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Santori, Diane; Smith, Carol A. – Middle School Journal, 2018
Educators and researchers are finding that students are more motivated and engaged when using mobile devices such as an iPad. Yet research describing powerful and effective iPad-mediated teaching and learning and how it supports the development of multiliteracies is limited. This article reports on a qualitative study that was designed to capture…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications
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Sherry, Michael B. – Curriculum Inquiry, 2016
Education researchers have established the value of dialogic, whole-class discussions across content areas. However, such discussions have been defined primarily in terms of questions that enable or constrain interactions among multiple students. Research remains to be done on whether and how the subject matter with which teacher and students…
Descriptors: Grade 9, History Instruction, Teaching Methods, Sociolinguistics
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Su, Yanfang; Willis, Gordon; Salomon, Joshua A. – Field Methods, 2017
Vignette design has been largely neglected in anchoring vignette studies. This study aimed to contribute to the science of vignette design by developing and evaluating vignettes for measuring vision in rural China. Cognitive interviews were conducted among 36 participants in a Chinese middle school. The respondents either directly evaluated vision…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Vignettes, Questioning Techniques
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Sach, Elizabeth – Education 3-13, 2015
This paper set out to explore teachers' narratives in order to understand some of the facilitators and constraints which promote or inhibit good formative assessment practices in schools. A "responsive interview" approach was used to probe a small sample of lower and middle school teachers' perceptions of formative assessment.…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Performance Factors, Barriers, Educational Practices
Ippolito, Jacy – Literacy Coaching Clearinghouse, 2009
What role must principals play in order to effectively support literacy coaching efforts? This is a question that many educators have begun to ask (Burkins, 2007; Casey, 2006; Kral, 2007; Shanklin, 2007; Steiner & Kowal, 2007; Toll, 2008). Some suggest that principals can establish close relationships with literacy coaches by offering a number…
Descriptors: Instructional Improvement, Vignettes, Interprofessional Relationship, Mixed Methods Research