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Tomas, Louisa; Ritchie, Stephen M. – Research in Science Education, 2012
In order to understand better the role of affect in learning about socio-scientific issues (SSI), this study investigated Year 12 students' emotional arousal as they participated in an online writing-to-learn science project about the socio-scientific issue of biosecurity. Students wrote a series of hybridised scientific narratives, or BioStories,…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Science Projects, Environmental Education, Self Efficacy
Abrahams, Alan – Information Systems Education Journal, 2010
In this paper, we review a variety of e-commerce startups created by senior information systems students, under the author's guidance, over a number of years at multiple universities. We compare the characteristics of the start-ups and comment on various factors which appear to have contributed to their success or failure. Our recommendations are…
Descriptors: Information Systems, College Students, Internet, Small Businesses
Brodahl, Cornelia; Hansen, Nils Kristian – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2014
Google Docs and EtherPad are Web 2.0 tools providing opportunity for multiple users to work online on the same document consecutively or simultaneously. Over the last few years a number of research papers on the use of these collaborative tools in a teaching and learning environment have been published. This work builds on that of Brodahl,…
Descriptors: Essay Tests, Collaborative Writing, Web 2.0 Technologies, Technology Uses in Education
Payette, Dennis L.; Libertella, Anthony F. – American Journal of Business Education, 2012
This paper reports on the introduction of a curricular innovation in a required capstone course: namely the Business Policy and Strategy course in the School of Business at Adelphi University. The curriculum capstone courses have tended to primarily include business related case studies and business simulation exercises. Consequently, curriculum…
Descriptors: Instructional Innovation, Required Courses, Assignments, Curriculum Enrichment
Monte-Sano, Chauncey; Harris, Kristen – Elementary School Journal, 2012
Using artifacts of teachers' practices, classroom observations, and interviews, we explore how 2 novice history teachers use writing in their middle school classrooms. Both teachers focused on evidence-based, interpretive writing in their preservice work, an approach promoted by their methods courses. After graduation, one teacher continued this…
Descriptors: Evidence, Literacy, Teaching Methods, Novices
Li, Yongyan – Educational Media International, 2012
With the Internet-evoked paradigm shift in the academy, there has been a growing interest in students' Web-based information-seeking and source-use practices. Nevertheless, little is known as to how individual students go about searching for sources online and selecting source material for writing particular assignments. This exploratory study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Undergraduate Students, Search Engines
Keenan, James M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Teachers of standards based, College Prep English classes regularly face resistant and struggling readers who fail to engage, persevere, and comprehend curricular texts. As a result, these readers do not share in class discussions. Therefore, a class discourse was formulated upon Gee's (1996) Social Discourse theory and Leu, Kinzer, Coiro, and…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Resistance (Psychology), Writing Assignments, Imagery
Tobin, Thomas – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2010
Secondary schools use a variety of methods to assess students' learning. In particular, writing assignments are not only among the most widely utilized type of evaluation but also are one of the most important for future success in post-secondary school environments. The present analysis utilizes the McCallie School Caldwell Writing Center as a…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, College Preparation, Learning Laboratories, Writing (Composition)
Van Compernolle, Remi A.; Williams, Lawrence – Modern Language Journal, 2012
This article presents 2 case studies of intermediate university students of French, Casey and Melanie (both pseudonyms), and their developing use and understanding of stylistic variation over the course of an academic semester. It draws from a variety of data sources: classroom observation, learners' explanations of stylistic variants, learners'…
Descriptors: Assignments, Observation, Second Language Learning, Language Role
Cameron, Michael P. – Journal of Economic Education, 2012
Blogs provide a dynamic interactive medium for online discussion, consistent with communal constructivist pedagogy. The author of this article describes and evaluates a blog assignment used in the teaching and assessment of a small (40-60 students) introductory economics course. Using qualitative and quantitative data collected across four…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Introductory Courses
Rentz, Kathryn; Arduser, Lora; Meloncon, Lisa; Debs, Mary Beth – Business Communication Quarterly, 2009
Report assignments and collaborative assignments can both be fraught with risk. Report projects, if not well planned, can be too simple or too complex and/or can leave students wondering what they are supposed to have learned--all while creating a major grading burden for the instructor. Poorly planned group projects can cause similar…
Descriptors: Assignments, Cooperative Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Decision Making Skills
Patton, Martha Davis; Taylor, Summer Smith – Across the Disciplines, 2013
This study examines the writing of 30 engineering students, faculty response, students' reading of the response, subsequent revision, and faculty evaluation to ask what factors contribute to constructive conversation about writing. It affirms previous research that suggests engineering faculty do not provide the facilitative commentary widely…
Descriptors: Writing Across the Curriculum, Writing Instruction, Writing (Composition), Engineering Education
Vinogradov, Patricia Egan – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In this case study of adult English as a Second Language (ESL) educators, the researcher facilitated a six-week professional development activity around the topic of early literacy instruction. The four participants in the study circle were all LESLLA (low-educated second language and literacy acquisition) teachers whose students are adult…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Kindergarten
Farkas, Kerrie R. H. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2010
How can writing instructors prepare students for informed and engaged civic discourse when opportunities for such discourse are seemingly limited and ineffective? This essay examines this question by reporting on a case study that explored civic discourse and civic participation at the local level of government. The aims of the case study were to…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Citizen Participation, Discussion, Local Government
Defazio, Joseph; Jones, Josette; Tennant, Felisa; Hook, Sara Anne – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2010
The paper provides case studies of how four faculty members who teach in undergraduate and graduate programs at the Indiana University School of Informatics promote academic literacy throughout the curriculum. The paper describes the writing assignments in several courses, the objectives of these assignments in enhancing the writing skills of…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Writing Across the Curriculum, Writing Skills, Case Studies