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Moonhyun Han; Janghee Uhm – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2024
This qualitative case study investigated how computational models can help students engage in scientific practice and influence their emotional, epistemic, and conceptual aspects. Twenty-four sixth-graders were guided to conduct scientific practices as they predicted and modified the computational models on food web using StarLogo Nova. Three…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Thinking Skills, Computation, Models
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Haynes, Chayla – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2017
An investigation of the literature revealed that racial consciousness and the behaviors of White faculty in the classroom appeared linked. A conceptual framework, Racial Consciousness and Its Influence on the Behaviors of White Faculty in the Classroom, was subsequently developed and tested in this constructivist grounded theory study. Findings…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Whites, Racial Attitudes, Racial Bias
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White, Robert; Shin, Tae Seob – Multicultural Education Review, 2017
Character Education initiatives within schools have gained both proponents and opponents over recent years and continue to garner mixed reviews. Proponents argue that the need is urgent and the increasing level of school disruption, antisocial behavior and violence requires a focus on values/virtues/moral education and claim this is synonymous…
Descriptors: Values Education, Prosocial Behavior, Humanism, Humanistic Education
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Dalziel, James; Conole, Grainne; Wills, Sandra; Walker, Simon; Bennett, Sue; Dobozy, Eva; Cameron, Leanne; Badilescu-Buga, Emil; Bower, Matt – Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2016
The Larnaca Declaration on Learning Design arose from a 2012 meeting of experts in Larnaca, Cyprus who sought to provide a new theoretical foundation for the field of Learning Design, based on a synthesis of research and practice in the field to date. It begins by acknowledging the vast benefits that would arise from wider sharing of effective…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Design, Instructional Effectiveness, Educational Practices
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McKenzie, Brenda L. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2018
This grounded theory study aimed to understand the process of leadership identity development experienced by traditional-aged female undergraduate college students. The findings led to a model for leadership identity development consisting of four phases. Students' leadership identity development progressed from views of leadership as external to…
Descriptors: Social Change, Gender Differences, Race, Grounded Theory
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Ames, Allison; Myers, Aaron – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2019
Drawing valid inferences from modern measurement models is contingent upon a good fit of the data to the model. Violations of model-data fit have numerous consequences, limiting the usefulness and applicability of the model. As Bayesian estimation is becoming more common, understanding the Bayesian approaches for evaluating model-data fit models…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Psychometrics, Models, Predictive Measurement
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Schluer, Jennifer – Language Awareness, 2018
In L2 reading, words and the concepts they denote frequently constitute an important vehicle or obstacle in the comprehension process. However, this has been rarely explored from a language awareness perspective. The current research therefore tailors the constructs of lexical awareness and conceptual awareness to L2 reading contexts by using a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Lexicology
Graham, Derrik – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this qualitative grounded theory study was to create a student leadership development model specific to secondary students in a private Christian Hawaiian school system. The paradigm that guided this study was Kouzes and Posner's (2012) transformational leadership theory as it provides a framework of leaders equipping, encouraging,…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Student Leadership, Models, Secondary School Students
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Strijkers, Kristof – Language Learning, 2016
I will propose a tentative framework of how words in two languages could be organized in the cerebral cortex based on neural assembly theory, according to which neurons that fire synchronously are bound into large-scale distributed functional units (assemblies), which represent a mental event as a whole ("gestalt"). For language this…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Second Language Learning, Guidelines, Language Processing
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Vaccaro, Annemarie; Newmand, Barbara M. – Journal of College Student Development, 2016
This article reports findings from a constructionist grounded theory study with 51 first-year college students. We explored student definitions and development of a sense of belonging during their first year of college. Belonging for all participants was shaped by 3 themes: environmental perceptions, involvement, and relationships. Yet, there were…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Sense of Community, Advantaged, Minority Group Students
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Darling, Sharon M.; Dukes, Charles; Hall, Kalynn – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2016
The theoretical base that supports human universals served as a model for proposing special education teacher education universals. The human universals model is explained and put forth as a basis for identifying special education teacher education universals. Twenty-four English language journals from different countries representing four…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Educational Principles, Theory Practice Relationship, Models
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Sundari, Hanna – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
The aim of this study was to develop a deep understanding of interaction in language classroom in foreign language context. Interviews, as major instrument, to twenty experienced English language teachers from eight lower secondary schools (SMP) were conducted in Jakarta, completed by focus group discussions and class observation/recordings. The…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Xu, Yun – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Since information theory was developed by Claude E. Shannon, in addition to its primary role in communications and networking, it has broadened to find applications in many other areas of science and technology, such as microeconomics, statistics, and neuroscience. This thesis investigates the application of information theoretic viewpoints to two…
Descriptors: Microeconomics, Information Theory, Social Networks, Computer Networks
Saa'd AlDin, Kawther – ProQuest LLC, 2014
In 2010, the International Baccalaureate (IB) Organization mandated that all its schools, including Diploma (DP) schools, adhere to the collaborative planning and reflection requirements, which emphasized the importance of integrating its theory of knowledge (TOK) core component into all disciplines. Many schools officials and educations in Amman…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cooperative Planning, Reflection, Knowledge Level
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Rand, Jane – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2015
This paper reports research that responded to my experience of teacher trainees' perception of a polarity between knowledge and skill in English post-compulsory education and training (PCET). I developed a model of knowing designed to promote an alternative to this binary conceptualisation. The research set out to operationalise "Dimensions…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Knowledge Level, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Teacher Education
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