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Solomon, Erin D.; Repice, Michelle D.; Mutambuki, Jacinta M.; Leonard, Denise A.; Cohen, Cheryl A.; Luo, Jia; Frey, Regina F. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2018
Active learning with clickers is a common approach in high-enrollment, lecture-based courses in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. In this study, we describe the procedures that faculty at one institution used when implementing clicker-based active learning, and how they situated these activities in their class sessions. Using a…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Mixed Methods Research, Active Learning, Audience Response Systems
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Gonzalez, Paul F.; Ochoa, Cesar A.; Cabrera, Paola A.; Castillo, Luz M.; Quinonez, Ana L.; Solano, Lida M.; Espinosa, Franklin O.; Ulehlova, Eva; Arias, Maria O. – English Language Teaching, 2015
Research on teaching listening and speaking skills has been conducted at many levels. The purpose of this study was to analyze the current implementation of classroom and extracurricular activities, as well as the use of educational resources for teaching both skills in public senior high schools in the Amazon region of Ecuador, particularly in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Listening Skills
Kulhanek, Stefani Michelle – ProQuest LLC, 2013
An understanding of whole number place value is a critical component of second-grade mathematics. This understanding of place value provides the foundational concept for operations with whole numbers. The ability to understand the concept of place value and transfer that understanding to teaching addition and subtraction are often problems…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Grade 2
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Falk-Ross, Francine; Evans, Brian – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2014
Five content area teachers participated in this year-long qualitative research study focused on developing a language-building approach to support literacy activities for marginalized students. A mixed methods design evaluated the impact of the professional development program with the teachers. Data included structured interviews with the…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Vocabulary Development, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties
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Cheng, Samuel Kin Tak; Ho, Kwok Keung – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2012
This study is to investigate the reflective learning in a group of secondary school students who participated in an educational tour to Liannan, which is located in a rural area in Guangdong Province, Mainland China. The specific aim is to develop a framework to describe the learning in an educational tour. For this purpose, data were collected…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Taxonomy, Reflection, Secondary School Students
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Devlin, Timothy J.; Feldhaus, Charles R.; Bentrem, Kristin M. – Journal of Technology Education, 2013
During the last ten years, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) has ensured that educators at every level focus on accountability, use scientifically-based research, be data driven, and use standardized tests in an effort to improve student learning. Love it or hate it, NCLB has been the catalyst for huge changes in the world of education…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Technology Uses in Education, Middle School Students, Outcomes of Education
Bruffy, Wendy Raso – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The way in which education is taught is forever changing. Therefore, a new method in which content is delivered is a central component in examining areas for improvement. In this paper, participatory action research (PAR) was used to investigate authentic tasks in the inclusive tenth and eleventh grade classroom. The purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, General Education, Program Effectiveness, Action Research
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Waring, Scott M.; Bentley, Courtney C. – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine a group of fifth graders experiences, beliefs, and opinions during the construction of digital historical agent profiles. This research study examined a project in which students were engaged in the learning of historical content and were asked to convey information about the life of someone from the past…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Class Activities, Worksheets, Case Studies
Hoekstra, Annemarieke – Online Submission, 2007
The aim of the research reported in this dissertation is to describe how experienced secondary school teachers learn at work in an informal environment. The study is part of a larger research project aimed at providing a conceptual framework of teacher learning in the workplace as it takes place both in informal and formal learning environments.…
Descriptors: Experienced Teachers, Informal Education, Workplace Learning, Secondary School Teachers