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Golden, Paullett – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2018
Scenario-based learning is an approach for student-centered learning used in the medical and legal fields, but is little used in liberal arts. In this study, I examine students' understanding and application of audience-centered writing techniques after a semester of formal scenario-based essays and problem-based activities. Comparing the grades…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Vignettes, Student Centered Learning, Writing (Composition)
Canuteson, Ashley Dyanne – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The developing synergy of legislation and research throughout recent history points to the current momentum behind college and career readiness for every student. Researchers have found that embedding academic content into career education improves student learning. Integrated learning can vary in approach and style and can be adjusted to fit into…
Descriptors: Geometry, Mathematics Instruction, High School Students, Correlation
Prefume, Yuko Enomoto – ProQuest LLC, 2015
A flipped classroom approach promotes active learning and increases teacher-student interactions by maximizing face-to-face class time (Hamdan, McKnight, Mcknight, Arfstrom, & Arfstrom, 2013). In this study, "flipped classroom" is combined with the use of technology and is described as an instructional approach that provides lectures…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Blended Learning, Homework
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Jimerson, Jo Beth; Choate, Marnie R.; Dietz, Laurel K. – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2015
Equipping teachers to use data is a critical piece of the school improvement puzzle. To help early career teachers (ECT) develop data-use acumen, some districts utilize mentoring supports. While research on mentoring in general is well-developed, research on how mentoring can or does support data-informed practice is not. To address this gap, we…
Descriptors: Mentors, Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Best Practices
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Valdez, Avelardo; Cepeda, Alice; Parrish, Danielle; Horowitz, Rosalind; Kaplan, Charles – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
Objective: This study assessed the effectiveness of an adapted Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT) intervention for gang-affiliated Mexican American adolescents and their parents. Methods: A total of 200 adolescents and their family caregivers were randomized to either a treatment or a control condition. Outcomes included adolescent substance…
Descriptors: Family Counseling, Juvenile Gangs, Mexican Americans, Intervention
Hungerford-Kresser, Holly; Wiggins, Joy L.; Amaro-Jimenez, Carla – Educational Action Research, 2014
The implementation of digital pedagogies (i.e. blogging) is one way to mediate large classroom discussions in culturally relevant ways. This 2.5-year longitudinal mixed-method action research study reflects on the ways blogging can further promote culturally relevant discussions explored in face-to-face classes. Findings include pre-service…
Descriptors: Action Research, Preservice Teachers, Web 2.0 Technologies, Electronic Publishing
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Jiang, Zhonghong; White, Alexander; Rosenwasser, Alana – Journal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College, 2011
The project reported here is conducting repeated randomized control trials of an approach to high school geometry that utilizes Dynamic Geometry (DG) software to supplement ordinary instructional practices. It compares effects of that intervention with standard instruction that does not make use of computer drawing/exploration tools. The basic…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Geometry, Comparative Analysis, Computer Uses in Education
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Rosen, Yigal; Beck-Hill, Dawne – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2012
This study provides a comprehensive look at a constructivist one-to-one computing program's effects on teaching and learning practices as well as student learning achievements. The study participants were 476 fourth and fifth grade students and their teachers from four elementary schools from a school district in the Dallas, Texas, area. Findings…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Reading Achievement, Educational Benefits