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Learning to Teach Scientific Practices: Pedagogical Decisions and Reflections during a Course for Pre-Service Science Teachers
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Saribas, Deniz; Ceyhan, Gaye Defne – International Journal of STEM Education, 2015
Background: This auto-ethnographic study describes research conducted in a science teacher education program at a state university in Turkey, where I had taught the 'laboratory applications' course for the four previous years. While the students learned the basic skills needed to implement a laboratory course, I detected some deficiencies in their…
Descriptors: Decision Making, State Universities, Foreign Countries, Ethnography
The Ethics of Archival Research
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McKee, Heidi A.; Porter, James E. – College Composition and Communication, 2012
What are the key ethical issues involved in conducting archival research? Based on examination of cases and interviews with leading archival researchers in composition, this article discusses several ethical questions and offers a heuristic to guide ethical decision making. Key to this process is recognizing the person-ness of archival materials.…
Descriptors: Archives, Research, Ethics, Case Studies
Risk-Aversion: Understanding Teachers' Resistance to Technology Integration
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Howard, Sarah K. – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2013
Teachers who do not integrate technology are often labelled as "resistant" to change. Yet, considerable uncertainties remain about appropriate uses and actual value of technology in teaching and learning, which can make integration and change seem risky. The purpose of this article is to explore the nature of teachers' analytical and…
Descriptors: Risk, Technology Integration, Interviews, Teacher Attitudes
Of Mental Models, Assumptions and Heuristics: The Case of Acids and Acid Strength
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McClary, LaKeisha Michelle – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study explored what cognitive resources (i.e., units of knowledge necessary to learn) first-semester organic chemistry students used to make decisions about acid strength and how those resources guided the prediction, explanation and justification of trends in acid strength. We were specifically interested in the identifying and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Heuristics, Prior Learning, Organic Chemistry
Design and Usability Testing of an mHealth Application for Midwives in Rural Ghana
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Velez, Olivia – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Midwives in Ghana provide the majority of rural primary and maternal healthcare services, but have limited access to data for decision making and knowledge work. Few mobile health (mHealth) applications have been designed for midwives. The study purpose was to design and test an mHealth application (mClinic) that can improve data access and reduce…
Descriptors: Family Planning, Participant Observation, Self Efficacy, Testing
An Exploration of Administrative Heuristics in the United States and the United Kingdom
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English, Fenwick W.; Bolton, Cheryl L. – Journal of School Leadership, 2008
This article is a report on a study of the use of heuristics, shortcuts, and rules of thumb by middle-line managers in institutions of higher education in the United States and the United Kingdom. Using a nonprobability convenience sample, the coinvestigators interviewed 13 middle-line managers over 5 months from eight institutions. The results…
Descriptors: College Administration, Figurative Language, Heuristics, Foreign Countries