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Larouche, Richard; Laurencelle, Louis; Shephard, Roy J.; Trudeau, François – Physical Educator, 2015
In this study, we explored the effects of exposure to an experimental program of daily physical education (PE) during primary school on adult attitudes toward school PE. In 2008, 86 original participants in the Trois-Rivières study (44 women and 42 men aged 44.0 ± 1.2 years) underwent a semistructured interview in which their attitudes toward PE,…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Time Factors (Learning), Followup Studies, Primary Education
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Pegrum, Mark; Howitt, Christine; Striepe, Michelle – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2013
Mobile handheld devices are spreading rapidly in education. iPads, especially, are increasingly being adopted by different educational sectors, but there is currently little empirical evidence on whether, or how, they facilitate student learning. This paper reports on how iPads contributed to pre-service teachers' learning, including their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Handheld Devices, Preservice Teachers, Academic Achievement
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Kurt, Adile Askim; Izmirli, Serkan; Sahin-Izmirli, Ozden – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2011
The purpose of this study is to determine the views of students about blog use for supplementary purposes in courses. Survey research method was applied for the quantitative dimension of the study, and the semi-structured interview technique was used for the qualitative dimension. Regarding the quantitative dimension of the study, the participants…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Qualitative Research, Electronic Publishing, Interviews
Walker, Ida – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this descriptive, post hoc single case study was to understand how the five components of Teddlie and Stringfield's (1993) school effectiveness model manifested themselves in school improvements efforts. This study used Teddlie and Stringfield (1993) five component school effectiveness conceptual model (focus on academics, orderly…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Schools, School Effectiveness