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Quigely, Cassie F.; Dogbey, James; Che, S. Megan; Hallo, Jeffrey – Environmental Education Research, 2015
Environmental issues are a shared human concern as communities in all nations and geographic regions are grappling with environmental degradation. Despite this concern, there are multiple different viewpoints on the current state of environmental issues and how to understand these problems. Understanding how different communities conceive of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Environmental Education, Investigations, Teacher Attitudes
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Demircioglu, Gökhan – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
The main purpose of this study is to design an interactive non-formal chemistry environment and investigate its effectiveness on high school students' attitudes towards chemistry. Besides that, it is tried to determine to what extent students correlate these concepts with daily life. 14 voluntary students (5 female, 9 male) from different levels…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Nonformal Education, Student Attitudes, Investigations
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Katz, Carmit; Hershkowitz, Irit – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2012
Objective: The current study aimed to explore the frequency and effects of multipart prompts on the testimonies of children who were alleged victims of sexual abuse and were interviewed using the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Investigative Protocol. The effects of the multipart prompts were studied by considering…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Sexual Abuse, Victims of Crime
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Henriksen, Danah; Mishra, Punya – Teachers College Record, 2015
Background/Context: There is a strong sense in education that creativity should be nurtured in classroom settings, yet there is little understanding of how effective and creative teachers function (Cropley, 2003; Robinson, 2011; Sawyer, 2011). Existing research has recognized that successful/creative people in any discipline use creative…
Descriptors: Creativity, Experienced Teachers, Classroom Techniques, Creative Teaching
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Bjerstedt, Sven – Music Education Research, 2015
Theoretical approaches to learning in practice-based jazz improvisation contexts include situated learning and ecological perspectives. This article focuses on how interest-driven, self-sustaining jazz learning activities can be matched against the results of a recent Swedish investigation based on extensive qualitative interviews with jazz…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Music Education, Music, Learning Activities
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Scoboria, Alan; Fisico, Stephanie – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 2013
Investigative interviewers seek to obtain complete and accurate accounts of events from witnesses. Two studies examined the influence of instructions about the use of don't know (DK) responses and of clarifying the meanings of DK responses on the quality of responding to questioning. Participants watched a video, and after a delay (Study 1, 30…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Crime, Investigations, Responses
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Yilmaz, Ozgur – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2015
This study was performed to investigate the effects of live virtual classroom on students' achievement and to determine students' opinions about the live virtual physics classroom at distance learning. 63 second-year Distance Computer Education & Instructional Technology students enrolled in this study. At the live virtual physics classroom,…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Synchronous Communication, Investigations, Physics
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Akiva, Thomas; Horner, Christy Galletta – Applied Developmental Science, 2016
Research suggests that adolescents can benefit from participating in youth programs; however, recruitment and retention are challenging for many programs, and youth living in low-income, urban areas can be the hardest to reach. We investigated motivation to attend a neighborhood-based program for urban adolescents. Participants completed…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Youth Programs, Mixed Methods Research, Investigations
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Mårtensson, Katarina; Roxå, Torgny; Stensaker, Bjørn – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
One of the main beliefs in quality assurance is that this activity--indirectly--will stimulate change in the work practices associated with teaching and learning in higher education. However, few studies have provided empirical evidence of the existence of such a link. Instead, quality assurance has created an unfortunate divide between formal…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, Educational Practices, Investigations, Subcultures
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Courtney, Steven J.; Gunter, Helen M. – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2015
In this paper, we argue that school leaders are removing those who embody or vocalize alternative conceptualizations of educator. It seems as if Collins' call in his 2001 book "Good to Great" to "get the right people on the bus" is being taken very seriously by school leaders seeking to raise standards. This is achieved by…
Descriptors: School Administration, Leadership Effectiveness, Leadership Styles, Governance
Bunton, Dennis Allen – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The transgender (TG) community has become more visible, both individually and collectively. The counseling professions, not unlike other professions, have lagged behind in their understanding of this population and their culture, an act that perpetuates stereotypes and supports unequal treatment. Among the many barriers faced by transgender…
Descriptors: Sexual Identity, Supervisors, Counselors, Experience
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Ralph, Ann Marie; MacPhail, Ann – European Physical Education Review, 2015
Investigating the reasons for pre-service teachers (PSTs) who choose to undertake a physical education teacher education (PETE) programme can inform teacher educators on how best to define teaching tasks, organize knowledge relevant to student learning and shape the perceptions of PSTs about teaching and learning (Calderhead, 1987). In this study,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Investigations
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Patrzek, Justine; Grunschel, Carola; Fries, Stefan – International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 2012
The purpose of this study was to investigate the antecedents and consequences of academic procrastination in students who frequent university counselling in regard to this issue. To undertake this, semi-structured interviews with 12 experienced university counsellors in German universities were conducted. A qualitative content analysis resulted in…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Interviews, Content Analysis, Investigations
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Fox, Sean B.; McDermott, Carrie L. – Journal for Leadership and Instruction, 2015
Budgetary shortfalls and excessive layoffs have left public schools with a deficiency of professional innovation as well as modern theory and practice. It is imperative that educators identify the exemplary school systems that are engaging students and adults in 21st century education, and broadcast those patterns of success to schools in need of…
Descriptors: Public Education, Rural Areas, Educational Innovation, Effective Schools Research
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Elton, Jacqueline; Male, Trevor – School Leadership & Management, 2015
This research reports upon the impact of two concurrent processes of Special Measures and academisation applied to a primary school in the north of England as a result of an unsatisfactory inspection by the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted). The aim of the study is to describe how the process of being placed in special measures, coupled…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Research Reports, Inspection
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