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Gehris, Jeffrey; Kress, Jeff; Swalm, Ricky – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2010
This study investigated 10th-grade students' views concerning the physical effects of an adventure-physical education curriculum and the potential of such a curriculum to enhance components of a multidimensional model of physical self-concept. Semistructured interviews were used to obtain students' views and participant observations were conducted…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Adventure Education, Physical Activities, Self Concept
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Jang, Hyungshim; Reeve, Johnmarshall; Deci, Edward L. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2010
We investigated 2 engagement-fostering aspects of teachers' instructional styles--autonomy support and structure--and hypothesized that students' engagement would be highest when teachers provided high levels of both. Trained observers rated teachers' instructional styles and students' behavioral engagement in 133 public high school classrooms in…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Classrooms, High School Students, Teaching Methods
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Lazarev, Valeriy; Newman, Denis; Sharp, Alyssa – Regional Educational Laboratory West, 2014
This study explored the relationships among the components of the Arizona Department of Education's new teacher evaluation model, with a particular focus on the extent to which ratings from the state model's teacher observation instrument differentiated higher and lower performance. The study used teacher-level evaluation data collected by the…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Observation, State Departments of Education, Correlation
Brooks, Sarah – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This case study examined the place that perspective recognition and care as components of historical empathy occupy in one history teacher's purpose, instruction, and students' response. Abigail, a high school history teacher, and four tenth grade students from one section of her Advanced Placement European History course participated in this…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, European History, Advanced Placement, Primary Sources
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Horton-Ikard, RaMonda; Pittman, Ramona T. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2010
This article describes the use of African American English (AAE) in the written and oral language of African American adolescents who struggle with writing. Written and oral language samples of 22 African American 10th-grade students were transcribed, analyzed, and coded for AAE, grammatical errors, spelling errors, and punctuation errors. Four…
Descriptors: Spelling, Black Dialects, Form Classes (Languages), Written Language
Parsons, John – Mathematics Teaching Incorporating Micromath, 2008
Left to their own devices, many students are happy to work within their comfort zone of skill and understanding, a level where they are confident that they will achieve regular success. The job of the classroom teacher is to help students reach beyond this and to help them make this level their new comfort zone. Clearly, teachers need to employ a…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Creative Teaching
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Korur, Fikret; Eryilmaz, Ali – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2012
Problem Statement: What do teachers and students in Turkey perceive as the common characteristics of effective physics teachers? Purpose of Study: The first aim was to investigate the common characteristics of effective physics teachers by asking students and teachers about the effects of teacher characteristics on student physics achievement and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Physics
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Wallace, Carolyn S. – Science Education, 2012
This is a critical time for the science education community as we embark on the creation and implementation of new national science standards. The purpose of this essay is to offer insight into how the language of curriculum standards, including that found in state science standards in the United States over the past 15 years, has posed barriers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Psychology, Educational Policy, Science Education
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Pierce, Robyn; Stacey, Kaye – Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications: An International Journal of the IMA, 2009
Taking advantage of pedagogical opportunities afforded by new technology requires appropriately designed lessons. This article reports on the use of "lesson study" to research principles for the design of a lesson aiming to take advantage of multiple representations. The lesson, for year 10 students who had personal access to TI-Nspire, focused on…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Integration, Handheld Devices, Graphing Calculators
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Gutchewsky, Kim; Curran, Joanne – Educational Leadership, 2012
According to a 2010 report by ACT, "Only 31 percent of students are performing at a college-and-career reading level with respect to successfully understanding complex text" (p. 5). This statistic demonstrates what educators know: Middle and high school students face numerous challenges in reading, understanding, connecting to, and…
Descriptors: Teaching Conditions, Reading Instruction, Time Management, Secondary School Teachers
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Stiller, Klaus D.; Jedlicka, Rosemarie – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2010
In instructional multimedia design, it is often recommended that text accompanying pictures be presented in a personalised style to promote learning. The superiority of personalised over formal text is may be explained using social agency theory (Mayer, 2005b), but it has not been investigated empirically whether such effects are valid in…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Prior Learning, Grade 10, Instructional Design
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Koksal, Mustafa Serdar; Yel, Mustafa – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2007
Studies on the effective teaching of biology have been continuously increasing since the 1800s. New teaching approaches have been purposed and tried out along the way. The multiple intelligences theory (MIT)-based approaches which give more importance to individual in educational settings can provide alternatives for meeting this requirement. An…
Descriptors: Multiple Intelligences, Research Design, Teacher Effectiveness, Academic Achievement
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Michalsky, Tova; Zion, Michal; Mevarech, Zemira R. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2007
The main goal of the present study is to investigate empirically the effects of Asynchronic Learning Network (ALN) embedded within metacognitive instruction (META) on two components of metacognitive awareness: Knowledge about Cognition (KC) and Regulation of Cognition (RC). Participants were 202 tenth grade students: 102 students who studied under…
Descriptors: Grade 10, Teaching Methods, Discussion Groups, Metacognition
Pilot, Grover Cleve – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Our nation's K-12 schools are faced with numerous critical challenges that affect student achievement and consequently impact society. Key challenges, such as elevating academic achievement, meeting state and No Child Left Behind (NCLB) standards, high dropout rates, at-risk students, parental involvement, and the recruitment and retention of…
Descriptors: Special Education, Disabilities, High School Students, Dropout Prevention
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Tiberghien, Andree; Vince, Jacques; Gaidioz, Pierre – International Journal of Science Education, 2009
Design-based research, and particularly its theoretical status, is a subject of debate in the science education community. In the first part of this paper, a theoretical framework drawn up to develop design-based research will be presented. This framework is mainly based on epistemological analysis of physics modelling, learning and teaching…
Descriptors: Mechanics (Physics), Grade 10, Science Education, Instructional Design
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