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Jablansky, Sophie; Alexander, Patricia A.; Dumas, Denis; Compton, Vicki – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
Relational reasoning, the ability to discern meaningful patterns within a stream of information, is considered a critical capacity for students. However, little is known about how this ability is demonstrated by children of different ages in the context of discourse with a more knowledgeable other. Thus, this study sought to investigate the ways…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Age Differences, Middle School Students, High School Students
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Chan, Jackie W. W.; Tam, Vicky C.; Li, Sandy S.; Pow, Jacky – Journal of the International Society for Teacher Education, 2016
This paper describes the development of a coding guide that was used to evaluate the use of information and communications technologies (ICT) in student assignments. Instrument design and pilot-testing was conducted in a Hong Kong Chinese primary government-subsidised school (I-School) with a school-based e-learning project. The design of the…
Descriptors: Coding, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Assignments
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Kirby, Anne V.; Dickie, Virginia A.; Baranek, Grace T. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
First-person perspectives of children with autism spectrum disorder are rarely included in research, yet their voices may help more clearly illuminate their needs. This study involved phenomenological interviews with children with autism spectrum disorder (n = 12, ages 4-13) used to gain insights about their sensory experiences. This article…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Sensory Experience, Phenomenology
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Flores-Koulish, Stephanie A.; Smith-D'Arezzo, Wendy Marie – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2016
In this article, the authors show how groups of 2nd- and 4th-grade students in an urban school district responded to a postmodern children's book, The "Three Pigs" by David Wiesner (2001). The students came to the project from basal-based direct instruction, and here they were offered a more constructivist opportunity to engage with a…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Urban Schools
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Peterman, Karen; Cranston, Kayla A.; Pryor, Marie; Kermish-Allen, Ruth – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
This case study was conducted within the context of a place-based education project that was implemented with primary school students in the USA. The authors and participating teachers created a performance assessment of standards-aligned tasks to examine 6-10-year-old students' graph interpretation skills as part of an exploratory research…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Place Based Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
Dai, David Yun; Steenbergen-Hu, Saiying; Zhou, Yehan – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2015
In this grounded theory qualitative study, we interviewed 34 graduates from one cohort of 51 students from a prestigious early college entrance program in China. Based on the interview data, we identified distinct convergent and divergent patterns of lived experiences and changes. We found several dominant themes, including peers' mutual…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Qualitative Research, College Graduates, Student Experience
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Kasaian, Seyed Ahmad; Subbakrishna, Rangaswamy – English Language Teaching, 2011
The British and US varieties of English have now come under suspicion of promoting American and British ways of life and marginalizing the local identities of their learners. Prompted by these suspicions, many scholars and policy makers have voiced doubts about the cultural adequacy of the native speaker-controlled ELT programs. In a recent survey…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Instructional Materials, Parent Attitudes
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Zweig, Jacqueline; Irwin, Clare W.; Kook, Janna Fuccillo; Cox, Josh – Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands, 2015
The purpose of this study is to describe what data preschools in a mid-sized city in the Northeast collect, how they use that data, and the challenges they face. The study focuses on three types of data: early learning outcomes, dosage (i.e., the amount of exposure to early childhood education), and classroom quality. The report further…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Data Collection, Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality