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Klanderman, David B.; Moore, Mary Webster; Maxwell, Mandi S.; Robbert, Sharon K. – PRIMUS, 2013
We describe several service-learning initiatives implemented by the mathematics and education departments. College students with majors and minors in math and math education have helped to design and implement math events for elementary and middle school students. Formal and informal reflections on these service-related experiences have…
Descriptors: Service Learning, College Students, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Activities
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Killian, Janice N.; Satrom, Shauna L. – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2011
This study examined possible influences of demonstrator gender on children's instrument choices. Participants (N = 104) included boys (n = 53) and girls ( n = 51) in fifth grade (n = 27), third grade (n = 41), and kindergarten (n = 36) in six intact music classes from a single elementary school. Pretest and posttest consisted of circling (Grades 3…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Music Education, Music, Musical Instruments
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Bulus, Mustafa – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2011
The aim of this study is to investigate the role of the prospective teachers' locus of control in goal orientations and of both orientations in academic achievement. The participants were 270 undergraduate students studying in different majors at the Faculty of Education in Pamukkale University. Goal Orientations and Locus of Control Scales were…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Undergraduate Students, Locus of Control, Academic Achievement
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Yildirim, Rana – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2013
This article reports on the use of portfolios to develop ELT major student-teachers' autonomy. The research was carried out for 14 weeks with twenty-one 3rd grade student-teachers in the English Language Teaching Department of Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey. To evaluate the impact of portfolios on fostering the participants' autonomy, data…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Personal Autonomy, Foreign Countries, Individual Development
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Rivera Maulucci, Maria S.; Brotman, Jennie S. – New Educator, 2010
This paper describes the Science in the City seminar, an innovative approach to in-service and preservice science teacher development that bridges formal and informal science learning contexts. Drawing upon the tenets of design and evaluation research, the study focuses on the teachers' presentations of evidence of student learning from trips they…
Descriptors: Evaluation Research, Museums, Science Teaching Centers, Science Teachers