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Direct linkEvans, Eliza – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This thesis describes how intellectual boundary spanning can be identified in the written ideas of millions of scholars, and finds that such efforts encounter translational problems which can hinder faculty careers. In particular, the work presented develops textual metrics of intellectual boundary spanning (interdisciplinarity) and field…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, College Faculty, Tenure, Career Development
Cons, Andrea M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study explores the following research question: How do secondary English learners (ELs) and Re-designated fluent English proficient students (RFEPs) use academic words in analytical writing in comparison to native English speakers (NESs)? It highlights previously overlooked differences in academic word use in the writing of students who are…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Language Proficiency, English for Academic Purposes, Writing (Composition)
Peer reviewedCons, Andrea Marie – TESOL Journal, 2012
This study investigated the specific ways secondary English learners (ELs) and redesignated fluent English-proficient learners (RFEPs) use academic vocabulary that assesses interpretive reading and analytical writing ability. The research examines how ELs and RFEPs, formerly ELs, differ in use and misuse of academic words. The study extends…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Academic Discourse, Secondary School Students, English (Second Language)
Download full textRussell, Jennifer Lin; Bray, Laura E. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2013
Federal special education and accountability policies requires that educators individualize instruction for students with disabilities, while simultaneously ensuring that the vast majority of these students meet age-based grade-level standards and assessment targets. In this paper, we examine this dynamic interplay between policies through…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Special Education, Accountability, Individualized Education Programs
Feito, José Alfonso – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2007
Inspired by Bakhtin's and Vygotsky's theories of learning, this project explores how "allowing not-knowing" is enacted within collaborative student-led seminar discussions. Earlier research on student reflections (Feito, 2002) suggested that in successful seminars, participants regularly acknowledge their lack of understanding, offer…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Knowledge Level, Undergraduate Students, Seminars
Elster, Charles A.; Simons, Herbert D. – 1990
This study addressed four research questions: (1) Can first graders comprehend and explain cohesive ties in reading?; (2) Can first graders comprehend and explain ungrammatical or ambiguous cohesive items in reading?; (3) Is the control of cohesive elements in reading related to measures of reading achievement in first grade?; and (4) What…
Descriptors: Cohesion (Written Composition), Connected Discourse, Grade 1, Primary Education
