NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 10 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Mebrat Gedfie Wondim; Behailu Atinafu Dessie – Cogent Education, 2024
The study aims to explore the practice of continuous assessment (CA) and associated challenges of implementation in higher education institutions located in Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia. Drawing on assessment for learning and institutional theory, the qualitative multi-case design includes informants from three public universities.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Progress Monitoring, Formative Evaluation, Universities
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Aloys Iyamuremye; Innocent Twagilimana; Francois Niyongabo Niyonzima – Cogent Education, 2024
Teachers' technological, pedagogical, and collaborative skills are key factors in improving students' learning outcomes. However, some teachers are still unaware of how these skills can be used to enhance their teaching. The current study aims to assesses secondary school chemistry teachers' technological, pedagogical, and collaborative skills of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Science, Secondary School Teachers, Organic Chemistry
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Hamilton, Erica; Marckini-Polk, Lisa – Cogent Education, 2023
This article centers on the use of place-based education (PBE), an internationally known and employed pedagogy. This yearlong, mixed-methods study centers on a grant-funded program aimed at supporting secondary teachers' implementation of environmental place-based education (PBE), specifically meaningful watershed education experiences (MWEEs).…
Descriptors: Place Based Education, Middle School Students, Teaching Methods, Grants
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Mardali, Jahangir; Siyyari, Masood – Cogent Education, 2019
Evidently, vocabulary learning has a vital role in learning a foreign language. Accordingly, the way teachers approach teaching vocabulary is also of tremendous importance. Moreover, the role of experience in teaching vocabulary is of significance when it comes to novice and experienced teachers. Thus, the present study set out to investigate the…
Descriptors: English Teachers, Beliefs, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Nazari, Naghmeh; Nafissi, Zohreh; Estaji, Masoomeh; Marandi, S. Susan – Cogent Education, 2019
Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) is a framework which provides a number of opportunities for conducting research in teacher education, teacher professional development, and teacher's use of technology. By applying TPACK framework, this mixed methods study aimed to examine novice and experienced EFL teachers' differences in their…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, English (Second Language), Language Teachers
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Svenja Lemmrich; Timo Ehmke – Cogent Education, 2024
This study conducted a quantitative study analysis of teacher competence in linguistically responsive teaching (LRT). To assess performance-oriented competence, we used a test instrument with video vignettes and corresponding items based on situation-specific skills "perception" (What do you perceive?) and "decision-making"…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Positive Attitudes, Culturally Relevant Education, Teacher Evaluation
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Schoen, Robert C.; LaVenia, Mark; Chicken, Eric; Razzouk, Rabieh; Kisa, Zahid – Cogent Education, 2019
Reflecting growing emphasis on data analysis and statistical thinking in the information age, mathematics curriculum standards in the U.S. have recently increased expectations for student learning in the domain of statistics and probability. More than 180 teachers in 36 public school districts in Florida applied for a two-week summer institute…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Statistics, Probability, Professional Development
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Wright-Maley, Cory – Cogent Education, 2016
The theoretical justification for enactivist approaches to learning is just beginning to emerge, and remains largely theoretical. Enactivism conceptualized as play brings us closer to the heart of the question about how play-based social studies might look. Recent research in simulations and games--forms of play--help to reveal some of the…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Play, Middle School Teachers, Teaching Experience
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Barnawi, Osman Z. – Cogent Education, 2016
The study referred to in this article adopted a dialogic approach, putting the voices of experienced teachers and supervisors into the form of a dialogue in order to examine how both parties perceive, enact and justify their pedagogical practices in actual school settings. Various sets of data were utilised, including interviews, classroom…
Descriptors: Supervisor Supervisee Relationship, Experienced Teachers, Educational Practices, Interviews
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Loima, Jyrki – Cogent Education, 2016
This qualitative article discussed the collaboration skills and pedagogical solutions of Thai teachers and teacher students as those were presented during the academic year 2014-15. Subsequently, the data were produced by teachers' in-service activities and students' workshops. Discussion adapted the latest research on topic, addressing two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Qualitative Research, Preservice Teacher Education