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Rayna L. Freedman – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this study was to understand what veteran elementary educators need to be successful with integrating technology into their current practices. While previous research has examined educator needs and successful professional development strategies, the voice of the veteran elementary educator is missing. Using the case study…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Development, Educational Needs, Electronic Learning
Buchholz, Jesse – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Increasing a correctional offender's mindset, resilience, and self-efficacy can be accomplished through the efficient use of technology within correctional education. Correctional facilities that employ the use of technology have the capacity to provide offenders with a tool that will serve them while they are incarcerated and again when they are…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Self Efficacy, Resilience (Psychology), Technology Integration
Soydan, Deniz – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Technological developments in the workplace in the United States have led to a demand for highly skilled laborers in the workforce. Hence, adult students return to college to earn four-year college degrees or obtain certifications in order to meet the demand for highly skilled positions. Thus, colleges and universities must find learning models…
Descriptors: Intervention, Metacognition, Skilled Workers, Labor Force Development
Olesh, Ryan – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Language learners need to understand and apply appropriate discourse as part of the process of attaining "communicative competence" (Canale, 1983) needed to fulfill academic and social-adaptive functions. Students who are able to apply discourse strategies within the classroom demonstrate higher levels of metacognition and critical…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Metacognition, Critical Thinking, Second Language Instruction
Allen-Raffail, Nola – ProQuest LLC, 2011
"We are living in a time of change. Rather than viewing change as a painful course of action, let's develop an understanding of how it works, how to facilitate the process, and how to learn from our experiences" (Hall & Hord, 2011, p. 18). This study used a snapshot of a private Kindergarten-12th grade school during the third year…
Descriptors: Change, Metacognition, Technology Integration, Teacher Attitudes