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Whitmarsh, David – Journal of Research in International Education, 2022
International Mindedness (IM) is recognised as being a key component of an international education (Hill, 2015). However, IM is also acknowledged as an 'under-reported and under-researched aspect of elite [international] education' (Bunnell et al, 2020). This has led to the concept being described as 'enigmatic and under-defined' by researchers…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, International Schools, Foreign Countries, Social Capital
Jason Michael Godfrey – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In US-based postsecondary education, first-year students commonly have their compositional ability consequentially assessed on the basis of standardized tests. As a result, students who score above certain thresholds on ACT, SAT, or AP exams often are placed into honors or remedial courses; receive credit remissions; and/or test out of general…
Descriptors: Freshman Composition, Postsecondary Education, Standardized Tests, College Entrance Examinations
Alexandra Ann Milliken – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This work applies to Computer Science (CS) K12 Education through a user experience and human-centered design and research approach. Due to the increase in use of technology, CS courses are important opportunities for K12 students to explore. In order to support the courses added to K12, in-service teachers lacking CS background are stepping up and…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Teaching Methods, Technology Uses in Education, Advanced Placement Programs
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Hatziconstantis, Christos; Kolympari, Tania – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2021
The study analyses teachers' perceptions of school relations and climate in a 'non-traditional' international school between the Greek national education departments and the IB department. Comparing perceptions of inwards and outwards oriented departments is relatively neglected in literature which treats schools and their culture(s) as monolithic…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Correlation, Teaching Methods, Educational Environment
New Jersey Department of Education, 2021
To be more responsive to students' needs, many local education agencies (LEAs) are creating extended and summer learning opportunities to facilitate learning acceleration. Many LEAs elected to leverage federal funds to create opportunities that increase the time students spend engaged in safe, inclusive, and supportive learning environments,…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Educational Needs, Acceleration (Education), School Districts
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Daly, Kimberley – FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 2019
This article discusses an online graduate education course at George Mason University in the United States. The course, part of a certificate program for International Baccalaureate (IB) educators, focuses on infusing human rights instruction in PK-12 classrooms and provides teachers with additional methods and strategies to teach various…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Advanced Placement Programs, Teaching Methods, Teacher Certification
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Lee, Moosung; Walker, Allan; Bryant, Darren – Peabody Journal of Education, 2018
This article explores what leadership practices are associated with International Baccalaureate (IB) student achievement. Using a combined data set of Diploma Program (DP) exam scores and teachers' survey responses about school leadership from 29 schools in Southeast Asia, the article reports certain leadership practices (i.e., strategic…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Academic Achievement, International Schools, Outcomes of Education
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Dickson, Anisah; Perry, Laura B.; Ledger, Susan – Journal of Research in International Education, 2018
International Baccalaureate (IB) programmes are growing rapidly worldwide, driven in part by their global reputation and concept-driven, inquiry-based approach to teaching and learning. This thematic review of a range of literature sources examines the impact of IB programmes on teaching and learning, highlighting trends, challenges, and benefits.…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Stress Variables, Creative Teaching, Reputation
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Wells, John – Journal of Research in International Education, 2011
This article provides a critical review of the way that the International Baccalaureate (IB) promotes international education and international mindedness through the IB Learner Profile. While discussing theories of values and attitudes, and the teaching of values and theories of value acquisition, the paucity of such topics in IB texts is noted.…
Descriptors: International Education, Advanced Placement Programs, Criticism, Profiles
Burton, Lisa Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This qualitative case study addressed the problem of teachers at an International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (IBPYP) site attempting a change to instructional practice without participation in a site-embedded professional development plan specifically designed to support a change in practice. The purpose of this study was to explore the…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Teaching Methods, Learning Theories, Qualitative Research
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Brooks, Sarah – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2011
This qualitative case study examined the place that historical empathy, as both a subjective and an objective endeavor, occupied in one teacher's instruction and her students' response. Data--collected over five months--include 29 hours of classroom observations in an Advanced Placement European History course, instructional artifacts, and…
Descriptors: European History, Advanced Placement Programs, Rural Schools, Primary Sources
de Castro, Christopher H. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study explored the development of student's conceptual understandings of limit and derivative when utilizing specifically designed computational tools. Fourteen students from a secondary Advanced Placement Calculus AB course learned and explored the limit and derivative concepts from differential calculus using visualization tools in the…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Problem Solving, Programming, Mathematical Concepts
Beach, Richard – Online Submission, 2011
This paper analyzes the influence of three different learning paradigms for learning literacy--formalist, cognitive-processing, and literacy practices--on the implementation of the Common Core State Standards. It argues that the Common Core State Standards are based largely on a formalist paradigm as evident in the emphasis on teaching text…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Models, State Standards, Educational Change
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Gentry, Marcia – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2009
To determine whether having a program is sufficient one must first define what is meant by "program." If by program one refers to the pullout program in the elementary school, or the afterschool enrichment program in the middle school, or the Advanced Placement program in the high school, or the hockey program, then certainly having a "program" is…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Enrichment Activities, Advanced Placement Programs, Special Needs Students
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Nelson, Deanna L. – English Journal, 2008
Students in Deanna L. Nelson's high school classroom study vocabulary gradually over a period of time. Students begin by collecting words from readings and listing them on a designated whiteboard. They prepare practice quizzes to exchange with peers and engage in frequent vocabulary discussions that emphasize recognition of context clues and other…
Descriptors: High School Students, Tests, Teaching Methods, English Instruction
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