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Rishi Krishnamoorthy – ProQuest LLC, 2021
In the summer of 2019, Narendra Modi -- the leader of India's right-wing 'Bharatiya Janata Party' (BJP) -- won a landslide victory in the country's general elections, securing Modi's re-election as the Prime Minister of India. In a victory speech that spoke about the power of the Indian democracy and people, Modi positioned himself as a…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Epistemology, Research and Development, Indians
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Koichu, Boris; Kontorovich, Igor – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2013
"Success stories," i.e., cases in which mathematical problems posed in a controlled setting are perceived by the problem posers or other individuals as interesting, cognitively demanding, or surprising, are essential for understanding the nature of problem posing. This paper analyzes two success stories that occurred with individuals of different…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction
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Waterman, Clare; McDermott, Paul A.; Fantuzzo, John W.; Gadsden, Vivian L. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2012
Useful assessment outcomes (as manifest through assigned scores) must show reasonable variation across children because it is that variation that presumably defines children's individual differences. Alternatively it is conceivable that some portion of the variability in assessment outcomes does not reflect child differences but rather differences…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Kindergarten, Outcomes of Education
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Rose, David; Dalton, Bridget – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2009
The digital age offers transformative opportunities for individualization of learning. First, modern imaging technologies have changed our understanding of learning and the sources and ranges of its diversity. Second, digital technologies make it possible to design learning environments that are responsive to individual differences. We draw on…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Research and Development, Educational Technology, Access to Education
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Hutchins, Holly M.; Burke, Lisa A. – International Journal of Training and Development, 2007
Training professionals were surveyed concerning their knowledge of transfer of training research. Survey items were developed from an integrative literature review based on empirical findings of factors that directly or indirectly (through learning) influence training transfer. Survey results suggest that training professionals are in agreement…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Work Environment, Research and Development, Theory Practice Relationship