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Henshon, Suzanna E. – Roeper Review, 2010
Mark Runco is the Torrance Professor of Creative Studies and Gifted Education at the University of Georgia. He is also the Director of the Torrance Center, and is the founder and editor of the "Creativity Research Journal." His other editorial work includes the "Creativity" book series and the "Encyclopedia of Creativity." This article presents an…
Descriptors: Creativity, Gifted, Interviews, Work Experience
Jabbar, Sinaria Kamil Abdel – Education, 2012
This paper describes international education at the University of Jordan (UJ). Specifically it investigates a random sample of international students comprising Americans, Europeans and Asians. A field survey approach with qualitative and quantitative dimensions was used. Questionnaires were used to solicit information from the students. In…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries, International Education
Van Deur, Penny – Gifted and Talented International, 2011
Despite the connection between independent learning and gifted students, little is known of the views these students hold about the process of being self-directed learners. This interview study examined views of ten gifted elementary school students in South Australia about Self-Directed Learning. The interview responses showed that these gifted…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Investigations, Independent Study, Academically Gifted
Cartrette, David P.; Mayo, Provi M. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2011
Understanding key foundational principles is vital to learning chemistry across different contexts. One such foundational principle is the acid/base behavior of molecules. In the general chemistry sequence, the Bronsted-Lowry theory is stressed, because it lends itself well to studying equilibrium and kinetics. However, the Lewis theory of…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Organic Chemistry, Scientific Principles, Problem Solving
Luping, Wu – Chinese Education and Society, 2011
Scholars who study volunteer activities are attaching ever greater importance to the motivations of volunteers who participate in volunteer activities. However, deficiencies are, on the whole, to be found in the empirical studies by scholars in China on the participating volunteers' motivations. To make up for the deficiencies in the research on…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Investigations, Motivation, Foreign Countries
Bearman, Margaret; Lawson, Mary; Jones, Alison – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2011
The first year of practice after medical school is considered to be an essential part of becoming a medical practitioner in Australia. Previous qualitative investigations have investigated a number of significant aspects of this early stage of professional development. This qualitative study explores experiences and developing professional…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Medical Education, Investigations, Medical Schools
Royster, Kelly Berghoff – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Teacher education programs across the United States must prepare teachers who have the content area knowledge, pedagogical expertise, and cultural competence needed to teach an increasingly diverse student population. One consistent suggestion for programs committed to preparing culturally responsive teachers is to incorporate investigations of…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Literacy, Teacher Education Programs, Methods Courses
Teaching the Verhulst Model: A Teaching Experiment in Covariational Reasoning and Exponential Growth
Castillo-Garsow, Carlos – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Both Thompson and the duo of Confrey and Smith describe how students might be taught to build "ways of thinking" about exponential behavior by coordinating the covariation of two changing quantities, however, these authors build exponential behavior from different meanings of covariation. Confrey and Smith advocate beginning with discrete additive…
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Calculus, Mathematics Instruction, Experiments
Standing, Vicky; Fearon, Colm; Dee, Tim – International Journal of Educational Management, 2012
Purpose: In response to an increasingly high level of exclusion rates for boys within secondary school in the UK, this study seeks to explore the value of restorative practice and justice for changing student behaviour. Design/methodology/approach: As a piece of action research, the authors aimed to look at how methods of restorative practice…
Descriptors: Action Research, Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response)
Jordan, Katy; Tracy, Frances; Johnstone, Keith – Bioscience Education, 2011
The Plant Sciences Pedagogy Project conducted research into undergraduate teaching and learning in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge and has translated the research findings into interventions to improve support for student learning. A key research objective for the project was to investigate how teachers within the…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Interviews, Educational Change, Sciences
Palmer, Robert T.; Maramba, Dina C.; Dancy, T. Elon, II – Journal of Negro Education, 2011
The literature on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is abounding with the importance of increasing college access, retention, and persistence among students because of implications for America's global competitiveness. Particular emphasis has been placed on college students of color who remain underrepresented in STEM…
Descriptors: STEM Education, African American Achievement, African American Students, Qualitative Research
Walby, Kevin; Larsen, Mike – Qualitative Inquiry, 2012
Access to information (ATI) and freedom of information (FOI) mechanisms are now relevant features of governments in many liberal democracies today. Citizens, organizations, and permanent residents in several countries across the globe can request unpublished information from federal, provincial, state, county, and municipal government agencies.…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Freedom, Access to Information, Discourse Analysis
Chaturvedi, Amrita – ProQuest LLC, 2010
In recent years there has been a considerable increase in the number of students with disabilities enrolling for postsecondary education. However, graduation rates for students with disabilities have not been commensurate with their enrollment rate at postsecondary institutions. Some factors for low graduation rate among students with disabilities…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Enrollment Rate, Educational Finance, Graduation
Jager-Hyman, Joie – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this mixed-methods study is to investigate the perceptions that students have about the academic and financial aspects of college, the reality they experience during their first year of college enrollment, and how, if at all, they handle any misperceptions they may have had over the course of their first year. Data (three surveys,…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Income, Study Skills, Enrollment
Dabach, Dafney Blanca – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2014
This study investigates how teachers interact with immigrant-origin youth in school-based contexts of reception that mediate youth's educational opportunities. One understudied context is sheltered instruction, where English learners (ELs) are placed into separate content-area courses to target their linguistic needs. This qualitative study…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Classroom Environment, English Language Learners, Teacher Attitudes