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Hadjar Mohajerzad; Andreas Martin; Lavinia Kamphausen; Sarah Widany – Journal of Professional Capital and Community, 2024
Purpose: Research shows that there are mechanisms of information simplification that lead to the danger that first, laypeople rely on their own epistemological skills when assessing scientific claims. Second, laypeople underestimate their dependence on experts when they receive simplified information. This underestimation can be problematic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Continuing Education, Adult Education, Research Reports
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Selçuk Dogan; Ismail Çelik; Nihal Yurtseven – International Journal of Curriculum and Instructional Studies, 2023
Teachers have a vital role in students' learning. This role is multifaceted in terms of their design skills and must be unpacked to clearly understand how teachers' daily routines differ with respect to instructional perspectives. This study introduces a comprehensive professional development (PD) program for teachers to build capacity in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Education, Private Education, Elementary School Teachers
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Hashemi, Mohammad R.; Yousefi, Nima – International TESOL Journal, 2021
The present quantitatively-driven mixed methods study aimed at exploring the effect of musical input as a mode on intermediate L2 learners' knowledge and retention of difficult words. The data were collected in two phases. In the experimental phase, quantitative data were collected from 40 learners. An innovative method was used for the purpose of…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Second Language Learning, Knowledge Level, Retention (Psychology)
Oluwatosin O. Akande – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The study examined the difficulties encountered by parents of children with ASD in rural communities in Nigeria. The lack of sufficient healthcare facilities and proficient practitioners in rural locations hinders the availability of early intervention services. The cultural beliefs and misconceptions surrounding ASD exacerbate stigma,…
Descriptors: Parents, Parent Attitudes, Children, Disabilities
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Quinn, Brenna L.; Smolinski, Megan – Journal of School Nursing, 2018
School nurses are afforded minimal resources related to assessing pain in students with intellectual disability (ID) and have called for continuing education. The purpose of this study was to measure the effectiveness of an education program regarding best practices for assessing pain in students with ID. Educational sessions were presented to 248…
Descriptors: School Nurses, Pain, Intellectual Disability, Professional Continuing Education
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Schilling, Martin S.; Mulford, Matthew A.; Geiger, Ingmar R. – Simulation & Gaming, 2006
In this article, the authors introduce a new feature to model the collective bargaining process: a two-level game setting with direct learner-expert interaction. In the simulation ZUG UM ZUG 2015, participants form union and management negotiation teams to negotiate with each other (first level) and with a management or union "tariff…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Collective Bargaining, Unions, Contracts
Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Spector, J. Michael, Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
These proceedings contain the papers of the IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2013), October 22-24, 2013, which has been organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS), co-organized by The University of North Texas (UNT), sponsored by the…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Cognitive Processes, Learning Processes, Short Term Memory