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Barnes, Meghan E.; Smagorinsky, Peter – Journal of Teacher Education, 2016
This study investigates the learning reported by a set of volunteer participants from three university teacher education programs: from one Southwestern U.S. University, the program in secondary English/Language Arts Education and the program in Elementary Education; and from one Southeastern U.S. University, the program in secondary…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Language Arts, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
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Hagerman, Michelle Schira; Keller, Alison; Spicer, Jodi L. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2013
The Educational Technology Certificate (ETC.) courses at Michigan State University are a set of three courses that can be taken as a standalone qualification or as the first three courses in the Master's of Educational Technology degree. Together, the courses emphasize the development of technology skills and advanced mindsets for technology…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Teaching Methods, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
LoCasale-Crouch, Jennifer; DeCoster, Jamie; Cabell, Sonia; Hamre, Bridget; Downer, Jason; Pianta, Robert – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2012
Over a decade ago, Bredekamp asserted (1996) that the field of early childhood education lacked a research base to document the effectiveness of approaches to producing highly skilled and effective early educators. The National Center for Research in Early Childhood Education's (NCRECE) Course and MyTeachingPartner (MTP) Coaching were developed to…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Faculty Development, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Student Relationship
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Brown, Joy L. M. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2012
Distance learning has become more popular in recent years. Due to concern about the quality of web-based courses, the purpose of this study was to explore the differences in web-based versus land-based courses. In this study, the researcher compares web-based and land-based education courses to explore the strengths and weaknesses of each type of…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Online Courses, Web Based Instruction
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Delano-Oriaran, Omobolade – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2012
This article describes the manner in which an authentic and culturally engaging service-learning model was infused into a multicultural education course for pre-service teachers. Service-learning programs integrated into education courses are often approached from a deficit perspective with pre-service teachers perceiving themselves as the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Multicultural Education, Service Learning, Community Needs
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Chang, Chun-Yen; Chien, Yu-Ta; Chang, Yueh-Hsia; Lin, Chen-Yung – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
This report describes our efforts in fostering Taiwanese pre-service teachers' ability to integrate information and communication technology (ICT) and teaching. The current state of science teacher education and ICT policies in Taiwan are documented briefly. The course model, MAGDAIRE (abbreviated from Modeled Analysis, Guided Development,…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Foreign Countries, Science Teachers
Montez-Ray, Natasha Dawn – ProQuest LLC, 2011
As patients prepare for total-knee arthroplasty surgery, they have numerous expectations related to their long-term recovery and function. This research discerned whether the use of a pre-surgical patient education class with an additional long-term expectation module addressing recovery during the first 12 months after surgery was more effective…
Descriptors: Expectation, Surgery, Physicians, Patients
Renner, Blake J. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Underprepared college students are a continuing challenge for higher education institutions. Many students arrive at institutions of higher education with weak academic skills and are unable to do college-level school work. As a result, developmental education programs are required to address these inadequacies in student preparation. The purpose…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Education Courses, Developmental Studies Programs, High School Graduates
Ulmer, L. Ward – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study sought to determine the relationship between the performance in remedial courses (English and math) and college-level course performances among students in a large university. This study investigated whether remedial education improves the achievement in freshman level collegiate courses. The study contributes to the literature on…
Descriptors: Research Design, Education Courses, Program Effectiveness, Remedial Instruction
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Gilbert, Jennifer; Graham, Steve – Elementary School Journal, 2010
A random sample of elementary teachers in grades 4-6 from across the United States were surveyed about their writing practices. Their responses raised concerns about the quality of writing instruction in upper-elementary grades. Almost two-thirds of the teachers reported that the teacher education courses they took in college provided them with…
Descriptors: Education Courses, Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Teachers
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Swan, Karen; Matthews, Daniel; Bogle, Leonard; Boles, Emily; Day, Scott – Internet and Higher Education, 2012
This paper reports on preliminary findings from ongoing design-based research being conducted in the fully online Master of Arts in Teacher Leadership (MTL) program at a small, Midwest public university. Researchers are using the Quality Matters (QM) and Community of Inquiry (CoI) frameworks to guide the iterative redesign of core courses in the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Masters Degrees, Teacher Leadership
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Llamas, Jose M. Coronel – Innovative Higher Education, 2011
This article describes the experience in Spain of a specific collaboration between university teachers and school counselors, which used case-based approaches in a teacher training program. The collaboration ran for four years and involved 300 graduate students, two university teachers, and six school counselors. Three basic features enabled this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, College School Cooperation, School Counselors
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Odom, Summer F.; Boyd, Barry L.; Williams, Jennifer – Journal of Leadership Education, 2012
Within personal leadership education courses, leadership educators should include experiences which help students develop themselves as leaders. In this article, the authors discuss results from a qualitative research study involving the analysis of Personal Growth Project (PGP) assignments in a personal leadership education collegiate course. The…
Descriptors: Leadership, Assignments, Qualitative Research, Leadership Training
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O'Bannon, Blanche W.; Britt, Virginia G. – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2012
Wikis are gaining popularity in classrooms because of their many benefits. Despite these benefits, there is a shortage of empirical data regarding their effectiveness in increasing knowledge. This study examined (a) the effectiveness of creating/developing/using a wiki to increase knowledge of Web 2.0 tools for 103 preservice teachers; (b) their…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Editing, Study Guides, Program Effectiveness
Nolot, Sandra K. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study examined the motivational orientations of 166 graduate students enrolled in distance education courses at a state university. Data were collected utilizing Boshier's Education Participation Scale A-Form and analyses were completed for overall results, by gender and age, by academic program and by preferred method of distance course…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Stimulation, Education Courses, Age
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