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Levin, John S.; Haberler, Zachary; Walker, Laurencia; Jackson-Boothby, Adam – Community College Review, 2014
This investigation examines and explains the ways in which community college faculty of color construct their understandings of institutional culture. We investigate four community colleges in California through interviews with 31 full-time faculty of color. This faculty group expresses identity conflicts between their professional roles and their…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Organizational Culture, African American Teachers, College Faculty
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Hashimoto-Martell, Erin A.; McNeill, Katherine L.; Hoffman, Emily M. – Research in Science Education, 2012
This study explores the impact of an urban ecology program on participating middle school students' understanding of science and pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors. We gathered pre and post survey data from four classes and found significant gains in scientific knowledge, but no significant changes in student beliefs regarding the…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Investigations, Self Efficacy, Ecology
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Christou, Konstantinos P.; Vosniadou, Stella – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2012
Three experiments used multiple methods--open-ended assessments, multiple-choice questionnaires, and interviews--to investigate the hypothesis that the development of students' understanding of the concept of real variable in algebra may be influenced in fundamental ways by their initial concept of number, which seems to be organized around the…
Descriptors: Numbers, Grade 10, Algebra, Secondary School Students
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Afari, Sarah Aba; Osei, Mavis; Adu-Agyem, Joe – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
Recidivism is on the increase as ex-convicts who are expected by the society to be reformed in prison and reintegrated to lead meaningful lives, only return to crime shortly after their release and find themselves back into prison in spite of the harsh punishment and counselling services received while incarcerated. The study aimed to identify the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Recidivism, Counseling Services, Guidance Programs
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Kaihlavirta, Auri; Isomöttönen, Ville; Kärkkäinen, Tommi – Studies in Continuing Education, 2015
This paper provides a self-ethnographic investigation of a continuing education program in engineering in Central Finland. The program was initiated as a response to local economic structural change, in order to offer re-education possibilities for a higher educated workforce currently under unemployment threat. We encountered considerable…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Investigations, Continuing Education, Engineering Education
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Escamilla, Anna; Trevino, Nicole Guerrero – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2014
Students from farmworker families are often cited as having deficits that prohibit completion of undergraduate degree program. Statistics regarding graduates of the College Assistance Migrant Program in a southwestern university have shown graduation rates that are similar to the general population of graduates at that university. This qualitative…
Descriptors: Migrant Programs, Investigations, Performance Factors, Undergraduate Study
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Trichon, Mitchell; Tetnowski, John – Journal of Fluency Disorders, 2011
Self-help activities for people who stutter (PWS) have been gaining in popularity; however, there is a scarcity of evidence to support their utility in stuttering management. The purpose of this investigation was to understand the lived experience of individuals who attended a self-help conference(s) for PWS from the perspective of a PWS to learn…
Descriptors: Investigations, Stuttering, Self Help Programs, Interviews
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Lee, HeeJeong Jasmine; Messom, Chris; Yau, Kok-Lim Alvin – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2013
An electronic textbook (e-Textbook) is a digitized (or electronic) form of textbook, which normally needs an endorsement by the national or state government when it is used in the K-12 education system. E-Textbooks have been envisioned to replace existing paper-based textbooks due to its educational advantages. Hence, it is of paramount importance…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Investigations, Textbooks, Program Implementation
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Connell, Mary – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2012
Cross, Fine, Jones, and Walsh (2012) provided a thoughtful review and critique of a book chapter describing the interview process at Child Advocacy Centers. They observed some of the ways that concerns raised in that chapter are being addressed and described revised guidelines that further clarify issues. Ongoing research and examination of the…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Mental Health Workers, Child Advocacy
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Dudu, Washington T.; Vhurumuku, Elaosi – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2012
Teacher practices are essential for supporting learners in scientific inquiry practices of framing research questions, designing and conducting investigations, collecting data, and drawing conclusions. This study examines instructional practices of two Grade 11 Physical Science teachers engaged in teaching practical investigations. Data were…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Science Education, Teaching Methods, Data Collection
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Goh, Pauline Swee Choo; Saad, Noor Shah; Wong, Kung Teck – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2012
This study gave "voice" to 18 beginning teachers in Malaysia about their own teaching competences within their teaching profession through a phenomenographic investigation. The aim of the study was to discover what beginning teachers themselves conceive as competence in relation to what they did everyday as teachers. These beginning…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Beginning Teachers, Investigations
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Soebari, Titien; Aldridge, Jill M. – Teacher Development, 2016
This article reports on the differential effectiveness of a teacher professional development programme for teachers in urban and rural schools in Indonesia. The study employed an embedded mixed methods design that involved the concurrent collection of both quantitative and qualitative data. The quantitative component involved a pre-post design in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Investigations, Faculty Development, Teacher Education Programs
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Fowler, Denver J.; Johnson, Jerry – Education Leadership Review of Doctoral Research, 2014
The purpose of this study was to investigate the ethical leadership perspectives of Ohio public school superintendents. Secondly, this study examined to what extent ethical leadership perspectives of Ohio public school superintendents vary according to school district characteristics. Furthermore, the study examined to what extent do ethical…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Public Schools, Ethics, Administrator Attitudes
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Hendry, Graham D.; Bell, Amani; Thomson, Kate – International Journal for Academic Development, 2014
This article reports on a study of academics who observed their colleagues' teaching at a large research-intensive university in Australia. These academics had completed peer observation as part of a foundations programme designed for those new to teaching or new to the university. Survey responses and interview transcripts form the basis of an…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Interviews, Investigations, College Faculty
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Wilkerson, Trena L.; Cooper, Susan; Gupta, Dittika; Montgomery, Mark; Mechell, Sara; Arterbury, Kristin; Moore, Sherrie; Baker, Betty Ruth; Sharp, Pat T. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2015
This study examines the effect varying models have on student understanding of fractions. The study addressed the question of what students know and understand about fractional concepts through the use of discrete and continuous models. A sample of 54 students in kindergarten and 3rd grade were given an interview pretest, participated in…
Descriptors: Investigations, Mathematics, Mathematical Models, Elementary School Mathematics
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