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Merrilyn Goos – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2024
This paper presents an analysis of how resources were designed to support implementation of the new Queensland senior secondary mathematics syllabuses. The analysis draws on the concept of educative curriculum materials that build teachers' subject matter knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge. Such resources are intended to help teachers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Mathematics, Secondary School Teachers, Professional Development
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Peters-Burton, Erin E.; Goffena, Jordan; Stehle, Stephanie M. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2022
A key process in the discipline of science is argumentation, which has recently been receiving more attention in K-12 classrooms. The purpose of this multiple case study was to concurrently examine self-regulated learning processes (SRL) and learning outcomes of three teachers in a professional development (PD) on argumentation in science to…
Descriptors: Self Management, Learning Processes, Professional Development, Persuasive Discourse
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Fransson, Göran; Norman, Fredrik – Teacher Development, 2021
The call for digitalisation in compulsory and upper secondary schools implies the need for teachers to pursue professional development. Here, teachers' self-understanding may influence how they use, relate to and learn about digital technologies. The purpose of this article is to explore how a teacher's self-understanding influences his…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Technology Integration, Professional Development, Learning Strategies
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Nelson, Kristin L.; Watkins, Naomi M. – Reading Improvement, 2019
This study surveyed 649 secondary middle and high school English teachers from two U.S. states on their vocabulary instructional practices and on the professional development they had received to do so. The results showed that teachers are likely not selecting enough words of which to explicitly teach the meanings and that their methods of…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, High School Teachers, English Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Beckford-Young, Paulette Vivienne – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this action research study was to conduct a professional development activity to provide content-area teachers with academic vocabulary strategies to be implemented during instruction on a daily basis. Professional development is essential for teachers to gain new knowledge and skills in order to hone their craft to improve student…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Professional Development, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Behavior
Silver, Edward A., Ed.; Kenney, Patricia Ann, Ed. – National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2015
This book's 28 chapters are adapted and updated from articles published in NCTM's "Journal for Research in Mathematics Education" between 2000 and 2010. The authors have rewritten and revised their work to make it clear, understandable, and--most of all--useful for mathematics teachers today. To help teachers even more, these articles…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Mathematics Education, Educational Research, Common Core State Standards
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Mannion, James; Mercer, Neil – Curriculum Journal, 2016
In 2010, a comprehensive secondary school in the south of England implemented a whole-school approach to "learning to learn" (L2L). Drawing on a range of evidence-based practices, a team of teachers worked collaboratively to design and deliver a taught L2L curriculum to all students throughout Key Stage 3. In total, the first cohort of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools, Secondary Education, Learning Processes
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Simonson, Michael, Ed.; Seepersaud, Deborah, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2021
For the forty-fourth time, the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented online and onsite during the annual AECT Convention. Volume 1 contains papers dealing primarily with research and development topics. Papers dealing with…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Video Technology
Kjartansdóttir, Skúlína Hlíf; Jakobsdóttir, Sólveig – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
In this paper we present the results of an evaluation study of a development project for the introduction and use of tablet computers (iPads) at the lower secondary level in Nordlinga school, a compulsory school in Reykjavík. In the study, we assess the impact of the use of tablet computers on instruction and students' learning in grades 9 to 10,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Handheld Devices, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Learning
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Nawab, Ali – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2011
Purpose: Literature on workplace learning emphasizes that learning should be continually generated and negotiated in the workplace. How does this concept unfold in the developing context? This paper aims at understanding teachers' workplace learning and the conditions which influence such learning in a private school of Pakistani context.…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Private Schools, Learning Strategies, Context Effect
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Meirink, Jacobiene A.; Meijer, Paulien C.; Verloop, Nico; Bergen, Theo C. M. – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2009
In this study, two data collection instruments were used to examine how Dutch secondary school teachers learn in the workplace. Firstly, they completed a questionnaire on their preferences for learning activities on two occasions. Secondly, during the intermediate period, they reported learning experiences in digital logs. Results of both…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Questionnaires
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Stringfield, Sam; Shumer, Robert; Stipanovic, Natalie; Murphy, Nora – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2013
The National Research Center on Career and Technical Education has supported four studies on one of the major components of Perkins legislation: programs of study. In this article, we present qualitative data linking the research center's longitudinal projects based on programs of study, via a one-time cross-case study of sites deemed highly…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, State Surveys, State Programs, Transitional Programs
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Wall, Kate; Higgins, Steve; Glasner, Emma; Mahmout, Ulfet; Gormally, Jane – Australian Educational Researcher, 2009
The Learning to Learn in Schools Phase 3 Evaluation was a four year project across England exploring the concept of Learning to Learn in 33 primary and secondary schools. The project was funded through the UK based Campaign for Learning. One of the key aims of the project was to ensure that the locus of control in terms of development remains with…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, School Culture, Action Research, Research Methodology
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Bruce, Bertram C.; Reynolds, Abigail – Educational Studies, 2009
Educators today are concerned with how to effectively implement whole school e-learning strategies, encompassing technical support, digital resources and professional development. This paper reports the findings of a project, Technologies in Docklands Education (TIDE), in which we investigated the use of technology to support learning in 24…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Technical Support, Teacher Effectiveness, Learning Strategies
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Lawes, Shirley; Santos, Denise – Language Learning Journal, 2007
This article reports on a distinctive form of continuing professional development that emerged from a classroom-based collaborative research project between university researchers and teachers of French. We shall argue that one of the outcomes of this particular form of collaboration is a relatively unexplored, yet potentially important, approach…
Descriptors: Writing Strategies, Learning Strategies, Language Teachers, French
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