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Zheng, Lanqin; Yang, Kaicheng; Huang, Ronghuai – Educational Technology & Society, 2012
This study proposes a new method named the IIS-map-based method for analyzing interactions in face-to-face collaborative learning settings. This analysis method is conducted in three steps: firstly, drawing an initial IIS-map according to collaborative tasks; secondly, coding and segmenting information flows into information items of IIS; thirdly,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Uses in Education, Program Effectiveness, Research Methodology
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Skouteris, Helen; McCabe, Marita; Ricciardelli, Lina A.; Milgrom, Jeannette; Baur, Louise A.; Aksan, Nazan; Dell'Aquila, Daniela – Early Child Development and Care, 2012
Child obesity research has generally not examined multiple layers of parent-child relationships during weight-related activities such as feeding, eating and play. A literature review was conducted to locate empirical studies that measured parent-child interactions and child eating and child weight variables; five papers met the inclusion criteria…
Descriptors: Obesity, Intervention, Prevention, Parent Child Relationship
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Dukmak, Samir – British Journal of Special Education, 2010
Samir Dukmak is an assistant professor in the Department of Special Education in the Faculty of Education at the United Arab Emirates University. The research reported in this article investigated the frequency, types of and reasons for student-initiated interactions in both regular and special education classrooms in the United Arab Emirates…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Special Education, Foreign Countries, Classroom Environment
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Martin, P. A.; Daley, D.; Hutchings, J.; Jones, K.; Eames, C.; Whitaker, C. J. – School Psychology International, 2010
Teacher-pupil relationships do not solely impact children's academic development; they also influence emotional and behavioural development. Positive teacher-pupil relationships help reduce maladaptive behaviour while negative ones can lead to increased academic, social and behavioural difficulties. Identifying and measuring teacher-pupil…
Descriptors: Testing, Foreign Countries, Psychometrics, Classroom Observation Techniques
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Bergea, H. L.; Martin, C.; Sahlstrom, F. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2008
The article addresses how farmers learn to appropriate the gaze of the "new farmer", by describing how farmers and advisers in the field discursively construct farmland under scrutiny for inclusion in government support schemes. Based on the findings, recommendations for successful agricultural extension are presented. The methodological…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Conservation (Environment), Rural Extension, Interaction Process Analysis
Williamson, JoAnna – ProQuest LLC, 2010
An abundance of academic research has focused on identifying, explicating, operationalizing, and analyzing variables used to understand the dynamics of customer service. Despite this scholarly attention, applied researchers and the popular press have long reported consumers' dissatisfaction with the service received during their customer…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Service Occupations, Communication Research, Public Relations
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Beautyman, Wendy; Shenton, Andrew K. – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2009
This paper explores the nature of school-inspired information wants. It considers how such wants arise and actions taken by youngsters to meet them. The methodology within the study reported was one of interpretivist ethnography, with data collected from two classes of 7- to 8-year-olds in an English primary school via a form of participant…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Participant Observation, Ethnography, Information Seeking
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Cekaite, Asta – International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2009
The present study has explored how pairs of students deployed digital tools (spelling software) as resources in spontaneously occurring corrections of spelling errors. Drawing on the sociocultural theory of learning and ethnomethodological (Conversation Analytic) insights into social interaction, it has identified a range of consistent practices…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Spelling, Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education
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Ciccone, Natalie; Hennessey, Neville; Stokes, Stephanie F. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2012
Background: A trial parent-focused early intervention (PFEI) programme for children with delayed language development is reported in which current research evidence was translated and applied within the constraints of available of clinical resources. The programme, based at a primary school, was run by a speech-language pathologist with…
Descriptors: Evidence, Early Intervention, Language Skills, Speech Language Pathology
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Braught, Grant; Wahls, Tim; Eby, L. Marlin – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2011
Previous studies indicate that the use of pair programming has beneficial effects on student learning. In this article, we present a controlled study that directly measured students' acquisition of individual programming skills using laboratory practice (in which students programmed individually under exam conditions). Additionally, we analyzed…
Descriptors: Programming, Computer Science Education, Teaching Methods, Intermode Differences
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Hall, Andrew G.; Zentgraf, Claudia – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2010
Purpose: This paper aims to explore the concept of Winnicott's intermediate space as a method of understanding the role of learning spaces in the development of technology-enhanced educational organisations. Design/methodology/approach: The approach takes the form of a comparative analysis of interaction within face-to-face and online learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Seminars, Internet
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de Roos, Simone A.; van der Heijden, Monique H. R. M. A.; Gorter, Ruud J. – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2010
This study examines professional development activities for students and teachers in two Dutch professional development schools (PDSs). The PDSs consist of a partnership between the kindergarten classes of the elementary school and accompanying playgroup (with children aged 4-6 and 2.6-4, respectively), a teacher's training college and a research…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Early Childhood Education, Rating Scales, Kindergarten
Gabriele, Edward – Journal of Research Administration, 2010
Leadership is a multifaceted construct. It requires mentoring as a lifelong experience. Leadership is not an isolated phenomenon, but an activity completely interrelated with those one leads. It can never be separated from its essential community or organizational context. This makes the experience of mentoring all the more critical. Adding yet to…
Descriptors: Leadership, Mentors, Health Services, Organizational Culture
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Vavala, Robert V.; Namuth-Covert, Deana; Haines, Courtney; Lee, Donald J.; King, James W.; Speth, Carol – Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education, 2010
Students who feel like part of a classroom community gain more enjoyment and are more academically successful than students who do not feel similar levels of community. This study intended to determine if students in online courses perceive the same level of community as students in face-to-face classes and if outside factors impacted community…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Teaching Methods, Delivery Systems, Intermode Differences
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Mittendorff, Kariene; den Brok, Perry; Beijaard, Douwe – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine career conversations between teachers and students in competence-based vocational education in the Netherlands. A total of 32 career conversations were observed and analysed with respect to four elements: content, teacher activities, student activities and relationship. Results showed that career…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Foreign Countries, Career Guidance, Teacher Student Relationship
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