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Kraver, Jeraldine R. – CEA Forum, 2011
Integrating writing instruction into the content-area classroom poses a variety of challenges for instructors at all levels. Beyond the need to embrace a new skill set involving writing instruction, there is the resistance of students (and faculty) who find a disconnection between content-area and literacy learning. Developing a method for…
Descriptors: Literacy, College English, Writing Instruction, English Instruction
Tam, Vicky C. W.; Chan, Raymond M. C. – Educational Studies, 2011
This study examines the perceptions of Chinese students and parents in Hong Kong on homework involvement, assignment type and homework functions. The relationships of homework perceptions to student and parent attributes are also assessed. The sample includes 1393 pairs of students and their parents from 36 primary schools in Hong Kong. Findings…
Descriptors: Homework, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes
Kaplan, Avi; Lichtinger, Einat; Margulis, Michal – Teachers College Record, 2011
Background: Common conceptions of motivation and self-regulation view them as related but distinct entities. Most research on motivation and self-regulation investigates quantitative relations between level (e.g., self-efficacy) or type of motivation (e.g., mastery goals) and level of self-regulation. Purpose: Alternatively, the current study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Efficacy, Student Motivation, Learner Engagement
Schmidt, Joanna – English Journal, 2011
In an effort to introduce students to a relatively new genre and allow them to evaluate it in the context of how they had been taught in the past, the author created an assignment about graphic novels and literacy that guided students through four short papers, forming a longer research paper for a final project. The students would begin with a…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Curriculum Design, Opinions, Novels
Junior, Nyasha; Edwards, Amy – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2011
This essay describes a web site evaluation project which served as the final assignment for an undergraduate "Introduction to Religion" course. The essay discusses lessons learned from the design and implementation of this web-based research assignment over three consecutive semesters. It includes insights from an instructor and a reference…
Descriptors: Religion, Internet, Web Sites, Evaluation
Krajewski, Sabine – Journal of Research in International Education, 2011
Internationalization and intercultural competence are key issues in higher education institutions across the globe. In times of accelerating globalization, intercultural competence emerges as one of the most desirable graduate capabilities for those who are likely to work in international environments. This article focuses on the development of…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Case Studies, Cultural Awareness, Multilingualism
Brockman, Elizabeth; Taylor, Marcy; Kreth, Melinda; Crawford, MaryAnn K. – English Journal, 2011
In the authors' January 2010 "English Journal" article, "Helping Students Cross the Threshold: Implications from a University Writing Assessment," they showcase results of a large-scale writing assessment conducted at Central Michigan University, arguing that some of these results are especially relevant to English teachers…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, College Faculty, Focus Groups, College Preparation
Tholander, Michael – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2011
The present article focuses on in situ social comparison among junior high school students. Rather than studying social comparison as an individual phenomenon in experimental situations, which has been common in previous research, the study analyzes social comparison as a real-life social practice. The results show that the practice of social…
Descriptors: Junior High School Students, Comparative Analysis, Social Influences, Socialization
Fulmer, Sara M.; Frijters, Jan C. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2011
This study explored the influence of an excessively challenging reading task on middle school students' motivation, attributions for failure, and persistence. In particular, the authors considered the possibility that relative topic interest might function as a buffer against the negative outcomes of excessive challenge. Students ranging from 10…
Descriptors: Persistence, Student Interests, Student Motivation, Reading Ability
Haimovitz, Kyla; Wormington, Stephanie V.; Corpus, Jennifer Henderlong – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
The present study examined how beliefs about intelligence, as mediated by ability-validation goals, predicted whether students lost or maintained levels of intrinsic motivation over the course of a single academic year. 978 third- through eighth-grade students were surveyed in the fall about their theories concerning the malleability of…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Student Motivation, Academic Ability, Beliefs
Fuehrer, Ann – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2011
A social change agenda is central in feminist psychology. In creating learning outcomes for a psychology of women course, instructors might wish to facilitate processes that have the potential to move individuals from acceptance of a status quo toward various degrees of feminist thinking. This agenda could include endorsing social constructionist…
Descriptors: Feminism, Current Events, Females, Behavioral Objectives
Jove, Gloria – Educational Action Research, 2011
The purpose of this article is to show the process of engaging with the question "How do I improve what I am doing as a teacher, teacher educator and action-researcher through reflection?" The methodology used will explore the role of reflection and writing to promote changes and improve my learning process as a teacher and action-researcher. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Educators, Researchers, Reflective Teaching
Wolfe, Christopher R. – Written Communication, 2011
This study explores how different kinds of arguments are situated in academic contexts and provides an analysis of undergraduate writing assignments. Assignments were collected from the schools of business, education, engineering, fine arts, and interdisciplinary studies as well as the humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences in the…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Persuasive Discourse, Fine Arts, Social Sciences
Bozack, Amanda – High School Journal, 2011
This study of adolescent boys' literacy builds on motivation theory and uses the Motivations for Reading Questionnaire (Wigfield, Guthrie, & McGough, 1996) as a foundation. Survey and achievement data were collected from 330 students and eight teachers at a Catholic, all-boys high-school. Results suggest that the motivational constructs…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Measures (Individuals), Males, Student Motivation
Johnson, Melissa L.; Podjed, Stephanie; Taasan, Sean – Honors in Practice, 2013
In Larry Clark's monograph chapter on the education of academically talented college students, he challenged honors educators to consider their role in helping students find their path, particularly through the addition of self-reflection and exploratory projects in honors courses. In an honors first-year experience (FYE) course for science,…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, STEM Education, Majors (Students), College Freshmen