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Yilmaz, Zuhal – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2017
Children start to develop number sense even well before they start the school. Developing number sense serves as an intermediate tool for learning conventional mathematics taught in schools. This number sense has three key areas: number knowledge, counting and arithmetic operations. As a result, the aim of this study was to examine aged related…
Descriptors: Numbers, Young Children, Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction
Carnell, Brent – Journal of Learning Spaces, 2017
This paper looks at the link between enhancing education and ensuring an innovative fit-for-purpose estate. It argues that a nuanced approach and joined-up dialogue is needed between university staff whose remit covers these areas. Drawing from fifteen semi-structured interviews with students and staff at a research-intensive university in London,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Universities, Educational Innovation, Educational Strategies
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Topçu, Ersin – Journal of Education and e-Learning Research, 2017
In this research, the aim is to determine what the social studies teachers think about the interdisciplinary structure of the social studies course and the educational situation. Likert type questionnaire and semi-structured interview form were used as data collection tools. The questionnaire was applied to 150 teachers working in 58 secondary…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Semi Structured Interviews
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Liao, Fang-Yu – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2017
This paper looks at how L2 students' writing experiences relate to the way they think they can write poems and to further investigate if any types of writing experiences contribute to their perceived poetry writing ability. The paper starts by bringing up the value of introducing poetry writing to L2 students. Then, the literature review section…
Descriptors: Writing Achievement, Writing Ability, Second Language Learning, Poetry
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Araújo, Liliana S.; Cruz, José Fernando A.; Almeida, Leandro S. – High Ability Studies, 2017
This study investigates the perceived role of psychological factors in achieving excellence in scientific research. Six outstanding scientists aged 33-42 were interviewed. Data were analyzed inductively resulting in three main dimensions: personality traits and characteristics, psychological skills and processes, and task-specific strategies.…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Motivation, Scientific Research, Scientists
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Carrington, Victoria – Teachers College Record, 2017
Background/Context: Distinctions, real and conceptual, in being "online" or "offline" have featured heavily in the ways educational researchers have understood and approached research into the lives and practices of young people. Even as we argued that bridges must be built between "on" and "off," our…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Semi Structured Interviews, Ethnography, Phenomenology
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Cairney, Kristen; Breen, Andrea V. – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2017
Experiential community-based learning is used for academic purposes, as well as to promote students' civic education, moral development, and the development of identity. Recent advancements in narrative identity theory may have important implications for enriching our understanding of how learning occurs in the context of community-based learning.…
Descriptors: Listening, Undergraduate Students, Practicums, Reflection
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Winter, Emma; Thompson-Whiteside, Helen – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 2017
The fiercely competitive HE market has led HEIs to invest significant resources in building a distinct identity. An HEI's location forms an inherent part of its identity and the uniqueness of location offers an opportunity to differentiate. However there has been limited examination of how location is used by HEIs and little consideration of how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Universities, School Location
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Bonshor, Michael – Research Studies in Music Education, 2017
This article is based on the findings of a qualitative exploration of factors influencing confidence levels among adult amateur choral singers. Three focus group interviews, involving 18 singers in total, and 16 individual interviews were carried out. These provided over 40 hours of recorded verbal data, which then underwent a process of…
Descriptors: Singing, Feedback (Response), Foreign Countries, Music
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Wright, Katie; Buchanan, Emma – Current Issues in Comparative Education, 2017
The development of "international mindedness" is an established aim of international education and has recently gained prominence in national school systems. Despite its increasing salience, it remains an ambiguous construct and an understudied aspect of schooling. It is implicated in globalized educational markets and attempts to…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Multicultural Education, International Education, Advanced Placement Programs
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Karakus, Memet; Karakus, Fatma – Educational Research and Reviews, 2017
The study aims to determine education faculty students' cognitive structures regarding professional concepts, and to reveal the views of the students and faculty members about conceptual teaching. The participants of the study, which was designed as a case study, were determined using the criterion sampling method. In the study, which was carried…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Concept Teaching, Teacher Attitudes, Case Studies
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Boelé, Amy L. – Harvard Educational Review, 2017
In this article, Amy Boelé presents a conceptualization of community that challenges the goal of independence as an ultimate ideal. Building on in situ tensions within independence ideologies, she illustrates the contradictions that exist when the approach to achieving community access for individuals with developmental disabilities requires full…
Descriptors: Independent Living, Adults, Disabilities, Semi Structured Interviews
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Young, Helen – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2017
School governing bodies in England have considerable powers and responsibilities with regard to the education of pupils. This article explores how power relations operate, within governing bodies, through struggles over which types of knowledge are claimed and valued. The article draws on the analysis of policy and on ethnographic research in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Boards of Education, Accountability, Power Structure
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Kok, Seng Kiat; McDonald, Claire – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
The changes in government funding alongside external pressures of increased international and national competition have meant that higher education institutions need to excel in a turbulent environment. The leadership, governance and management (LGM) of academic departments are key concerns. This study investigates the correlation between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Departments, Leadership
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Robertson, Margaret J. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2017
Currently, team supervision in doctoral studies is widely practised across Australian universities. The interpretation of 'team' is broad and there is evidence of experimentation with supervisory models. This paper elaborates upon a taxonomy of team modes and power forms based on a recent qualitative study across universities in a number of states…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Teamwork, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students
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