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Blikstad-Balas, Marte – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2017
Audio- and video-recordings are increasingly popular data sources in contemporary qualitative research, making discussions about methodological implications of such recordings timelier than ever. This article goes beyond discussing practical issues and issues of "camera effect" and reactivity to identify three major challenges of using…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Investigations, Qualitative Research, Research Problems
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Fuchs, Douglas; Fuchs, Lynn S. – Exceptional Children, 2017
In 2010, the Institute of Education Sciences commissioned a much-needed national evaluation of response to intervention (RTI). The evaluators defined their task very narrowly, asking "Does the use of universal screening, including a cut-point for designating students for more intensive Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions, increase children's…
Descriptors: Criticism, Response to Intervention, National Programs, Program Effectiveness
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Buchanan, Heidi; Webb, Katy Kavanagh; Houk, Amy Harris; Tingelstad, Catherine – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2015
Librarians at four different academic institutions concurrently completed curriculum mapping projects using varying methods to analyze their information literacy instruction. Curriculum mapping is a process for systematically evaluating components of an instructional program for cohesiveness, proper sequencing, and goal achievement. There is a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Information Literacy, Library Instruction, Curriculum Evaluation
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Nissilä, Säde-Pirkko; Virkkula, Esa – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2015
PBL is learning through becoming conscious of practical and abstract problems and finding ways how to solve them. It can be a pattern which doesn't follow traditional divisions of disciplines. In this article the material was collected from two, in the first sight, very different groups. One was music students (N = 62) who had to learn to solve…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Musicians, Engineering, Problem Solving
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Anderson, Theresa Dirndorfer – Knowledge Quest, 2014
In this article author Theresa Anderson asserts that even if little agreement has been reached about how to go about doing so, nurturing the creativity of students is increasingly recognized as important for their learning and for their overall participation in the dynamic future worlds they will inhabit as adults. They will need to be creative,…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Creative Development, Creativity, Innovation
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Pfeifer, Douglas – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2013
Routine life stressors can trigger anger and violence with children who have poor emotional regulation. This article describes "Response Ability Pathways" (RAP) strategies that equip youth in managing these daily challenges. The strategies require establishing steps to gain the young persons trust and providing alternative methods to…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Violence, Psychological Patterns, Coping
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Lelli, Colleen – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2014
After children have witnessed domestic violence, the lingering trauma can undermine their ability to learn and succeed in school. With the right classroom strategies, however, teachers can help students relieve stress, reengage in the curriculum, stay focused and organized, attend to tasks, and reestablish relationships.
Descriptors: Trauma, Family Violence, Classroom Techniques, Stress Variables
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Haeffner, Melissa; Leone, Deanna; Coons, Laura; Chermack, Thomas – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2012
Scenario planning is often used by organizations to think about future uncertainties. However, what it does in terms of changing perceptions is difficult to assess and quantify. To address this need, this article builds on previous studies documenting the effectiveness of scenario planning. Specifically, this article contributes to the data on…
Descriptors: Organizational Development, Research Design, Organizational Theories, Institutional Characteristics
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Gilbert, Jennifer K.; Compton, Donald L.; Fuchs, Douglas; Fuchs, Lynn S. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2012
Response-to-intervention (RTI) models incorporate a screening process to identify students who appear to be at risk for learning disabilities (LDs). The purpose of this position article is to incorporate what is known about screening into a flexible, yet comprehensive screening system to help school psychologists and other school administrators in…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Screening Tests, Response to Intervention, Reading Difficulties
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Grogan, Jenna – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2011
Maximizing student potential requires explicit (yet flexible) guidelines for tutors and advisors. Many tutors enhance student potential by utilizing an effective process known as the "The Tutoring Cycle," which promotes content knowledge and facilitates independent success (MacDonald, 2000). Similarly, when students attend advising sessions in…
Descriptors: Tutors, Tutoring, Change Strategies, Educational Strategies
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Fraser, Mark W.; Galinsky, Maeda J. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2010
This article describes a 5-step model of intervention research. From lessons learned in our work, we develop an outline of core activities in designing and developing social programs. These include (a) develop problem and program theories; (b) design program materials and measures; (c) confirm and refine program components in efficacy tests; (d)…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Development, Program Design, Models
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Toll, Cathy A. – Journal of Staff Development, 2010
A generation of principals has heard the mantra that they should be instructional leaders, but rarely have they been encouraged to be learning leaders. While an instructional leader pays attention to the planning, implementation, and evaluation of instruction, a learning leader focuses on what is learned and how it is learned. These roles are not…
Descriptors: Principals, Instructional Leadership, Leadership Styles, Administrator Role
Deddeh, Heather; Main, Erin; Fulkerson, Sharon Ratzlaff – Phi Delta Kappan, 2010
A group of teachers at Clifford Smart Middle School in Michigan's Walled Lake Consolidated School District have broken free from traditional grading in order to embrace a more meaningful grading practice. Using standards-based grading practices, they believe their grading now accurately communicates to students and parents the student's mastery…
Descriptors: Consolidated Schools, Grading, Academic Standards, Evaluation Methods
Weast, Jerry D. – School Administrator, 2010
Every autumn, 50 million children load their backpacks and head off to public school. Most children embark on the adventure of a new school year with a mix of anxiety and anticipation. Many excuses are offered for the failures of public education. Still, on their very first day of school, kindergartners and new teachers alike arrive with the…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Educational Change, Public Education, Readiness
Thomas, Ronald S. – Principal Leadership, 2010
Despite all the speeches, articles, and meetings about data-based instructional decision making, the author's observation after more than 20 years of working with middle and high school teams is that teachers and administrators often make important instructional decisions on the basis of historical precedent, anecdotal information, experience, or…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Data Processing, Decision Making Skills, Management Information Systems
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