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Direct linkMichael Heater Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Disengagement from school represents the beginning stages of the general process which can end with dropout (Archambault et al., 2022; Henry et al., 2012). Disengagement, amplified by the recent impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, continues to impact the education of students in the United States, which if not addressed, can begin a cycle which may…
Descriptors: Video Games, Computer Games, Competition, Student Athletes
Peer reviewedPatchan, Melissa M.; Schunn, Christian D.; Sieg, Wilfried; McLaughlin, Dawn – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2016
While online instructional technologies are becoming more popular in higher education, educators' opinions about online learning tend to be generally negative. Furthermore, many studies have failed to systematically examine the features that distinguish one instructional mode from another, which weakens possible explanations for why online…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Acceleration (Education), Instructional Effectiveness, College Instruction
Download full textWilliams, Jane – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2011
This study presents a project undertaken to address a potential problem in getting new students to engage with their academic life. In September 2009, a new course design was introduced into the BA (Hons) Education program at the University of Wales, Newport. The course team was keen to ensure this new development did not lead to a fragmentation…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Student Participation, School Orientation, Information Literacy
Highland, Sara; McNally, Paulette; Peart, Marci – 1999
Hypothesizing that young students would exhibit fewer classroom behavior problems when engaged in activities linked to their strengths and interests, this study examined the use of Gardner's multiple intelligences to improve student behavior. Targeted were 20 students in prekindergarten, kindergarten, and first grade classrooms in two suburban…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Change Strategies, Cooperation
PDF pending restorationFoster, William; Gaa, Nancy; Nowicki, Jan; Ross, Venessa – 1997
This action research project implemented and evaluated an intervention for increasing student engagement in learning to improve academic success. The targeted population consisted of students in four separate schools: pre-kindergarten and eighth graders in a large metropolitan area and fifth and eighth graders in a rural community. The lack of…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Change Strategies, Class Activities, Cooperative Learning
PDF pending restorationEllingson, William E.; Long, Elizabeth A.; McCullough, Kathryn L. – 1997
This action research project evaluated an intervention to improve student motivation, attendance, homework return, and academic growth. Participating were 22 third graders and 53 middle school students in two growing middle class communities in north central Illinois. Inadequate student motivation was documented through data on attendance, student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Behavior Change, Change Strategies
