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Thomas, Jeffrey F.; Fatherly, Sarah – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2017
With institutions of many types embracing the rich possibilities offered by course-based learning communities, it is important for programs to consider how they might best prepare students for success in those courses. Key to this work is identifying the particular skills needed and creating opportunities to introduce students to those skills…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Skill Development, Teamwork, Metacognition
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Yost, Deborah S.; Vogel, Robert – Middle School Journal (J3), 2012
This article provides an overview of the Writers Matter program, which allows adolescents to use their life stories as a vehicle for self-expression and writing skill development. Evaluations of the program have show increased writing skills among participating students in the areas of focus, content, organization, and grammar. Additional benefits…
Descriptors: Student Empowerment, Adolescents, Program Effectiveness, Writing Skills
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Carson, Russell L.; Weiss, Howard M.; Templin, Thomas J. – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2010
The purpose of this paper is to introduce ecological momentary assessment (EMA) as an effective approach for capturing teachers' emotional states and behaviours over time. Although the implementation of EMA has a rich and successful history among social science researchers in general, traditional retrospective, self-report methods for collecting…
Descriptors: Search Strategies, Social Science Research, Research Methodology, Data Collection
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Rowe, Deborah; Fain, Jeanne Gilliam – Language Arts, 2013
The Family Backpack Project provided 249 low-income, prekindergarten children and their families with opportunities to read and listen to audio recordings of 3 sets of books in their homes. Families received English or dual-language texts (English plus Spanish, Arabic, Kurdish, or Somali) matched to their home languages. Children and their…
Descriptors: Journal Writing, Low Income Groups, Preschool Children, Family Programs
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West, Jean Jaymes; Simmons, Donna – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2012
Student learning is enriched by problem-based service learning (PBSL) projects. For Hispanic students, the learning that takes place in PBSL projects may be even more significant, although the research published in academic journals about client-based projects for Hispanic students is limited. This article begins to advance an understanding of how…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Service Learning, Hispanic American Students, Problem Based Learning
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Duncan, Ravit Golan; El-Moslimany, Hebbah; McDonnell, Janice; Lichtenwalner, Sage – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2011
The development of inquiry and project-based materials is challenging in many ways, not the least of which is the design of supports for teachers implementing such materials. We report on the design of educative and just-in-time teacher supports for an online project-based unit in ocean science. The teacher supports were visible as tabs on the…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Oceanography, Active Learning, Teacher Attitudes
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Luft, Pamela – 1997
This paper describes the use of electronic dialogue journals in a college course designed to teach 14 students a student-centered, whole-language reading methodology for use with children with hearing impairments. Students used electronic mail to discuss issues with the course instructor at the same time they were writing interactive journals with…
Descriptors: College Students, Dialog Journals, Electronic Mail, Elementary Secondary Education
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Bulger, Sean M. – Physical Educator, 2006
Academic departments in kinesiology and physical education have historically struggled with the important issue of interdisciplinary collaboration in the areas of teaching, research, and service. The resultant lack of coherence can prove problematic as undergraduates attempt to complete the often difficult transition from student to professional…
Descriptors: Supervision, Cooperation, Undergraduate Study, Physical Education