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Levrai, Peter; Bolster, Averil – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2019
In English for academic purposes courses, group oral presentations are quite common but essay writing tends to be seen as an individual endeavour, albeit with scope for peer review. This article discusses action research reflecting on student perceptions of a framework to support students through a semester-long collaborative essay assignment in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Language of Instruction, Essays, Action Research
MacLennan, Helen – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2018
Student plagiarism in higher education is widespread and presents a growing concern for faculty and administrators who are intent on upholding academic integrity. However, a myopic view of plagiarism as a purely ethical issue is misguided. It is not always simply a deliberate attempt to deceive. Through the involvement of students in an…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Plagiarism, Action Research, Case Studies
Daba, Tolessa Muleta; Ejersa, Sorale Jilo; Aliyi, Sultan – Educational Research and Reviews, 2017
Group learning has become a common practice in schools and tertiary institutions. It provides more comfortable and supportive learning environment than solitary work. It fosters critical thinking skills, develops individual accountability, increases levels of reasoning and positive interdependence, improves problem-solving strategies and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Assignments, Semi Structured Interviews, Biology
MacKinnon, Gregory; Vibert, Conor – Education and Information Technologies, 2014
A video database of business-leader interviews has been implemented in the assignment work of students in a Bachelor of Business Administration program at a primarily-undergraduate liberal arts university. This action research study was designed to determine the most suitable assignment work to associate with the database in a Business Strategy…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Databases, Undergraduate Students, Action Research
Keane, Kjrsten; Russell, Miriam – Open Praxis, 2014
Though separated by geographical distance, a student with disabilities, his advisor, and his writing coach consorted in the Cloud using Google applications to achieve a writing goal. Our scenario demonstrates how emerging technologies can bridge transactional distance and "virtually" supplant face-to-face conferencing around a college…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Case Studies, Action Research, Disabilities
Promoting Multicultural Competence in Master's Students and Improving Teaching Using Action Research
Gentry, Debra S.; Jacob, Stacy A. – Journal of Case Studies in Education, 2012
The ability to work effectively with diverse student populations is increasingly important for student affairs practitioners as college campuses become more diverse in their student populations. A three part conceptual framework for developing multicultural competence was used to design a master's level course on multiculturalism and diversity.…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Cultural Awareness, Competence, Graduate Students
Bates, Alisa; Pardo, Laura S. – i.e.: inquiry in education, 2010
Teachers must have professional strategies that allow them to consider what students need in order to be academically successful, and then respond to those needs through instructional and management changes in the classroom. This is not a simple process for any teacher; for a novice teacher, this is a particularly complex challenge as they are…
Descriptors: Action Research, Student Diversity, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Student Relationship
Cain, Tim; Holmes, Melanie; Larrett, Alison; Mattock, Joanna – British Educational Research Journal, 2007
Although action research is a common feature of courses of initial teacher training, the evidence as to its efficacy, in encouraging reflection among trainees, is mixed. This article discusses cases of action research assignments carried out by three trainees into their own practice in relation to (a) behaviour management, (b) monitoring and…
Descriptors: Assignments, Thinking Skills, Trainees, Reflective Teaching
Thompson, Deirdre D.; McDonald, Denise M. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2007
This study examined the relationship of different assignment structures (i.e., teacher-constructed and student-constructed) on the achievement patterns of 6th-grade gifted and advanced students in a Southwest suburban school. Through a descriptive case study design (Berg, 2004; Merriam, 1988), an action research approach (Stringer, 2004) and…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Assignments, Independent Study, Suburban Schools
Nunes, Miguel Baptista, Ed.; McPherson, Maggie, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference e-Learning 2013, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society and is part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (Prague, Czech Republic, July 23-26, 2013). The e-Learning 2013 conference aims to…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Technology Uses in Education