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Download full textColorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. Special Education Services Unit. – 1996
The report summarizes five Colorado teacher research projects in teaching students with disabilities. The five projects described demonstrate that teacher initiated classroom based research allows educators to develop innovative approaches to instruction and to analyze their results in an objective way. The following projects are presented: (1)…
Descriptors: Action Research, Classroom Research, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Evans, Bruce, Ed.; Bell, Nancy, Ed.; Cahnnann, Melisa, Ed.; McKinney, Michelle, Ed.; Schwinge, Diana, Ed.; Wang, Shu-han, Ed. – Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 1998
Four papers on linguistics include: "The Teacher-Research Relationship: Multiple Perspectives and Possibilities" (Teresa Pica), on the research relationships of researchers and language teachers; "Politeness in the Speech of Korean ESL Learners" (Nancy Bell), focusing on the speech acts of disagreeing, requesting, and making…
Descriptors: Chinese, Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Liebman-Kleine, JoAnne – 1987
Students in two college freshman composition classes (one American and one English as a second language) at a southern university researched the theory of contrastive rhetoric by exchanging pen pal letters and by progressing through a sequence of five formal assignments with revisions. These assignments led the students to consider their own…
Descriptors: College English, Contrastive Linguistics, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context
Willinsky, John; Bobie, Allen – 1986
Statewide competency testing as a high school graduation requirement represents a threat to those who encourage broad notions of reading and writing, even when a number of testing innovations in reading and writing mean a step forward in education. In Alberta, Canada, the English exam comes in a non-academic and an academic version, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, English Curriculum, Essays, Foreign Countries
Greenwood, Maggie, Ed.; Hayes, Amanda, Ed.; Turner, Cheryl, Ed.; Vorhaus, John, Ed. – 2001
A group of adult educators in England conducted seven case studies to identify strategies for recognizing adult students' learning progress in nonaccredited programs. The case studies identified the following elements of good practice in the process of recording and validating achievement: (1) initial identification of learning objectives; (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Case Studies
Cochran, Elizabeth – 2000
A teacher who teaches General Educational Development preparation to at-risk teenagers in a nonprofit alternative education program called FutureWorks conducted a study to identify those elements of FutureWorks that keep students coming to the program. The study included the following data collection activities: a consensus-building activity to…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adolescents, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning
Saurino, Dan R.; Saurino, Penelope L. – 1994
This case study provides a practical example of collaborative action research at work in a classroom setting, and illustrates how collaborative action research can be used to help teachers answer questions about their own practice and professional development. Following a review of the available research and historical foundations for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Action Research, Alternative Assessment, Case Studies
Wiseman, Donna L., Ed.; Knight, Stephanie L., Ed. – 2003
This book provides a platform for an array of educators to discuss the impact of professional development schools and other school-university partnerships on student learning. The 11 papers include: (1) "Using Research to Connect School-University Partnerships to Student Outcomes" (Lee Teitel); (2) "Making a Difference: A…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Action Research, College School Cooperation, Cooperative Planning
Garner, Barbara – 2000
The quarterly theme-based publication "Focus on Basics" was launched in January 1997 as part of a multipronged effort by the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy to connect research and practice in the field of adult basic education (ABE). The effectiveness of "Focus on Basics" as a means of professional…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adoption (Ideas), Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators
Nager, Nancy, Ed.; Shapiro, Edna K., Ed. – 2000
This book reviews the history of the developmental-interactive approach, a formulation rooted in developmental psychology and educational practice, progressively informing educational thinking since the early 20th century. The book describes and analyzes key assumptions and assesses the compatibility of new theoretical approaches, focuses on…
Descriptors: Action Research, Anthropology, Art Expression, Child Development
Elliott, Alison, Ed. – Every Child, 2000
This document is comprised of the four 2000 issues of a periodical published by the Australian Early Childhood Association focusing on the needs of children from birth to 8 years and on issues related to child care and early childhood education in Australia. Each issue features articles focusing on a particular theme along with editorials and…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, At Risk Persons, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Brain
Schnorr, Donna; Painter, Diane D. – 1999
This paper presents a collaborative action research partnership model that involved participation by graduate school of education preservice students, school and university teachers, and administrators. An elementary teacher-research group investigated what would happen when fourth graders worked in teams to research and produce a multimedia…
Descriptors: Action Research, College Faculty, College School Cooperation, Computer Assisted Instruction
Demetrion, George – 1999
This document, which is described by its author as a "critical autobiography", traces one adult educator's 15-year journey from graduate school and into the field of adult literacy and the process of his development into what he calls "an American scholar." The autobiographical narrative is developed against the backdrop of the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Change Agents
Schofield, Kaye; Melville, Bernice; Bennet, Deb; Walsh, Anne – 2001
The extent of vocational education and training (VET) teachers' knowledge about and experiences of online learning and teaching was examined in a collaborative research project undertaken with leading practitioners of VET online in technical and further education (TAFE) in South Australia in 2000. Eighteen VET practitioners considered at the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Change Agents, Change Strategies, Education Work Relationship
Boyd, Kate – 2001
A project targeted teachers in the Top End of Australia's Northern Territory, who faced unique difficulties in their literacy and numeracy practice. Cross-cultural training and education were affected by isolation and geographic distance, often an absence of professional support and development, and limited access to resources. The project offered…
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Cognitive Style
