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Zeng, Mini; Zhu, Feng – Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice, 2021
Software vulnerabilities have become a severe cybersecurity issue. There are numerous resources of industry best practices available, but it is still challenging to effectively teach secure coding practices. The resources are not designed for classroom usage because the amount of information is overwhelming for students. There are efforts in…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Coding, Computer Security, Computer Science Education
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Delaney, Katherine K. – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2018
Within the United States, publicly funded pre-Kindergarten (pre-K) is a borderland of teacher practice--somewhere between early childhood and Elementary approaches to pedagogy. For pre-K teachers, this can mean negotiating many different, and oft-competing conceptions of what curriculum and practice should look like in order to support the…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Best Practices, Preschool Education, Time
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Lauer, Sabine; Wilkesmann, Uwe – Learning Organization, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to link two modes of governance (transactional and transformational) to organizational learning by examining the example of academic teaching. Consequently, the "transformational" strategies of best practices that have been used by German universities to achieve teaching excellence are interpreted as…
Descriptors: Governance, Best Practices, Universities, College Faculty
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Dancy, Melissa; Henderson, Charles; Turpen, Chandra – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2016
The lack of knowledge about how to effectively spread and sustain the use of research-based instructional strategies is currently a significant barrier to the improvement of undergraduate physics education. In this paper we address this lack of knowledge by reporting on an interview study of 35 physics faculty, of varying institution types, who…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Teaching Methods, Best Practices, Interviews
Bahadorani, Homeira – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Language instructors play a decisive role in adult language learners' learning and retention of vocabulary through planning, selection, and teaching of vocabulary and strategies. However, some professional language schools lack extensive teacher-training programs that prepare instructors with the skills required to select and teach vocabulary,…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Vocabulary Development, Teaching Methods, Guidelines
Parkin, Johanna – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Although a great deal of research exists regarding various components of the Writing-Based Practice along with best practice of writing instruction, the research that does exist only examines how writing instruction impacts writing. This research study, however, examined whether there is a potential connection between a writing immersion program,…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Interviews, Observation
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McKenna, John William; Shin, Mikyung; Ciullo, Stephen – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2015
Systematically observing instruction for students with learning disabilities (LD) provides information regarding the quality of school-based interventions, allocation of instructional time, and other implementation variables associated with student outcomes. In this synthesis, observation studies of reading and mathematics instruction from 2000 to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Reading Instruction, Learning Disabilities, Observation
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Da Fonte, M. Alexandra; Capizzi, Andrea M. – Physical Disabilities: Education and Related Services, 2015
Paraeducators are on the front lines in special education settings, providing support to teachers and students with significant disabilities and specific health-care needs. The important role they play demands efficient and cost-effective training in core skills. This study utilized a multiple-baseline across behaviors design to evaluate a…
Descriptors: Paraprofessional School Personnel, Best Practices, Research, Staff Development
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Gutiérrez, Vanessa; Larson, Reed W.; Raffaelli, Marcela; Fernandez, Mariela; Guzman, Sandy – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2017
Incidents in which program leaders confront issues of culture and race occur regularly in many youth programs. These incidents are important because they reflect powerful dimensions of youth's lived experience and bring issues of injustice and program inclusiveness to the fore. This study examined these culture-related incidents and how leaders…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Cultural Differences, Racial Differences, Qualitative Research
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Sreckovic, Melissa A.; Common, Eric A.; Knowles, Meagan M.; Lane, Kathleen Lynne – Behavioral Disorders, 2014
In this systematic review, we evaluated the evidence base of self-regulated strategy development (SRSD; Harris & Graham, 1992) for writing with students with and at risk for emotional or behavioral disorders (EBD). First, we evaluated the quality of studies identified (n 5 13) by applying the quality indicators for single case (Horner et al.,…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Emotional Disturbances, Writing Instruction, Literature Reviews
Brown, Phillip; Stephenson, Jennifer; Carter, Mark – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2014
Over the last decade, the obligation of general and special educators to utilize evidence-based instructional practices has become more prominent. Research increasingly suggests the failure of didactic teacher training alone to ensure implementation with fidelity of these practices by teachers in their classrooms. Multicomponent training (MCT)…
Descriptors: Severe Disabilities, Teaching Methods, Special Education Teachers, Best Practices