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Using the Tablet Gestures and Speech of Pairs of Students to Classify Their Collaboration
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Viswanathan, Sree Aurovindh; VanLehn, Kurt – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2018
Effective collaboration between student peers is not spontaneous. A system that can measure collaboration in real-time may be useful, as it could alert an instructor to pairs that need help in collaborating effectively. We tested whether superficial measures of speech and user interface actions would suffice for measuring collaboration. Pairs of…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Data Collection, Data Analysis, Speech Communication
Teaching Real Data Interpretation with Models (TRIM): Analysis of Student Dialogue in a Large-Enrollment Cell and Developmental Biology Course
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Zagallo, Patricia; Meddleton, Shanice; Bolger, Molly S. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2016
We present our design for a cell biology course to integrate content with scientific practices, specifically data interpretation and model-based reasoning. A 2-year research project within this course allowed us to understand how students interpret authentic biological data in this setting. Through analysis of written work, we measured the extent…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Science Education, Cytology, Instructional Design
Teachers' and Parents' Perceptions of Special Education Referral for African American Students
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Smith-McClelland, Darlene – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Patterns of representation of African Americans in K-12 special education programs vary across the United States. A school district in Arizona has a 13% African American population, yet the African American special education representation is 17%. The purpose of this grounded theory study was to generate an understanding of the processes related…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Special Education, Referral
Arizona Uncertainty: Arbitrary Barriers in Accessing Institutional Need-Based Financial Aid
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Hill-Zuganelli, Dee; Cabrera, Nolan L.; Milem, Jeffrey F. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2017
Established in 2008, the Arizona Assurance Scholars Program (AASP) channeled institutional needbased aid to in-state, low-income students. Rapidly growing costs prompted three changes to the AASP eligibility requirements in 2011. We examined how these new requirements--a 3.0 or higher high school grade point average and the submission of the Free…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Student Needs, Barriers, Low Income Groups
Interplay of Languaging and Gameplay: Player-Game Interactions as Ecologies for Languaging and Situated L2 Development
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Ibrahim, Karim Hesham Shaker – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The field of game-mediated L2 learning has grown exponentially, and much has been discovered about the potentials of game-mediated interactions for L2 development, yet the fine-grained dynamics of player-game interactions and how they come to facilitate and afford L2 development are still largely underexplored. To address this gap in the…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Second Language Learning, Management Development, Video Games
Storytelling for Empowerment for Latino Teens: Increasing HIV Prevention Knowledge and Attitudes
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Nelson, Annabelle; Cordova, David; Walters, Andrew S.; Szecsy, Elsie – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2016
Latino adolescents are disproportionately impacted by HIV, but researchers have documented few programs to prevent and reduce HIV risk. The Storytelling for Empowerment (SFE) "HIV StoryBook" was designed with an innovative ecodevelopment approach combining empowerment, family communication, and positive cultural identity. A mixed method…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Adolescents, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Prevention