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Advising ePortfolios to Improve First-Generation Student Engagement in Higher Education
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Ambrose, G. Alex – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study considers how advising ePortfolios are uniquely situated to address a current challenge in the application of educational technologies: using the right tool for the right job for the right reason at the right time. The particular problem identified for investigation lies at the intersection of two central issues: first, in the age of…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Higher Education, First Generation College Students, Portfolio Assessment
A Language-Based Approach to Content Instruction (LACI) for English Language Learners: Examples from Two Elementary Teachers
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de Oliveira, Luciana C. – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2016
The number of English language learners (ELLs) in the United States has increased dramatically. Given this increase it is vital for teacher education programs at the pre-service level and professional learning programs at eh in-service level to address the needs of ELLs. This article presents a teacher preparation model--"a language-based…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Mainstreaming
A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study of the Experiences of Female African American Undergraduate Engineering Students at a Predominantly White and an Historically Black Institution
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Frillman, Sharron Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This phenomenological study examined the experiences of twelve female African Americans enrolled as fulltime undergraduate engineering students at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, an historically Black university, and seven female African Americans enrolled as undergraduate engineering students at Purdue University in…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Qualitative Research, African American Institutions, Engineering
Language and Education Policy in the State of Indiana: Implications for Language Minority Students.
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Simich-Dudgeon, Carmen; Boals, Timothy – TESOL Quarterly, 1996
Examines how and why language policy decisions were made in Indiana from 1976 to 1995 and what the effect of those decisions was on the delivery of educational services to language minority students attending public schools. The article draws on legal documents and interviews with legislators and advocates to show the process and outcome of the…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Bilingualism, Data Analysis, Educational Legislation