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Doing the Math: Supporting Student Justifications
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James, Carolyn; Philiben, Lyn; Knievel, Molly – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2016
Teachers have found that engaging students in justification can help students deepen and retain mathematical knowledge, gain a greater sense of ownership over the material, and improve communication and representation skills (Staples, Bartlo, and Thanheiser 2012). Student engagement in a justification activity can also lead to more equitable…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Middle Schools, Secondary School Mathematics
Finding a Researcher's and a Teacher's Voice in a Plethora of Responsibilities: A Duoethnography on Administrivia
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Norris, Joe; Sawyer, Richard – Brock Education: A Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2014
"Some are born great; some achieve greatness; and some have greatness thrust upon them." "Twelfth Night," Act 3 Scene 4. This article examines the differences and similarities between two faculty members as they discuss their entry into the academy after successfully teaching in secondary schools. Both brought with them the…
Descriptors: Researchers, Teacher Attitudes, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis
Enhancing Student Motivation: A Longitudinal Intervention Study Based on Future Time Perspective Theory
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Schuitema, Jaap; Peetsma, Thea; van der Veen, Ineke – Journal of Educational Research, 2014
The authors investigated the effects of an intervention developed to enhance student motivation in the first years of secondary education. The intervention, based on future time perspective (FTP) theory, has been found to be effective in prevocational secondary education (T. T. D. Peetsma & I. Van der Veen, 2008, 2009). The authors extend the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Motivation, Intervention, Secondary Education
Yes! I Am a Researcher. The Research Story of a Young Adult with Down Syndrome
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White, Emma L.; Morgan, Michelle F. – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2012
My name is Emma I am 28 years old and I have Down syndrome. This is an article about my story about becoming a researcher. This article has lots of photographs of me doing research. It has information about the things I did with research. It has examples of some of my research work. This article lets me share my story with other people. This…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Young Adults, Researchers, Mental Retardation
Examining CPED Cohort Dissertations: A Window into the Learning of EdD Students
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Chan, Elaine; Heaton, Ruth M.; Swidler, Stephen A.; Wunder, Susan – Planning and Changing, 2013
Through analyses of three dissertations completed by graduates of our Carnegie Project for the Education Doctorate-influenced program, this article offers insights into both the doctoral students' inquiries into their problems of practice and their faculty advisors' roles and expectations for them. Studying student dissertations provided the…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Education Majors, Graduate Students, Doctoral Dissertations
Dangerously Important Moment(s) in Reflexive Research Practices with Immigrant Youth
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Gildersleeve, Ryan Evely – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2010
As a white, working middle-class adult queer from the Southwest USA, my subjective relation to the Mexican (im)migrant, poor, working, straight adolescent boys in California participating in my study was tentative, politicized, controversial, and surveilled from both social and individual lenses. Our relationships were also mutually caring,…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Immigrants, Social Environment, Social Bias