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Reiss, Michael; Hoyles, Celia; Mujtaba, Tamjid; Riazi-Farzad, Bijan; Rodd, Melissa; Simon, Shirley; Stylianidou, Fani – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2011
We report on a project currently in progress that aims to identify through research the range of factors (individual, school and out-of-school, including home) and their interactions that influence post-16 (i.e. post-compulsory) participation in mathematics and physics in the UK and to assess their relative importance among different student…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Ethnography, Physics, Discourse Analysis
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Riley, Nigel R. – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2006
This study is concerned with evaluating critical learning of 10-11 year-old students studying global citizenship through an online discussion environment. The evaluation is based on analysing the use of language as both a social reasoning tool and cognitive learning tool. Evaluation methods use: (1) content analysis of the online discussion…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Concept Mapping, Computer Mediated Communication, Content Analysis
Gray, Bette – Journal of Distance Education, 2004
What role can online communities play in meeting the informal learning needs of a professional association? This article presents the results of an interpretive study of the experiences of coordinators of Alberta Community Adult Learning Councils who participated in an online community of practice designed to support informal workplace learning.…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Professional Associations, Foreign Countries, Discourse Communities