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Williams, Kyle M.; Park, Jeongbin Hannah; Gaines, Rachel E.; Choi, Eunjeong; Lee, Jeonghyun Jonna; Mattar, Lina I.; Schallert, Diane L. – Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 2016
Current views of literacy have expanded to encompass how individuals in sociocultural systems make meaning as they "read" and "write" their world. From this view, the work of students involved in pursuing deeper understandings as they discuss course concepts is a literacy act. This study focused on the inquiry and questioning…
Descriptors: Literacy, Inquiry, Graduate Students, Online Courses
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Hyassat, Mizyed A. – International Journal of Special Education, 2016
Since the literature in the field of special education supports the argument that involving parents in the educational process is more likely to positively influence children's educational outcomes, this research aims at exploring the position of Jordanian parents of young children with disabilities in terms of their involvement. A qualitative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Education, Young Children, Disabilities
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Zerquera, Desiree D.; McGowan, Brian L.; Ferguson, Tomika L. – Journal of College Student Development, 2016
We examined college student attitudes regarding debt. Based on focus group interviews with 31 students from 4 different institutions within a Midwestern university system, data analysis yielded a continuum that captures students' debt approaches while enrolled in college. Findings indicate that students avoided debt completely, made intentional…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Debt (Financial), Focus Groups, Money Management
Tyndale, Eric; Ramsoomair, Franklin – Journal of Educational Technology, 2016
Video gaming has become a multi-billion dollar industry that continues to capture the hearts, minds and pocketbooks of millions of gamers who span all ages. Narrative and interactive games form part of this market. The popularity of tablet computers and the technological advances of video games have led to a renaissance in the genre for both youth…
Descriptors: Video Games, Handheld Devices, Story Telling, Interactive Video
Xiao, Bin – ProQuest LLC, 2016
End-Of-Chapter (EOC) problems have been part of many physics education studies. Typically, only problems "localized" as relevant to a single chapter were used. This work examines how well this type of problem represents all EOC problems and whether EOC problems found in leading textbooks have changed over the past several decades. To…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Calculus, Equations (Mathematics), Problem Solving
Schafer, Kevin P. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Individuals living with a mental health issue and attending college may experience significant opportunities for growth and also personal challenges in their development into young adulthood. Residence hall directors may be instrumental in assisting this population during their college years. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Mental Disorders, Qualitative Research, College Students
Anna R. DeWeese; Patricia A. Jennings; Joshua L. Brown; Sebrina L. Doyle; Regin T. Davis; Damira S. Rasheed; Jennifer L. Frank; Mark T. Greenberg – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2016
This case study looks into the process of developing a qualitative coding scheme and conducting analysis based on semistructured interviews, for a mindfulness-based intervention delivered to teachers as a professional development program. The Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education for Teachers program is being studied as part of a…
Descriptors: Coding, Semi Structured Interviews, Faculty Development, Case Studies
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Uçak, Esra – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2019
The present study aims to investigate the opinions of prospective science teachers about the use of QR codes in the teaching materials that they prepared in the "Instructional Technologies and Material Development" course. The study group consists of 38 (32 female, 6 male) 3rd-year prospective science teachers who attended the…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Science Teachers, Science Education, Foreign Countries
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Brita-Paja, J. L.; Gregorio, C.; Llana, L.; Pareja, C.; Riesco, A. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2019
During the last years online education, in particular Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), has contributed to spread and popularize educational methodologies such as peer-review, automatic assessment, self-paced courses, self-evaluation, etc. Although these techniques can benefit face-to-face courses, most of them are not yet widely used in these…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Synchronous Communication, Undergraduate Study, Peer Evaluation
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Scheuer, Nora; Santamaria, Flavia Irene; Echenique, Mónica Haydée – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
The aim of this study is to achieve a deeper understanding of the repertoire of cognitive resources children can display in the process of learning numbers. Forty-two children attending Age 4 Kindergarten Class or Year-One in Argentina were individually interviewed, based on a semi-structured script requiring them to represent definite and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Numeracy, Mathematics Skills, Kindergarten
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Tambaum, Tiina – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2017
This study analyses how teenaged instructors paired with older learners make use of scaffolding. Video data were categorised according to 15 types of direct scaffolding tactics, indirect scaffolding, and unused scaffolding opportunities. The results show that a teenager who is unprepared for the role of an instructor of Internet skills for older…
Descriptors: Tutors, Adolescents, Teaching Methods, Internet
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Lund, Emily M.; Kohlmeier, Theresa L.; Durán, Lillian K. – Journal of Early Intervention, 2017
The prevalence of both bilingual children and children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is growing rapidly, and early childhood educators may be increasingly likely to encounter bilingual children with ASD in their classrooms. Because ASD significantly affects communication, many parents and professionals may have questions or concerns about…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Monolingualism, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Kamstra, Aafke; van der Putten, Annette A. J.; Vlaskamp, Carla – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Most people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) have limited social contact and it is unclear what is done to maintain or increase these contacts. Individual support planning (ISP) can be used in the systematic enhancement of social contacts. This study analyses the content of ISPs with respect to the social contacts of…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities, Interpersonal Relationship, Individualized Programs
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Muhinyi, Amber; Hesketh, Anne – First Language, 2017
Recent research suggests that caregiver-child extratextual talk during shared book reading facilitates the development of preschool children's oral language skills. This study investigated the effects of the amount of picturebook text on mother-child extratextual talk during shared book reading. Twenty-four mother-child dyads (children aged…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Video Technology
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Christodoulou, Joan; Lac, Andrew; Moore, David S. – Developmental Psychology, 2017
Wynn's (1992) seminal research reported that infants looked longer at stimuli representing "incorrect" versus "correct" solutions of basic addition and subtraction problems and concluded that infants have innate arithmetical abilities. Since then, infancy researchers have attempted to replicate this effect, yielding mixed…
Descriptors: Infants, Meta Analysis, Mathematics Skills, Statistical Analysis
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