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Ferguson, Sharlyn – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
The objective of this paper is to investigate differences in the academic achievement of students who report experiencing both bullying and a lack of belonging within their school settings as compared to their peers who report neither of these experiences. This study will expand upon existing research by using a cross-national sample of students…
Descriptors: Bullying, Academic Achievement, Student School Relationship, Peer Relationship
Daniell, Linda; Hogan, Vivienne – Australian Association for Research in Education (NJ1), 2012
The focus of the research was to develop a model for effective learning and teaching of sociology in a large class to promote active engagement with first year undergraduate student teachers and encourage deep learning. By seeking regular feedback from students and recording their own reflections on each lecture, the teaching team and…
Descriptors: Large Group Instruction, Learning Strategies, Educational Strategies, Student Teachers
Nuthall, Graham; Alton-Lee, Adrienne – 1991
New analytic procedures are presented for determining the relationship between students' experience in classrooms and learning curriculum content. Based on data obtained from two studies in the Understanding Learning and Teaching Project (ULTP) conducted at the University of Canterbury (New Zealand), an analysis of the multi-layered nature of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Abbiss, Jane – Online Submission, 2005
An exploration of how year 12 students in a New Zealand high school make meaning of their experiences of different specialist IT (information technology) courses shows that gender identity is a potent factor in their experiences. At a personal level, individual students, males and females, construe their experiences of CPS (computer studies) and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Computers, Sexual Identity
Fraenkel, Jack R. – 1995
This research study: (1) looks at what happens in social studies classrooms; and (2) attempts to determine the characteristics and behaviors of effective teachers. To collect data, the researcher observed several high school (grades 9-12) social studies classes since the fall semester of 1991 in the San Francisco (California) Bay Area for 3 months…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Foreign Countries, High School Students
Watson, Jane, Ed.; Beswick, Kim, Ed. – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2007
This is a record of the proceedings of the 30th annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA). The theme of the conference is "Mathematics: Essential research, essential practice." The theme draws attention to the importance of developing and maintaining links between research and practice and…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Secondary School Mathematics, Concept Mapping, Student Teachers