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Grajo, Lenin C.; Candler, Catherine – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2017
We employed a community of practice to expand the application of the Occupation and Participation Approach to Reading Intervention (OPARI) and build the capacity of practitioners to support children with reading difficulties. Twelve pediatric practitioners participated in a community of practice for 7 months. We used a one…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Intervention, Reading Difficulties, Pretests Posttests
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Bueddefeld, Jill N. H.; Van Winkle, Christine M. – Environmental Education Research, 2018
Places like zoos, where free-choice learning is encouraged, are important for conveying climate change and sustainability issues to the public. Free-choice learning that targets environmentally focused sustainable behavior changes must be meaningful in order to encourage actual behavior change post-visit. However, visitors often fail to translate…
Descriptors: Recreational Facilities, Environmental Education, Informal Education, Behavior Change
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Darby, Alexa; Longmire-Avital, Buffie; Chenault, Jenna; Haglund, Margot – College Student Journal, 2013
Academic service-learning (AS-L) pedagogy helps students translate theory into practice, understand issues facing their communities, and enhance personal development (Eyler & Giles, 1999; Hardy & Schaen, 2000; Simons & Clearly, 2006). Students' motivation in AS-L increases when students gain insight into their values and goals (Brody…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Service Learning, College Students, Questionnaires
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Wee, Su-Jeong; Weber, Elsa K.; Park, Soyeon – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2014
This research examines specific areas of confidence and concern as expressed by 40 American undergraduate early childhood students on a practicum (supervised field-based internships); if their beliefs changed over the course of their practicum, and if prior teaching experience had an impact on their confidence levels. Areas of confidence and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preservice Teachers, Practicums, Professional Development
Oskooie, Kamran Rezai – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This exploratory mixed methods study quantified and explored leadership interest in legacy-data conversion and information processing. Questionnaires were administered electronically to 92 individuals in design, manufacturing, and other professions from the manufacturing, processing, Internet, computing, software and technology divisions. Research…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Information Processing, Data, Change
St. Jean, Beth Lenore – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study consisted of a longitudinal investigation into the information behavior of people diagnosed with a particular chronic serious health condition, type 2 diabetes. This study sought to identify the factors that motivate or impede the information seeking and use of these individuals and to discover how these factors and their influences…
Descriptors: Chronic Illness, Diabetes, Information Seeking, Influences