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Börstler, Jürgen; Hilburn, Thomas B. – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2015
Team projects are a way to expose students to conflicting project objectives, and "[t]here should be a strong real-world element … to ensure that the experience is realistic" [ACM/IEEE-CS 2015b]. Team projects provide students an opportunity to put their education into practice and prepare them for their professional careers. The aim of…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Computer Science Education, Instructional Design, Teaching Methods
Geronimo, Marianne – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of teacher education and professional development on teachers' perceptions of efficacy with providing effective English language instructional support to English learners. Using Bandura's (1997) self-efficacy theory, this study also analyzed the relationship between perceptions of efficacy and…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Smith, Katherine E.; Joyce, Kerry E. – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2012
Studies exploring how and why evidence informs decisions (or not) often focus on perceived cultural, communicative and institutional gaps between research producers and users. More recently, there has been a growing interest in exploring how political differences between competing "policy networks" might shape research utilisation.…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Public Health, Case Studies, Theories
Redle, Erin E. – EBP Briefs (Evidence-based Practice Briefs), 2012
For toddlers with feeding disorders characterized by oral-motor deficits and limited texture acceptance, would an intervention that specifically included at least one sensory processing component (e.g., tactile, proprioception) and an oral-motor component be more effective than only an oral-motor intervention? A scoping literature review was used…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Speech Language Pathology, Intervention, Toddlers
Dean Fixsen – Office of Vocational and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2012
Through a series of summit meetings, the Adult Education Great Cities Summit Initiative explored the needs and concerns of adult education students, teachers, and local program administrators in five large, urban settings. Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Miami, and Houston participated in a series of activities focused on improving learner…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Literacy Education, Academic Achievement, Adult Education
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Prieto-Rodriguez, Elena; Gore, Jennifer; Holmes, Kathryn – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2016
Online learning is increasingly ubiquitous in higher education. However, research regarding online teaching often focuses on the affordances of the online environment rather than on the quality of pedagogy. In this paper we consider how online learning could be enhanced using rich pedagogical models that are consistent with a wealth of existing…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Instructional Effectiveness
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Zundans-Fraser, Lucia; Auhl, Greg – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2016
The intent of this study was to examine how a theoretically-designed subject in an undergraduate teacher education course impacted on the learning and confidence of pre-service teachers in catering for the needs of students with diverse needs. The subject design utilised theoretical principles of self-organisation that were incorporated with the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Undergraduate Students, Instructional Design, Evidence Based Practice
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Bashant, Jennifer L. – Journal for Leadership and Instruction, 2016
Why is hope such an important concept for schools to consider? Research has clearly demonstrated that more hopeful students perform better in school and in life than less hopeful students. Hopeful thought reflects the belief that one can find pathways to desired goals and become motivated to use those pathways. As a result, hope drives the…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Student Attitudes, Positive Attitudes, Well Being
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Wilcox, Kristen Campbell; Jeffery, Jill V.; Gardner-Bixler, Andrea – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2016
This multiple case study investigated how the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for writing and teacher evaluation system based in part on CCSS assessments might be influencing writing instruction in elementary schools. The sample included nine schools: Six achieved above-predicted performance on English Language Arts (ELA) as well as prior ELA…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Common Core State Standards, Writing Instruction, Evaluation Methods
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Ciullo, Stephen; Lembke, Erica S.; Carlisle, Abigail; Thomas, Cathy Newman; Goodwin, Marilyn; Judd, Laura – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2016
The authors report findings from a systematic observational study of middle school educators (Grades 6-8) in two states who provided reading interventions within Tier 2 and Tier 3 of a Response to Intervention (RTI) framework. Intervention sessions were coded and analyzed to understand (a) the frequency and type of evidence-based strategies…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers, Response to Intervention
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Hunt, Jessica H.; Valentine, Courtney; Bryant, Diane Pedrotty; Pfannenstiel, Kathleen Hughes; Bryant, Brian R. – Remedial and Special Education, 2016
Researchers design scripted supplemental mathematics programs for struggling students, such as students with learning disabilities (LD), to encourage an evidence-based presentation of concepts and use of instructional language in teachers' implementation. In practice, teachers may or may not implement these programs with high fidelity, resulting…
Descriptors: Supplementary Education, Remedial Mathematics, Intervention, Special Education
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Svirin, Yury A.; Titor, Svetlana E.; Petrov, Alexander A.; Smirnov, Evgenii N.; Morozova, Ekaterina A.; Scherbakova, Olga Y. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The relevance of the chosen problem is caused by the necessity of finding a model of qualitative growth of specialists training in conditions when cuts in expenditure of the state budget allocated to education occurs annually. Besides, the development of technology inevitably leads to the expansion of the list of subspecialties employers need. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Education, Federal Regulation, Evidence Based Practice
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Blitz, Lisa V.; Anderson, Elizabeth M.; Saastamoinen, Monique – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2016
Negative outcomes for students of color and those who are economically disadvantaged are troubling patterns in schools nationwide. Systemic racial disparities, including disproportional poverty, are part of the problem. Regardless of their race, however, children who live with poverty often have heightened exposure to adverse experiences.…
Descriptors: Trauma, Elementary School Curriculum, Models, Culturally Relevant Education
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Murmura, Federica; Casolani, Nicola; Bravi, Laura – Quality in Higher Education, 2016
This paper develops a theoretical framework that could facilitate the application of the Autovalutazione, Valutazione periodica, Accreditamento (AVA) method in Italian universities, trying to simplify the use of this approach, and to cover the existing gap between Italy and others European academic institutions. The new competitive environment in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Program Implementation, Self Evaluation (Groups)
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Martin-Prudent, Angi; Lartz, Maribeth; Borders, Christina; Meehan, Tracy – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2016
Early identification and appropriate intervention services for children who are deaf or hard of hearing significantly increase the likelihood of better language, speech, and social-emotional development. However, current research suggests that there is a critical shortage of professionals trained to provide early intervention services to deaf and…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Hearing Impairments, Evidence Based Practice, Social Development
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