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Ouyang, Fan; Chen, Si; Yang, Yuqin; Chen, Yunqing – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2022
Group-level metacognitive scaffolding is critical for productive knowledge building. However, previous research mainly focuses on the individual-level metacognitive scaffoldings in helping learners improve knowledge building, and little effort has been made to develop group-level metacognitive scaffolding (GMS) for knowledge building. This…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Teaching Methods, Faculty Development
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Nurkamto, Joko; Djatmika, Djatmika; Prihandoko, Lastika Ary – TEFLIN Journal: A publication on the teaching and learning of English, 2022
The COVID-19 outbreak has brought about the offline-to-online transformation of EFL undergraduate thesis supervision along with its challenging complexities. Anchored in a combination of realistic and constructivist epistemologies, this explanatory sequential design of mixed-method research aimed to investigate students' problems of academic…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Competence, Theses, Supervision
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Haya Fayyad Abuhussein; Amjad Badah – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2024
The impact of COVID-19 on the higher education sector has extended beyond using alternative technological methods. It has also influenced the professional identities of instructors themselves. This study aims to investigate EFL instructors' perceptions of the impact of online teaching on identity transformation during the COVID-19 lockdown. It…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Language Teachers, Professional Identity, Teacher Attitudes
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Zhu, Meina; Bonk, Curtis J. – Journal of Learning for Development, 2020
This mixed-methods study examines the design and delivery of MOOCs to facilitate student self-monitoring for self-directed learning (SDL). The data collection methods included an online survey (n = 198), semi-structured interviews of MOOC instructors (n = 22), and document analysis of MOOCs (n = 22). This study found that MOOC instructors viewed…
Descriptors: Large Group Instruction, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Mohammadi, Sima; Zandi, Hamed – TESL-EJ, 2023
As students' achievement is correlated with self-regulation, finding interventions promoting self-regulated learning (SRL) in online courses is a current focus of research. However, few studies have explored the potential of contract learning in scaffolding and developing SRL in non-traditional learners who have work and family and are at risk of…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Independent Study, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Griggs, Tom; Tidwell, Deborah – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2015
This article tells the story of a self-study partnership between the authors, Tom and Deb, two teacher educators from different institutions. This partnership began with discussions about shared interests and shared dilemmas in teaching multicultural education content at their respective universities. Over a 2-year period of time, the authors…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Multicultural Education, Perception, Metacognition
Mallozzi, Floria N. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to determine whether the consistent use of metacognitive strategies embedded in an Interactive Student Notebook (ISN) would impact the science process skills of 7th-grade students. In addition, this study explored whether specific teacher written feedback, provided to students in the ISN, further enhanced the use of…
Descriptors: Student Journals, Feedback (Response), Middle School Students, Grade 7
Pruitt, Rebecca J. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Scope and Method of Study. This study examined two sections of a course in child development, one online and one face-to-face, to determine similarities and differences between the two related to constructivist education and constructivist processes. Course documents, instructor reflections, online discussion forum text, student-instructor…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Epistemology, Females, Teacher Student Relationship
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Klecka, Cari L.; Donovan, Loretta; Venditti, Karen J.; Short, Barbara – Action in Teacher Education, 2008
This study examines how participants in the Teacher Educator Standards Cohort enacted their identities through the creation of standards-based portfolios. Fourteen teacher educators participated in the cohort for 1 year. Data sources included the electronic portfolios, focus group interviews, and individual reflections. Findings point to five…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Focus Groups, Teacher Educators, Metacognition
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Chen, Yihsuan; Chen, Nian-Shing; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Computers & Education, 2009
This article described the experiences of an inservice professional development program for teachers with a focus on online synchronous discussions. Transcripts of six online synchronous discussions containing 3600 messages from an online teacher professional development course were analyzed. In addition, the researchers interviewed 10…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Metacognition, Professional Development, Inservice Teacher Education
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Romano, Molly; Schwartz, Jonathan – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2005
As beginning teachers experience and process new information during their initial acts of teaching, reflection is an inherent part of the process. The following study was designed to explore technology as a tool for reflection by introducing first-year teachers to three technology tools designed to elicit and encourage their reflections on…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Reflection, Portfolios (Background Materials), Information Technology
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Villar, Luis M.; Alegre, Olga M. – E-Learning, 2006
This study examines whether two online courses offering educational support for junior faculty have a positive effect on their attitudes to learning and curriculum and teaching capacities (CTC). The data used in the analysis are from two 2005 online university training courses. The tasks the online courses assign to faculty, the resources they…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Online Courses, Teaching Methods, College Faculty