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Mavi, Reza Kiani; Standing, Craig – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
Government regulations require businesses to improve their processes and products/services in a green and sustainable manner. For being environmentally friendly, businesses should invest more on eco-innovation practices. Firms eco-innovate to promote eco-efficiency and sustainability. This paper evaluates the eco-innovation performance of…
Descriptors: Innovation, Data Analysis, Conservation (Environment), Sustainability
Petersen, Sobah Abbas; Procter-Legg, Emma; Cacchione, Annamaria – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
This paper describes three case studies, where language learners were invited to use "LingoBee" as a means of supporting their language learning. LingoBee is a mobile app that provides user-generated language content in a cloud-based shared repository. Assuming that today's students are mobile savvy and "Digital Natives" able…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Telecommunications
Bull, Tove – 1987
A study examined Norwegian preschool children's associations of gender with specific words. Children (92 girls, 77 boys) were provided with stimulus words and directed toward the use of a pronoun, either "he" or "she," in relation to each stimulus word. Stimulus words were categorized as easy (familiar) words, expressions about…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Childhood Attitudes, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries
Nilssen, Vivi – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
The paper is based upon a case-study of mentoring in teacher education in Norway. It describes the practice of the cooperating teacher and how mentoring in the practice-field contributes to student teachers learning. The main focus is how student teachers develop pedagogical content knowledge in mathematics through reflections with the mentor…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Mentors, Foreign Countries, Cooperating Teachers
Gudmundsdottir, Sigrun; Saabar, Naama – 1991
The paper reviews research that describes good teaching in several cultures, focusing on teachers and teaching in China, England, Israel, Norway, and the United States. A root metaphor is used to describe good teaching in each culture. In China, good teacher are described as virtuosos because their art is teaching, and there is very little…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cultural Influences, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Maxwell, Cy – 1979
A 1976-78 Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development, Centre of Educational Research and Innovation, Sparsely-Populated Areas project produced 14 case studies from 11 member countries. Fifteen basic conclusions of international relevance were identified. Conclusions were as follows: there is no single definition of rural or sparsely…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Delivery Systems, Developed Nations
Nilssen, Vivi; And Others – 1995
An analysis of a student teacher's lesson in multiplication for Norwegian second graders explored why the lesson did not succeed. Two interpretive frameworks were used to analyze the lesson: teaching as a complex cognitive activity and teaching as improvisation. The student teacher, Marte, believed in child-centered education and tried to create…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Foreign Countries
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