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Bianchi, Lynne; Booth, Josephine – School Science Review, 2014
This article describes a pilot study following on from a curriculum development activity with teachers and children in primary school classrooms, using a framework for group discussion developed by Huthwaite International. The Centre for Science Education at Sheffield Hallam University and Huthwaite International worked with teachers from three…
Descriptors: Group Discussion, Protocol Analysis, Class Activities, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Ali, Takbir – Professional Development in Education, 2014
This article reports on a school improvement initiative undertaken by a private university in Pakistan. The Whole School Improvement Programme, designed with the purpose to improve the quality of education appropriate to children and teachers of poor communities, is being implemented in selected elementary schools. Central to the program is…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Foreign Countries, Educational Improvement, Elementary Schools
Somerville, Margaret; Green, Monica – Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 2012
The project of mapping sustainability initiatives across a region is part of a larger program of research about place and sustainability education for the Anthropocene, the new geological age of human-induced planetary changes (Zalasiewicz, Williams, Steffen, & Crutzen, 2010). The study investigated the location, nature and type of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Educational Innovation, Environmental Education
Obaid, Rana – English Language Teaching, 2016
This small-scale mixed method research focuses on investigating the way Preparatory Year English Program (PYEP) female students in a Saudi tertiary level institution context are assessed and how they are advanced from level three (Pre-intermediate) and level four (Intermediate). A four-point agreement scale survey was conducted with fifteen…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Nyagowa, Hesbon O.; Ocholla, Dennis N.; Mutula, Stephen M. – Education for Information, 2013
This study was conducted to determine the effect of a set of dimensions on e-School success in a cross-sectional study of NEPAD's e-School pilot in Kenya. All of the six e-Schools participating in the NEPAD's e-School pilot in Kenya were selected. The study used survey methodology. Students and teachers in those schools formed the study…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Foreign Countries, User Satisfaction (Information), Pilot Projects
Chu, Szu-Yin – Education and Urban Society, 2013
Educating a nation of culturally, ethnically/racially, and linguistically diverse (CLD) students is one of the many challenges facing teachers and teacher educators, resulting in teachers' questioning their ability to improve learning for these groups. Yet teacher efficacy is significantly related to student achievement, motivation, and students'…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Beliefs, Student Diversity, Culturally Relevant Education
Man, Yiu-Kwong – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2012
Partial fraction decomposition is a useful technique often taught at senior secondary or undergraduate levels to handle integrations, inverse Laplace transforms or linear ordinary differential equations, etc. In recent years, an improved Heaviside's approach to partial fraction decomposition was introduced and developed by the author. An important…
Descriptors: Tests, Algebra, Equations (Mathematics), Foreign Countries
Stachler, Wendi Mizer; Young, R. Brent; Borr, Mari – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2013
The purpose of this study was to describe the sustainability of professional development, specifically the teacher utilization of the Science-in-CTE pedagogical model and science-enhanced agricultural education lessons in curricula one year following the Science-in-CTE pilot study. This quasiexperimental study included 41 teachers (15 treatment…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Sustainability, Faculty Development, Academic Achievement
Griffin, Kent; Meaney, Karen; Hart, Melanie – American Journal of Health Education, 2013
Background: Obese and overweight children are often cast as being lazy or unmotivated in regards to participation in physical activity. Purpose: Based on the social cognitive principle of triadic reciprocality, this pilot study was designed to examine the impact of a mastery motivational climate on overweight and obese children's commitment to,…
Descriptors: Obesity, Physical Activity Level, Social Cognition, Measurement Techniques
Hill, Julie Sprinkle; Christian, Tiffany Y. – College Student Journal, 2012
Student perceptions and ideals of teaching influence the quality of classroom interaction, student attendance, student learning, and perhaps even career choice. However, students are not singularly impacted by their perceptions and ideals; their preferences also affect faculty and adjunct performance reviews, tenure and promotion, departmental and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Interaction, Pilot Projects, College Students
Pears, Katherine C.; Healey, Cynthia V.; Fisher, Philip A.; Braun, Drew; Gill, Colt; Conte, Holly Mar; Newman, Judy; Ticer, Sara – Education and Treatment of Children, 2014
Children from low-income backgrounds demonstrate poorer school readiness skills than their higher-income peers. The Kids In Transition to School (KITS) Program was developed to increase early literacy, social, and self-regulatory skills among children with inadequate school readiness. In the present study, 39 families participated in a pilot…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Low Income Groups, At Risk Students, Program Effectiveness
Newman, Kathryn A.; Nur-Hussen, A. K. – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2012
Two pilot studies were designed to investigate the preferred learning styles of postsecondary students at a midsize Historically Black College/University (HBCU), and the types of teaching methods used by the diverse faculty. In one study, student candidates from the department of curriculum and instruction were utilized as data collectors to…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Teaching Styles, Pilot Projects, Learning Strategies
Silveira, Jason M.; Goff, Sarah C. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2016
The purpose of this study was to measure music teachers' attitudes toward transgender individuals and toward school practices that support transgender students. Participants (N = 612) included men and women who teach a variety of music subjects in elementary, middle, and high schools, in urban, suburban, and rural areas. An online questionnaire…
Descriptors: Music, Music Education, Music Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Reyna, Jorge – International Journal on E-Learning, 2016
In January 2009 the School of Education, University of Western Sydney decided to appoint an e-learning officer with the aim of improving the quality of online learning environments across course units. The e-learning officer had built a strong relationship with 45 academics across two campuses, with a positive impact on the application of…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Program Implementation, Schools of Education, Foreign Countries
Kwan, Anderson C. K.; Yuen, Mantak – Gifted and Talented International, 2013
The authors report on the implementation of an enrichment programme titled "Mathematics in the Workplace" for mathematically talented students, aged 8 to 12 years, who were studying in Primary 3 to Primary 6 classes in Hong Kong. The aim of the pilot programme was to enable gifted learners to make connections between mathematics and its…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 4