborah; Gaultier, Fiona; Lecouturier, Jan; Le Couteur, Ann – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2018
Background: Early intervention for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) tends to focus on enhancing social communication skills. We report data collected via focus group discussions as part of a feasibility and acceptability pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) about a new parent group intervention to manage restricted and repetitive behaviours (RRB)…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Early Intervention, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism
Pulis, Angele – Management in Education, 2018
This article describes a study conducted in Malta on pupil voice in the role of assessor. The purpose of the study was to provide a fresh perspective on school quality assurance in Malta, by asking those who are directly affected--the pupils themselves. The data provided by the study could help educational leaders, together with the whole school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mixed Methods Research, Quality Assurance, Educational Indicators
Sandri, Orana; Holdsworth, Sarah; Thomas, Ian – Environmental Education Research, 2018
The development of university wide graduate attributes has become an important mechanism for setting generic learning outcomes across higher education institutions. Many universities around the world have developed sets of graduate attributes that they aim to develop through degree programs. Sustainability related attributes have been included in…
Descriptors: Vignettes, Sustainability, Environmental Education, Outcomes of Education