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Kevin Cunningham – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Current paradigms for curriculum and instruction have yet to address methods for encouraging intrinsic motivation using educational and psychological principles in a constructivist framework. This research examined the perceptions regarding the potential efficacy and effects of implementing a new paradigm, the Self Sculptor Model, that uses…
Descriptors: Motivation Techniques, Instructional Effectiveness, Curriculum Implementation, Psychological Patterns
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Laura Sanchez; Christopher Terrazas; Molly Marek – Texas Association for Literacy Education Yearbook, 2024
As Texas schools become increasingly diverse, educators are presented with opportunities to build on students' linguistic strengths and engage in transformative literacy teaching. Culturally sustaining early literacy instruction provides an avenue for teachers to support multilingual learners by leveraging their linguistic and cultural experiences…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction, Sustainability
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Jennifer M. Smith; Robin Griffith – Texas Association for Literacy Education Yearbook, 2024
Teacher residency models are gaining momentum as powerful models for preparation because preservice teachers spend an entire year in a local classroom while also continuing their learning through required coursework. In its inaugural year of offering a teacher residency program, Texas Christian University modified course structures to allow…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Education Courses, Field Experience Programs, Literacy
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Kogut, Ashlynn – Communications in Information Literacy, 2021
Whether formally articulated or tacitly held, all librarians have beliefs about how undergraduate students learn. Framing learning beliefs as a component of a teaching philosophy, this study explored how librarians described how undergraduate students learned best. Thirteen librarians from three doctoral universities in Texas were interviewed.…
Descriptors: Librarians, Academic Libraries, Undergraduate Students, Librarian Attitudes
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Daniel E. Becton; Erin Long – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 2024
Bulletin boards are ubiquitous in residence halls and may not always capture students' attention, but when they do, they have the potential to engage students in meaningful learning experiences. Our study explores how arts-based methodologies can be used in student affairs and higher education research to expand possibilities for practitioners to…
Descriptors: College Housing, Learning Processes, Bulletin Boards, Art Products
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Jamie Crosswhite – Community Literacy Journal, 2024
This article delves into an exploration of the transformative journey of integrating walking methodologies within the context of a Technical Writing in the Community service-learning course, which is offered at a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) located in south Texas. These walking methods, founded on the principle of engaging the physical body…
Descriptors: Integrated Activities, Technical Writing, Service Learning, Physical Activities
Stephanie Annette Sandwell – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study was designed to explore the impact of professional development in Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) of secondary mathematics teachers using The DuFour PLC model in one Southeast Texas School District. Descriptive statistics were compiled based on survey data from 19 participants. Internal consistency reliability was analyzed…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Communities of Practice, School Districts, Faculty Development
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Rachel Jumper; Lisa Mize; Flóra Faragó; Jennifer Cantu – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2025
This paper explores how a fully online program at a primarily residential university developed an experiential learning field trip to align with university and department strategic plan goals. The development, organization, and assessment of the field trip experience is discussed in detail. In addition, data were collected from student and faculty…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Experiential Learning, Strategic Planning, Departments
Ashley Nicole Nixon – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Career and Technical Education (CTE) is vital in students' secondary education, vocational skills, and college, career, and military readiness. To determine how CTE affects students' success, Texas CTE teachers were asked about their perceptions of CTE elements to determine how secondary education students are experiencing fundamental knowledge…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Vocational Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Academic Achievement
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Mingli Han – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2023
Teaching robotics courses online is challenging due to the complexity of the interdisciplinary topics involved. One of the most challenging topics is 3D coordinate transformations. Students often struggle to grasp the concept of 3D coordinate transformations and their relevance to real-world robotic applications. This paper applies the Scholarship…
Descriptors: Self Evaluation (Individuals), Robotics, Assignments, Computer Software
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Brady L. Nash; Heather Dunham; Jessica Murdter-Atkinson; Melissa Mosley Wetzel – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2024
This article examines a culturally sustaining approach to learning about and enacting multimodal literacy instruction that was developed during a field-based reading methods course for elementary preservice teachers. Despite a large body of work exploring preservice teachers' learning about multimodal literacies, few studies have explored their…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Multiple Literacies, Literacy Education, Grade 2
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Thai-Huy Nguyen; Marybeth Gasman – Teacher Educator, 2024
In this article, we explore the experiences of students at HBCUs as they traverse their STEM courses and STEM majors and demonstrate how their paths in STEM are positively shaped by a "culture of family." Our research questions include: What are the experiences of students attending HBCUs and pursuing degrees in STEM? And how do their…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Black Colleges, Student Experience, College Students
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Azevedo, Flávio S.; Mann, Michele J. – Cognition and Instruction, 2022
We investigate fifth-grade students' identity work and science learning at the margins of a science classroom. By "margins" we refer to activities unrelated to formal classroom instructional content and practices, and which unfold across many settings and contexts, including the classroom itself, but also multi-party, social group…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Identification (Psychology), Self Concept, Science Education
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Jiyoon Yoon; Jae Hyeon Ryu – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2025
The iDrone Online Camp aims to enhance middle and high school students' engagement in STEM fields through hands-on experiences with drone technology. By immersing participants in project-based learning activities, competitions, and discussions on FAA part 107 regulations, the camp seeks to cultivate critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, High School Students, STEM Education, STEM Careers
Leah Ann Bryars – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The ability to communicate well through writing has never been more critical. Writing is a necessary skill to make a living and a "life." Even before beginning school, children try to make themselves known by writing. Graves (1983) writes that a child's marks on paper-or a wall-say to the world, "I am" (p. 3). Children are…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Writing Apprehension, Student Motivation
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