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Alexia Micallef; Philip M. Newton – Teaching of Psychology, 2024
Background: Prior research suggests that the teaching of abstract concepts can be enhanced by the use of concrete examples, but there are few controlled studies. Objective: To replicate key findings from experiment one from Rawson et al. (2015). Method: Experiment participants studied definitions of abstract concepts from psychology, either with…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Psychology, Concept Formation
Matthew Jannetti; Amy Carroll-Scott; Erikka Gilliam; Irene Headen; Maggie Beverly; Félice Lê-Scherban – Field Methods, 2023
Place-based initiatives often use resident surveys to inform and evaluate interventions. Sampling based on well-defined sampling frames is important but challenging for initiatives that target subpopulations. Databases that enumerate total population counts can produce overinclusive sampling frames, resulting in costly outreach to ineligible…
Descriptors: Sampling, Probability, Definitions, Prediction
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Seyedahmad Rahimi; Justice T. Walker; Lin Lin-Lipsmeyer; Jinnie Shin – Creativity Research Journal, 2024
Digital sandbox games such as "Minecraft" can be used to assess and support creativity. Doing so, however, requires an understanding of what is deemed creative in this game context. One approach is to understand how Minecrafters describe creativity in their communities, and how much those descriptions overlap with the established…
Descriptors: Creativity, Video Games, Computer Games, Evaluation Methods
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González, Antonio; Gallego-Sánchez, Inés; Gavilán-Izquierdo, José María; Puertas, María Luz – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2021
This work provides a characterization of the learning of graph theory through the lens of the van Hiele model. For this purpose, we perform a theoretical analysis structured through the processes of reasoning that students activate when solving graph theory problems: recognition, use and formulation of definitions, classification, and proof. We…
Descriptors: Graphs, Logical Thinking, Problem Solving, Cognitive Structures
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Griggs, Dana M. – Education Leadership Review, 2020
The article revisits the literature on educational partnerships in an attempt to re-frame and update conceptual frameworks to be used by school and district leaders for partnership development and evaluation. It also synthesizes and analyzes empirical literature specific to developing educational partnerships or analyzing the strengths that…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Program Development, Program Evaluation, Models
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Dare, Emily A.; Ring-Whalen, Elizabeth A.; Roehrig, Gillian H. – International Journal of Science Education, 2019
As more and more science teachers in the United States are now expected to implement STEM education in their classrooms, it is important to understand how teachers conceptualise STEM education. This information can then be used to provide teachers with meaningful support as they move towards implementation of STEM education. Understanding that not…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, STEM Education, Educational Attitudes
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Fowers, Blaine J. – Journal of Character Education, 2018
McGrath presents a prototyping proposal to better classify character education programs. He proposes 7 key elements that can facilitate identifying more and less typical programs. This proposal appears to be a very good start for improving the organization of the character education field and facilitating research. This commentary highlights 4…
Descriptors: Definitions, Values Education, Classification, Self Concept
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Ehara, Yo – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2022
Language learners are underserved if there are unlearned meanings of a word that they think they have already learned. For example, "circle" as a noun is well known, whereas its use as a verb is not. For artificial-intelligence-based support systems for learning vocabulary, assessing each learner's knowledge of such atypical but common…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Topping, Keith – Education Sciences, 2021
The present paper offers a definition of peer assessment and then reviews the major syntheses on its effectiveness. However, the main part of this paper is preoccupied with how to do PA successfully. A typology of 44 elements explains the differences between the many types of peer assessment. Then a theoretical model outlines some of the processes…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Definitions, Program Effectiveness, Models
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McGrath, Robert E. – Journal of Character Education, 2018
Character education specialists seem to know it when they see it, but what it means to call something a character education program remains unclear. One possible source for this uncertainty is the manner in which character education has been defined. By identifying certain features as necessary, existing definitions fail to encompass the universe…
Descriptors: Values Education, Definitions, Program Evaluation, Models
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Rawson, Katherine A.; Thomas, Ruthann C.; Jacoby, Larry L. – Educational Psychology Review, 2015
Declarative concepts (i.e., key terms with short definitions of the abstract concepts denoted by those terms) are a common kind of information that students are expected to learn in many domains. A common pedagogical approach for supporting learning of declarative concepts involves presenting students with concrete examples that illustrate how the…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Teaching Methods, Classification, Performance
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Knight, Jane – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2016
Transnational education (TNE), interpreted as the mobility of education programs and providers between countries, has dramatically changed in scope and scale during the last decade. New actors, new partnerships, new modes of delivery, and new regulations are emerging. This has resulted in a proliferation of TNE terms and mass confusion in how they…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Higher Education, Definitions, Models
Mahalingam, Sheila; Abdollah, Faizal Mohd; Sahib, Shahrin – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
The paper focus on learner centric attributes in a m-learning environment encounters the security measurements. In order to build up a systematic threat and countermeasure for protecting the learners as well as providing awareness and satisfaction in utilizing the mobile learning system, a security model need to be overhauled. The brief literature…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Computer Security, Reliability, Trust (Psychology)
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Newlyn, David – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2015
Are university educators professionals? Whether or not university educators should be regarded as professionals is an important question that has an impact on a number of issues including job satisfaction, societal status and salary levels. This paper examines the need to classify this group as a profession and the consequences of that…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Professional Identity, Job Satisfaction, Social Status
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Burnette, Diane M. – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2016
Although competency-based education (CBE) has existed since the early 1970s adult-focused degree programs, interest in CBE has spiked in recent years due to the increased attention on higher education affordability and accountability. This article reviews the extant literature on CBE to address the following questions: (a) What are the definitions…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Literature Reviews, Definitions, Program Descriptions
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