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Caswell, Linda; Martinez, Alina; Lee, Okhee; Berns, Barbara Brauner; Rhodes, Hilary – Teachers College Record, 2016
Background/Context: Educational and societal phenomena can converge to draw attention to a new focus, such as ELs and STEM, and then trigger new research interests. A funding program can play a critical role in shaping these new research interests by prioritizing specific research topics and designs or by requiring particular specializations of…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, STEM Education, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
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Fer, Seval – Teachers College Record, 2007
Background: The Thinking Styles Inventory--developed by Sternberg and Wagner based on Sternberg's (1988, 1997) earlier theory of mental self-government--was selected for the research in order to assess thinking styles of student teachers. Another reason is that the theoretical constructs, as well as the inventory generated from the theory, have…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Research Design, Cognitive Style, Construct Validity
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Kardos, Susan M.; Johnson, Susan Moore – Teachers College Record, 2007
Background/Context: In order to develop effective strategies for retaining able and committed teachers, it is important to understand how new teachers experience their work with their colleagues. A previous qualitative study conducted by the authors and others presented a conceptual framework for understanding new teachers' experiences of the…
Descriptors: Research Design, Mail Surveys, Beginning Teachers, Faculty