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Moreillon, Judi – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2013
The American Association of School Librarians and researchers in the field have identified the instructional partner role as critical to the future of school librarianship. Educators of school librarians must help prepare preservice candidates to serve effectively in this role. This research report describes a content analysis study conducted in…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Partnerships in Education, Librarian Teacher Cooperation, Leadership Role
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Bond, Nathan – Current Issues in Education, 2013
This action research study examined the development of a professional learning community (PLC) among 20 preservice secondary teachers as they met regularly during a semester-long, field-based education course to share artifacts of learning from their professional portfolios. The PLC model described by Hord and Tobia (2012) served as a framework…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Communities of Practice, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
Hirsch, Karen A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the impact of differentiated instructional techniques on non-traditional, adult student engagement in an RN-BSN completion program course. Differentiated instructional techniques have been a staple method of teaching in K-12 education for a number of years. Differentiated instruction (DI) is a…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Individualized Instruction, Teaching Methods, Nontraditional Students
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Dee, Thomas S. – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2015
One provocative explanation for the continued persistence of minority achievement gaps involves the performance-dampening anxiety thought to be experienced by minority students in highly evaluative settings (i.e., "stereotype threat"). Recent field-experimental studies suggest that modest, low-cost "buffering" interventions…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Achievement Gap, Intervention, Self Efficacy
Buckley, Alex; Soilemetzidis, Ioannis; Hillman, Nick – Higher Education Academy, 2015
The Higher Education Policy Institute and Higher Education Academy (HEPI-HEA) "Student Academic Experience Survey" has been running since 2006 and is now a fixture in the policy landscape. Its focus on what students get, how hard they work, and what they think of their experience makes it even more useful at a time of high fees and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Surveys, National Surveys, Student Experience
O'Donnell, Hugh – Online Submission, 2015
Literacy remains an area of concern in early secondary education in Scotland (ages 12-14), with recent research suggesting a continued decline in attainment levels. As literacy underpins learning, interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches to teaching literacy are now being emphasized through the new Curriculum for Excellence that aims to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Games, Computer Simulation, Astronomy
Rudell, Fredrica – Journal of Case Studies in Education, 2011
Since the 1970s, periodic calls have been made for incorporation of sustainability issues into marketing and other business courses. Now more than ever, we need to prepare students for careers in the green economy. This article will describe the author's experience teaching a Green Marketing course to business undergraduates. A review of content,…
Descriptors: Marketing, Undergraduate Students, Business Administration Education, Conservation (Environment)
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Taylor, Dale – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2011
The purpose of this study was to explore the motivation of a group of township learners who participated in a science fair known as Expo, by using phenomenography to explore their conceptions and experiences of Expo. The data comprised paragraphs written by the learners before the regional Expo and focus group interviews conducted afterwards. The…
Descriptors: Science Fairs, Focus Groups, Foreign Countries, Exhibits
Hawkins, Abigail – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Using mixed methods, this study examined the nature of teacher-student interaction in an asynchronous, statewide, self-paced virtual high school. Eight teachers were interviewed to understand their perceptions on the nature of interactions and their role as a virtual school teacher. Interactions were primarily instructional in nature, taking the…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Assignments, Interaction, Teacher Student Relationship
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Villalon, Jorge; Calvo, Rafael A. – Educational Technology & Society, 2011
Writing assignments are ubiquitous in higher education. Writing develops not only communication skills, but also higher-level cognitive processes that facilitate deep learning. Cognitive visualizations, such as concept maps, can also be used as part of learning activities including as a form of scaffolding, or to trigger reflection by making…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Writing Assignments, Instructional Design, Cognitive Processes
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Bauer, Sara – English Journal, 2011
The author finds using software to make audio comments on students' writing improves students' understanding of her responses and increases their willingness to take her suggestions for revision more seriously. In the process of recording audio comments, she came to a new understanding of her students' writing needs and her responsibilities as…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Writing Assignments, Writing Evaluation, Auditory Stimuli
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Hoover, Terry E.; Lyon, Lucinda J. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2011
This essay examines the collateral benefits to faculty from a guided learning literature review project for students. We describe a 3-year continuum of project creation and refinement designed to foster critical thinking and writing for second year dental students at the University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry. We discuss…
Descriptors: Productivity, Dental Schools, Writing Exercises, Critical Thinking
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Kleemans, Tijs; Segers, Eliane; Droop, Mienke; Wentink, Hanneke – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
The present study investigated the differences in learning gain when performing a WebQuest with a well-defined versus an ill-defined assignment. Twenty boys and twenty girls (mean age 11; 10), attending a special primary education school, performed two WebQuests. In each WebQuest, they performed either a well-defined or an ill-defined assignment.…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Elementary School Students, Special Education, Special Needs Students
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Hill, Kathy L.; Hynes, Geraldine E.; Joyce, Marguerite P.; Green, John S. – Business Communication Quarterly, 2011
Because communication skills, especially writing, are such an integral part of managerial work, it may be postulated that these skills are associated with managerial success. Yet evidence of writing competency is not universally considered for admission to MBA programs. The purpose of this study was to investigate the possible correlation between…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Business Administration Education, Writing Assignments, Writing Evaluation
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den Ouden, Hanny; van Wijk, Carel – Business Communication Quarterly, 2011
Students write papers in many of their courses to improve their writing skills and to foster an active attitude toward learning. Every year, they hand in hundreds of papers for teachers to assess. This stream may get polluted in two ways: by simple copying from Internet sources and by the exchange of text fragments between students. These…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Plagiarism, Cheating
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