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Michael Foster – ProQuest LLC, 2023
"Vicarious learning" research is a burgeoning area of inquiry, which examines the learning of students who observe and are engaged with video- or audio-taped presentations of other people engaged in learning (Chi et al., 2008). In such studies, the students or "vicarious learners" (VLs) are positioned as indirect participants…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Problem Solving, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills
Michael Foster – ProQuest LLC, 2023
"Vicarious learning" research is a burgeoning area of inquiry, which examines the learning of students who observe and are engaged with video- or audio-taped presentations of other people engaged in learning (Chi et al., 2008). In such studies, the students or "vicarious learners" (VLs) are positioned as indirect participants…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Problem Solving, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills
Katz-Cote, Heather Michele – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Race to the Top (RttP) was used to focus school reform on the improvement of teaching through teacher evaluation based on student growth data. Papay (2012) was among the researchers who argued that "evaluators must be well-trained, knowledgeable about effective teaching practices, as defined in the standards, and able to analyze observed…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Teacher Evaluation, Academic Achievement, Teacher Competencies
Turner, George W. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore how adults with mild intellectual disabilities live out their social-sexual lives. Adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) are often assumed to be asexual or incapable of having sexual lives, resulting in a paucity of research-based knowledge. Research and educational efforts with this…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Adults, Mild Mental Retardation