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Chandrasoma, Ranamukalage; Ananda, Lalith – Online Submission, 2017
In the past three decades or so, the conceptual rigour of intertextuality has exercised enormous influence on pedagogical practices. In this context, intertextuality can also be used as a means of harnessing students' critical stances that are crucial for teaching language skills. Based on eight qualitative student interviews at a university in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Critical Thinking, Teaching Methods
Kheradmand Saadi, Zahra – Online Submission, 2016
For Vygotsky, language is a cultural-psychological concept emerged from social interactions and is applied for higher cognitive functions such as thinking, meaning making, and knowledge construction. In this study, a sociocultural perspective was applied to analyze the language produced by 40 sophomore Iranian EFL learners during dialogic…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Discourse Analysis, Undergraduate Students, Classification
Espinosa-Bueno, Juana Silvia; Labastida-Pina, Diana Veronica; Padilla-Martinez, Kira; Garritz, Andoni – Online Submission, 2011
It is argued that the lack of consensus on what constitutes an inquiry-based approach makes the generalization about it difficult, because the concept is relatively unspecific and vague. This problem can partially be solved by constructing a set of activities promoted by inquiry, thus defining the inquiry objectives for classroom and laboratory…
Descriptors: Classification, Foreign Countries, Science Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Cady, Jennifer – Online Submission, 2010
In order to guide organizational growth in the Master's in Education with an emphasis in Special Education program, offered at Southwestern College, an in-depth qualitative study was conducted with participants from three specific realms located in the state of Kansas. Participants from the Kansas State Department of Education, Southwestern…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Masters Degrees, Questionnaires
Cuhadar, Cem; Kuzu, Abdullah; Akbulut, Yavuz – Online Submission, 2007
This study investigated opinions of students regarding instructional use of PDAs (personal digital assistants). The study was conducted in the 4th semester elective course, BTO 204 - Business English at the Faculty of Education at Anadolu University. Purposeful sampling was applied in the current study. Five PDAs were distributed to sophomore…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Elective Courses, Student Attitudes, Business English
Yorek, Nurettin; Aydin, Halil; Ugulu, Ilker; Dogan, Yunus – Online Submission, 2008
In this study, pupils' constructions of some concepts related to biodiversity like classifying living things, variation in living things and ecosystem elements, and the concept of life were investigated in the light of constructivist theory of learning. For this purpose, a biological diversity conceptual understanding test formed by a series of…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Teaching Styles, Student Attitudes, Ecology
Orkodashvili, Mariam – Online Submission, 2001
The paper analyses qualitative data on the topic of "international graduate student life," and especially on the cultural and academic adaptation processes that graduates go through in a new environment. The paper describes and discusses the process of the work on the data. It deals with the theories and hypotheses that were generated during the…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Foreign Students, Student Experience, Student Adjustment
Blodgett, Cynthia S. – Online Submission, 2008
The purpose of this grounded theory study was to examine the process by which people with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (MTBI) access information on the web. Recent estimates include amateur sports and recreation injuries, non-hospital clinics and treatment facilities, private and public emergency department visits and admissions, providing…
Descriptors: Head Injuries, Brain, Neurological Impairments, Mild Disabilities