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Piu, Angela; Fregola, Cesare; Santoro, Anna – European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2016
As indicated in numerous research studies, schoolchildren encounter many difficulties and obstacles in learning the multifaceted concept of the angle. In order to explore the possibility of enhancing schoolchildren's understanding of such a concept, the authors present a study that aims at investigating some structural characteristics of…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Simulated Environment, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Mathematics
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Ginja, Tamirat Gibon – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
Technical and Vocational Education & skills Training (TVET) and Micro & Small Enterprises (MSEs) are so significant sectors in socio-economic development journey of a country. This Article was aimed at investigating empirically the challenges that Micro and Small Enterprises facing and the extent of business development services provided…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Small Businesses, Vocational Education, Job Skills
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Eta, Elizabeth Agbor; Vubo, Emmanuel Yenshu – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2016
This article uses temporal comparison and thematic analytical approaches to analyse text documents and interviews, examining the adaptation of the Bologna Process degree structure and credit system in two sub-systems of education in Cameroon: the Anglo-Saxon and the French systems. The central aim is to verify whether such adaptation has replaced,…
Descriptors: College Credits, Higher Education, Student Mobility, Foreign Countries
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Yahya, Raudhah – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2016
This article explores immigrant mothers' experiences and perspectives on early learning to identify the underlying principles of parents' learning theories and their concerns about pedagogic practices at school. It employs data from interviews with nineteen immigrant mothers that reveal a discord between learning beliefs and practices at home and…
Descriptors: Mothers, Cultural Capital, Immigrants, Play
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McNicol, Sarah – Computers in the Schools, 2016
This article discusses the two main strategies commonly used to safeguard children and young people online; namely, Internet filtering and digital literacy education. In recent U.K. government guidance, both are identified as means to prevent online radicalization in schools. However, despite the inadequacies of filtering, more attention is…
Descriptors: Internet, Antisocial Behavior, Critical Literacy, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
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Hartel, Jenna; Cox, Andrew M.; Griffin, Brian L. – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2016
Background: In the past decade, scholars of information science have started to conduct research on information behaviour in serious leisure. Presently, these studies lack common concepts and terms and empirical discoveries are not easy to assemble into theory. Aim: This conceptual and methodological paper surveys the aforementioned research area…
Descriptors: Leisure Time, Literature Reviews, Models, Recreational Activities
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Pfannkuch, Maxine; Budgett, Stephanie; Fewster, Rachel; Fitch, Marie; Pattenwise, Simeon; Wild, Chris; Ziedins, Ilze – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2016
Because new learning technologies are enabling students to build and explore probability models, we believe that there is a need to determine the big enduring ideas that underpin probabilistic thinking and modeling. By uncovering the elements of the thinking modes of expert users of probability models we aim to provide a base for the setting of…
Descriptors: Statistics, Probability, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
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Fong, Lin Siew – Journal of Educational Issues, 2016
Peer-tutoring sessions of two groups of advanced diploma in financial accounting students with mixed proficiency were analysed thoroughly in this study. Numerous studies in peer tutoring have produced favourable results to both tutors and tutees due to the scaffolding process which promotes effective learning. However, there is a lack of studies…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Tutoring, Case Studies, Video Technology
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Himmelheber, Sarah – Journal of Public Scholarship in Higher Education, 2016
This article presents an instrumental case study of one branch of the nationally networked food recovery and redistribution program, the Campus Kitchens Project (CKP). Inquiry is focused on developing a better understanding of the relationship between this CKP branch and its community partners, as well as recognizing the potential for CKP branches…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Security (Psychology), Social Work, Counselor Training
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Kim, So Jung – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2016
Despite the emphasis on the significance of critical literacy, there has been a startling paucity of studies examining how critical literacy pedagogies can be implemented to preschool bilingual settings. In order to address this gap in the research, this qualitative case study examines the possibilities and challenges of critical literacy in…
Descriptors: Critical Literacy, Interviews, Video Equipment, Observation
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Albertyn, Ruth M; Machika, Pauline; Troskie-de Bruin, Christel – Africa Education Review, 2016
Teaching large classes poses many challenges to lecturers where massification is a reality in higher education. There are implications for both teaching and effective learning in this context. The need for accountability to learners in education provision served as motivation for a study of large classes in the largest faculty of one university…
Descriptors: Large Group Instruction, College Faculty, Semi Structured Interviews, Teaching Experience
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Wabule, Alice – Africa Education Review, 2016
Continuous professional development has assumed a central role in organisational development in recent years. In the teaching profession, initial training is no longer seen as enough due to rapid changes in technology, social structures, ideologies and the increasing diversity of the classrooms. While acknowledging the empowering aspect of CPD,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Professional Continuing Education, Interviews
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Soini, Tiina; Pietarinen, Janne; Pyhältö, Kirsi – School Leadership & Management, 2016
Principal's hands-on strategies reflecting their theories of changing have a substantial effect on the development of their schools and on how the large-scale reform takes root. The study explores five comprehensive school principals' leadership strategies during a large-scale school reform in Finland. The principals' strategies in the middle of…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Educational Change, Principals, Change Strategies
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Aksakalli, Ayhan; Salar, Riza; Turgut, Umit – European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2016
In this research, the negative perceptions of undergraduate students regarding modern physics course and the causes of their negative perceptions have been investigated. For this investigation, a qualitative and quantitative method (mix method) was chosen for data collection and analysis. The study group of the research consists of a total of 169…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Science Instruction, Physics, Negative Attitudes
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Alfattal, Eyad – Journal of International Students, 2016
This study concerns the theory and practice of international marketing in higher education with the purpose of exploring a conceptual model for understanding international students' needs in the context of a four-year college in the United States. A transcendental phenomenological design was employed to investigate the essence of international…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Theory Practice Relationship, Higher Education, Student Needs
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