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Knouse, Stephanie M.; Gupton, Timothy; Abreau, Laurel – Hispania, 2015
Even though many post-secondary institutions offer a variety of Hispanic linguistics classes (Hualde 2006; Lipski 2006), research on the pedagogy of Hispanic linguistics is an underdeveloped or non-existent area of the discipline. Courses in Hispanic linguistics can present not only linguistic challenges for non-native speakers of Spanish, but…
Descriptors: Spanish, Linguistics, Spanish Speaking, Second Language Learning
Grace, Sandra; O'Neil, Ross – Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 2014
Despite calls for better preparation of students and supervisors for clinical placement, few dedicated pre-placement resources have been developed. The aim of this project was to design, pilot, and evaluate an online resource to prepare health students and supervisors for clinical placements. Development of an online resource was informed by the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Supervisors, College Students, Health
Breakstone, Joel – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2014
This article considers the design process for new formative history assessments. Over the course of 3 years, my colleagues from the Stanford History Education Group and I designed, piloted, and revised dozens of "History Assessments of Thinking" (HATs). As we created HATs, we sought to gather information about their cognitive validity,…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Formative Evaluation, Tests, Correlation
Alloway, Tracy Packiam; Elsworth, Miquela; Miley, Neal; Seckinger, Sean – Gifted Education International, 2016
This pilot study investigated how engagement with computer games and TV exposure may affect behaviors of gifted students. We also compared behavioral and cognitive profiles of twice-exceptional students and children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Gifted students were divided into those with behavioral problems and those…
Descriptors: Computer Use, Behavior Problems, Children, Disabilities
Sullivan, Amanda; Bers, Marina Umaschi – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2016
Prior work demonstrates the importance of introducing young children to programming and engineering content before gender stereotypes are fully developed and ingrained in later years. However, very little research on gender and early childhood technology interventions exist. This pilot study looks at N = 45 children in kindergarten through second…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2
Xie, Qun; So, Winnie Wing Mui – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2012
Argumentation is recognized as a significant aspect of science education for the development of students' scientific literacy, and the science teacher is the key factor in organizing argumentative discourse in the science classroom. Composing argumentation in the classroom requires teachers to not only acquire the basic understandings and skills…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
Mendoza Diaz, Noemi V.; Cox, Monica F.; Adams, Stephanie G. – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2013
This mixed-methods pilot study extends researchers' understandings about elementary teachers' (K-6) perceptions of design, engineering and technology. In the first phase of the study, a reliable and valid survey was given to thirty-five participants in a teacher professional development academy sponsored by the Institute for P-12 Engineering…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Elementary School Teachers, Mixed Methods Research, Pilot Projects
Campbell, Johnavae E. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation offers a case study of the YMCA of the USA's pilot Higher Education Service Project (YHESP) with 61 local YMCAs on how the collaborative evaluation approach functioned to facilitate an organizational culture around evaluation and reinvention strategies of YMCAs as college access service providers. Multiple data collection sources…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Access to Education, Youth Programs, Pilot Projects
Miller, Sarah; Gildea, Aideen Gildea; Sloan, Seaneen; Thurston, Allen – Education Endowment Foundation, 2015
This is a report of a pilot study of the Physically Active Lessons (PAL) programme, which was piloted in five primary schools in Hertfordshire between February and July 2014. PAL involves adapting lesson plans to combine short bursts of physical activity with academic content. The study had two aims: (1) to explore the feasibility of adapting a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Physical Education, Physical Activities
Knowles, Christen; Massar, Michelle; Raulston, Tracy Jane; Machalicek, Wendy – Preventing School Failure, 2017
Students with challenging behavior severe enough to warrant placement in a self-contained special education classroom statistically have poor school and post-school outcomes compared to typical peers. Teachers in these classrooms often lack sufficient training to meet student needs. This pilot study investigated the use of a telehealth…
Descriptors: Self Contained Classrooms, Special Education, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems
Pejsa, Laura J. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to explore the real-world practice of evaluation capacity building (ECB) in the small-medium sized nonprofit context. The study aimed to map the activities, processes, and outcomes of ECB in these nonprofits in light of the competing external and internal evaluation contexts facing nonprofits in an age of…
Descriptors: Nonprofit Organizations, Evaluation, Capacity Building, Accountability
Chenail, Ronald J. – Qualitative Report, 2011
Instrumentation rigor and bias management are major challenges for qualitative researchers employing interviewing as a data generation method in their studies. A usual procedure for testing the quality of an interview protocol and for identifying potential researcher biases is the pilot study in which investigators try out their proposed methods…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Interviews, Researchers
Bazler, Judith Ann; Van Sickle, Meta; Graybill, Letitia; Simonis, Doris; Sorenson, Nancy; Bronstein, Erica – Journal of Case Studies in Accreditation and Assessment, 2014
This paper reflects upon a discussion via wiki, face-to-face, and telephone concerning the processes involved in the national accreditation of teacher education programs in science. Specifically, five professors and administrators from public and private institutions, across the nation were involved in the discussion. Our collective reflections…
Descriptors: Secondary School Science, Science Education, Accreditation (Institutions), National Standards
Emetu, Roberta E.; Marshall, Alexandra; Sanders, Stephanie A.; Yarber, William L.; Milhausen, Robin R.; Crosby, Richard A.; Graham, Cynthia A. – Journal of American College Health, 2014
Objective: This pilot study tested the efficacy of a brief, novel, theory-driven, self-guided, home-based intervention designed to promote condom use among young men who have sex with men (YMSM). Participants: Thirty YMSM were recruited from a large public US midwestern university during spring of 2012. Methods: The intervention was tested using a…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Prevention, Males, Homosexuality
Ghamrawi, Norma – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2014
This study examined teachers' use of the Multiple Intelligences Theory on vocabulary acquisition by preschoolers during English as a second language (ESL) classes in a K-12 school in Lebanon. Eighty kindergartners (KG II, aged 5 years) and eight teachers constituted the sample. The study used mixed methods, including observations of videotaped…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multiple Intelligences, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction