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Pourhassan, Asqar; Nazari, Mostafa – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
Purpose: Despite the growth of theory and research on young English learners and the widely-recognized importance of critical incidents (CIs) in teachers' professional development (PD), little research has examined young-learner teachers' CIs. This study investigated the impacts of a PD course structured around CIs sharing/discussing on 14 L2…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Critical Incidents Method, Faculty Development, English (Second Language)
National Center on Schoolwide Inclusive School Reform: The SWIFT Center, 2017
Inclusive Behavior Instruction features universal or schoolwide positive behavior interventions and supports in a multi-tiered system of support. Many schools use School-Wide Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (SWPBIS; Horner et al., 2009) for this purpose. Andreau, McIntosh, Ross, and Kahn describe thirteen characteristics of…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Intervention, Student Behavior, School Personnel
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Grehan, Martin; Mac an Bhaird, Ciarán; O'Shea, Ann – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2016
Universities invest significant resources in the provision of mathematics tuition to first year students, through both traditional and non-traditional means. Research has shown that a significant minority of students do not engage with these resources appropriately. This paper presents findings from a study of two groups of students at Maynooth…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Learner Engagement, College Students, Foreign Countries
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Harsch, Claudia; Poehner, Matthew E. – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2016
Educational institutions are acknowledging the requirements of a globalized world on students' mobility, interculturality, and language skills by offering study-abroad programmes. These need to be accompanied by procedures to assess student needs prior to and during their time abroad as well as upon their return. In the exploratory study reported…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Cultural Awareness, Metacognition, Foreign Students
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Andreou, Theresa E.; McIntosh, Kent; Ross, Scott W.; Kahn, Joshua D. – Journal of Special Education, 2015
The purpose of this study was to identify, categorize, and describe practitioners' perspectives regarding factors that help and hinder sustainability of Tier I (universal) systems within School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS). Seventeen participants involved in sustaining Tier I SWPBIS over several years within a…
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Modification, Positive Reinforcement, Student Behavior