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Kedir, Keyredin; Geleta, Abeya – Online Submission, 2017
The main purpose of this study is to assess the degree to which transformational leadership was practiced in the technical vocational education and training institutions (TVETIs) of Ethiopia. To this end, cross-sectional survey research design was adopted. The study was conducted in seven government TVET institutions selected through simple random…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Transformational Leadership, Vocational Education
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Inan, Cemil; Erkus, Serdar – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2017
The aim of this research is to examine the effect of Math worksheets based on the Multiple Intelligences Theory on the academic achievement of students in the 4th grade primary school. The sample of the research consists of 64 (32 experimental and 32 control) students who are studying in the 4th grade in a primary school affiliated to the Ministry…
Descriptors: Worksheets, Mathematics Instruction, Multiple Intelligences, Academic Achievement
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Azid, Nurulwahida Hj; Yaacob, Aizan; Shaik-Abdullah, Sarimah – Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 2016
Purpose: Howard Gardners' concept of multiple intelligence (MI) offers an alternative perspective on intelligence which highlights the importance of acknowledging learner diversity, individual talents and the development of human potentials. MI has been used as a basis for the construction of modular enrichment activities to facilitate the…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Multiple Intelligences, Foreign Countries, Quasiexperimental Design
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Yilmaz, Ramazan; Keser, Hafize – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2017
The aim of the present study is to reveal the impact of the interactive environment and metacognitive support (MS) in online learning on academic achievement and transactional distance (TD). The study is designed as 2 × 2 factorial design, and both qualitative and quantitative research techniques are used. The study was carried out on 127…
Descriptors: Interaction, Metacognition, Academic Achievement, Distance Education
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Di Mauro, María Florencia; Furman, Melina – International Journal of Science Education, 2016
This paper concerns the identification of teaching strategies that enhance the development of 4th grade students' experimental design skills at a public primary school in Argentina. Students' performance in the design of relevant experiments was evaluated before and after an eight-week intervention compared to a control group, as well as the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Science Instruction, Science Education, Elementary School Science
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Yalaki, Yalcin; Bayram, Zeki – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2015
Formative assessment or assessment for learning is one of the most emphasized educational innovations around the world. Two of the common strategies that could be used in formative assessment are use of summative tests for formative purposes and comment only marking. We utilized these strategies in the form of formative quizzes in a general…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Student Evaluation
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Kalman, Calvin S.; Sobhanzadeh, Mandana; Thompson, Robert; Ibrahim, Ahmed; Wang, Xihui – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2015
This study was based on the hypothesis that students' epistemological beliefs could become more expertlike with a combination of appropriate instructional activities: (i) preclass reading with metacognitive reflection, and (ii) in-class active learning that produces cognitive dissonance. This hypothesis was tested through a five-year study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Intervention, Attitude Change