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Hewes, Dean E. – Human Communication Research, 2009
The purpose of the author's contribution to this colloquy was to spark conversation on the theoretical nature of communication processes and the evidentiary requirements for testing their relationship to group outcomes. Co-discussants have raised important issues concerning the philosophical basis of the socioegocentric model (SM) and dual-level…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Group Dynamics, Influences, Theories
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Berkel, Cady; Murry, Velma McBride; Roulston, Kathryn J.; Brody, Gene H. – Health Education, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the importance of considering both fidelity and adaptation in assessing the implementation of evidence-based programs. Design/methodology/approach: The current study employs a multi-method strategy to understand two dimensions of implementation (fidelity and adaptation) in the Strong African…
Descriptors: Fidelity, Interviews, Media Adaptation, Teaching Methods
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Cotton, Debby R. E.; Stokes, Alison; Cotton, Peter A. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2010
Much pedagogic research undertaken in geography and other disciplines relies on post-hoc methods such as surveys or interviews to investigate the student experience of higher education (often based on self-reports of behaviour). However, observation of students provides a far more direct route to obtain information about their behaviour, and there…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Observation, Student Experience, Evaluation Methods
Kou, Xiaojing – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Various formats of online discussion have proven valuable for enhancing learning and collaboration in distance and blended learning contexts. However, despite their capacity to reveal essential processes in collaborative inquiry, current mainstream analytical frameworks, such as the cognitive presence framework (Garrison, Anderson, & Archer,…
Descriptors: Interaction, Computer Mediated Communication, Discourse Analysis, Interaction Process Analysis
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Beauchamp, Gary – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2011
This article will analyse primary teachers' views on the role of information and communications technology (ICT) in the broader context of pedagogy in the classroom. It uses data collected from primary teacher interviews in the early stages of a funded research project (which analysed interactivity and ICT in learning and teaching) to explore and…
Descriptors: Interaction, Information Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Interviews
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Sullivan, Florence R. – Educational Technology & Society, 2011
This paper presents the results of a micro-genetic analysis of the development of a creative solution arrived at by students working collaboratively to solve a robotics problem in a sixth grade science classroom. Results indicate that four aspects of the enacted curriculum proved important to developing the creative solution, including the…
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Inquiry, Grade 6, Creative Thinking
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Guichon, Nicolas; Cohen, Cathy – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2014
It is intuitively felt that visual cues should enhance online communication, and this experimental study aims to test this prediction by exploring the value provided by a webcam in an online L2 pedagogical teacher-to-learner interaction. A total of 40 French undergraduate students with a B2 level in English were asked to describe in English four…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Teacher Student Relationship
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Venkat, Hamsa; Adler, Jill – Educational Review, 2008
In this paper, we consider our use of activity theory to examine empirical data from a study of reform in England--the implementation of the mathematics strand of the Key Stage 3 Strategy in two schools. Our concerns are largely methodological--we consider the aspects of reform that more traditional activity theory methods and foci were able to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy
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Lamy, Marie-Noëlle – International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 2012
This paper addresses the lack of formalised methodology for analysing learner interaction data created in conversations on audiographic platforms. First the author shows the importance of conversations in language learning and the need for researchers to understand how users learn from these interactions. Then the author establishes that…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Computer Assisted Instruction, Discourse Analysis, Semiotics
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Dammeyer, Jesper – Deafness and Education International, 2012
Research has shown how cochlear implants (CIs), in children with hearing impairments, have improved speech perception and production, but very little is known about the children's pragmatic language development. During a 4-year longitudinal study of three children with CIs, certain aspects of pragmatic language development were observed in free…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Program Effectiveness, Self Efficacy, Hearing Impairments
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Lee, Moosung; Walker, Allan; Chui, Yuk Ling – Journal of Educational Administration, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of different dimensions of instructional leadership on student learning in Hong Kong secondary schools, whose broader institutional contexts are critically characterized by high accountability policy environments. Design/methodology/approach: This study utilizes standardized test scores…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Interaction Process Analysis, Standardized Tests, Educational Change
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Madsen, Lian Malai – Linguistics and Education: An International Research Journal, 2011
In this paper I focus on sequences of interaction among youth where the participants engage in classroom related activities (such as spelling, discussion of essays, etc.). My paper is based on interactional and ethnographic data collected among youth in two different leisure contexts. I discuss how the participants by employment of various…
Descriptors: Social Class, Class Activities, Ethnography, School Orientation
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Donnelly, Roisin – Computers & Education, 2010
This paper explores the concept and practice of interaction within a blended problem-based learning (PBL) module for academic professional development in higher education. A qualitative study spanning two years of the lived experiences of 17 academic staff in a blended PBL module was considered likely to provide a much-needed analysis of current…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Constructivism (Learning), Interaction Process Analysis, Focus Groups
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Levine, Thomas H.; Marcus, Alan S. – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2010
What kinds of teacher collaboration are most likely to improve what teachers--and, ultimately, students--learn during their time in school? This study looks within and across different collaborative activities that occurred among one teacher team. Observational data analyzed through a sociocultural theoretical framework suggest how the structure…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Instructional Improvement, Professional Development, Teaching Methods
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Kaasila, Raimo; Lauriala, Anneli – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2010
The aim of this article is to extend the scope of the models of teacher change to an interactionist view which co-ordinates sociocultural and constructivist perspectives. Accordingly our focus will be on the cultural and situational factors and processes of social interaction, as well as on the development on an individual level. First we study…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, Cooperation
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