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Haynes-Brown, Tashane K. – Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 2023
The purpose of this article is to illustrate the dynamic process involved in developing and utilizing a theoretical model in a mixed methods study. Specifically, I illustrate how the theoretical model can serve as the starting point in framing the study, as a lens for guiding the data collection and analysis, and as the end point in explaining the…
Descriptors: Theories, Models, Mixed Methods Research, Teacher Attitudes
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Tippett, Christine D.; Milford, Todd M. – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2017
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in early childhood education is an area currently given little attention in the literature, which is unfortunate since young children are natural scientists and engineers. Here, we outline our mixed-methods design-based research investigation of a pre-kindergarten (Pre-K) classroom where two…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Children, STEM Education, Educational Benefits
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West, Deborah; Huijser, Henk; Heath, David – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2016
As learning analytics activity has increased, a variety of ethical implications and considerations have emerged, though a significant research gap remains in explicitly investigating the views of key stakeholders, such as academic staff. This paper draws on ethics-related findings from an Australian study featuring two surveys, one of…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Analysis, Educational Research, Ethics
Arlo Kempf – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2016
From 2011 to 2013, I accidentally studied US and Canadian teacher perceptions of standardized testing and its effects in the classroom. I had intended to study the role of equity issues in teacher practice; however, in conversation with teachers during initial semi-structured interviews in the United States, it became clear that understanding the…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Teacher Attitudes, Standardized Tests, Foreign Countries
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Parlar, Hanifi; Türkoglu, Muhammet Emin; Cansoy, Ramazan – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2017
This study aims to examine teachers' opinions regarding the activities that can be performed at schools to ensure leadership development in students. Accordingly, an attempt to reveal what the leadership qualities of students should be, the activities that can be performed for the acquisition of leadership qualities and the applicability level of…
Descriptors: Leadership, Opinions, Teacher Attitudes, Leadership Qualities
Mathews, Christian Mark – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In the state of New Jersey and nationally, teacher evaluation is a current focus of education reform efforts (Hallinger et al., 2014; Schulman, 2014). A well-executed teacher evaluation system produces data regarding educator effectiveness. It is the intention of the 2012 AchieveNJ teacher evaluation reform law that teacher evaluation data be used…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Improvement, Academic Achievement, Teacher Competencies
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Yeoman, Kay; Nardi, Elena; Bowater, Laura; Nguyen, Huyen – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2017
While numerous studies examine perceptions of research held by university researchers, studies examining perceptions held by school pupils are rare. To address this gap and following analysis of questionnaire data (N = 2634, KS3/4/5 pupils), we conducted 11 group interviews with 100 pupils in England to investigate their experiences of research…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Questionnaires, Interviews, Foreign Countries
James, Diann C. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this multi-method qualitative study was to collect data for a future development of an in-service training program for new teachers employed by Lake Forest Academy (pseudonym). New teachers of children with special educational needs faced challenges teaching in this Middle East country in addition to those faced by the new general…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Qualitative Research, Inservice Teacher Education, Teacher Improvement
Barnes, Johanna S. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Teachers are critical to student learning in the classroom, and just like students, teachers perform better when they are able to make choices based on what is relevant to them. Action research is a way for teachers to systematically inquire and reflect to make necessary improvements in practice for student learning. This study involved teachers…
Descriptors: Action Research, Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Mixed Methods Research
Hall, James Chapman – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The purpose of this study was to determine the level of implementing a middle school concept in three private Christian schools using Daniel Stufflebeam's CIPP model of program evaluation. The National Middle School Survey was used to measure faculty and administrative perceptions of both the value and actual implementation of middle school…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation, Middle Schools
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Dyson, Ben; Gordon, Barrie; Cowan, Jackie; McKenzie, Allison – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2016
Within Aotearoa/New Zealand primary schools, External Providers (EPs) have steadily increased their influence on physical education. The purpose of this study was to explore and interpret classroom teachers' perspectives of EPs in their primary school. The research team obtained questionnaire responses from 487 classroom teachers from 133…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Primary Education, Partnerships in Education
Campbell, Conni; Ayala, Carlos Cuauhtémoc; Railsback, Gary; Freking, Frederick W.; McKenna, Corey; Lausch, David – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2016
The teaching performance assessment (TPA) seeks to measure the knowledge, skills, and competencies of teachers during the credential phase of their training. The TPA was introduced in California in 2004 with programs piloting it and then became mandatory for candidates enrolling in preliminary programs in 2008. Although California has multiple…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Performance Based Assessment, Licensing Examinations (Professions)
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Conceição, Simone C.O.; Johaningsmeir, Sarah; Colby, Holly; Gordon, John – Adult Learning, 2014
This article describes an initiative to train lay people, predominantly parents of children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN), to teach "Bridge to Independence"--a care coordination curriculum--to other family caregivers of CYSHCN. Using a model based on Kirkpatrick and Kirkpatrick's levels of evaluation, the goal…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Family (Sociological Unit), Lay People, Training
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Mwingirwa, Irene Mukiri; Miheso-O'Connor, Marguerite Khakasa – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2016
The uptake of technology and specifically, GeoGebra software, in teaching mathematics has had mixed success in spite of its documented benefits. This study investigated teachers' perspective towards training and eventual use of GeoGebra as a tool to enhance learning of mathematics. In this article we share findings from a larger study that was…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Mathematics, Teaching Methods
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Altintas, Esra; Ozdemir, Ahmet S. – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2015
This study aims to evaluate a differentiation approach that was recently developed to teach mathematics to gifted middle school students in terms of its practice by teachers by studying the effect of the approach on achievement among both gifted and non-gifted students. From mixed research methods, the study used an explanatory design. It was…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Mathematics
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