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Walton, Justin D. – Administrative Issues Journal: Connecting Education, Practice, and Research, 2018
Communication teachers have long been concerned with the development of students' oral communication competencies. Regrettably, public speaking remains one of the most feared communicative contexts. Though there has been extensive interest in cognitive/behavioral strategies for alleviating communication apprehension, there has been surprisingly…
Descriptors: Humanistic Education, Public Speaking, Speech Instruction, Teaching Methods
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DeMatthews, David; Izquierdo, Elena – Educational Forum, 2016
This article examines how a dual language program can be developed within the framework of social justice leadership. The authors analyzed principal, teacher, and parent interview transcripts as well as field notes and key documents to understand the role of school leadership in creating inclusive dual language programs to close the Latina/o-White…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Social Justice, Leadership, Achievement Gap
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Archambault, Leanna; Kennedy, Kathryn; Freidhoff, Joseph R. – Online Learning, 2016
Policy surrounding K-12 online learning continues to evolve as the field grows exponentially. In Michigan, Section 21f of the State School Aid Act enacted in 2013 strengthened parents' and students' ability to request online courses: "A student enrolled in a district in any of grades 6 to 12 is eligible to enroll in an online course as…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Accountability, Stakeholders, Online Courses
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Wang, Qiuying; Andrews, Jean; Liu, Hsiu Tan; Liu, Chun Jung – American Annals of the Deaf, 2016
Case studies of adult d/Deaf or Hard of Hearing Multilingual Learners (DMLs) are few, especially studies of DMLs who learn more than one sign language and read logographic and alphabetic scripts. To reduce this paucity, two descriptive case studies are presented. Written questionnaires, face-to-face interviews, and self-appraisals of language-use…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Case Studies, Deafness, Partial Hearing
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Corson, Kimberly; Colwell, Malinda J.; Bell, Nancy J.; Trejos-Castillo, Elizabeth – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
In this qualitative study, interviews about children's secret hiding places were conducted with 3-5-year-olds (n?=?17) in a university sponsored preschool programme using art narratives. Since prior studies indicate that children understand the concept of a secret as early as five and that they associate secrets with hiding places, the purpose of…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Phenomenology, Confidentiality, Sociocultural Patterns
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Killian, Janice L.; Wayman, John B. – Texas Music Education Research, 2015
The importance of music education in American schools is well established, with 93% of Americans agreeing that music should be a part of a well-rounded education (Harris, 2005). Students preparing to teach in the elementary classroom (elementary education majors) in American colleges and universities typically take a music class (sometimes two) as…
Descriptors: Music Education, Elementary School Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Music Activities
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Blevins, Brooke; Moore, Brandon; Dexter Torti, Cameron – Teacher Educator, 2017
This study was designed to use critical reflective journaling practices to explore the experiences of preservice teachers working in a juvenile justice education program called the Reach Academy. Using a qualitative case study design, the researchers explored how 48 preservice teachers utilized critical reflective journaling to examine their own…
Descriptors: Journal Writing, Reflection, Preservice Teachers, Juvenile Justice
Neal, Mary Ruth – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Interaction between a learner and an instructor is an important part of the learning process. A lack of connection in feedback between an instructor and a learner in an online class room can result in less than optimal learning experiences. The purpose of this qualitative exploratory case study was to explore the perceptions of students related to…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Feedback (Response), Student Attitudes
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Yeager, David S.; Romero, Carissa; Paunesku, Dave; Hulleman, Christopher S.; Schneider, Barbara; Hinojosa, Cintia; Lee, Hae Yeon; O'Brien, Joseph; Flint, Kate; Roberts, Alice; Trott, Jill; Greene, Daniel; Walton, Gregory M.; Dweck, Carol S. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
There are many promising psychological interventions on the horizon, but there is no clear methodology for preparing them to be scaled up. Drawing on design thinking, the present research formalizes a methodology for redesigning and tailoring initial interventions. We test the methodology using the case of fixed versus growth mindsets during the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Cognitive Structures, Design, High School Students
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Frankel, Lois; Brownstein, Beth – ETS Research Report Series, 2016
The work described in this report is the second phase of a project to provide easy-to-use tools for authoring and rendering secondary-school algebra-level math expressions in synthesized speech that is useful for students with blindness or low vision. This report describes the development and results of the second feedback study performed for our…
Descriptors: Artificial Speech, Suprasegmentals, Cues, Usability
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Gillen, Norman; Bhattacharya, Kakali – Qualitative Report, 2013
This article is a response to calls for more first-person accounts from researchers using narrative formats to interpret data. The authors examine the practice of ethnodrama as a means of exploring and analyzing the experiences of a Latina public-school student in a small South Texas coastal town during the 1950s and 1960s as she attempted to…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Females, Student Experience, Personal Narratives
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Anthony, Peter J.; Weide, Jeffrey – Higher Learning Research Communications, 2015
The purpose of this study was to focus on the relationship between career-development training programs and the motivation of employees. The study used a qualitative method and a phenomenological design using semistructured interviews conducted with a script of open-ended questions. Two main components of the research design were the modified van…
Descriptors: Motivation, Employee Attitudes, Career Development, Job Training
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Jones, Kathryn; Mixon, Jason R.; Henry, Lula; Butcher, Jennifer – Education Leadership Review of Doctoral Research, 2017
This qualitative phenomenological research study investigated the perceptions of pre-service teachers' intercultural responsiveness. Findings from this study affirmed that pre-service teachers believed that positive dispositions, being culturally aware, and responding by incorporating cultural differences is a key to achieving Intercultural…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Qualitative Research, Phenomenology, Intercultural Communication
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Hoefer, Sharon E.; Hoefer, Richard – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2017
"Abstinence-only" sex education, which is still widely used across the United States, does not prepare students to engage in healthy adult relationships. Prior research evidence indicates that abstinence-only education is less effective at preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) than comprehensive sex education.…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Sex Education, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Curriculum
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Wachsmuth, Lucas P.; Runyon, Christopher R.; Drake, John M.; Dolan, Erin L. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2017
Undergraduate life science majors are reputed to have negative emotions toward mathematics, yet little empirical evidence supports this. We sought to compare emotions of majors in the life sciences versus other natural sciences and math. We adapted the Attitudes toward the Subject of Chemistry Inventory to create an Attitudes toward the Subject of…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Mathematics Anxiety, Student Attitudes
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