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Beach, Pamela; Willows, Dale – Online Learning, 2017
This study examined the effectiveness of three types of think aloud methods for understanding elementary teachers' cognitive processes as they used a professional development website. A methodology combining a retrospective think aloud procedure with screen capture technology (referred to as the virtual revisit) was compared with concurrent and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Online Courses, Faculty Development, Educational Technology
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Jalloul, Farah; EL-Daou, Badrie – World Journal on Educational Technology: Current Issues, 2016
Objective: The study aimed at investigating the effect of scaffolding strategies as thinking out loud and verbalization of instructions strategies on the generalization skills of language-related concepts in mildly intellectual disabled students. Method: Twenty-seven subjects in three treatments were trained in solving a pattern of the Thurston…
Descriptors: Mild Intellectual Disability, Computer Software, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology
Ebner, Rachel J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The present study built upon an earlier study by Ebner and Ehri (in press), which examined the Internet's potential as a learning tool for enhancing college students' vocabularies. The current research sought to extend that study by determining how to make online vocabulary learning more effective. An experiment was conducted to investigate a…
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, College Students, Internet, Vocabulary Development
Smith-Pethybridge, Valorie – ProQuest LLC, 2009
College personnel are required to provide accommodations for students who are deaf and hard of hearing (D/HoH), but few empirical studies have been conducted on D/HoH students as they learn under the various accommodation conditions (sign language interpreting, SLI, real-time captioning, RTC, and both). Guided by the experiences of students who…
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, Partial Hearing, Deafness, Metacognition
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Muñoz, Marco A.; Guskey, Thomas R.; Aberli, Jennifer R. – Planning and Changing, 2009
The objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a district-wide professional development effort based on a modified Ramp-Up Program, designed to help high school teachers improve the reading skills of their students. Ramp-Up is a two-year course that seeks to accelerate the learning progress of entering high school students who…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Urban Schools, High School Students, Faculty Development