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McAllister, Lynwood Floyd, Sr. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This dissertation investigated Howard University College of Medicine's medical students' perceptions concerning the factors that will influence their intended choices of specialty. The medical school is located in the Baltimore-Washington, DC Metropolitan region, which is suitable for investigation because it ranks second nationally in terms of…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Mixed Methods Research, Student Attitudes, Allied Health Occupations
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Hill, Eddie; Posey, Timothy; Gómez, Edwin; Shapiro, Stephen L. – Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 2018
This study examined the impact of a university outdoor orientation program on participants' transition to higher education. Researchers focused on participants' experiences during the program, utilizing a mixed-methods approach to measure resilience and well-being. Pre- and posttest instruments consisted of two preestablished scales and a series…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, School Orientation, College Programs, College Readiness
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Bolat, Yavuz; Bas, Muhammed – World Journal of Education, 2018
While philosophy has confronted us as a concept that has taken place in every age of the thinking adventure of the humankind, philosophical considerations have been influential on all elements of human creation. One of these influence areas is education studies. Education has been influenced by the philosophy of education, which has occurred more…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Preservice Teachers, Foreign Countries, Teacher Education Programs
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Vega, Desireé; Tabbah, Rhonda; Monserrate, Michele – Psychology in the Schools, 2018
This mixed methods study examined the outcomes of a multicultural course on school psychology students' feelings of empathy and sensitivity toward members of different racial and ethnic groups. It also investigated students' perceptions of how the course would influence their future practice as school psychologists. Ethnic identity awareness was…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, School Psychology, Empathy, Ethnic Groups
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Zarifnejad, Gholamhosein; Mirhaghi, Amir; Rajabpoor, Mohammad – Journal of Peer Learning, 2018
Research on the impact of peer education (PE) on learning outcomes has produced inconclusive results, partly due to the methodology employed in such studies. There is a necessity to design blind, controlled studies. Further, quantitative approaches to evaluating PE may not provide a complete picture of the impact of PE on learning outcomes. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Peer Teaching, Mixed Methods Research, Foreign Countries
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Tombak, Busra; Altun, Sertel – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Problem Statement: Motivation is a significant component of success in education, and it is best achieved by constructivist learning methods, especially cooperative Learning (CL). CL is a popular method among primary and secondary schools, but it is rarely used in higher education due to the large numbers of students and time restrictions. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cooperative Learning, College Students, Student Motivation
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Önal, Nezih; Alemdag, Ecenaz – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2018
The number of technological pedagogical and content knowledge (TPACK) studies has been increasing day by day; however, limited number of studies has provided both quantitative and qualitative findings based on teachers' learning by design experiences. This study aimed to reveal the changes in pre-service teachers' TPACK competencies in the…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Design, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Technological Literacy
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DeJarnette, Nancy K.; Sudeck, Maria – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2016
In response to the marginalization of social studies instruction in U.S. elementary schools, these teacher educators developed a study to explore the impact that service-learning might have on the preparation of elementary teacher candidates. These authors specifically designed a study in which elementary teacher candidates created and implemented…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Elementary School Teachers, Pretests Posttests, Surveys
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Gencel, Ilke Evin – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2017
The aim of this study is to determine through teacher candidates' thoughts the effects of a portfolio assessment implementation on their metacognitive skills and attitudes towards a course on measurement and evaluation. Exploratory sequential mixed-methods design is employed within the study. The pretest/posttest control group design was used in…
Descriptors: Portfolio Assessment, Metacognition, Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes
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Senturk, Cihad – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2018
The aim is to identify impacts of the differentiated instruction implemented in the primary school fourth grade science course in attitudes of the students towards the course. The mixed method-designed and carried out research was conducted with 9-10 aged students in fourth grade in a primary school in Bilecik during 2015-2016 Spring semester.…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Student Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes, Elementary School Science
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Sosa, Teresa; Hall, Allison H.; Goldman, Susan R.; Lee, Carol D. – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2016
Literature can be a powerful resource for adolescents' psychosocial development, as it provides opportunities to experience the world through the perspectives of others and juxtapose these with one's own experiences. However, gaining access to these perspectives requires going beyond literal words on the page to explore interpretive meanings. This…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Mixed Methods Research, Case Studies, Teaching Methods
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Auerbach, A. J.; Higgins, M.; Brickman, P.; Andrews, T. C. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2018
Active-learning strategies "can" improve science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) undergraduates' abilities to learn fundamental concepts and skills. However, the results instructors achieve vary substantially. One explanation for this is that instructors commonly implement active learning differently than intended. An…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Active Learning, Beginning Teachers, Experienced Teachers
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Tuttle, Nicole; Kaderavek, Joan N.; Molitor, Scott; Czerniak, Charlene M.; Johnson-Whitt, Eugenia; Bloomquist, Debra; Namatovu, Winnifred; Wilson, Grant – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2016
This pilot study investigates the impact of a 2-week professional development Summer Institute on PK-3 teachers' knowledge and practices. This Summer Institute is a component of [program], a large-scale early-childhood science project that aims to transform PK-3 science teaching. The mixed-methods study examined concept maps, lesson plans, and…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Faculty Development, Investigations, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Pekbay, Canay; Yilmaz, Serkan – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2015
This study aims to explore the influence of nature of science (NOS) activities based on explicit-reflective and historical approach on preservice elementary teachers' views of NOS aspects. Mixed-method approach including both qualitative and quantitative methods was used. The sample consisted of 83 preservice elementary teachers of a public…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Scientific Attitudes, Scientific Principles
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Chadha, Anita – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2017
E-learning has become one of the primary ways to deliver education around the globe. Research is keeping pace with the use of various techno-aids as educators evaluate how to effectively use these aids in an ever-changing e-classroom. Adding to this body of work, and in assessing the effectiveness of techno-tools, this study evaluates meaningful…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Group Discussion, Electronic Learning, Online Courses
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