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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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Gilman, Sharlene Elinor – Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 2017
This article describes responses of a group of adolescent student actors and actor alumni involved in anti-bullying skits arising from a critical case study of the Tolerance Troupe from a small rural and suburban borough in Pennsylvania. Seventeen active members and 19 actor alumni participated in semi-structured interviews focusing on what the…
Descriptors: Bullying, Prevention, Theater Arts, Rural Areas
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O'Brien, Amy; Fuller, Richard – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2018
This article describes how there are specific tools and techniques used by teachers in synchronous-live-virtual classroom environments. Those items were investigated in this article. Data was collected from semi-structured, one-on-one interviews conducted with a purposeful sample of twelve identified "highly-qualified" teachers at a…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, High Schools, Secondary School Teachers, Synchronous Communication
Richardson, Hannah – Online Submission, 2017
This research explores solutions and challenges pertaining to a child's development of self-efficacy. After working with fifth grade students in a public education setting, Inoticed an increased reliance on teachers for both creative and procedural directions. This paper explores research of educators who examine the internal and external factors…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Self Management, Grade 5, Check Lists
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Servilio, Kathryn L.; Hollingshead, Aleksandra; Hott, Brittany L. – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2017
In higher education, current teaching evaluation models typically involve senior faculty evaluating junior faculty. However, there is evidence that peer-to-peer junior faculty observations and feedback may be just as effective. This descriptive case study utilized an inductive analysis to examine experiences of six special education early career…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Peer Evaluation, Higher Education, College Faculty
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Allen, Eva J.; FitzGerald, Anne Marie – Journal of Invitational Theory and Practice, 2017
The study investigates the perspectives of five educators on the influence of cultural care and invitational education (IE) through qualitative participatory action research (PAR). Invitational education is a theoretical framework that facilitates a positive learning environment and encourages individuals to reach their unlimited potential. Like…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Equal Education, Urban Schools, Elementary Schools
Pollock, Joseph – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this qualitative single case embedded exploratory case study was to investigate high school inclusion co-teachers' perceptions of the shared planning process when developing lesson plans for "Agile Mind" (2015) and to determine how teachers work to do this within the constructs of the online scripted curriculum. The…
Descriptors: Case Studies, High Schools, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Copper, Jenna; Semich, George – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2014
High-stakes student testing, accountability for students' outcomes, new educational trends, and revised curricula and standards are only a few of the reasons that teachers must learn to teach complex material with skilled and intentional practices. As a result, professional development for educators is in critical demand. Nevertheless, research in…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Social Media, Faculty Development
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Kanfush, Philip M. – Qualitative Report, 2014
This qualitative study assessed overall parent and teacher satisfaction with Direct Instruction reading for students having low incidence disabilities at an approved, private-licensed school for exceptional children in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Results of four parent and four teacher interviews coupled with document analysis disclosed…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Parent Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Direct Instruction
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Gill, Susan E.; Marcum-Dietrich, Nanette; Becker-Klein, Rachel – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2014
The Model My Watershed (MMW) application, and associated curricula, provides students with meaningful opportunities to connect conceptual understanding of watersheds to real-world decision making. The application uses an authentic hydrologic model, TR-55 (developed by the U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service), and real data applied in…
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Natural Resources, Water, Environmental Education
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Kangas, Sara E. N. – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2014
Through an ethnographic study of one suburban elementary school, the delivery of services to English language learners (ELLs) with disabilities was investigated. The data analysis revealed that often disability-related and English as a Second Language (ESL) services were in contention, as scheduling, teacher expertise, school culture, and ESL…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Delivery Systems, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Russell, Jennifer Lin; Bray, Laura E. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2013
Federal special education and accountability policies requires that educators individualize instruction for students with disabilities, while simultaneously ensuring that the vast majority of these students meet age-based grade-level standards and assessment targets. In this paper, we examine this dynamic interplay between policies through…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Special Education, Accountability, Individualized Education Programs
Kolarcik, Tiffany Nicole – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study explored how elementary educators implement iPad devices as instructional tools to enhance their language arts instruction. The study used a phenomenological qualitative design with a single-subject case study design coupled with an embedded rubric component. The researcher conducted in-depth, semi-structured interviews, classroom…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Language Arts, English, Elementary School Students
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers