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Klara, Kristina; Hou, Ning; Lawman, Allison; Wu, Liheng; Morrill, Drew; Tente, Alfred; Wang, Li-Qiong – Journal of Chemical Education, 2014
A simple, affordable hydrogen proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell laboratory was developed through a collaborative effort between faculty and undergraduate students at Brown University. It has been incorporated into the introductory chemistry curriculum and successfully implemented in a class of over 500 students per academic year for over 3…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Introductory Courses, Cost Effectiveness, Program Development
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Khammyseh, Daoud – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The aim of this paper is to find the problems that face translation students in translating Islamic expressions in religious occasions into English language. The motivations that support the researcher to select this topic are to the causes of these problems and finding some solutions for them. The data were collected from parents, ordinary people…
Descriptors: Islam, Semitic Languages, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
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Keba, Michelle; Segno, Jamie; Schofield, Michael – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2015
This case study investigates how a team of librarians at Nova Southeastern University (NSU) worked together to assess and optimize their library's current instructional videos in order to create a mobile-first video hosting platform, known as LibraryLearn. Instructional library videos serve as invaluable resources for students who are not present…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Material Development, Multimedia Materials, Usability
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Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen; Mossman, Sabrina; Su, Yunwen – Language Learning & Technology, 2017
This study compares the effect of using corpus-based materials and activities for the instruction of pragmatic routines under two conditions: implementing direct corpus searches by learners during classroom instruction and working with teacher-developed corpus-based materials. The outcome is compared to a repeated-test control group. Pragmatic…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Pragmatics, Control Groups, Comparative Analysis
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Li, Zhan; Harfitt, Gary James – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2017
This paper examines a ubiquitous yet under-studied area of language pedagogy, namely materials usage. It explores teachers' enactment of curriculum materials by focusing on English language education (ELE) teachers' use of prescribed textbooks to plan and deliver lessons at the tertiary level in Mainland China. A qualitative multi-case study…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Case Studies, Material Development, Faculty Development
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Hebron, Judith; Bond, Caroline – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2017
The diverse needs of pupils with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have led to a continuum of educational provision being promoted in many countries, and which is often developed at a local level. The majority of children and young people with ASD in the UK attend mainstream schools, and resourced mainstream schools are increasingly part of this…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Mainstreaming, Parent Attitudes
Cho, Euna – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The present study examined the effects of multimedia enhancement in video form in addition to textual information on L2 vocabulary instruction for high-level, low-frequency English words among Korean learners of English. Although input-based incidental learning of L2 vocabulary through extensive reading has been conventionally believed to be…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Retention (Psychology), Multimedia Instruction
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Porto, Melina; Montemayor-Borsinger, Ann; López-Barrios, Mario – Language Teaching, 2016
In this article we review research on English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching and learning published in Argentina between 2007 and 2013. This is the first review of a Latin American country in this series. Argentina has a century-long tradition of training EFL teachers but a comparatively shorter though fruitful history of foreign language…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Course Content
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Tamaela, Leonora Saantje – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The aim of this study is to develop and validate environmental song-based materials using a scientific approach which follow the stages of research and development. The writer created environmental lyrics and put them on traditional melodies that are familiar to the students. The materials were tried out using preliminary field test, main field…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Instructional Material Evaluation, Material Development, Environmental Education
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Julie, Hongki; Suwarsono, St.; Juniati, Dwi – Indonesian Mathematical Society Journal on Mathematics Education, 2013
There are 3 questions that will be answered in this study, namely (1) what are the contexts that can be used to introduce the meaning of multiplication of two fractions and to find the result of multiplying two fractions, (2) how to use these contexts to help students construct the understanding of the meaning of multiplication of two fractions…
Descriptors: Fractions, Instructional Materials, Mathematics Instruction, Relevance (Education)
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Elayassa, Wajih – McGill Journal of Education, 2013
Due to the political context and the restrictions placed on general freedoms and trade union activities, workers' education in Palestine remained informal and largely reliant on oral memory until the early 1990s. For decades, it was an integral part of political education. Workers' education only became a stand-alone field after the establishment…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Education, Educational Development, Social Influences
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Yang, Wenhsien – Latin American Journal of Content and Language Integrated Learning, 2018
The Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approach has been broadly adopted and extensively researched at different educational levels across European contexts. It is also becoming popular in Asian settings due to its dual focus on developing both language skills and content knowledge. It aims to empower learners with high mobility and…
Descriptors: Course Content, English for Special Purposes, Interdisciplinary Approach, Instructional Materials
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Moore, Pat; Lorenzo, Francisco – Language Learning Journal, 2015
Content and language integrated learning (CLIL) represents an increasingly popular approach to bilingual education in Europe. In this article, we describe and discuss a project which, in response to teachers' pleas for materials, led to the production of a significant bank of task-based primary and secondary CLIL units for three L2s (English,…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Units of Study, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Keyes, Christopher S.; Puzio, Kelly; Jiménez, Robert T. – Journal of Education, 2014
Recognizing the role of collaboration and multilingual literacy as 21st-century skills, the authors used design research methods to present, analyze, and refine a strategic reading approach for bilingual students. The collaborative translation strategy involves reading an academic text, translating key passages, and evaluating these translations.…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Material Development, Bilingual Education, Multilingual Materials
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Battersby, Sarah E.; Mitchell, Jerry T.; Cutter, Susan L. – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2011
Understanding the causes, effects and geographic patterns of local hazards is important for helping individuals make educated decisions about how to respond to their threat. Unfortunately, it is often difficult to find comprehensive sources of information about local hazards. In this paper, we discuss the development of an online hazards atlas for…
Descriptors: Atlases, Geography Instruction, Natural Disasters, Internet
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