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Download full textKappen, Mini Dejo – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2010
Inclusive education is a practice of teaching handicapped children in regular classrooms with non-handicapped children to the fullest extent possible; such children may have orthopedic, intellectual, emotional, or visual difficulties or handicaps associated with hearing or learning. In India there are constitutional provisions for Inclusive…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Educational Practices, Definitions, Accessibility (for Disabled)
Direct linkZhu, Xiaohua; Eschenfelder, Kristin R. – College & Research Libraries, 2010
This paper analyzes changes to the definitions of "authorized users" contained in electronic resources licenses and embedded in access control technologies from the mid-1990s to the present. In analyzing changes to the license and technology-based definitions, it tracks shifts in major stakeholders' perceptions of authorized users and…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Electronic Journals, Electronic Libraries, Access to Information
Narey, Teresa A. – Online Submission, 2010
Traditionally, we think of play as children's work, and this work is often considered trivial and meaningless. However, when the definition of play is explored, its multiple meanings encourage us to understand play as an important vehicle for the propulsion of society. Play has become a hot topic in households and classrooms and for political…
Descriptors: Play, Definitions, Influence of Technology, Evolution
Pritchett, Serene – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The problem. Through observation and the review of literature, students often receive inconsistent and vague messages about plagiarism from faculty. Marcoux (2002) and Roig (2001) found a lack of consensus between faculty concerning definitions and forms of plagiarism. Although some students develop skills in order to avoid plagiarism, almost half…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Plagiarism, Student Attitudes, International Trade
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2010
This document covers the data terms used in the "VET in Schools 2009" report. The primary purpose of this document is to assist users of the report to understand the specific data terms used within it. Terms that appear in the report are listed in alphabetical order with the following information provided for each: (1) Definition: a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Definitions, Data
Schalock, Robert L.; Borthwick-Duffy, Sharon A.; Bradley, Valerie J.; Buntinx, Wil H. E.; Coulter, David L.; Craig, Ellis M.; Gomez, Sharon C.; Lachapelle, Yves; Luckasson, Ruth; Reeve, Alya; Shogren, Karrie A.; Snell, Martha E.; Spreat, Scott; Tasse, Marc J.; Thompson, James R.; Verdugo-Alonso, Miguel A.; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Yeager, Mark H. – American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
This Manual contains the most current and authoritative information and knowledge on intellectual disability, including best practice guidelines on diagnosing and classifying intellectual disability and developing a system of supports for people living with an intellectual disability. Written by a committee of 18 experts, "Intellectual…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Classification, Definitions
Borner, Dirk; Glahn, Christian; Stoyanov, Slavi; Kalz, Marco; Specht, Marcus – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2010
Purpose: The present paper introduces concept mapping as a structured participative conceptualization approach to identify clusters of ideas and opinions generated by experts within the domain of mobile learning. Utilizing this approach, the paper aims to contribute to a definition of key domain characteristics by identifying the main educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Expertise, Electronic Learning, Concept Mapping
Xu, Ruifang – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2010
Service-learning as a popular term refers to an educational model that combines academic study with social activism and civic service. However, some countries, such as China, use different terms. This article explores the differences and commonalities between service-learning in the USA and social practice in China in the following areas:…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Foreign Countries, Public Support, Cross Cultural Studies
O'Neal, Debra; Ringler, Marjorie – Phi Delta Kappan, 2010
The definition of English language learners needs to be broadened to include the marginalized dialects of English. Not all native speakers speak Standard English, and even those who do need to learn Academic English to succeed in school. By using strategies developed for ELLs, teachers can help all students become fluent in the language of school.
Descriptors: Standard Spoken Usage, Teacher Role, Second Language Learning, Native Speakers
Aligning Theory and Assessment of Reading Fluency: Automaticity, Prosody, and Definitions of Fluency
Kuhn, Melanie R.; Schwanenflugel, Paula J.; Meisinger, Elizabeth B. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2010
Over the past decade, fluent reading has come to be seen as a central component of skilled reading and a driving force in the literacy curriculum. However, much of this focus has centered on a relatively narrow definition of reading fluency, one that emphasizes automatic word recognition. This article attempts to expand this understanding by…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Definitions, Word Recognition, Suprasegmentals
Leikin, Roza; Zazkis, Rina – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2010
In this article, we demonstrate that prospective teachers' content knowledge related to defining mathematical concepts is dependent on content area. We use the example of generation (a research tool we developed in a previous study) to investigate prospective teachers' knowledge. We asked prospective secondary mathematics teachers to provide…
Descriptors: Definitions, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Teachers
Allan, Audrone; Pileicikiene, Nora – Quality of Higher Education, 2010
This article aims to reveal possibilities for teaching quality assessment when data from student survey are used. To achieve this aim, the conception of teaching in a higher education institution was reviewed and criteria of teaching quality were distinguished in the theoretical part. In the empirical part of the research, validity of teaching…
Descriptors: Student Surveys, Data Interpretation, Questionnaires, Data Analysis
Silverman, Rebecca; Crandell, Jennifer DiBara – Reading Research Quarterly, 2010
This paper presents findings from a correlational study of the relationship between teachers' vocabulary instruction practices and pre-kindergarten and kindergarten children's vocabulary. We observed sixteen teachers during three 90-minute language arts blocks, and we assessed the performance of their 244 children on knowledge of target words and…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Vocabulary, Program Effectiveness, Kindergarten
Tunmer, William; Greaney, Keith – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
In 2007, the New Zealand Ministry of Education formally recognized the condition of dyslexia for the first time and has subsequently developed a working definition of the condition. The aim of this article is to draw on contemporary theory and research on reading development, reading difficulties, and reading intervention to describe what the…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Dyslexia, Foreign Countries, Definitions
Coffe, Hilde; van der Lippe, Tanja – Social Indicators Research, 2010
Research on Eastern Europe stresses the weakness of its civil society and the lack of political and social involvement, neglecting the question: What do people themselves think it means to be a good citizen? This study looks at citizens' definitions of good citizenship in Poland, Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Hungary, using 2002 European Social…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Foreign Countries, Behavior Standards, Social Behavior
