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Özçaliskan, Seyda; Adamson, Lauren B.; Dimitrova, Nevena; Baumann, Stephanie – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or with Down syndrome (DS) show diagnosis-specific differences from typically developing (TD) children in gesture production. We asked whether these differences reflect the differences in parental gesture input. Our systematic observations of 23 children with ASD and 23 with DS (M[subscript…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Modeling (Psychology), Nonverbal Communication, Autism
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Koops, Lisa Huisman; Kuebel, Christa R. – Contributions to Music Education, 2018
The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore the role of enjoyment during group musical activities in the preschool classroom. Data collection included observations using a researcher-created tool and fieldnotes to determine how preschool students demonstrated enjoyment during group activities. Interviews with three preschool…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Preschool Curriculum, Music Education, Music Activities
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Lavin-Loucks, Danielle; Levan, Kristine M. – Journal of Prison Education and Reentry, 2018
Research on parole in the United States has primarily followed a deterministic approach, favoring an examination of variables contributing to release. However, a great deal of prior research neglects a central aspect of the parole process: mainly the hearing. Adopting an ethnographically informed conversation analytic approach, this article…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Ethnography, Criminals
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Kyriakides, Leonidas; Creemers, Bert P. M.; Panayiotou, Anastasia – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2018
The dynamic model of educational effectiveness refers to eight factors that describe teachers' instructional role. A multidimensional framework for measuring both quantitative and qualitative characteristics of teaching factors is also proposed. Empirical support for the validity of the model has been provided, which revealed that the teaching…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation, Educational Research
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Mahdi, Soheil; Albertowski, Katja; Almodayfer, Omar; Arsenopoulou, Vaia; Carucci, Sara; Dias, José Carlos; Khalil, Mohammad; Knüppel, Ane; Langmann, Anika; Lauritsen, Marlene Briciet; da Cunha, Graccielle Rodrigues; Uchiyama, Tokio; Wolff, Nicole; Selb, Melissa; Granlund, Mats; de Vries, Petrus J.; Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie; Bölte, Sven – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
This is the fourth international preparatory study designed to develop International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF, and Children and Youth version, ICF-CY) Core Sets for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Examine functioning of individuals diagnosed with ASD as documented by the ICF-CY in a variety of clinical settings. A…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Models
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Kim, Sangsoo; Park, Jongwon – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2018
Observing scientific events or objects is a complex process that occurs through the interaction between the observer's knowledge or expectations, the surrounding context, physiological features of the human senses, scientific inquiry processes, and the use of observational instruments. Scientific observation has various features specific to this…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Instructional Materials, High School Students, Observation
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Castro-Varela, Aurelio – Ethnography and Education, 2018
This paper discusses the main aspects of an ethnographic approach to the Occupy Poble Sec Cinema Forum in Barcelona, Spain, and the difficulties of using participant observation, in which vision is still dominant, in this setting. The methodological challenge stemmed from the 'native' position of the researcher--a member of the Forum's organising…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Films, Teaching Methods, Participant Observation
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Livers, Stefanie D.; Elmore, Patricia – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2018
Mastery of language is critical to the mastery of content in middle school content area classrooms. In order to comprehend the disciplinary-specific texts that they encounter in their social studies, language arts, science, and mathematics classrooms, students must be literate in the content area vocabulary that is specific to those disciplines.…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Mathematics Instruction, Middle School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers
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Rantatalo, Oscar; Karp, Staffan – Vocations and Learning, 2018
Storytelling has been shown to play a key role in transferring work experience from more experienced towards novices in a number of vocational educational practices, however previous studies have not to the same extent dealt with the role of students' own storytelling practices for sensemaking of work experience. This study set out to examine…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Teaching Methods, Police Education, Work Experience
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Wingrove, Dallas; Hammersley-Fletcher, Linda; Clarke, Angela; Chester, Andrea – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2018
Whilst peer observation of teaching is well established as a practice that can enhance teaching quality, the challenge to fully embed this practice in universities remains unresolved. This article analyses the perspectives of 18 university leaders (nine Australian and nine English) drawn from a range of school-based leaders to senior leaders of…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Observation, College Faculty, Higher Education
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Poudel, Kamal Kumar – World Journal of Education, 2018
In Nepal, unlike elsewhere, local studies have almost continually suggested that there has not been adequate reflection of the teacher training output in the real classroom situation. English teachers commonly blame on the unfavourable environment as the main obstacle to the successful classroom application of their knowledge and skills needed for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Grammar
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Stapp, Alicia Cooper; Karr, Jenny Kate – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2018
Recess is an integral part of the school day where children are afforded the opportunity to create and organize games, socialize with their peers, and explore nature. When implemented effectively, recess has the potential to offer significant academic, physical, and social benefits (London, Westrich, Stokes-Guinan, & McGlaughlin, 2015).…
Descriptors: Recess Breaks, Grade 5, Time on Task, Elementary School Students
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Markovich, Dalya Yafa – Intercultural Education, 2018
Programmes based on intercultural encounters with the 'Other' place culture and cultural difference at their centre. 'Cultural discourse' has even been defined as a new epistemology and praxis that plays a key role in the process of recognition. In the light of these assumptions, this study used ethnographic field work to examine the ways culture…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Social Distance, Jews, Arabs
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Carreira, Susana; Baioa, Ana Margarida – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2018
Based on a teaching intervention with modelling activities involving experimental work in 9th grade classes, the goal of this study is to find out how students estimate the credibility a modelling task setting when it integrates a hands-on experimental approach. The theoretical background is based on the concept of authenticity and its long…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Observation
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Tezcan-Unal, Burcu – Educational Action Research, 2018
Observing peers for professional development is a familiar and valuable practice but not always favoured in many educational institutions. This small-scale action research (AR) was conducted in an institution where teachers are accustomed to regular peer observation, requiring each teacher to conduct peer observation and to reflect in their…
Descriptors: Observation, Faculty Development, Language Teachers, English (Second Language)
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