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Huang, Hung-Tzu – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study investigated the longitudinal development of L2 vocabulary by 17 individual adult L2 learners in an English as a second language (ESL) instructed context over one academic year, combining a longitudinal case study design with two cross-sectional comparisons in order to enhance (a) detailed documentation addressing the idiosyncrasy of L2…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Research Design, Investigations, Models
Ramirez, Laurie A. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This collective case study focused on 4 novice teachers' reflections on diversity in their classrooms and schools. The 4 participants were followed throughout their final year of an undergraduate, secondary teacher education program and into their 1st year of teaching in public secondary schools. This research was an effort to engage…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Reflective Teaching, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs
VanAlstine, Sharri Kay – ProQuest LLC, 2011
An internationalized approach will enable classroom teachers to confidently integrate music within their classroom content and pedagogical approach to teaching within an international framework. There has been no research, however, into an internationalized approach to instruction in the music methods coursework for pre-service elementary…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Writing Assignments, Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum
McLaury, Ralph L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study investigates beliefs about teaching held by preservice science teachers and their influences on self-perceived microteaching outcomes within interactive secondary science teaching methods courses. Hermeneutic methodology was used in cooperation with seven preservice science teachers (N = 7) to infer participant beliefs about teaching…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Teacher Characteristics
Hodara, Michelle – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Community colleges play an important role in providing first and second generation immigrants access to higher education and the opportunity to earn a postsecondary credential. However, immigrant students may face obstacles in pursuit of a postsecondary degree, particularly second language challenges that can inhibit their success in college-level…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Language Minorities, Access to Education, Immigrants
Powell, Mary Cynthia Barton – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Podcasts covering essential first-semester general chemistry laboratory techniques and central concepts that aid in experimental design or data processing were prepared and made available for students to access on an as-needed basis on iPhones [arrow right] or iPod touches [arrow right]. Research focused in three areas: the extent of podcast…
Descriptors: Assignments, Student Research, Chemistry, Laboratories
Panayotova, Dora Marinova – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation reports on a study investigating the identity of first-year university students as writers. The longitudinal project explored how students from educationally disadvantaged backgrounds construct their identities as undergraduates and as academic writers in their first year. The research was qualitative and interpretative, and used…
Descriptors: Self Concept, College Freshmen, Interviews, Student Attitudes
Freedman, Eric B. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
In this design-based study, an eleven-week curricular module in recent American history was developed that departed from both the epistemology and ideology of traditional textbooks. The curriculum instantiated a constructivist epistemology by having students assess multiple historical narratives and sources of evidence. It instantiated a…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Assignments, United States History, Social Problems
Moore, Christi – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Drawing on portraiture methods, this case study is an exploration of the experiences of pre-service teachers who participated in a music-integrated literacy methods course during their first semester in an elementary teacher preparation program. The study is a response to previous researchers' findings that arts-integrated university courses hold…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Music Education, Literacy
Cuevas, Joshua A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This research sought to add to a body of knowledge that is severely underrepresented in the scientific literature, reading comprehension in secondary students. Chapter 1 examines the current state of literacy in the nation's public schools and the consequences that arise if students leave high school with inadequate reading skills. It discusses…
Descriptors: Reading Assignments, Reading Comprehension, Silent Reading, Textbooks
Greenwood, Jacob C. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study investigated the use of reflective portfolios in science as a means to provide students a medium to develop a repertoire of study and self-regulation strategies. These self-regulation strategies can be accessed and utilized by students to engage in independent study and help to manage workloads from multiple teachers. The use of a…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Portfolios (Background Materials), Pretests Posttests, Science Education
Rankin, Sherry L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The language shortcuts used in text messages are becoming evident in students' academic writing assignments. This qualitative study sought to determine if the use of the shortcuts has an adverse impact on developmental students' spelling and grammar skills. This research was based on the constructivist theory, which rationalizes that students use…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Writing Assignments, Writing Exercises, Program Effectiveness
Voss, Christina L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This mixed methods study combining a single-subject experimental design with an embedded case study focuses on the impact of a visual treatment on the handwritten and typed output of a struggling male writer during his 5th through 7th grades who has undergone a longitudinal remedial phase of two and a half years creating text-only material as well…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Novels, Oral Language, Mixed Methods Research
Floor, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Adolescent suicide is a growing phenomenon that is not adequately addressed in graduate education. Students and clinicians who experience a patient suicide respond negatively which in turn affects perceived competence. As a result, education in adolescent suicide is warranted. Therefore, this dissertation is a graduate level course on adolescent…
Descriptors: Intervention, Suicide, Graduate Study, Legal Problems
Harrigan, Anne M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study explored social presence and interactivity in an online undergraduate program designed for adult students. Although social presence and interactivity have been shown to be important contributors to student satisfaction, and therefore essential to student recruitment and retention in online programs, the ultimate goal for the examination…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Assignments, Instructional Design, Online Courses
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