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Jauhiainen, Johanna; Koponen, Ismo T.; Lavonen, Jari – Science Education International, 2006
Students' conceptual understanding of Newton's third law has been the subject of numerous studies. These studies have often pointed out the importance of addressing the concept of interaction in teaching Newtonian mechanics. In this study, teachers were interviewed in order to examine how they understand interaction and use it in their…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Concept Formation, Scientific Concepts, Interaction
Ruthmann, Stephen Alexander – ProQuest LLC, 2006
This study investigated the lived experiences of a group of students and their teacher as they negotiated learning and teaching during a sixth-grade exploratory music technology course taught in a music technology lab. Taking a qualitative and naturalistic approach, I sought to understand the challenges, issues, and successes experienced by the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Music, Learning Laboratories, Grade 6
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Torres, Vasti – Journal of College Student Development, 2006
This study presents the conceptualization and subsequent model fit analysis of a retention model for Latino/a students at urban commuter universities. The three institutions involved in the study represent different environments for Latino/a students. Two are Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) and the third represents a predominantly White…
Descriptors: Urban Universities, Structural Equation Models, Hispanic American Students, Whites
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Cohen, Andrew D.; Upton, Thomas A. – ETS Research Report Series, 2006
This study describes the reading and test-taking strategies that test takers used in the Reading section of the LanguEdge courseware (ETS, 2002a). These materials were developed to familiarize prospective respondents with the new TOEFL®. The investigation focused on strategies used to respond to more traditional single selection multiple-choice…
Descriptors: Reading Tests, Test Items, Courseware, Item Analysis
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Kanuka, Heather – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2006
The purpose of the "Review of E-Learning in Canada", conducted by Abrami and associates (which is referred to as "the team"), was to provide evidence and gaps on the topic of e-learning, and based on this data provide promising directions for e-learning. Funded by the Canadian Council on Learning, the stated objectives of the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Catalogs, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
Kurubacak, Gulsun – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2006
This is an action research to investigate and argue the Turkish teachers' experiences on online communications to build a democratic and multicultural knowledge network. This study utilized both qualitative and quantitative data collected from different sources. This helped the author generate new perspectives and stimulate new directions in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Action Research, Computer Mediated Communication, Networks
Minnema, Jane E.; Thurlow, Martha L.; VanGetson, Gretchen R.; Jimenez, Rene – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2006
This study was designed, in part, to clarify some of the issues that surround including English language learners in states' large-scale assessment programs. More specifically, the authors gathered practical information at the local school level to understand these students' large-scale assessment experiences from a variety of perspectives, to…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Second Language Learning, Research Design, Nontraditional Education
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Prime, Glenda M.; Miranda, Rommel J. – Urban Education, 2006
This qualitative study addresses the link between urban high school teachers' beliefs about their students' preparedness to achieve success in science and the teachers' reported curricular responses to those beliefs. Eight high school science teachers from schools representing a range of achievement levels were interviewed using semistructured,…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Science Achievement, Science Teachers, Student Characteristics
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Li, Yongyan – English for Specific Purposes, 2006
This is a sociopolitically-oriented qualitative case study [Casanave, C. P. (2003). Looking ahead to more sociopolitically-oriented case study research in L2 writing scholarship (But should it be called "post-process"?). "Journal of Second Language Writing," 12, 85-102.] of the writing-for-publication experience of an NNSE (nonnative speaker of…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Doctoral Programs, Physics, Case Studies
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Krokfors, Leena; Jyrhama, Riitta; Kynaslahti, Heikki; Toom, Auli; Maaranen, Katriina; Kansanen, Pertti – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2006
This paper examines the context of teacher education in which certain students work as teachers whilst at the same time they study in a teacher education programme. The two phenomena that are discussed are the integration of theory and practice, and learning while working. These are located in the wider framework of teachers' pedagogical thinking,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education Programs, Theory Practice Relationship, Student Teachers
Morrow, Lesley M.; And Others – 1993
A literature-based reading program was introduced to 98 students in 5 second-grade classrooms in an urban school district with a socioeconomic status ranging from middle class to disadvantaged. Students were primarily African American or Hispanic. Of the total, 22% had previously been classified as "at risk" as determined by state regulations. The…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Cooperative Learning, Elementary School Students, Grade 2
Lubans, John; Gordon, Heather – 1995
This paper describes the Duke University Libraries' transition in early 1994 from its traditional hierarchical model to an organization emphasizing Total Quality Management (TQM) concepts such as self-managing teams and continuous improvement. Existing conditions at the libraries that played a role in the decision to switch included: (1) rising…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Administration, Library Planning
Karlin, Shary L.; Harnish, Dorothy – 1995
This report describes an exploratory evaluative assessment of the first year of 2 alternative public schools for 117 chronically disruptive, committed, and/or non-attending students (grades 6-12) in Georgia. The CrossRoads program is intended to provide students with the social services, individualized instruction, and/or transitions to other…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Behavior Disorders, Case Studies
Trapedo-Dworsky, Madeleine; Cole, Ardra L. – 1996
This paper analyzes the teaching practice of one of the authors and articulates the role of such reflexive analysis in the practice of professors of teacher education. The study extends the recommendation that teachers reflect on their practice to include the relationship between personal educational experiences of teacher educators and their…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Doctoral Programs, Epistemology, Foreign Countries
Girden, Ellen R. – 1996
This book in intended to train students in reading a research report critically. It uses actual research articles as examples including both good and flawed studies in each category and provides interpretation and evaluation of the appropriateness of the statistical analyses in each study. Individual chapters usually include two sample studies and…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Case Studies, Classification, Comparative Analysis
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