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The Burnout Dilemma: Practicing Self-Care Reduces the Feeling of Burnout in Public School Administrators
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K. C. McCarty – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study examined the self-care habits and the feeling of burnout for public school administrators in the State of Illinois. The purpose of this quantitative study is to investigate the impact of self-care on the feeling of administrator burnout. Participants completed the Mindful Self-Care Scale (MSCS) and Maslach Burnout Inventory--Educator…
Descriptors: Burnout, Daily Living Skills, Public Schools, Administrators
The Impact of Strategic Reading of Informational Texts on Reading Comprehension at a Large Suburban Community College
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Ferriter, Rita – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Traditionally, community colleges offer an education for everyone with a high school diploma or a General Education Development (GED) diploma; however, many students are required to take developmental reading courses. This study used a quasi-experimental comparative study model in a quantitative design to examine the effects of the strategic…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Reading Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Suburban Schools
Measuring Metacognitive Awareness: Applying Multiple, Triangulated, and Mixed-Methods Approaches for an Encompassing Measure of Metacognitive Awareness
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Hughes, Andrew J. – Journal of Technology Education, 2019
The article provides an overview of the quantitative analysis of teachers' metacognitive awareness. The purpose of the overview is to express the need for encompassing measures of metacognition for improving metacognitive awareness in the field of technology and engineering education. The data presented come from using the Metacognitive Awareness…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Measurement Techniques, Technology Education, Engineering Education
Educational Complexity and Professional Development: Teachers' Need for Metacognitive Awareness
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Hughes, Andrew J. – Journal of Technology Education, 2017
The study was designed to investigate technology and engineering teachers' metacognitive awareness during specific established teacher practices. The study had a sample size of 18. There were six participants in three groups. Group 1 consisted of teachers that actively participated in Transforming Teaching through Implementing Inquiry (T2I2)…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Teaching Methods, Engineering Education, Faculty Development
Stimulating and Sustaining Inquiry with Students' Questions
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Minigan, Andrew P.; Westbrook, Sarah; Rothstein, Dan; Santana, Luz – Social Education, 2017
In 2011, Dan Rothstein and Luz Santana of the Right Question Institute first wrote about the Question Formulation Technique (QFT), a simple yet rigorous stepwise process to teach all students how to ask better questions, in their book "Make Just One Change: Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions". Through the QFT, students learn how…
Descriptors: Questioning Techniques, Books, Thinking Skills, Creative Thinking
Finding Common Ground: Identifying and Eliciting Metacognition in ePortfolios across Contexts
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Bokser, Julie A.; Brown, Sarah; Chaden, Caryn; Moore, Michael; Cleary, Michelle Navarre; Reed, Susan; Seifert, Eileen; Zecker, Liliana Barro; Wozniak, Kathryn – International Journal of ePortfolio, 2016
Research has suggested ePortfolios reveal and support students' metacognition, that is, their awareness, tracking, and evaluation of their learning over time. However, due to the wide variety of purposes and audiences for ePortfolios, it has been unclear whether there might be common criteria for identifying and assessing metacognition in…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Portfolios (Background Materials), Electronic Publishing, Student Evaluation