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Castellanos, Jeanett; White, Joseph L.; Franco, Veronica – Stylus Publishing LLC, 2022
Mentoring demonstrably increases the retention of undergraduate and graduate students and is moreover invaluable in shaping and nurturing academic careers. With the increasing diversification of the student body and of faculty ranks, there's a clear need for culturally responsive mentoring across these dimensions. Recognizing the low priority that…
Descriptors: Mentors, Minority Group Teachers, White Teachers, Minority Group Students
Ogles, Benjamin M.; Wood, David S.; Weidner, Rebecca O.; Brown, Samuel D. – Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd, 2021
The approach to motivational interviewing discussed in this book will be useful to student affairs professionals and academic advisors working in a variety of higher education positions. It begins in Chapter 1 by providing a description and a brief history of MI, noting some of its connections to counseling and social psychology. Chapter 2…
Descriptors: Motivation Techniques, Student Personnel Services, Academic Advising, Counseling Psychology
Eric L. Buschlen; Jon R. Reusch – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2017
It is assumed that students who engage in long-term service events or service-learning endeavors are transformed, but how do we really know that and how can we share that knowledge with the larger community? The answer is through structured, qualitative research. This case study promotes the use of pre-printed, prompt-based journals as a means to…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Service Learning, Journal Writing, Personal Narratives
Mirra, Nicole – Teachers College Press, 2018
Educating for Empathy presents a compelling framework for thinking about the purpose and practice of literacy education in a politically polarized world. Mirra proposes a model of critical civic empathy that encourages secondary ELA teachers to consider how issues of power and inequity play out in the literacy classroom and how to envision…
Descriptors: Empathy, Literacy Education, Citizen Participation, Models
Emmanuel Adu-tutu Bofah; Markku S. Hannula – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2014
In this study, we provide a detailed account of processes involved in applying structural equation modelling to validate a survey instrument -- the students' view of mathematics instrument -- in a new cultural setting. First, we tested the factorial validity of the instruments in Ghana for 12th-grade students (N = 2034, M = 18.49, standard…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 12, Mathematics Education, Student Attitudes
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Nunes, Miguel Baptista, Ed.; Isaias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2021
These proceedings contain the papers of the 15th International Conference on e-Learning (EL 2021), which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS), July 20-22, 2021. This conference is part of the 15th Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (MCCSIS), July 20-23, 2021,…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Technological Literacy, Second Language Learning
Thomas V. Frederick; Susan L. Hastings; Robert Pate – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2014
This case study is designed to demonstrate lessons learned investigating the integration of faith and learning at a faith-based university in southern California. It describes the use of a social survey to explicitly test a hypothesis related to the influence of having an attachment or vocational perspective on students' perceptions of integration…
Descriptors: Religious Colleges, Universities, Student Attitudes, College Students
Rhodes, Holly G. – National Academies Press, 2018
Instructional materials are a key means to achieving the goals of science education--an enterprise that yields unique and worthwhile benefits to individuals and society. As states and districts move forward with adoption and implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) or work on improving their instruction to align with "A…
Descriptors: Workshops, Science Education, Instructional Materials, Instructional Design
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Azevedo, Ana, Ed.; Azevedo, José, Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
E-assessments of students profoundly influence their motivation and play a key role in the educational process. Adapting assessment techniques to current technological advancements allows for effective pedagogical practices, learning processes, and student engagement. The "Handbook of Research on E-Assessment in Higher Education"…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Computer Assisted Testing, Multiple Choice Tests, Guides
Cuff, Patricia A. – National Academies Press, 2014
"Assessing Health Professional Education" is the summary of a workshop hosted by the Institute of Medicine's Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education to explore assessment of health professional education. At the event, Forum members shared personal experiences and learned from patients, students, educators, and…
Descriptors: Workshops, Models, Visual Aids, Educational Innovation
Nilsen, Trude, Ed.; Gustafsson, Jan-Eric, Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2016
This volume offers insights from modeling relations between teacher quality, instructional quality, and student outcomes in mathematics across countries. The relations explored take the educational context, such as school climate, into account. The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement's Trends in Mathematics and…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Quality, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement
Strax, Marshall; Strax, Carol; Cooper, Bruce S. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2012
"Kids in the Middle: The Micro-Politics of Special Education" takes the reader on a fascinating journey through special education in the past, present, and future. On this journey, the micro-politics of special education are seen through the eyes and experiences of children with disabilities, their parents and advocates, adult educators,…
Descriptors: Caring, Altruism, Disabilities, Court Litigation
Blednick, Joan; Wilson, Gloria Lodato – ASCD, 2011
When a special education teacher and a general education teacher share a classroom and teaching responsibilities, every student benefits from intensive instruction, increased learning opportunities, and a reduced student-to-teacher ratio. But what does coteaching look like? How does it work? How do you know when you're doing it right? Here's a…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Teacher Effectiveness, Disabilities, Special Education Teachers
Kane, Thomas J., Ed.; Kerr, Kerri A., Ed.; Pianta, Robert C., Ed. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2014
What is effective teaching? It is not enough to say "I know it when I see it"--not when we are expecting so much more from students and teachers than in the past. To help teachers achieve greater success with their students we need new and better ways to identify and develop effective teaching. The Measures of Effective Teaching (MET)…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness, Definitions, Best Practices
Martino, Wayne; Rezai-Rashti, Goli – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
This book provides an illuminating account of teachers' own reflections on their experiences of teaching in urban schools. It was conceived as a direct response to policy-related and media-generated concerns about male teacher shortage and offers a critique of the call for more male role models in elementary schools to address important issues…
Descriptors: Role Models, Urban Teaching, Urban Schools, Males
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