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Ersal Kiziler, Eylem – Journal of Economic Education, 2023
Misconceptions hinder optimal student learning. They need to be addressed explicitly and formally to achieve effective teaching of economics. The author of this article outlines an activity that is designed to address misconceptions about "others" using a backward course design framework. Fink's significant learning categories,…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Macroeconomics, Economics Education, Misconceptions
Kevin King – English in Education, 2025
This paper provides educators a foothold in the tricky terrain of metaphor, its theoretical underpinnings and pedagogical possibilities. Metaphor provides us with a means of comprehending domains of experience that do not have a preconceptual structure of their own. Conceptual metaphors permit mental imagery from sensorimotor domains to hold sway…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, English Teachers, High School Teachers, College Faculty
Shiver, Janet; Klosterman, Peter – Middle School Journal, 2022
One of the greatest conceptual difficulties faced by middle level mathematics students is developing a rich understanding of irrational numbers that includes recognizing that irrational numbers are truly real numbers with an exact value and an exact place on the number line. Developing a deep conceptual understanding of irrational numbers is…
Descriptors: Mathematical Concepts, Middle School Mathematics, Middle School Students, Mathematics Instruction
Sit, Tyler – Religious Education, 2020
"Centering Marginalized Voices" is the second of nine Christian life rhythms explored in the upcoming book tentatively titled Staying Awake: The Gospel for Changemakers (Chalice Press). Author Rev. Tyler Sit explains how his multiethnic, Millennial church plant in South Minneapolis (New City Church, https://GrowNewCity.church), follows…
Descriptors: Christianity, Churches, Racial Bias, Social Justice
Kruppa, Jochen; Rohmann, Jessica; Herrmann, Carolin; Sieg, Miriam; Rubarth, Kerstin; Piper, Sophie – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2021
"The limits of my language are the limits of my mind. All I know is what I have words for" (Wittgenstein). When learning something completely new, we connect the unknown term to an already existing part of our knowledge. We can only build new ideas and insights upon an existing conceptual foundation. In the field of statistics, we…
Descriptors: Statistics Education, College Faculty, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Achievement
Rachel L. Gunderson; Caroline F. Mrozla-Toscano; Dung M. Mao – Journal of Faculty Development, 2023
Educators and administrators in higher education are currently grappling with the effects of individual and collective trauma as it relates to college students' academic performance. A plethora of research points to the inimical effects that trauma can have on students' learning and persistence. This article outlines common trauma terms and…
Descriptors: Trauma Informed Approach, Higher Education, Curriculum Implementation, Academic Achievement
Kristien Zenkov; Kristine E. Pytash – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2022
In this article, the authors--university faculty members working across college and school contexts in the United States--detail how teacher educators might address two challenges facing the teacher education field: (a) the long-standing critique of traditional teacher preparation in the United States as an isolated, questionably relevant ivory…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Student Projects, Active Learning, Clinical Experience
Bard, Rose – TESL-EJ, 2014
Reflecting simply put is the act of thinking about something while seeking a deeper level of understanding. Reflective practice is applying this thinking systematically by making questions, collecting data, and analysing it in order, not to prove something, but to comprehend and act upon reality. It is also an ongoing process that involves…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Reflective Teaching, Self Esteem, Language Teachers
Schwarzer, David; Acosta, Christian – Journal of Multilingual Education Research, 2014
The purpose of this article is to re-conceptualize the role of the monolingual teacher in mainstream K-12 classrooms in the United States who work with students who are mostly multilingual and transnational. The proposed role for monolingual teachers is to incorporate at least some of the resources available in students' native languages, even if…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Multilingualism, Monolingualism, Second Language Learning
Vale, Colleen – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2013
Colleen Vale makes the case for professional learning teams collaborating together to improve their teaching and hence children's achievement. In this article she describes how this may be done. Along the way the teachers explored the idea of equivalence and the common conceptions and misconceptions held by children in their classes.
Descriptors: Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Thinking Skills, Professional Development
Cushnahan, Mary – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2009
The difficulties experienced by vocational education and training (VET) teachers in delivering the generic employability skills embedded in industry training packages are considered in this paper. It suggests that the interpretation of generic skills should not be left to trainers and that a national strategy that is clear concise, comprehensive…
Descriptors: Vocational Education Teachers, Problems, Misconceptions, Interviews
Rhim, Lauren Morando; Kowal, Julie – National Association of State Directors of Special Education, 2008
This special report is a supplement to a series of special education primers created to inform state officials, authorizers and charter school operators about special education in the charter sector. The primer series also provides tools to help these stakeholders build charter school capacity to provide special education and related services. In…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Special Education, Virtual Classrooms, Research Reports