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Direct linkSalm, Ann E. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The quantitative Undergraduate Research Questionnaire (URQ) is used to assess the impact of undergraduate research mentorship affects, such as informal conversations, supportive faculty and/or peer interactions, on student confidence and motivation to continue working, learning or researching in the sciences (Taraban & Logue, 2012). Research…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Mentors, Questionnaires
Griffith, John R. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
Using a quantitative method of data collection, this research explored the question: Do active learning strategies used in grades 5 and 6 affect student vocabulary achievement in a positive or negative direction? In their research, Wolfe (2001), Headley, et al., (1995), Freiberg, et al., (1992), and Brunner (2009) emphasize the importance of…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Learning Strategies, Vocabulary, Academic Achievement
Nicolas, Corinne E. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Concerns about the poor quality of students' use of sources in undergraduate research writing have typically led to investigations either of students' information-seeking strategies or of their composing practices. I argue that an either/or approach provides an incomplete picture of students' research writing processes, and that an exploration of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Information Seeking, Student Research, Writing Assignments
Zhang, Weiwei – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This research looks at the use of PowerPoint as an instructional tool for teaching English language learners (ELL) who studied in a language program at a state university in the Pacific Northwest. The purpose of the research was to discover and to explore the perceptions of PowerPoint supported teaching and learning that were held by the students,…
Descriptors: Action Research, Visual Aids, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language)
Burgin, Stephen Randall – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Understanding the ways in which scientific knowledge develops, or the epistemology of science, is believed to be a crucial component of scientific literacy. This construct is more formally known as Nature of Science (NOS) within the science education community. The merits of three different approaches to NOS teaching and learning in the context of…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Scientific Principles, Epistemology, Scientific Literacy
Kim, Sung Un – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examines the information seeking and use behaviors of English language learners (ELLs) while performing a research task, using Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development and Kuhlthau's Information Search Process as theoretical frameworks. The research tasks implemented in this study were curriculum based units where students engaged a…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, College Preparation, Elementary Secondary Education, Research Projects
