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Bunning, Lucy; Kostka, Ilka – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2018
This study examined undergraduate international students' communication-related experiences during service-learning, focusing specifically on their goals and strategies and the role of communication. Participants included 28 English as a Second Language (ESL) students in two sections of a service-learning course in a university pathways program in…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Communication Strategies, Metacognition, Foreign Students
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Rowlands, Kate; Avramenko, Alex – Education Sciences, 2013
This paper introduces an innovative course design incorporating both communities of practice and reflective practice as a learning strategy for part-time learners in higher education. The new design has been applied to teaching HR practitioners in a UK-based business school. Findings indicate that the suggested way of organizing teaching and…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Part Time Students, Business Schools, Curriculum Design
Kristin, Maureen; And Others – 1995
A program was implemented for improving student's motivation in order to increase their performance and self-esteem. The targeted population consisted of primary grade students in middle-class communities within the southwest suburbs of Chicago. Analysis of probable cause data revealed students' lack of skills related to organization,…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning
Hipp, Kristine Kiefer; Huffman, Jane Bumpers – 2003
This presentation addresses three topics: (1) the assessment of professional learning communities in schools; (2) the design and development of professional learning communities in schools; and (3) the effects of professional learning communities in schools. The purpose of this brief document is to share descriptions, processes, and materials…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational Environment, Educational Improvement