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Alduraby, Hanan; Liu, Jane – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2014
This action research was to answer the pedagogical question: How effective can a branching story approach be as a motivational tool for elementary reading instruction? A branching story was created with hyperlinks built into a Powerpoint story. The young readers could interact with options at different turning points of the story, which activated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Action Research, Reading Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
Clement, Jennifer – School Leadership & Management, 2014
This paper explores teachers' perspectives on the management of mandated educational change in order to understand how it may be managed more effectively. A case study of teachers' responses to the introduction of a quality teaching initiative in two New South Wales schools found that while some teachers described the strong negative impact of…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Case Studies, Teacher Attitudes, Change Strategies
Lai, Chih-Hung; Chen, Fei-Ching; Yang, Jie-Chi – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2014
The purpose of this study was to analyze how mobile technologies were incorporated and implemented in an outdoor learning activity. Two classes of primary school students participated in the experiment. Using activity theory as an analytical framework, it is found that underlying tensions provided rich insights into system dynamics and that…
Descriptors: Conflict, Handheld Devices, Electronic Learning, Field Trips
Neufeld, Vanessa; Law, Kimberley C. Y.; Lucyshyn, Joseph M. – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2014
This clinical case study investigated the effectiveness of a multicomponent intervention for a child with autism and anxiety-related problem behavior that integrated components of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) with positive behavior support (PBS). One child with autism and his family participated. The dependent variable was the number of steps…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Behavior Modification, Autism, Anxiety
Horner, Robert H.; Kincaid, Donald; Sugai, George; Lewis, Timothy; Eber, Lucille; Barrett, Susan; Dickey, Celeste Rossetto; Richter, Mary; Sullivan, Erin; Boezio, Cyndi; Algozzine, Bob; Reynolds, Heather; Johnson, Nanci – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2014
Scaling of evidence-based practices in education has received extensive discussion but little empirical evaluation. We present here a descriptive summary of the experience from seven states with a history of implementing and scaling School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS) over the past decade. Each state has been…
Descriptors: Positive Reinforcement, Behavior Modification, Teaching Methods, Program Implementation
Clarke, Aleisha M.; Bunting, Brendan; Barry, Margaret M. – Health Education Research, 2014
Schools are recognized as one of the most important settings for promoting social and emotional well-being among children and adolescents. This clustered randomized controlled trial evaluated Zippy's Friends, an international school-based emotional well-being programme, with 766 children from designated disadvantaged schools. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Well Being, Disadvantaged Schools, Elementary School Students, Program Evaluation
Peeters, Marie-Christine; Londers, Elsje; Van der Hoeven, Wouter – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2014
Following the decision at the KU Leuven to implement the educational concept of guided independent learning and to encourage students to participate in scientific research, the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering decided to introduce a bachelor thesis. Competencies, such as communication, scientific research and teamwork, need to be present in the…
Descriptors: Integrated Activities, Integrated Curriculum, Teamwork, Biological Sciences
Karavas, Evdokia – ELT Journal, 2014
The purpose of this article is to highlight and discuss the strategies used to diffuse and manage a primary ELT innovation in Greece, strategies that proved essential for developing stakeholders' acceptance and ownership of the innovation, thereby facilitating its further development and sustainability. The PEAP Programme, launched in 2010,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, English (Second Language), English Language Learners, Second Language Instruction
Kind, Jill – Journal of Staff Development, 2014
This article presents a plan to create a united approach to improve high quality instruction in Robbinsdale Cooper High School in New Hope, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. Professional learning communities were in their infancy, conversations around data were about autopsies of annual standardized tests, and there was no description of what…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, High Schools, Guidelines, Communities of Practice
Tan, Lynde; Guo, Libo – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2014
This paper describes how the pedagogy of multiliteracies was piloted in a language arts curriculum for high-ability adolescent students. Specifically, it delineates the pedagogical intervention that was needed for its implementation within the formal language arts curriculum. Drawing on ethnographic research in two classes of 14-year-old students…
Descriptors: Multiple Literacies, Outcome Based Education, Language Arts, Academic Ability
Grossman, David H. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
California community colleges have been inconsistent in their efforts to meet the program review and planning accreditation standards established by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC). To assist colleges in their effort to meet the accreditation standards and to improve educational quality, the ACCJC developed the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year Colleges, Accreditation (Institutions), Organizational Effectiveness
Nieb, Sharon Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This single-site qualitative study sought to identify the characteristics that contribute to the self sustainability of technology transfer services at universities with small research budgets through a case study analysis of a small research budget university that has been operating a financially self-sustainable technology transfer service for…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Budgets, Technology Transfer, Sustainability
Worthen, Maria; Pace, Lillian – International Association for K-12 Online Learning, 2014
This paper provides federal policymakers and advocates with comprehensive, big-picture ideas for transforming federal policy to support the transition to competency-based learning. It is meant to start a dialogue on these issues, posing important questions to explore as policymakers contemplate a new vision for federal education policy through the…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Policy, Public Policy
Karp, Melinda Mechur; Fletcher, Jeffrey – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2014
For colleges seeking to improve student outcomes, new technologies often appear to hold the promise of transformative change. Across the country, colleges are using technological tools to enhance reform efforts related to how they teach, how they provide supports to students, and how they guide students through programs of study. In order for…
Descriptors: Self Evaluation (Groups), Institutional Research, Technology Integration, Adoption
Hoff, Paula – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Students are entering a suburban middle school with significant achievement gaps. The skill deficits that students bring to the school setting must be addressed based on data that reflect their greatest area of need. At the middle school level, it is critical to address the learning gaps and prepare students for success at the high school level.…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Educational Strategies, Action Research, Program Implementation