Publication Date
In 2025 | 1 |
Since 2024 | 29 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 86 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 182 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 362 |
Descriptor
Source
ProQuest LLC | 362 |
Author
Publication Type
Dissertations/Theses -… | 362 |
Information Analyses | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
California | 7 |
China | 5 |
Florida | 4 |
North Carolina | 4 |
Texas | 4 |
United States | 4 |
New Jersey | 3 |
New York | 3 |
Pennsylvania | 3 |
Alabama | 2 |
Arizona | 2 |
More ▼ |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Elementary and Secondary… | 1 |
Individuals with Disabilities… | 1 |
No Child Left Behind Act 2001 | 1 |
Pell Grant Program | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Huerta, Margarita – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This quantitative study explored the impact of literacy integration in a science inquiry classroom involving the use of science notebooks on the academic language development and conceptual understanding of students from diverse (i.e., English Language Learners, or ELLs) and low socio-economic status (low-SES) backgrounds. The study derived from a…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Writing Assignments, Inquiry, Science Instruction
Goode, Matthew Lawson – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Thousands of U.S. faculty travel abroad each year to teach host-country students (George, 1995). This study explores the "teach-abroad classroom", defined as "the teaching and learning processes and interactions between faculty and students" in this learning environment (George, 1987, 1995; Slethaug, 2007). Faculty and student…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, College Faculty, College Students, Qualitative Research
Mitchell, Thomas M. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Abundant research and literature suggest the unreflective use of PowerPoint (PPT)-type presentations to deliver core content in higher education classes may have a negative effect on student learning (Driessnack, 2005; Kinchin et al. 2008; Maxwell, 2007). Many students rely heavily on downloadable notes from electronic delivery to the exclusion of…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Computer Software, Teaching Methods, Lecture Method
Buschang, Rebecca Ellen – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study evaluated the effects of a short-term professional development session. Forty volunteer high school biology teachers were randomly assigned to one of two professional development conditions: (a) developing deep content knowledge (i.e., control condition) or (b) evaluating student errors and understanding in writing samples (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Faculty Development, High Schools, Secondary School Teachers
Langenhorst, Don G. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
There has been an exponential growth in online courses offered at the high school level but little evidence as to whether they are as effective as face-to-face courses. It has become critical to understand and evaluate the effectiveness of online education in order to reap the benefits and reduce the drawbacks of contrasting learning modes. The…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Conventional Instruction, High School Students
McGowan, Holly – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to explore the responsibilities of the instructor in an English composition course at a community college. In particular, the study explored the role of the instructor in implementing required department curriculum and learning objectives into the course plan. The study was conducted through multiple case study.…
Descriptors: College English, Criteria, Writing Instruction, Department Heads
Ellwood, Robin B. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This research investigated how student social interactions within two approaches to an inquiry-based science curriculum could be related to student motivation and achievement outcomes. This qualitative case study consisted of two cases, Off-Campus and On-Campus, and used ethnographic techniques of participant observation. Research participants…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Student Motivation, Computer Software, Inquiry
Liu, Laura Blythe – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This qualitative case study examined how faculty of a U.S. teacher preparation program in secondary education infused multicultural education across a program in preparing teacher candidates (TCs) to teach diverse student populations, and how TCs responded to this preparation. Conducted from a constructivist perspective, this study involved…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Assignments, Multicultural Education, Secondary Education
Verleger, Matthew Alan – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Model-Eliciting Activities (MEAs) are realistic, open-ended, client-driven engineering problems designed to foster students' mathematical modeling abilities. Since 2005, the MEAs used in Purdue University's first-year engineering core course have included a double-blind peer review wherein individuals in the course (peers) are randomly assigned a…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Core Curriculum, Engineering, Methods
Zheng, Xun – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The current study is a qualitative case study that investigated the writing development of seven Chinese-speaking English language learners (ELLs) from kindergarten and 3rd-grade ESL classes in an elementary school in the Midwest and intended to discover the factors that affect students' English writing development in a one-year period. Guided by…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Writing Skills, Chinese
Mungons, Renee L. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Multigenre writing is defined as a collection of pieces written in a variety of genres but centered on one topic. It is distinctively different from traditional research writing in that the writer has autonomy to select a topic of interest, determine which genres will best express the information and make decisions throughout the writing process.…
Descriptors: High School Students, Writing Assignments, Creative Writing, Thematic Approach
Jewett, Michelle Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study explores the identity constructions of two cohorts of preservice teachers enrolled in English methods courses during a semester of field experience. This research employs a qualitative methodology and documents the nature of participant's responses posted to online wiki forum. Data sources include archived electronic interactions…
Descriptors: English Teachers, Methods Courses, Professional Identity, Electronic Publishing
Scott, Jerilyn Carter – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The author replicated and extended a study by Flowerday, Schraw, & Stevens (2004) that examined the effects of choice, topic interest, and situational interest on reading engagement, attitude, and learning in college-age students. The study was replicated using fourth and fifth graders as subjects. The study was extended to examine the effects of…
Descriptors: Outcome Measures, Student Attitudes, Elementary School Students, Multiple Choice Tests
Banerjee, Banmali – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Methods and procedures for successfully solving math word problems have been, and continue to be a mystery to many U.S. high school students. Previous studies suggest that the contextual and mathematical understanding of a word problem, along with the development of schemas and their related external representations, positively contribute to…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Assignments, Bilingual Students
Zelizer, Deborah A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This quasi-experimental, nonequivalent control group study compared the impact of Ennis's (1989) mixed instructional methodology to the immersion methodology on the development of critical thinking in a multicultural, undergraduate senior-year learning community. A convenience sample of students (n =171) were selected from four sections of a…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Teaching Methods, College Seniors, Communities of Practice