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An, Yun-Jo – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2016
Only a limited number of research studies have investigated how students design educational computer games and its impact on student learning. In addition, most studies on educational game design by students were conducted in the areas of mathematics and science. Using the qualitative case study approach, this study explored how seventh graders…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Games, Computer Games, Design
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Shah, Payal – Comparative Education Review, 2015
Delving into the "black box" of schooling can help us better understand the paradoxical reality that schooling for girls can be simultaneously empowering and disempowering. Despite recent interest in developing innovative research methodologies within the field of comparative education, there has been less attention to and reflexivity…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Females, Adolescents
Jaquith, Ann; Snyder, Jon – Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education, 2016
Can the National Board certification process support school improvement where large proportions of students score below grade level on standardized tests? This SCOPE study examines a project that sought to seize and capitalize upon the learning opportunities embedded in the National Board certification process, particularly opportunities to learn…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, National Standards, School Culture, Educational Improvement
Jaquith, Ann; Snyder, Jon – Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education, 2016
Can the National Board certification process support school improvement where large proportions of students score below grade level on standardized tests? This SCOPE study examines a project that sought to seize and capitalize upon the learning opportunities embedded in the National Board certification process, particularly opportunities to learn…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, National Standards, School Culture, Educational Improvement
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Chung, Yiu Bun; Yuen, Mantak – Pastoral Care in Education, 2012
This small-scale study aimed to explore how the reporting and feedback system in an inviting school in Hong Kong attempts to facilitate students' learning and development. In particular, the study examined how students in an inviting setting felt about the reporting system in relation to their own learning and development. Any associations between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 7, Grade 10, Educational Environment
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Swan, Karen; Vahey, Philip; van 't Hooft, Mark; Kratcoski, Annette; Rafanan, Ken; Stanford, Tina; Yarnall, Louise; Cook, Dale – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2013
The research reported in this paper explores the applicability and efficacy of a variant of problem-based learning, the Preparation for Future Learning (PFL) approach, to teaching and learning within the context of a cross-curricular, middle school data literacy unit called "Thinking with Data" (TWD). A quasi-experimental design was used…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Interdisciplinary Approach, Middle Schools, Quasiexperimental Design