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Simnacher-Pate, Roberta; Ortlieb, Evan; Cheek, Earl H., Jr. – English Language Teaching, 2011
The presence of multilingual learners places multifarious demands upon classroom educators to properly select appropriate research-based and functional methods, materials, and assessments to guide children's literacy development. Researchers aimed to investigate whether universal teaching methods, materials, assessments, concerns, and problems…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy, Comparative Education, Elementary Education
Bailey, Anthony – International Journal of Training Research, 2011
This paper investigates teaching practices at the Australia-Pacific Technical College (APTC), which comprise a unique official development assistance (ODA) program funded by the Government of Australia (GoA) and managed through the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAid) with the aim of training and equipping workers from the…
Descriptors: Technical Institutes, Interviews, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education Teachers
Linder, Cedric; Kung, Rebecca Lippmann – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2011
This study contributes to research that characterises the affective learning that is evoked and taken on by students in response to their perceptions of their contextual learning environments. Interview-discussions were held with lecturers of both introductory and higher-level physics courses (n = 3) concerning how they formulated their patterns…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Physics, Science Education, Learning
Lee, Icy – English in Australia, 2011
Although command of good writing skills is crucial to student success at all levels, throughout the world most L2 writing instruction is delivered by inexperienced and under-prepared writing teachers. In L2 contexts, writing teacher education is under-developed, and research on writing teacher preparation is a relatively uncharted territory. Using…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Informal Education, Classroom Research, Foreign Countries
Zacharia, Zacharias C.; Xenofontos, Nikoletta A.; Manoli, Constantinos C. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2011
The goal of this study was to investigate the effect of two different cooperative learning approaches, namely, the Jigsaw Cooperative Approach (JCA) and the Traditional Cooperative Approach (TCA), on students' learning and practices/actions within the context of a WebQuest science investigation. Another goal of this study was to identify possible…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Investigations, Cooperative Learning, Ecology
Aubrecht, Amy; Eames-Sheavly, Marica – Journal of Extension, 2012
Addressing needs of the increasing Latino population in the United States necessitates adequate support and resources for Extension educators. Even if a program has identified the need for resources and programming, how does it determine the specifics of that need and better understand the perceptions of educators engaged in programming? What is…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Educational Resources, Instructional Materials, Spanish Speaking
Keenoy, Patrick – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Public elementary schools in the state of Missouri often include both general education students and special education students. If the building principal is to lead efforts to ensure the success of students with disabilities, he/she must have the training to do so effectively. The problem presented in the investigation is elementary school…
Descriptors: Special Education, Principals, Administrator Education, Leadership Training
Bowen, Anne; Moring, John; Williams, Mark; Hopper, Glenna; Daniel, Candice – Journal of Rural Health, 2012
Purpose: Methamphetamine (MA) addiction is a significant problem in rural areas of the United States. Yet, little theoretically driven formative research has been conducted on the interactions of factors influencing initiation. The study was guided by Bronfenbrenner's bioecological model. Methods: Eighty-three MA users participated in an…
Descriptors: Prevention, Family Life, Drug Use, Intimacy
Snow, Pamela C.; Powell, Martine B.; Sanger, Dixie D. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2012
Purpose: This paper highlights the forensic implications of language impairment in 2 key (and overlapping) groups of young people: identified victims of maltreatment (abuse and/or neglect) and young offenders. Method: Two lines of research pertaining to oral language competence and young people's interface with the law are considered: 1 regarding…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Competence, Language Impairments, Crime
Nair, Girija Sarada – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this research was to investigate student conceptions of the topic of asymptotes of rational functions and to understand the connections that students developed between the closely related notions of asymptotes, continuity, and limits. The participants of the study were university students taking Calculus 2 and were mostly freshmen. …
Descriptors: Video Technology, Notetaking, Investigations, Physical Sciences
Lang, Catherine – Computer Science Education, 2010
The number of students choosing to study computing at university continues to decline this century, with an even sharper decline in female students. This article presents the results of a series of interviews with university students studying computing courses in Australia that uncovered the influence of happenstance and compromise on course…
Descriptors: Investigations, Course Selection (Students), Student Diversity, Computers
Conklin, Hilary G.; Hawley, Todd S.; Powell, Dave; Ritter, Jason K. – Journal of Teacher Education, 2010
In this article, the authors discuss a case study in which beginning teachers interviewed young adolescents as part of structured teacher education coursework designed to challenge teachers' low expectations for young adolescents. Based on pre- and postsurveys, pre- and post-focus group interviews, classroom field notes, and teachers' written…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Adolescents, Interviews, Beginning Teachers
Ramnarain, Umesh – South African Journal of Education, 2011
I examine how teachers employ a questioning strategy in supporting Grade 9 learners doing science investigations in South African schools. A particular focus of this study was how teachers use questioning in contributing towards the autonomy of these learners. The research adopted a qualitative approach which involved the collection of data by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questioning Techniques, Teaching Methods, Science Education
Symington, David; Tytler, Russell – Teaching Science, 2011
This paper draws on a study of the BHP Billiton Science Awards to explore the ways in which open investigation work occurs in schools. The research used interviews with teachers and students and state organisers to develop a picture of what happens on the ground in running student open investigations, and to trace how schools have built a culture…
Descriptors: Investigations, Awards, Science Education, Educational Practices
Fulford, Robert; Ginsborg, Jane; Goldbart, Juliet – Music Education Research, 2011
The journey from playful musical exploration in childhood to an adult identity as a skilled musician is likely to be problematic for people with hearing impairments. Although a number of subjective accounts have been published, there is a lack of empirical research in the area. In this study, twelve musicians with hearing impairments were…
Descriptors: Music, Self Efficacy, Network Analysis, Hearing Impairments