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Moran, Katherine E. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Research in the area of academic writing has demonstrated that writing varies significantly across disciplines and among genres within disciplines. Two important approaches to studying diversity in disciplinary academic writing have been the genre-based approach and the corpus-based approach. Genre studies have considered the situatedness of…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Writing (Composition), Undergraduate Students, English Language Learners
McGuire, Caroline E. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Widely adopted Common Core State Standards emphasize textual analysis and writing "about" texts (Bomer & Maloch, 2011), but provide little guidance on "what" students should read beyond general references to traditional literature (fables, folktales, and myths) and informational texts. However, as Meek (1988) and others…
Descriptors: Reading Materials, Picture Books, Case Studies, Grade 4
Anderson, Michelle R. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This descriptive study investigates the ways that students in an Ancient History class make meaning of past events by relating them to their present lives and experiences. The study is grounded in theories of historical thinking, particularly focusing on the concepts of presentism and its usefulness for examining classroom teaching. The following…
Descriptors: World History, History Instruction, Middle School Students, Relevance (Education)
Ludwig, Martha L. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This qualitative study increases the understanding of how students with emotional disturbance (ED) demonstrate their grasp of key elements of social studies instruction. While there is considerable research in the general education literature on how students grapple with various social studies concepts and methodology, there is a void in…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Emotional Disturbances, Concept Formation, Social Studies
Jeremiah, Ken – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Critical thinking continues to be an educational concern even though many school systems, educators, and academic articles have stressed its importance. To teach critical thinking, teachers need to learn what it is and how it is taught. It is unknown to what extent critical thinking skills are taught and assessed in classrooms. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, High School Students, Grounded Theory, Teaching Methods
Bullock, Daniel Kelvin – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Social studies has often had a reputation amongst students for being uninteresting due to the teaching strategies and content that educators have utilized. However, in a field as diverse and relevant as social studies, there are opportunities to garner the attention of students and empower them with information to improve and enhance our democracy…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Teaching Methods
Sullivan, Brendan W. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Concepts of Mathematics (21-127 at CMU) is a course designed to introduce students to the world of abstract mathematics, guiding them from more calculation-based math (that one learns in high school) to higher mathematics, which focuses more on abstract thinking, problem solving, and writing "proofs." This transition tends to be a shock:…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Materials, Problem Solving
Sun, Sonja Huiying – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Thirty-three students of fourth semester German at the University of Kansas participated in the study which sought to investigate whether focused written corrective feedback (WCF) promoted the acquisition of the German case morphology over the course of a semester. Participants received teacher WCF on five two-draft essay assignments under three…
Descriptors: Error Correction, German, Grammar, Second Language Learning
Ribera, Tony – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Student affairs professionals have been called to apply pedagogical methods to promote student learning in the out-of-class setting and show evidence of their contributions to student learning. To fulfill their professional responsibilities, practitioners should enter the student affairs profession with a basic understanding of ways to gather,…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Services, Masters Programs, Curriculum, Case Studies
Corona, Shannon F. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which instructor immediacy correlated with online community college students' perceived learning. The research questions that were investigated in the study focused on online instructor immediacy as it relates to praise (words of approval), encouragement (words of support) and examples…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Community Colleges, Correlation, Feedback (Response)
Lee, Haesong – ProQuest LLC, 2013
WebQuests, or inquiry-oriented activities in which learners interact with Web-based information (Dodge, 1995, 1996, 2007), have recently been gaining popularity in education in general and in language education in particular. While it has the advantage of fostering higher-level thinking through authentic assignments, a WebQuest can be challenging…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Assignments, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
Creel-Erickson, Gwen Rene – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Currently the United States is home to a large and increasing immigrant population. Many of these immigrant students use community-based programs for their educational needs. Despite the large number of immigrant students who currently use alternate resources, such as churches and community centers, for education, adult language learners in…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Immigrants, Literacy, Spanish Speaking
Brynteson, Kristin – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Teachers in K-12 schools are constantly being challenged to find new and engaging ways to teach students and help them gain the proficiencies needed to be successful in school and the world around them. During the 2010-2011 school year six teachers in a rural Midwestern school district were asked to implement a new six week digital story creation…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Rural Schools, School Districts, Barriers
Smith, Savala – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Although women account for more than 50% of the college degrees awarded nationally, The College of Idaho has had a challenge retaining female students. There are any number of reasons for women's struggle to persist at the college, but one of the most basic may be a matter of self-efficacy. This mixed methods study used a combination of…
Descriptors: Females, Self Efficacy, Academic Ability, Academic Achievement
Beckmann Wells, Patricia – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine the use of online storytelling as a motivation for young learners to practice narrative skills, measured through active choice, persistence and mental effort (Pintrich & Schunk, 2002). Web analytics was used to track 24 home schooled participants of an online application to teach a 21st…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Language Skills, Oral Language, Home Schooling
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