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Sense-Making Practices of Expert and Novice Readers
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Weinberg, Aaron; Wiesner, Emilie; Barr, John – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2016
Mathematics textbooks are a significant pedagogical tool, particularly in light of the growing interest in "flipped" classrooms. However, there has been little research on how mathematics students read and comprehend textbooks. This article uses the ideas of the implied reader, sense-making frames, and sense-making gaps to analyze…
Descriptors: College Students, College Mathematics, Calculus, Textbooks
The Awareness of Knowledge and Skill of Self-Defined Instructional Technologists in the Corporate Environment: An Interpretive Study
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Hutson, Patricia Evonne – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The description of the self-defined expert instructional technologist is unclear. Technologists in the field are identified in various ways. To determine the characteristics and competencies of self-defined expert instructional technologists, an interpretive field study consisting of interviews was conducted. The results revealed three core…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Information Technology, Instructional Design, Expertise
Teaching about Teaching Science: Aims, Strategies, and Backgrounds of Science Teacher Educators
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Berry, Amanda; Van Driel, Jan H. – Journal of Teacher Education, 2013
Despite pressing concerns about the need to prepare high-quality teachers and the central role of teacher educators (TEs) in this process, little is known about how TEs teach about teaching specific subject matter, and how they develop their expertise. This empirical study focuses on the specific expertise that science TEs bring into teacher…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Teacher Educators, Expertise
Teachers' Sense of Self amid Adaptation to Educational Reform
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van den Berg, G.; Schulze, S. – Africa Education Review, 2014
Education has been subject to a process of continuous educational reforms. The aim of this study was to explore teachers' abilities to adapt to these reforms and to find out how this process of continual reform related to their identities as teachers. The study used a narrative research approach. The data for this research were based on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Self Concept, Adoption (Ideas)
Self-Processes and Learning Environment as Influences in the Development of Expertise in Instructional Design
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Ge, Xun; Hardre, Patricia L. – Learning Environments Research, 2010
A major challenge for learning theories is to illuminate how particular kinds of learning experiences and environments promote the development of expertise. Research has been conducted into novice-expert differences in various domains, but few studies have examined the processes involved in learners' expertise development. In an attempt to…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Learning Theories, Graduate Students, Instructional Design
Higher Education: Use of New Data Could Help Improve Oversight of Distance Education. Report to Congressional Requesters. GAO-12-39
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Scott, George A. – US Government Accountability Office, 2011
As the largest provider of financial aid in higher education, with about $134 billion in Title IV funds provided to students in fiscal year 2010, the Department of Education (Education) has a considerable interest in distance education. Distance education--that is, offering courses by the Internet, video, or other forms outside the classroom--has…
Descriptors: Expertise, Video Technology, Higher Education, Distance Education