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Meghan McGlinn Manfra; John Hensley; Elizabeth A. Shaver – Social Education, 2023
The College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework continues the long tradition of inquiry-based learning in the social studies by merging disciplinary and critical inquiry approaches. Using the Inquiry Design Model (IDM), an instructional design tool, teachers guide students through a series of formative tasks to address supporting questions. By…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Inquiry, Active Learning, Critical Theory
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Marsh, Herbert W. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2023
The Reciprocal Effects Model (REM) posits that academic self-concept and corresponding achievement measures are reciprocally related over time. Although there is considerable support for the REM based on short-term, narrowly focused educational accomplishments, little research evaluates the long-term implications of this reciprocal pattern of…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade 10, Self Concept, Mathematics Achievement
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Gregory, Elizabeth – London Review of Education, 2020
This article presents the MERITS Plus model, a conceptual framework developed during qualitative research into the process of academic transition and the impact of educational choices upon learner identity. The article considers some of the methodological challenges faced by qualitative researchers, and how effective the use of a conceptual…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Research Problems, Research Methodology
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Harvey, Hannah; Walsh, Sandra – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2018
This paper explores the implementation of a Bachelor of Education program in regional South Australia. Using a case study approach, this paper describes the site of implementation, with attention paid to the challenges regional locations experience in attracting and retaining suitably qualified staff. It will explore the program model and consider…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Barriers, Educational Opportunities, Foreign Countries
Palmer, Steven T. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This three-article dissertation analyzes the question of how to best prepare students transitioning from secondary education to post-secondary life. The first article examines the theories of self-determination, the self-advocacy skills needed for its success, and how the two relate to students with learning disabilities. The second article…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Transitional Programs, Postsecondary Education, Models
Gover, Glen Bruce – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This qualitative phenomenological case study is designed to investigate the learning outcomes, lived experiences, and perceptions of eight post-secondary teachers participating in a sketch-based infographic development training program. This research is designed to assess the viability of infographics as a learning and assessment strategy,…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Visual Aids, Graphic Arts, Visualization
Kavulic, Michael A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This qualitative intrinsic case study explored the institutionalization of a Transition and Postsecondary Education for Students with Intellectual Disabilities (TPSID) grant-funded program into a public four-year university in the Midwestern U.S. The study employed an ecological framework, and analyzed interview data from program stakeholders and…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Transitional Programs, Postsecondary Education
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Hirano, Kara A.; Shanley, Lina; Garbacz, S. Andrew; Rowe, Dawn A.; Lindstrom, Lauren; Leve, Leslie D. – Remedial and Special Education, 2018
Parent involvement is a predictor of postsecondary education and employment outcomes, but rigorous measures of parent involvement for youth with disabilities are lacking. Hirano, Garbacz, Shanley, and Rowe adapted scales based on Hoover-Dempsey and Sandler model of parent involvement for use with parents of youth with disabilities aged 14 to 23.…
Descriptors: Motivation, Parent Participation, Parents, Transitional Programs
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Vargas Lascano, Dayuma I.; Galambos, Nancy L.; Krahn, Harvey J.; Lachman, Margie E. – Developmental Psychology, 2015
This study examined trajectories of perceived control and their association with parents' education and personal educational experience (educational attainment and years of full-time postsecondary education) in 971 Canadian high school seniors tracked 7 times across 25 years. Latent growth models showed that, on average, perceived control…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, High School Seniors, Adults, Educational Attainment
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Chow, Angela; Krahn, Harvey J.; Galambos, Nancy L. – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Employing a life span developmental systems perspective, this study used a 5-wave (1985-1992) Canadian longitudinal data set (N = 404) to examine trajectories of intrinsic and extrinsic work values and job entitlement beliefs from age 18 to 25. Piecewise growth models (Slope 1: age 18-20; Slope 2: age 20-25) showed intriguing patterns of change.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Values, Employment, Young Adults
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Weiss, Michael J.; Bloom, Howard S.; Verbitsky-Savitz, Natalya; Gupta, Himani; Vigil, Alma E.; Cullinan, Daniel N. – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2017
Multisite trials, in which individuals are randomly assigned to alternative treatment arms within sites, offer an excellent opportunity to estimate the cross-site average effect of treatment assignment (intent to treat or ITT) "and" the amount by which this impact varies across sites. Although both of these statistics are substantively…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Evidence, Models, Intervention
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Botlhale, Emmanuel – Africa Education Review, 2015
Developing countries place a high premium on education because it is believed to correlate with economic development. Similarly, Botswana adopted an education-for-development policy when it became independent in 1966. Providentially, it discovered and mined minerals, particularly diamonds, and funded education. Unfortunately, Botswana is a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Finance, Financial Problems, Postsecondary Education
Moodie, Gavin; Wheelahan, Leesa; Fredman, Nick; Bexley, Emmaline – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2015
The authors look at the roles that vocations, vocational streams and productive capabilities can play in improving links between mid-level qualifications and occupational outcomes. Support for vocational streams and productive capabilities varied by industry but there is the potential to progress these concepts in each of the industries…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Labor Market, Employment Qualifications, Stakeholders
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Doran, Erin E. – Association of Mexican American Educators Journal, 2017
While developmental education in community colleges has the potential to prepare students for college-level work, its effectiveness and need is often questioned. Further, while Latinx students are overrepresented in developmental courses, there is a dearth of literature on their experiences in such courses and how to effectively serve their needs…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Learner Engagement, Models, Postsecondary Education
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Hall, Graham – Adults Learning Mathematics, 2014
Practitioner research is in progress at a Further Education college to improve the motivation of vocational students for numeracy and problem solving. A framework proposed by Tang, Sui, & Wang (2003) has been adapted for use in courses. Five levels are identified for embedding numeracy applications and modelling into vocational studies:…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Adult Vocational Education, Student Motivation, Problem Solving
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