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Center for Community College Student Engagement, 2015
In 2001, the Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) was created to provide information about student engagement, a key indicator of learning and, therefore, of the quality of community colleges. The focus was helping colleges use survey data to guide efforts to improve student learning and retention. In 2003, to further assist…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Student Surveys, Two Year College Students, Learner Engagement
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Willis, David A.; Krueger, Paul S.; Kendrick, Alice – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2013
Undergraduate research opportunities are valued by university faculty and administrators in part because of the belief that they are useful for attracting students to graduate school. Other perceived benefits are that these programs improve students' engagement in their respective disciplines, enhance students' understanding of theory by…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Engineering, Communication Skills, Laboratories
Byno, Kristin Jacobson – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This phenomenological case study was designed to investigate the experiences educators encounter when implementing iPad technology into middle school math classrooms at a middle school in Northeast Texas. The growing popularity of the iPad mobile device has made the technology an attractive tool that can be implemented into K-12 classrooms,…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Case Studies, Technology Integration, Middle School Teachers
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Turner, Erin; Dominguez, Higinio; Maldonado, Luz; Empson, Susan – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2013
This study investigated discursive positioning moves that facilitated Latino/a English learners' (ELs) opportunities to take on agentive problem-solving roles in group mathematical discussion. A focus on mechanisms that support students' agentive participation is consistent with the authors' view that recurrent experiences participating and being…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Student Participation, Mathematics Education, Learner Engagement
Chadwick, Angela M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to assess the affective barriers to student achievement in developmental mathematics classes. A Delphi process was used to identify and corroborate a list of affective domain concerns that act as barriers to achievement for developmental students and developmental mathematics instructors. The process consisted of…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Affective Behavior, Affective Measures, Barriers
Arencibia, David E. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Technology in the classroom helps today's student to be competitive in school and the business world, but there has been a lack of research directly connecting technology use in the classroom with thinking skills. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine the impact of technology on student engagement and class performance. The…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Thinking Skills, Qualitative Research, Case Studies
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Saunders, Jane M. – Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 2013
This piece describes how a 5th grade language arts teacher employed technology to create and sustain a metaphorical, virtual, and physical figured world in her class by means of a web site called "The Hive Society." This world positioned students as intellectuals and scholars, and explored how Ms. Smith integrated 21st Century…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Grade 5, Technology Uses in Education, Web Sites
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Garcia-Contreras, Rogelio; Faletta, Jean-Philippe; Krustchinsky, Rick – Journal of Catholic Higher Education, 2011
The University of St. Thomas (UST) is a private Catholic liberal arts university in Houston, Texas, whose mission includes a commitment to service. The pedagogy of service-learning aligns well with the school's mission and with the teachings and social doctrine of the Catholic Church. Designed to expand opportunities for the procurement of the…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Church Related Colleges, Catholics, Liberal Arts
Afterschool Alliance, 2014
Over the past 15 years, knowledge of the afterschool field has grown substantially. A large body of evidence exists that confirms quality afterschool programs help children become more engaged in school, reduce their likelihood of taking part in at-risk behaviors or acting out in school, and help raise their academic performance. A greater…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Outcomes of Education, Student Attitudes, Positive Attitudes
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Boardman, Alison; Buckley, Pamela; Maul, Andrew; Vaughn, Sharon – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2014
Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR) is a set of research-based strategies designed to improve reading comprehension, enhance students' content area learning, facilitate access to higher-level texts, and to promote student engagement. The present study examines how fidelity of implementation of CSR is associated with reading outcomes for students…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Reading Instruction, Reading Strategies, Learning Strategies
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Fike, David; Fike, Renea; Lucio, Krystal – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2012
This prospective, intervention-based study was conducted to assess the impact of in-class review methods on student learning outcomes in a course preparing pre-service teachers for the Texas Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities teacher certification exam. Students were tested on midterm and end-of-term exams comprised of questions similar to…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Preservice Teacher Education, Audience Response, Teacher Certification
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Stevens, Tara; Aguirre-Munoz, Zenaida; Harris, Gary; Higgins, Raegan; Liu, Xun – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2013
Profile analyses were used to investigate differences in the self-efficacy growth of teachers with more and less mathematics background as the teachers participated in professional development across two summers. Professional development activities were associated with increases in teachers' self-efficacy; however, without considering mathematics…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Self Efficacy
Lamb, Lindsay M. – Online Submission, 2017
This technical report summarizes student-level analyses conducted with the SEL Skills Survey and the Student Climate Survey to determine if a single measure of students' SEL skill acquisition and perceptions of school climate is possible. A separate research brief of this report also was published. [This report was supported by St. David's…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Skill Development, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
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Bumguardner, Kalee M.; Strong, Robert; Murphrey, Theresa Pesl; Dooley, Larry M. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2014
Blogging is a form of social media and student engagement is at the center of blogging. The benefits of blogging include ease in making writing easier to share, encouraging students to write outside of the classroom, and supporting group collaboration. The findings suggest students are more passive in their blogging experiences, as the data found…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Undergraduate Students, Majors (Students), Leadership Training
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Park, Mi-Hwa – Multicultural Education, 2014
Some of the challenges that early childhood teachers face include how to deal with a growing diversity in student populations, how to reduce learning gaps, and how to increase the achievement of all children (Copple & Bredekamp, 2009). The number of children who are English language learners (ELLs) is growing fast schools in the United States…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), English Language Learners, Language Proficiency, Early Childhood Education
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