This study aims to analyse opinions of social studies prospective teachers towards out-of-school learning. It was conducted with 12 prospective teachers who were at their final year at Kafkas University Education Faculty, Social Studies Teaching Department. In this qualitative study, phenomenological design was adopted, and the data was collected…

The purpose of this explanatory case study will be to understand the decision-making process used to select formative assessment strategies and the influences on subsequent instructional design. This study will be conducted through the lens of the Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) where activity is directed towards a physical or…

TALIS [Teaching and Learning International Survey] 2018 is the third cycle of this international survey of teachers and school leaders. The main data were collected in late 2017/early 2018, and initial results and data are expected to be published in June 2019. The survey's conceptual framework reflects major concepts from research literature, as…

The "IDRA Newsletter" serves as a vehicle for communication with educators, school board members, decision-makers, parents, and the general public concerning the educational needs of all children in Texas and across the United States. The theme of this issue is "Institutional Grit." Articles include: (1) The Link between…

There is widespread agreement that emotions play a critical role in informal science learning, yet little is known about the emotional experiences of children in informal science learning environments. This study aims to address this challenge by exploring the relationships among emotional, behavioral, and cognitive engagement in a science museum…

This study is a constructivist, narrative case study exploring the experiences of Catholic college students at a secular university. Eight student narratives are explored through the lens of intersectionality theory, in the context of classroom experiences. This study reviews the history of religion in higher education, Christian privilege,…

This dissertation examines how John Dewey's philosophy of knowledge might be used to consider the aims of contemporary educational technologies. While significant scholarship exists examining the historical and philosophical importance of Dewey's contributions to American progressive education, much less scholarship has focused on examining the…

Millions of students in our school are identified as at risk and troubled emotionally. It is the responsibility of our schools to create a safe, supporting, and nurturing learning environment for children to learn. Without staff having proper knowledge and skills to utilize professional judgment to manage challenging student behavior, staff could…

Many Black boys become detached from their classrooms and disengaged from the learning process altogether. Irrelevant curriculum, systemic discriminatory K-12 experiences, and poorly staffed and resourced schools are among the various historical, educational, and socio-economic factors that contribute to the 31% drop out rate among Black students,…

Recent charter school enrollment trends suggest that many parents are choosing to enroll students in charter schools instead of traditional public schools, even though data indicate public school achievement is equal to or above charter schools. Guided by Rogers and Maslow's humanistic theory, the purpose of the study was to examine reasons why…

Free speech is one of the cornerstones of higher education. Professors and other knowledge workers should have the freedom to speak reasonably and collegially about a wide range of topics, even if their ideas are controversial or unpopular. However, just like any other tool, if misused, free speech can have results very different from those…

The purpose of this qualitative study was to gain an understanding of the experiences of being a female, African American STEM undergraduate who is enrolled at an elite Predominantly White Institution and who has a mentoring relationship. A hermeneutic approach to phenomenology was used to gather data through open-ended interviews. Research…

Student veterans transition from military to college learning environments, which may require them to cope with the changes they come across, whether those changes are in themselves or in their environment. The problem addressed by this study was how student veterans experience and cope with the transition from military education to civilian…

With the increased demands of high-stakes testing and the additional test security protocols put in place surrounding the administration of assessments such as the PSSA and Keystone Exams, public school administrators are now faced with increased burdens surrounding these assessments on top of their ever-growing responsibilities. In today's world…

A key affordance of game-based learning environments is their potential to unobtrusively assess student learning without interfering with gameplay. In this paper, we introduce a temporal analytics framework for stealth assessment that analyzes students' problem-solving strategies. The strategy-based temporal analytic framework uses long short-term…