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Applying a Mathematical Sense-Making Framework to Student Work and Its Potential for Curriculum Design
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Gifford, Julian D.; Finkelstein, Noah D. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
This paper extends prior work establishing an operationalized framework of mathematical sense making (MSM) in physics. The framework differentiates between the object being understood (either physical or mathematical) and various tools (physical or mathematical) used to mediate the sense-making process. This results in four modes of MSM that can…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Multiple Choice Tests, Correlation, Problem Solving
The Coding Stages Assessment: Development and Validation of an Instrument for Assessing Young Children's Proficiency in the Scratchjr Programming Language
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de Ruiter, Laura E.; Bers, Marina U. – Computer Science Education, 2022
Background and Context: Despite the increasing implementation of coding in early curricula, there are few valid and reliable assessments of coding abilities for young children. This impedes studying learning outcomes and the development and evaluation of curricula. Objective: Developing and validating a new instrument for assessing young…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Computer Software, Coding, Computer Science Education
The Framework for Information Literacy: Academic Librarians' Perceptions of Its Potential Impact on Higher Education Library Praxes
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Keller, Patrick S. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education ("the Framework") may serve to influence academic library praxes. A total of 138 academic librarian participants were randomly selected (32 deans and 106 non-deans) from public and private institutions. The institutions spanned across six accrediting regions recognized by the…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Higher Education, Librarians, Academic Libraries
The Effects of Practice-Based Training on Graduate Teaching Assistants' Classroom Practices
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Becker, Erin A.; Easlon, Erin J.; Potter, Sarah C.; Guzman-Alvarez, Alberto; Spear, Jensen M.; Facciotti, Marc T.; Igo, Michele M.; Singer, Mitchell; Pagliarulo, Christopher – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2017
Evidence-based teaching is a highly complex skill, requiring repeated cycles of deliberate practice and feedback to master. Despite existing well-characterized frameworks for practice-based training in K-12 teacher education, the major principles of these frameworks have not yet been transferred to instructor development in higher educational…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Teaching Assistants, Accountability, Active Learning
How Multiple Actors and Contexts Influence the Implementation of an International Academic Partnership: A Case Study
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Gieser, James D. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The effects of globalization enable institutions of higher education to share knowledge, resources, and programs across national borders like never before. In this environment, many universities hope to become more globally active and interconnected through various international strategies, such as the international academic partnership. Yet…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Partnerships in Education, Interviews, Foreign Countries
Understanding the Learning of Values Using a Domains-of-Socialization Framework
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Vinik, Julia; Johnston, Megan; Grusec, Joan E.; Farrell, Renee – Journal of Moral Education, 2013
The narratives that emerging adults wrote about a time when they learned an important moral, value or lesson were explored in order to determine the characteristics of events that lead to internalized values as well as to compare the way different kinds of moral values are socialized. Lessons resulting from misbehavior were reported most…
Descriptors: Personal Narratives, Young Adults, Moral Values, Reflection