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Teachers' Perceived Barriers to Technology Integration as Prescribed by 21st Century Learning Skills
Young, Diane Killough – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Technology is a learning and teaching tool that enhances students' communication, innovation, and critical thinking skills, also known as 21st century learning goals. Successfully using technology in the classroom to promote these learning goals, however, has presented some challenges for teachers. While research has identified a variety of…
Descriptors: Barriers, Technology Integration, Learning Processes, Teaching Skills
Amone-P'Olak, Kennedy; Ormel, Johan; Oldehinkel, Albertine J.; Reijneveld, Sijmen A.; Verhulst, Frank C.; Burger, Huibert – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2010
Objective: To investigate associations between different indices of family socioeconomic position (SEP) and the use of specialty mental health services (SMHS) and whether the associations exist after adjusting for severity of mental problems. Method: Using data from a large longitudinal study of adolescents (N = 2,149; mean age = 13.6 years [SD =…
Descriptors: Health Services, Family Income, Mental Disorders, Mental Health Programs
Duman, Bilal – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2010
The purpose of the present study is to investigate the effects of Brain-based learning (BBL) on the academic achievement of students with different learning styles. The study group consists of students from the department of Social Sciences Teacher Education in the Faculty of Education at Mugla University (N=68). In the study, a pre-test-post-test…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Research Design, Cognitive Style
Aubry, James M. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This dissertation investigated the effects of instructor's self-disclosure using the Facebook social networking online platform on students' motivation types, attitudes, and performance in the course. The participants were 104 beginning French students enrolled in an online French course at a research one university in the southeast U.S. The…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Online Courses, Motivation, Measures (Individuals)
Anderson, Elsa Maria – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a professional development intervention conducted with mainstream middle school teachers of English language learners (ELLs) in a North Texas school district. Teacher change was examined in the context of this intervention. Three groups of teachers participated in this study. Group 1 (n =…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Program Effectiveness, Middle School Teachers, Intervention
Roberts, Douglas P. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study investigates the recruitment and retention challenges, facing municipal government IT organizations in Southern California, by examining the relationships between worker demographics, competencies, experience levels, tenure, and training within the organizations. Utilizing a mixed method, non-experimental design, the study examines…
Descriptors: Research Design, Information Technology, Recruitment, Baby Boomers
Lindstrom, Christine; Sharma, Manjula D. – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2009
With student numbers decreasing and traditional teaching methods having been found inefficient, it is widely accepted that alternative teaching methods need to be explored in tertiary physics education. In 2006 a different teaching environment was offered to 244 first year students with little or no prior formal instruction in physics. Students…
Descriptors: Investigations, Physics, Researchers, Teaching Methods
Gürsoy, Esim – English Language Teaching, 2010
As a still growing area, Language Learning Strategies (LLS) research needs to expand so that it covers different contexts and age groups. Previous research shows that most of LLS research is conducted in ESL contexts and the majority looked into strategies of adolescents and adults. Consequently, strategy taxonomies as well as the inventories…
Descriptors: Investigations, Learning Strategies, Language Acquisition, Taxonomy
Rocha, Claudio M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The theoretical argument of the current research is that athletic departments have been effective in attaining their conflicting goals mainly because they have become highly effective in managing institutional rules. Neo-institutionalism (DiMaggio & Powell, 1991), loose coupling (Meyer & Rowan, 1977), and patterns of bureaucracy (Gouldner, 1954)…
Descriptors: College Athletics, Investigations, Physical Activities, Structural Equation Models
Lebler, Don; Burt-Perkins, Rosie; Carey, Gemma – International Journal of Music Education, 2009
As the range of experiences offered by conservatoires expands to serve an increasingly diverse student cohort, it is no longer reasonable to assume that all students will fit neatly into the traditional expectations of institutions. In the 3P model of learning, the prior learning of students is one of the presage factors that interact with process…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Music Education, Prior Learning, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Bratge, Katrina – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study of two cases of sexual harassment investigates employee perceptions and organizational characteristics associated with policy and implementation procedures in two public school districts in New York State which experienced different outcomes to litigation in response to formal complaints of sexual harassment. Using documentary evidence…
Descriptors: Evidence, Employees, Investigations, Sexual Harassment
Garvis, Susanne – Australian Journal of Music Education, 2009
Significant research has been conducted into the positive effects of arts education on social and intellectual development of students across the ages of 10-15 years. Teacher competence for teaching the arts however does not appear to be as positive. A worldwide trend suggests pre-service teachers exhibit low confidence and content knowledge for…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Investigations, Self Efficacy, Cognitive Processes
Martin-Dunlop, Catherine; Hodum, Peter – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2009
This article describes a research study in which a biologist and his research on Antarctic seabirds became part of an integrated science course for prospective elementary teachers. Students used the scientist's database on seabird chick growth rates for an experimental design investigation while the "regular" classes had a single science…
Descriptors: Research Design, Investigations, Scientific Principles, Databases
Sultan, Waleed H.; Woods, Peter Charles; Koo, Ah-Choo – Educational Technology & Society, 2011
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influences of Constructivist Learning Environments (CLEs) through the use of laptops supported within 1:1 e-learning education in Malaysian schools. The main objectives of this study were to investigate (a) different possible gaps between constructivist theory and classroom practices in Malaysian…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Constructivism (Learning), Case Studies, Laptop Computers
Schulze, S. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2009
This article discusses an investigation conducted to identify challenges associated with teaching research methods in a distance education context. Constructivist learning was used as conceptual framework, in particular socio-constructivist theories, activity theory and Rich environments for active learning (REALs). Two research modules in a…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Investigations, Action Research, Distance Education