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Moreillon, Judi; Hall, Ruth Nicole – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2014
"Digital Advocacy Stories: A Pedagogical Tool for Communicating and Strengthening Library Values" is a case study conducted in LS5633: The Art of Storytelling. The purpose of this study was to investigate graduate student candidates' development of library values through the use of digital tools to create and disseminate advocacy…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Values Education, Graduate Students, Investigations
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Thompson, S. Anthony – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2012
The goal of this inquiry was to create a social justice-oriented inclusive and enabling pedagogy by situating traditional individualised views of disability alongside three alternative understandings: a disability studies in education perspective, a First Nations view of disability and one based upon the autism pride/autism-as-culture movement.…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Assignments, Mental Retardation, Autism
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Youngs, Peter; Bird, Tom – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2010
The purpose of this documentary account is twofold. First, we describe two strategic instructional assignments embedded in university courses at a large research institution in the United States that were designed to help teaching candidates move toward mastery. Second, we explicate candidates' performances on the assessments as well as evidence…
Descriptors: Scoring, Assignments, Secondary Education, Preservice Teacher Education
Giridharan, Beena – Online Submission, 2012
There is growing evidence that the lack of competence of university ESL (English as a second language) students in academic writing affects their overall academic performance. Olivas and Li (2006) connected low second-language proficiency levels in English to poor academic performance of international students studying at both university and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Writing Skills, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency
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Earl, Kerry – Distance Education, 2013
Tertiary educators (and their institutions) are turning to technology to help meet increased demands in a changing environment. Assessment is one area where such moves are being made. This paper reminds us that assessment is more than a summative check on student knowledge and skills, it is an experience and part of the communication, and…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Student Attitudes, Assignments, Test Format
Gutierrez, Yxstian – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The Individual with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA) 2007, a federal special education law, states that students with disabilities requiring special education services can use accommodations or adaptations of the curriculum to access the general education curriculum. A shortened assignment, as an accommodation, can help learning disabled…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Assignments, Teacher Attitudes
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Blimkie, Melissa; Vetter, Diane; Haig-Brown, Celia – Brock Education: A Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2014
This exploratory case study shares teacher candidates' perspectives and experiences of an Aboriginal infusion at York University's Faculty of Education field site in Barrie, Ontario. For this initiative, Aboriginal content and pedagogies were infused throughout placements and courses of the mainstream teacher education program. Teacher candidates…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Indigenous Populations
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Hugerat, Muhamad; Kortam, Naji – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2014
Twenty-eight freshmen majoring in biology and/or chemistry in an Arab college in Israel, were given a pre-test and a post-test in which they had to identify the control group and design a controlled experiment. During the course an intervention was used. Science was taught by inquiry while using strategies that promote higher-order thinking skills…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Inquiry, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
Gentry, Debra S.; Jacob, Stacy A. – Journal of Case Studies in Education, 2012
The ability to work effectively with diverse student populations is increasingly important for student affairs practitioners as college campuses become more diverse in their student populations. A three part conceptual framework for developing multicultural competence was used to design a master's level course on multiculturalism and diversity.…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Cultural Awareness, Competence, Graduate Students
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Pytash, Kristine E. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2012
The field of content area literacy instruction is shifting from a general understanding of literacy towards disciplinary literacy. Much of the work in the field of disciplinary literacy has focused on reading, while writing has often been overlooked. This article summarizes the findings of a qualitative case study of two preservice teachers as…
Descriptors: Literacy, Teaching Methods, Teacher Education, Content Area Reading
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Mendoza, Natasha S.; Bonta, Kimberly; Horn, Philip; Moore, Erin; Gibson, Allison; Simmons, David – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2012
The use of fiction and autobiography in social science course work has been shown to enhance students' learning experience. Using the novel PUSH, by Sapphire, we designed a curriculum supplement for the social work course, human behavior and the social environment (HBSE) that encourages students to integrate course content in an innovative way and…
Descriptors: Fiction, Novels, African American Literature, Social Work
Hirsch, Karen A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the impact of differentiated instructional techniques on non-traditional, adult student engagement in an RN-BSN completion program course. Differentiated instructional techniques have been a staple method of teaching in K-12 education for a number of years. Differentiated instruction (DI) is a…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Individualized Instruction, Teaching Methods, Nontraditional Students
Jett, Janice Rowe – ProQuest LLC, 2013
With the steady increase of ubiquitous computing initiatives across the country in the last decade, there is a pressing need for specific research looking at content area instruction in 1:1 settings. This qualitative multiple case study examines writing instruction at two middle schools as it is delivered by experienced teachers in five English…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Laptop Computers, Computer Uses in Education, Qualitative Research
Pu, Jiang – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The definition of literacy is constantly changing and expanding. A sociocultural view of Literacy considers literacy to be multiple, multimodal, and multilingual as situated in and across the social and cultural contexts. As technology, new media and social network has reformed many aspects of writing, they provide ELLs (English language learners)…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Writing Instruction, Technology Uses in Education, English Language Learners
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Li, Yongyan; Casanave, Christine Pearson – Journal of Second Language Writing, 2012
In this paper we report a case study of two first-year students at a university in Hong Kong doing the same writing assignment that required the use of sources. We explore the students' understanding of plagiarism, their strategies for composing, the similarity between their texts and source texts, and the lecturer's assessment of their work. The…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Introductory Courses, Plagiarism, Difficulty Level
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