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Liling Huang – ProQuest LLC, 2024
A key goal in World Language Education (WLE) is challenging learners' preconceived notions about other cultures, aligning with the leading intercultural competence models, national language teaching standards, and the emerging Transformative Language Learning and Teaching (TLLT) paradigm. However, challenging stereotypes remains a concern to…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Transformative Learning
Bair, Beth Teagarden – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In 2015, a university in rural Maryland offered an undergraduate service-learning leadership course, which collaborated with a service-learning community of practice. This interdisciplinary leadership course initiated and sustained personal and critical reflection and social interactions by integrating Computer-Medicated Communication (CMC)…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Computer Mediated Communication, Questionnaires, Case Studies
Gogia, Laura Park – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is implementing a large scale exploration of digital pedagogies, including connected learning and open education, in an effort to promote digital fluency and integrative thinking among students. The purpose of this study was to develop a classroom assessment toolkit for faculty who wish to document student…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Technological Literacy, Evaluation Methods
Sheetz, Tracey L. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Adults frequently define their lives as "hectic" and "overextended;" yet, many make the decision to return to school and add the role of student into their busy lives. This research study explored and explained the impact of connective technology on self-efficacy and self-regulated learning of female adult students balancing…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Adult Students, Family Work Relationship, Telecommunications
Brown, Daniel James – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study explores the potential for the band rehearsal setting to be a reflectively collaborative space. School bands are traditionally large, performance-centered ensembles where discussions between director and student are limited by time and the size of the group. Recognizing the need to base rehearsals less on the conductor's…
Descriptors: Music Education, Musical Instruments, Electronic Publishing, Web Sites
Woods-Wilson, Cyndy J. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Learners become at-risk of failure for myriad reasons. Absenteeism and the resulting missed learning is one major reason students become at-risk of failure. Learners consistently in the classroom often participate in conversations about the relevance and/or application of the lessons but high absenteeism, coupled with frequent moves, means losing…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Ethnography, Computer Mediated Communication