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Yolanda Little – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Differentiated instruction has emerged as a research-based approach to teaching that meets the diverse needs of students based upon learner readiness, interests, and learning profile, grounded in the socio-cultural, multiple intelligences, and brain-based learning theories. The purpose of this basic qualitative inquiry was to explore teachers'…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Individualized Instruction, Student Development, Regular and Special Education Relationship
Cullen-Hamzeh, Helena Mary – ProQuest LLC, 2018
In a 2010 survey, superintendents in Massachusetts identified proficiency in math as an essential element of college and career readiness for contemporary students (Rennie Center, 2010). U.S. students fail math more often than any other subject, and as a result many students dropout of school, especially low-income and minority students (Schmoker,…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Active Learning, Student Projects, Mathematics Instruction
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Concannon, James P.; Brown, Patrick L.; Lederman, Norman G.; Lederman, Judith S. – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
The purposes of this study were to (1) investigate 127 high school students' views about scientific inquiry at different grade levels, and (2) to describe factors such as the teacher's views about scientific inquiry, his teaching, and his curriculum that facilitated or constrained students' views about scientific inquiry. The majority of students…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Inquiry, Science Instruction
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Dunn, Joe P. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2019
This article discusses international simulation "models" as vehicles for active student learning and leadership development. Drawing on his role as the faculty sponsor of his school's delegation and managing director of the overall conference, the author details the structure, workings, and benefits of International Model NATO as well as…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Leadership Training, Best Practices, International Relations
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Zhang, Xiaodong; Hu, Zuhong – South African Journal of Education, 2018
This study reports on how an urban teacher relied on herself and harnessed performance-based pedagogy in developing her students' moral awareness over one academic year. Drawing on qualitative analyses of the teacher and students' reflections, interviews, as well as students' performance, the study shows that the teacher's reliance on her own…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Performance Based Assessment, Teaching Methods, Moral Values
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Browne, M. Neil; Freeman, Karl – Teaching in Higher Education, 2000
Proposes that classrooms that encourage critical thinking possess distinguishing features that can assess whether critical thinking is a regular occurrence. Suggests that a critical thinking classroom commonly reflects the following attributes: frequent questions, developmental tension, fascination with the contingency of conclusions, and active…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Classroom Environment, College Environment, Critical Thinking
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Bergen, Doris – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1995
Comments on the articles presented in this issue, discussing factors that influence the climate for learning. Ways that beliefs, past experiences, and cultural competence of adults may influence their ability to work collaboratively and support children's collaborative work are discussed, as are the effects of various adult interaction styles on…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Cognitive Development