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Cain, Tim; Allan, David – Oxford Review of Education, 2017
Although there are policy calls for educational research to discover "what works" and thereby inform decision making directly, the research literature argues instead for research to have a "conceptual" impact on practice. Empirical studies also suggest that, when teachers use research, their use is conceptual; research…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Research Utilization, Researchers, Case Studies
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Lieberman, Lisa D.; Goldfarb, Eva S.; Kwiatkowski, Samantha; Santos, Paul – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2017
First sex marks a significant transition for most adolescents, yet teens often report that it was unplanned. Seventy-four college students participated in exploratory focus groups about their first sex. Although initially asked whether their first sex was spontaneous or planned, many participants revealed evidence of forethought or anticipation,…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Adolescents, College Students, Focus Groups
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Macris, Deanna M.; Sobel, David M. – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2017
Three experiments examined whether 4- and 5-year-olds can explicitly revise uncertain beliefs in light of disconfirming evidence. We considered 2 factors that might influence belief revision: (a) the type and variability of evidence provided, and (b) whether children generated an explanation of their initial hypothesis. When provided with limited…
Descriptors: Role, Preschool Children, Evidence, Cognitive Processes
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Dinour, Lauren M.; Pole, Antoinette – Health Education & Behavior, 2017
Background: The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 authorizes the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish nutritional standards for all foods sold in schools participating in federally funded meal programs. These foods, known as competitive foods, are commonly found in school cafeterias, vending machines, fundraisers, and snack bars…
Descriptors: Food, Nutrition, Standards, Competition
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Chernyak, Nadia; Leech, Kathryn A.; Rowe, Meredith L. – Developmental Psychology, 2017
The ability to act on behalf of one's future self is related to uniquely human abilities such as planning, delay of gratification, and goal attainment. Although prospection develops rapidly during early childhood, little is known about the mechanisms that support its development. Here we explored whether encouraging children to talk about their…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Interaction, Adults, Interpersonal Communication
Ruffin, Cedrina M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Incidents of sexual misconduct by educators continue to become more prevalent in the United States, resulting in negative social, emotional, and psychological effects on many students. School social workers are professionals with backgrounds in prevention, intervention, and advocacy; however, very little literature has examined the roles of school…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Teacher Behavior, Student Behavior, School Social Workers
Ebright, Wanda K. W. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this dissertation is to illuminate the missing voices of historically black college and university dance programs in the national discussion on the history and development of dance in American higher education. The methodology included the selection of five subject schools that are historically black colleges and universities…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Black Colleges, Web Sites, College Libraries
Kuzmina, Marina V. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This phenomenological dissertation study explored the lived experiences of adoptive parents in the process of raising their internationally adopted adolescents. The researcher interviewed 9 participants. Criteria for selection of the research sample included having personal experience with parenting one or more international adolescents adopted at…
Descriptors: Adoption, Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Trauma
Beard, Darlisha – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Researchers have concluded that parental involvement is necessary for students' success in school because parent involvement in school activities can positively affect children's learning and school experiences. Parent presence and participation is lacking in an urban school district in western Tennessee. The purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Parent Participation, Urban Schools
VanDellon, Wendy – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The debate around student personal essays has dissipated in recent scholarship, though it still remains a highly contested subject. This dissertation study examines three main criticisms surrounding student personal essays from the theorists James Berlin, Lester Faigley, and David Bartholomae. These critiques are that students don't attend to…
Descriptors: Essays, Writing Skills, Writing Assignments, College Students
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Hunter, Jane; Fitzgerald, Terry – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2021
In a study on digital game-based learning in five high-poverty elementary schools in the Philippines, the teachers' professional development experiences were investigated. Research conducted for the study was part of a university-industry partnership with the developer of a new platform designed to give teachers and students experience of…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Elementary School Teachers, Poverty, Disadvantaged Schools
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Ralph, Rachel – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2018
This empirical case study investigated prosocial sharing behaviours when using media and technology, i.e., iPads. The following research questions were explored: (1) How do prosocial behaviours of sharing manifest among preschool-aged children interacting with iPads? (2) What are the effects of iPad use on the manifestation of prosocial sharing…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications
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Fong, Chan Suet; DeWitt, Dorothy; Leng, Chin Hai – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Sciences, 2018
Language cannot be taught outside the culture of the society. A foreign language learner needs to learn the context and the cultural elements to avoid conflicts and misunderstanding arising from differing values, beliefs, and customs. Hence, foreign language instruction needs to emphasise intercultural communicative competence and include cultural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mandarin Chinese, Public Colleges, Second Language Instruction
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Follmer, D. Jake – Educational Psychologist, 2018
This article presents a meta-analytic review of the relation between executive function and reading comprehension. Results (N = 6,673) supported a moderate positive association between executive function and reading comprehension (r = 0.36). Moderator analyses suggested that correlations between executive function and reading comprehension did not…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Reading Comprehension, Meta Analysis, Correlation
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Chow, Jason C.; Wehby, Joseph H. – Educational Psychology Review, 2018
A growing body of evidence points to the common co-occurrence of language and behavioral difficulties in children. Primary studies often focus on this relation in children with identified deficits. However, it is unknown whether this relation holds across other children at risk or representative samples of children or over time. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, At Risk Persons, Literature Reviews, Meta Analysis
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