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Adler, Jill; Ronda, Erlina – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2015
We describe and use an analytical framework to document mathematics discourse in instruction (MDI), and interpret differences in mathematics teaching. MDI is characterised by four interacting components in the teaching of a mathematics lesson: exemplification (occurring through a sequence of examples and related tasks), explanatory talk (talk that…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Discourse Analysis, Models, Teaching Models
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Salavert, Roser – International Journal of Educational Leadership and Management, 2015
Coaching, an apprentice-based approach to support professional and personal development towards achieving set goals, is a well-established practice in the fields of sports training and management and one of the fastest growing professional development methods in the education field. How the coaching partnership fosters leadership and improves…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Apprenticeships, Literature Reviews, Definitions
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Alhaddad, Idrus; Kusumah, Yaya S.; Sabandar, Jozua; Dahlan, Jarnawi A. – Indonesian Mathematical Society Journal on Mathematics Education, 2015
This research aims to investigate, compare, and describe the achievement and enhancement of students' mathematical communication skills (MCS). It based on the prior mathematical knowledge (PMK) category (high, medium and low) by using Treffinger models (TM) and conventional learning (CL). This research is an experimental study with the population…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Achievement, Instructional Effectiveness
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Hacker, Douglas J.; Dole, Janice A.; Ferguson, Monica; Adamson, Sharon; Roundy, Linda; Scarpulla, Laura – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2015
Our purpose for this quasi-experimental study was to evaluate the short-term and maintenance effects of the self-regulated strategy development writing instructional model by Graham and Harris with 7th-grade students in an urban, ethnically diverse Title I middle school. We compared the writing skills of our intervention students with those of…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Writing Instruction, Quasiexperimental Design, Instructional Effectiveness
Echevarria, Jana; Frey, Nancy; Fisher, Doug – Educational Leadership, 2015
A growing number of students in U.S. classrooms have spent more than five years in U.S. schools but have not yet attained fluency in English. These students account for 30 percent to 70 percent of English learners, and most have been in U.S. schools since kindergarten. Through research and their own experiences, Jana Echevarria, Nancy Frey, and…
Descriptors: Success, Achievement Need, English Language Learners, Language Fluency
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Sickel, Aaron J.; Witzig, Stephen B.; Vanmali, Binaben H.; Abell, Sandra K. – Research in Science Education, 2013
Large enrolment science courses play a significant role in educating undergraduate students. The discourse in these classes usually involves an instructor lecturing with little or no student participation, despite calls from current science education reform documents to elicit and utilize students' ideas in teaching. In this study, we used the 5E…
Descriptors: College Science, Biology, Large Group Instruction, Undergraduate Students
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Ryan, Mary; Ryan, Michael – Higher Education Research and Development, 2013
The importance of reflection in higher education and across disciplinary fields is widely recognised and it is generally included in university graduate attributes, professional standards and programme objectives. Furthermore, reflection is commonly embedded into assessment requirements in higher education subjects, often without necessary…
Descriptors: Reflection, Learning, Higher Education, Learning Theories
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Carbone, Angela; Evans, Julia; Ross, Bella; Drew, Steve; Phelan, Liam; Lindsay, Katherine; Cottman, Caroline; Stoney, Susan; Ye, Jing – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2017
Distributed leadership has been explored internationally as a leadership model that will promote and advance excellence in learning and teaching in higher education. This paper presents an assessment of how effectively distributed leadership was enabled at five Australian institutions implementing a collaborative teaching quality development…
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Leadership Styles, Educational Quality, Higher Education
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Glennie, Elizabeth J.; Charles, Karen J.; Rice, Olivia N. – Science Educator, 2017
Examining repeated classroom encounters over time provides a comprehensive picture of activities. Studies of instructional practices in classrooms have traditionally relied on two methods: classroom observations, which are expensive, and surveys, which are limited in scope and accuracy. Teacher logs provide a "real-time" method for…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Transcripts (Written Records), Educational Practices
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Jarvis, Sal; Bowtell, Julie; Bhania, Lynn; Dickerson, Claire – Professional Development in Education, 2016
This article explores one thread from a larger, longitudinal research project that investigated the views and experiences of teacher educators in Malaysia and from the United Kingdom who were involved in collaboration for the co-construction of a Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Primary Mathematics, with English and health and physical education…
Descriptors: International Educational Exchange, Teacher Educators, Teacher Collaboration, Mathematics Education
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Wallace, Maria F. G.; Webb, Angela W. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2016
In the engineering field, problem- and project-based learning, both of which are often referred to as PBL, are the dominant instructional models called for by accreditation agencies. The aim of this qualitative case study is to analyze and capture a holistic perspective of PBL course design and its implementation in two communication-intensive…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, STEM Education, Active Learning, Student Projects
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Blau, Ina; Peled, Yehuda; Nusan, Anat – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
One-to-one (1X1) laptop initiatives become prevalent in schools aiming to enhance active learning and assist students in developing twenty-first-century skills. This paper reports a qualitative investigation of all 7th graders and their 15 teachers in a junior high-school in Northern Israel gradually implementing 1X1 model. The research was…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Qualitative Research, Access to Computers
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Sucuoglu, Nimet Bulbin; Akalin, Selma; Pinar, Elif Sazak – International Journal of Special Education, 2015
The purpose of this study is twofold: to determine the instructional variables of the inclusive classrooms in Turkey and to investigate to what extent the student behaviors change according to eco-behavioral characteristics of inclusive classrooms. The study group consisted of 44 students between the ages of six and 12 with mild disabilities who…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Classroom Environment, Class Activities
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Willis, Dottie – AILACTE Journal, 2015
The author reflects on challenges faced by teacher educators when Kentucky's Educational Professional Standards Board mandated a new Co-Teaching model for all of the state's student teachers in 2013. This article analyzes the overwhelmingly positive responses of cooperating teachers and the experiences of teacher candidates (student teachers) with…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Team Teaching, Reflection, Program Implementation
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Ewing, Molly – Science Teacher, 2015
The Educators Evaluating the Quality of Instructional Products (EQuIP) Rubric for science is a new tool for science educators that provides criteria by which to examine the alignment and overall quality of lessons and units with respect to the "Next Generation Science Standards" ("NGSS"). The rubric criteria are divided into…
Descriptors: Success, Scoring Rubrics, Educational Quality, Evaluation Criteria
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