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Gómez, Susana – Research-publishing.net, 2016
Research has shown that collaborative learning is a very powerful methodology as it ensures interaction among students, humanises the learning process and has positive effects on academic achievement. An activity based on this approach can also benefit from the use of technology, making this task more appealing to our students today. The aim of…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Technology Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning, Experimental Programs
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Strawhacker, Amanda; Sullivan, Amanda; Verish, Clarissa; Bers, Marina Umaschi; Shaer, Orit – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2018
Aim/Purpose: Bioengineering is a burgeoning interdisciplinary learning domain that could inspire the imaginations of elementary aged children but is not traditionally taught to this age group for reasons unrelated to student ability. This pilot study presents the BacToMars videogame and accompanying curricular intervention, designed to introduce…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Science Interests, Biology, Engineering
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King, Heather; Nomikou, Effrosyni; Archer, Louise; Regan, Elaine – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
Across the globe, governments, industry and educationalists are in agreement that more needs to be done to increase and broaden participation in post-16 science. Schools, as well as teachers, are seen as key in this effort. Previous research has found that engagement with science, inclination to study science and understanding of the value of…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Faculty Development, Pilot Projects, Classroom Techniques
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Boavida, Tânia; Aguiar, Cecília; McWilliam, R. A. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2014
The authors describe a training program designed to improve the knowledge and skills of early childhood interventionists. Within the context of using the Routines-Based Early Intervention approach, this training focused on improving the quality of goals and objectives on individualized plans, through the Routines-Based Interview. We structured the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Intervention, Individualized Education Programs, Individualized Family Service Plans
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Roy, Debopriyo; Brine, John; Murasawa, Fuyuki – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2016
The act of note-taking offloads cognitive pressure and note-taking applications could be used as an important tool for foreign language acquisition. Its use, importance, and efficacy in a foreign language learning context could be justifiably debated. However, existing computer-assisted language learning literature is almost silent on the topic.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Usability, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Bishop, Jessica Pierson; Lamb, Lisa L.; Philipp, Randolph A.; Whitacre, Ian; Schappelle, Bonnie P. – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2016
Looking for, recognizing, and using underlying mathematical structure is an important aspect of mathematical reasoning. We explore the use of mathematical structure in children's integer strategies by developing and exemplifying the construct of logical necessity. Students in our study used logical necessity to approach and use numbers in a…
Descriptors: Numbers, Arithmetic, Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction
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Kuo, Fan-Ray; Chin, Yi-Ying; Lee, Chao-Hsien; Chiu, Yu-Hsien; Hong, Chien-Hu; Lee, Kuang-Lieh; Ho, Wen-Hsien; Lee, Chih-Hung – Educational Technology & Society, 2016
Few studies have explored the learning difficulties and misconceptions that students encounter when using information and communication technology for e-learning. To address this issue, this research developed a system for evaluating the learning efficiency of medical students by applying two-tier diagnosis assessment. The effectiveness of the…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Clinical Diagnosis, Medicine, Graduate Medical Education
Okura, Eve K. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This dissertation presents the findings from interviews conducted with language nest workers, teachers, language nest coordinators, administrators of language revitalization programs, principals and directors of language immersion schools that work in close proximity with language nests, and linguists involved in language revitalization efforts.…
Descriptors: Interviews, Language Maintenance, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning
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Hoover, John J.; Erickson, Jennifer – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2015
The project setting was a remote rural county school district located in a mountain western state with some overrepresentation of English Learners (ELs) in special education. Referral issues are especially prominent in rural school systems due to continued challenges associated with limited resources and lack of contemporary professional…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Special Education, English Language Learners, Rural Schools
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Halupa, Colleen; Henry, Matthew – International Journal of Higher Education, 2015
This pilot study evaluated users' perceptions of the effectiveness of the VineUp platform to match mentors from a large United States manufacturing firm and mechanical engineering students in an honors program at a small private university. Four mentor/mentee pairs were surveyed and interviewed at the end of the nine-month program. Although the…
Descriptors: Mentors, Pilot Projects, Manufacturing, Private Colleges
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McDougall, Julian; Berger, Richard; Fraser, Pete; Zezulkova, Marketa – Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2015
This article explores the relationship between a formal media educational encounter in the UK and the broad objectives for media and information literacy education circulating in mainland Europe and the US. A pilot study, developed with a special interest group of the United Kingdom Literacy Association, applied a three-part methodology for…
Descriptors: Media Literacy, Information Literacy, Educational Practices, Comparative Education
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Siddiqui, Nadia; Gorard, Stephen; See, Beng Huat – International Education Studies, 2014
In England, some children have not reached what are considered to be expected levels in literacy and maths by the time they move from primary to secondary school. This is more likely for children living in disadvantaged areas. One proposal to address this is the provision of summer holiday schools for potentially disadvantaged pupils who are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Summer Schools, Transitional Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
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Edwards, Catrin Wyn – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2016
This paper analyses the language-in-education policies implemented to integrate international immigrants into the Catalan language community in Vic, Catalonia. It focuses on the Catalan Government's "Languages and Social Cohesion Plan" (LIC) plan, Vic city council's local education plans, which were adopted as part of LIC plan, and the…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, Educational Policy, Romance Languages, Spanish
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Sangster, Sarah L.; Loy, Kara L.; Mills, Sheryl D.; Lawson, Karen L. – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2016
In 2014, the Undergraduate Research Initiative at the University of Saskatchewan implemented a pilot project to organize, support, and promote curriculum-based research experience as an integral aspect of participating first-year courses. The framework for the course-based initiative was the research arc; usually in groups, students in these…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Research, Pilot Projects, College Faculty
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Müller, Eve; Cannon, Lynn R.; Kornblum, Courtney; Clark, Jonna; Powers, Michal – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this clinical focus article is to provide (a) a detailed description of a school-based intervention designed to teach children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders (HF-ASDs) and other social cognition challenges both the "how" and the "why" of conversation and (b) a preliminary evaluation of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Communication Skills, Children, Autism
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