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Kanwischer, Detlef; Quennet, Fabienne – Review of International Geographical Education Online, 2012
The relevance of GIS for sustainable development in Africa is undisputed. One web 2.0 application which plays a particularly strong role within local governance structures in Africa is PGIS (Participatory Geographical Information System). In fact, Spatial Citizenship education is the basis for the empowerment of the indigenous capacity for using…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geographic Information Systems, Distance Education, Web 2.0 Technologies
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Zertuche, Amber; Gerard, Libby; Linn, Marcia C. – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2012
Openers, or brief activities that initiate a class, routinely take up classroom time each day yet little is known about how to design these activities so they contribute to student learning. This study uses technology-enhanced learning environments to explore new opportunities to transform Openers from potentially busy work to knowledge generating…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Learning Activities, Class Activities, Technology Uses in Education
Meador, Ryan E. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study examined students who successfully applied for reinstatement after being academically dismissed for the first time in order to discover indicators of future success. This study examined 666 students' appeals filed at the DeVry University Kansas City campus between 2004 and 2009. Binary logistic regression was used to discover if a…
Descriptors: Remedial Instruction, Academic Achievement, Academic Probation, Academic Failure
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Lange, Christine; Range, Bret; Welsh, Kate – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2012
Although data driven-decision making has been the mantra of school reform for the last 10 years, school leaders benefit from frequent discussions in how to engage teachers in the process. As a result, the purpose of this paper is to apply Reeves' (2004) framework concerning Antecedents of Excellence in creating a school culture that routinely uses…
Descriptors: Leadership Responsibility, Leadership, Educational Change, School Restructuring
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Hsu, Ching-Kun; Hwang, Gwo-Jen; Chuang, Chien-Wen; Chang, Chih-Kai – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
Owing to the popularity of computers and computer networks, fostering the web-based problem-solving ability of students has become an important educational objective in recent years. This study attempted to compare the effects of using selected and open network resources on students' intentions with regard to their information system usage by…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving, Information Systems
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Henry, Paul; Semple, Hugh – Journal of Geography, 2012
GIS has shown promise in Project Based Learning (PBL) environments, but many obstacles exist in its integration into school curriculums. This article discusses the development and utilization of an online GIS tool that was created to illustrate that the perceptual gap between relevance and ease of use of GIS software can be bridged at the K-12…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Earth Science, Computer Software, Active Learning
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Chang, Chew-Hung; Chatterjea, Kalyani; Goh, Dion Hoe-Lian; Theng, Yin Leng; Lim, Ee-Peng; Sun, Aixin; Razikin, Khasfariyati; Kim, Thi Nhu Quynh; Nguyen, Quang Minh – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2012
Geographical inquiry involves collecting, using and making sense of the data to investigate some geographical phenomena. With the increasing number of mobile devices equipped with Internet access capabilities, there is a wide scope for using it in field inquiry where learning can take place in the form of social interactions between team members…
Descriptors: Geography, Inquiry, Active Learning, Electronic Libraries
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Odgers, Candice L.; Caspi, Avshalom; Bates, Christopher J.; Sampson, Robert J.; Moffitt, Terrie E. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2012
Background: Children growing up in poor versus affluent neighborhoods are more likely to spend time in prison, develop health problems and die at an early age. The question of how neighborhood conditions influence our behavior and health has attracted the attention of public health officials and scholars for generations. Online tools are now…
Descriptors: Safety, Validity, Public Health, Prosocial Behavior
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Smith, Laura – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2008
The map is a primary tool in geographic research, and the discipline of geography has experienced a significant methodological transformation during the last three decades with the development and now near ubiquity of geographic information systems (GIS) technology. The introduction of this technology into Indian country has spurred a debate over…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Geography, Maps, Information Systems
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Woodward, Belle S.; Sendall, Patricia; Ceccucci, Wendy – Information Systems Education Journal, 2010
Contemporary Information Systems graduates will be more marketable in the workplace upon graduation if they have combined competencies in both technical and soft skills: interpersonal communication, teamwork, time management, planning and organizational skills. Team and project-based learning can be used to incorporate soft skill competencies with…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Information Science Education, Skill Development, Interpersonal Communication
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Steenkamp, Annette Lerine; Basal, Abdelraheem – Information Systems Education Journal, 2010
The task of managing an IT system in a school environment poses unique challenges. For example, one of the greatest challenges facing individual schools is the lack of integration between various information systems. The present situation in many schools is that there are many disconnected systems managing many different tasks. Systems with…
Descriptors: Integrated Learning Systems, Technology Integration, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Systems
Grana, David P. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The disparity in academic achievement between African American and White students in all levels of education has been one of the critical issues in education. The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of school, community, and family on African American and White students' on the 8 th grade mathematics scores on the Missouri…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Expenditure per Student, Research Needs, Socioeconomic Status
Holmberg, Marjorie O. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This research focuses on the current role of mapping practices in communicating climate change in the United States. This includes maps used in monitoring climate change, projecting its potential impacts, and identifying potential adaptation strategies at particular scales. Since few, if any, studies have been done specifically on mapping…
Descriptors: Climate, Change, Cartography, Case Studies
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2010
This document provides a summary of feedback from the discussion paper for the Review of the Australian Vocational Education and Training Management Information Statistical Standard (AVETMISS) for vocational education and training (VET) providers (hereafter, the Standard). The discussion paper provided opportunities to gather feedback on a range…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Standards, Feedback (Response)
Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 2010
Within the City of Chicago, a wide variety of public and private programs are geared towards preparing adults and youth for the workforce. This report of workforce development programs provides an overview of federal, state, and city workforce development programs within the City of Chicago through a detailed inventory table of the programs…
Descriptors: Program Administration, Public Agencies, Labor Force Development, Federal Programs
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