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Ismail Özgür Zembat; Sümeyye Gürhan – Investigations in Mathematics Learning, 2023
This article provides an analysis of a data set coming from a two-phase qualitative study that focused on fostering primary students' abstraction of interrelations among quadrilaterals (squares, rectangles, parallelograms, rhombuses, trapezoids). The pilot study consisted of work with eight primary students operating at van Hiele level 2 (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Geometry, Elementary School Students, Geometric Concepts
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Benjamin Sorenson; Kenneth Hanson – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
In spring 2020, the chemical education community faced an abrupt transition from in-person to online classes, which also necessitated online assessments. Building upon an existing three-semester study (F17, S19, and F19) using Rasch modeling and classical testing theory to improve in-person multiple choice exams, this study investigates the impact…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Chemistry, COVID-19, Pandemics
Boswell, John – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Campus dining does more than provide sustenance to a campus community. Campus dining is an integral part of student success and learning. Limited research has looked at the impact of campus dining, particularly in the areas of student success and learning. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore how campus dining directors in the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Dining Facilities, Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes
Emmanuel Dumbuya – Online Submission, 2023
This study examines the performance of female students in higher education institutions in Sierra Leone, with a focus on Njala University. Using a mixed methods research design, the study integrates quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews to obtain comprehensive data from female students across Njala University. A total of 700 of the 2029…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, College Students, Females
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Tomlinson, Chloe; Stevenson, Howard – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2021
In this article we develop the notion of 'organising around ideas'. We highlight the ways in which education debate in England has narrowed as traditional spaces for discussion and debate have been closed down. The state now has extraordinary power to shape discourses and frame narratives about the purposes of schooling. Here we argue that we must…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Role of Education, Case Studies, Foreign Countries
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O'Leary, Noreen; Salmon, Nancy; Clifford, Amanda M. – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2021
Theoretical frameworks add depth to research and increase the transferability of findings. Unfortunately, theory application within interprofessional research is often ad hoc, superficial and poorly reported. Consequently, there are limited examples for researchers in the field to draw on when selecting and applying theory. In this paper, we…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Educational Research, Case Studies, Ethnography
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Delaine, David A. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2021
Community-Based Learning (CBL) within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) has the potential for positive student learning outcomes while also promoting beneficial outcomes in partner communities, yet complexity of practice can often obscure or limit these outcomes. Emergent behavior makes realizing outcomes, especially those…
Descriptors: Service Learning, STEM Education, Systems Approach, Case Studies
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Cairns, Aidan C.; Linville, Caleb; Garcia, Tyler; Bridges, Bill; Tanona, Scott; Herington, Jonathan; Laverty, James T. – Research Ethics, 2021
When scientists act unethically, their actions can cause harm to participants, undermine knowledge creation, and discredit the scientific community. Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) training is one of the main ways institutions try to prevent scientists from acting unethically. However, this only addresses the problem if scientists value the…
Descriptors: Scientists, Beliefs, Phenomenology, Ethics
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Mincu, Monica; Davies, Peter – Journal of Education Policy, 2021
This paper presents a case study of a local school network in England that is well established as a provider of initial teacher education (ITE). School networks are now the favoured providers of ITE in England in a 'school-led' system. Our evidence comes from participant observation and interviews conducted over a five-month period (more than 400…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Governance, Networks
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Saxena, Deepak – International Journal of Adult Education and Technology, 2021
The case study is a widely used methodology among qualitative researchers irrespective of their philosophical orientation. While positivist and interpretive philosophies are the two most popular research philosophies across diverse research fields, critical realism offers a third alternative. Critical realism is a research philosophy that assumes…
Descriptors: Realism, Critical Theory, Case Studies, Guidelines
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Boivin, Jacquelynne Anne – International Journal of Adult Education and Technology, 2021
This article presents a thorough review of the literature dedicated to learning more about mixed methods research design. Explanatory sequential mixed methods studies and exploratory sequential mixed methods studies are the two types of mixed methods research design models that this article presents in detail. To contextualize different ideas…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Mixed Methods Research, Research Design, Grounded Theory
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Wisniewska-Drewniak, Magdalena – Education for Information, 2021
The article presents detailed description of methods of arrangement and description of archival materials in three community archives from Poland: the Foundation of General Elzbieta Zawacka, the Association "History Tellers from the Lower City in Gdansk", and the Civic Archive in Podkowa Lesna. Information presented in the article are…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Archives, History, Research Projects
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Raisor, Jill M.; Zhulamanova, Ilfa; Berridge, Gina – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2021
Young children are faced with the challenges of collaborating with others usually for the first time as they enter preschool. They must learn to think beyond their own needs and recognize the needs and wants of other children. Most educators soon realize that the naturally occurring interactions among the children tend to establish hierarchies. A…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Social Structure, Power Structure, Preschool Children
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Svarstad, Hanne – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2021
What education should children and youth be offered about climate mitigation choices? Drawing on critical pedagogy, political ecology, and environmental justice, I here suggest the elaboration of a critical climate education that would provide citizens with knowledge and skills to respond to the climate crisis with responsible action. I argue that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Climate, Environmental Education, Justice
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Dalal H. Alfageh; Cindy S. York; Angie Hodge-Zickerman; Ying Xie – International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 2024
This case study examined teachers' perceptions and use of adaptive diagnostic assessment for improving teaching and learning of elementary-level mathematics. The purpose was to understand how the teaching and learning of mathematics occurred in the classroom and changes that transpired due to the implementation of diagnostic assessments. Findings…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Case Studies
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