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Barth-Cohen, Lauren A.; Swanson, Hillary; Arnell, Jared – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
Within physics education research (PER), resource theory has proven to be a useful framework for investigating knowledge and learning and informing instructional design. To analyze learning over longer timescales and across cases, PER scholars must first identify and describe the resources activated within and across physics contexts and domains.…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Research Design
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Ashley R. Gibbs; Christopher A. Tullis – Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
An increasing number of investigations have described various interventions to promote the emergence of derived responding within the relation of sameness for individuals with autism and other intellectual and developmental disabilities. Systematic searches identified 53 studies published since 2013 that met inclusion criteria. These studies were…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Literature Reviews
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Roberts, Ros – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2016
This article considers what might be taught to meet a widely held curriculum aim of students being able to understand research in a discipline. Expertise, which may appear as a "chain of practice," is widely held to be underpinned by networks of understanding. Scientific research expertise is considered from this perspective. Within…
Descriptors: Validity, Scientific Research, Evidence, Reliability
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Suleman, Qaiser; Hussain, Ishtiaq – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The purpose of the research paper was to investigate the effect of eclectic learning approach on the academic achievement and retention of students in English at elementary level. A sample of forty students of 8th grade randomly selected from Government Boys High School Khurram District Karak was used. It was an experimental study and that's why…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Academic Achievement, School Holding Power, Pretests Posttests
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Snell, Joel C.; Marsh, Mitchell – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2011
The authors have over the years tried to revise meta-analysis because it's basic premise is to add apples and oranges together and analyze. In other words, various data on the same subject are chosen using different samples, research strategies, and number properties. The findings are then homogenized and a statistical analysis is used (Snell, J.…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Statistical Analysis, Teacher Attitudes, Meta Analysis
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Enderle, Patrick J.; Smith, Mike U.; Southerland, Sherry – International Journal of Science Education, 2009
The existence, preponderance, and stability of misconceptions related to evolution continue as foci of research in science education. In their 2006 study, Geraedts and Boersma question the existence of stable Lamarckian misconceptions in students, challenging the utility of Conceptual Change theory in addressing any such misconceptions. To support…
Descriptors: Evolution, Prior Learning, Misconceptions, Science Education
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Sahin, Abdullah – Educational Research and Reviews, 2010
This study aims to explore the effects of a cooperative technique Jigsaw II (experimental group, n=42) and instructional teacher-centered teaching method (control group, n=38) on Turkish language teacher education department students' attitudes to written expression course (a course in which writing skills were taught), their academic achievement,…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Research Design, Student Attitudes
Armstrong, Dorothy Ciner – Online Submission, 2004
As the field of gifted education has increasingly embraced broader definitions of giftedness, teachers and specialists in the education of the gifted and talented need additional ways to assess the talent development needs of a broader array of students. Since learning styles comprise an important component of any comprehensive talent development…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Grade 8, Grade 4, Cognitive Style