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Wuttiprom, Sura; Wuttisela, Karntarat; Phonchaiya, Sonthi; Athiwaspong, Wanwalai; Chitaree, Ratchapak; Sharma, Manjula Devi – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Teachers need to design their courses to be as similar to real-life situations as possible as genuine learning emerges in real life as opposed to studying in class. Research-based learning is an innovative approach exploring many critical strategies for success in the twenty-first century. In it, students drive their own learning through inquiry,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Scientific Research, Science Teachers
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DeJarnette, Nancy K.; Sudeck, Maria – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2016
In response to the marginalization of social studies instruction in U.S. elementary schools, these teacher educators developed a study to explore the impact that service-learning might have on the preparation of elementary teacher candidates. These authors specifically designed a study in which elementary teacher candidates created and implemented…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Elementary School Teachers, Pretests Posttests, Surveys
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Vázquez-Alonso, Ángel; Aponte, Abdiel; Manassero-Mas, María-Antonia; Montesano, Marisa – International Journal of Science Education, 2016
This study examines the effectiveness of a teaching-learning sequence (TLS) to improve the understanding of the influences and interactions between a technology (mining) and society. The aim of the study is also to show the possibility of both teaching and assessing the most innovative issues and aspects of scientific competence and their impact…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Pretests Posttests, Experimental Groups, Control Groups
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Eastman-Mueller, Heather P.; Gomez-Scott, Jessica R.; Jung, Ae-Kyung; Oswalt, Sara B.; Hagglund, Kristofer – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2016
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advocate access to condoms as a critical sexual health prevention strategy. The purpose of this article is to discuss the implementation and evaluation of a condom availability program using dispensing machines in residence halls at a Midwestern U.S. university. Undergraduate students (N = 337)…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Prevention, Student Attitudes, Sexuality
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Gomez-Lanier, Lilia – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2016
This mixed research methods study explores whether project-based service-learning projects promote greater learning than standard project-based projects and whether introduced earlier into the curriculum promotes a greater student understanding of the world issues affecting their community. The present study focused on comparing sophomore and…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Service Learning, Interior Design, Student Projects
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Scovotti, Carol – Marketing Education Review, 2016
This article reviews the experiences of a flipped classroom approach in a marketing capstone course. Students completed readings, watched lecture videos, took a quiz, and submitted a short assignment for 10 course modules. While a few minutes were devoted to clarifying confusion from lecture topics, class time was used for experiential-learning…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Video Technology, Homework
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Rosch, David M.; Stephens, Clinton M.; Collins, Jasmine D. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2016
The LeaderShape Institute is a popular immersion-based leadership program that is hosted on dozens of university campuses and conducted nationally each year. As part of a comprehensive research effort, a sample of 1,279 students at 21 participating institutions completed a pre-test prior to participating, as well as a post-test immediately after…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Pretests Posttests, Leadership Qualities, Program Effectiveness
Bettag, Dewayne – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Research shows early childhood is critical for establishing a foundation for overall development and future success (National Scientific Council on the Developing Child [NSCDC], 2012). Empirically supported early childhood services (ECS) are the most effective, efficient means of promoting lifelong success (Heckman, 2006). However, policies and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Best Practices, Hawaiians, Culturally Relevant Education
Griffin, Lauren Elyse – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Increasing teacher efficacy poses challenges to educational leaders, highlighting the need for a study of the awareness and development of strengths related to teacher efficacy. The purpose of the current study was to examine the effect of the awareness and development of strengths on teachers' perceived self-efficacy, as well as to determine if…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Self Efficacy, Teacher Characteristics, Teaching Experience
Doabler, Christian T.; Clarke, Ben; Kosty, Derek B.; Kurtz-Nelson, Evangeline; Fien, Hank; Smolkowski, Keith; Baker, Scott K. – Grantee Submission, 2016
The purpose of this closely aligned conceptual replication study was to investigate the efficacy of a Tier 2 kindergarten mathematics intervention. The replication study differed from the initial randomized controlled trial on three important elements: geographical region, timing of the intervention, and instructional context of the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Grade 1
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Booth, Julie L.; Begolli, Kreshnik N.; McCann, Nicholas – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2016
The present study examines the effectiveness of incorporating worked examples with prompts for self-explanation into a middle school math textbook. Algebra 1 students (N = 75) completed an equation-solving unit with reform textbooks either containing the original practice problems or in which a portion of those problems were converted into…
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Prompting, Middle School Students, Textbooks
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Brown, Sarah A.; Gutiérrez, José F.; Alibali, Martha W. – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2016
We report a qualitative analysis of elementary school students engaged in collaborative problem solving involving mathematical equivalence tasks. We build on previous research showing that students often use strategies based on either operational or relational understandings of the equal sign. We closely analyze three cases and identify nuanced…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Elementary School Students, Cooperative Learning, Problem Solving
Chung, Gregory K. W. K.; Delacruz, Girlie C.; Dionne, Gary B.; Baker, Eva L.; Lee, John J.; Osmundson, Ellen – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2016
This report addresses a renewed interest in individualized instruction, driven in part by advances in technology and assessment as well as a persistent desire to increase the access, efficiency, and cost effectiveness of training and education. Using computer-based instruction we delivered extremely efficient instruction targeted to low knowledge…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Algebra, Grade 8, Individualized Instruction
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Park, Jaeuk; Seedhouse, Paul; Seedhouse, Rob; Kiaer, Jieun – Research-publishing.net, 2016
The study draws on the digital technology which allows users to be able to learn both linguistic and non-linguistic skills at the same time. Activity recognition as well as wireless sensor technology, similar to a Nintendo Wii, is embedded or attached to the equipment and ingredients, allowing users to detect and evaluate progress as they carry…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Instruction
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Pujadas, Geòrgia; Muñoz, Carmen – Language Learning Journal, 2019
This study aims at exploring the potential of extensive TV viewing for L2 vocabulary learning, and the effects associated with the language of the on-screen text (L1 or L2), type of instruction (pre-teaching target items or not) and learners' proficiency. A total of 106 secondary school students (Grade 8) divided into 4 classes participated in a…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Intervention, Language Proficiency
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