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Download full textTang, Sherry – NCSSSMST Journal, 2012
Plasticizers are chemical additives that enhance plastic flexibility. They are ubiquitous environmental contaminants and are commonly found in river and lake waters (Fromme et al 2002). The present study aimed to investigate the effects of a water-soluble plasticizer, dibutyl phthalate (DBP) on developing Medaka ("Oryzias latipes") embryos. Three…
Descriptors: Developmental Delays, Developmental Stages, Science Education, Science Experiments
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Direct linkStanton, Christine Rogers – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2012
Although primary source accounts provide students with direct access to the experiences of historical participants, they can reinforce the dominant culture historical narrative if misrepresented by teachers, curriculum publishers, or scholars. The author demonstrates the importance of adhering to guidelines presented by critical Indigenous…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, American Indians, Social Studies, Indigenous Knowledge
Green, Carie – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2012
Stemming from the UNCRC, childhood researchers have proposed a variety of methodological strategies for upholding children's rights and understanding their perspectives. This paper aims to advance the conversation on engaging children's perspectives by presenting data collection methods used in a qualitative study exploring children's special…
Descriptors: Children, Childhood Attitudes, Childrens Rights, Research Methodology
Sassi, Kelly; Thomas, Ebony Elizabeth – Qualitative Inquiry, 2012
This article explores the affordances and risks of practicing friendship and mentorship as methodological approaches in two qualitative studies: (a) the mentor's study in a diverse 9th grade classroom and (b) the protege's subsequent study of teacher professional development in the same school. Friendship methodology, as theorized by Tillmann and…
Descriptors: Mentors, Friendship, Research Methodology, Qualitative Research
Christopher, Joe – Tertiary Education and Management, 2012
This study aims to develop a conceptual model of the wider influencing forces impacting the governance paradigms of public universities. It draws on the multi-theoretical governance concept and seeks to identify these forces through the lens of chief audit executives using a qualitative research approach. The interview data supported by published…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Student Attitudes, Comparative Education, Qualitative Research
Bosi, Maria Lucia Magalhaes – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2012
This paper discusses the challenges to the qualitative health research approach, under the regime of productivity that rules current academic evaluation in many countries. The analysis considers aspects common to several contexts, illustrating the discussion with the Brazilian context and, more specifically, within the dynamics of the collective…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Methodology, Qualitative Research, Performance Factors
Bowles, Hugo – Modern Language Journal, 2012
In the last 20 years, technological advancement and increased multidisciplinarity has expanded the range of data regarded as within the scope of languages for specific purposes (LSP) research and the means by which they can be analyzed. As a result, the analytical work of LSP researchers has developed from a narrow focus on specialist terminology…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Discourse Analysis, Technological Advancement, Languages for Special Purposes
Vandenabeele, Joke; Wildemeersch, Danny – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2012
At the time of this research, protests of farmers against new environmental policy measures received much media attention. News reports suggested that farmers' organizations rejected the idea that modern farming techniques cause damage to the environment and even tried to undermine attempts to reconcile the goals of modern agriculture with…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Agriculture, Agricultural Occupations, Environment
Turk, Vicky; Leer, Geoffrey; Burchell, Sarah; Khattram, Sukhjinder; Corney, Roslyn; Rowlands, Gill – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2012
Background: This article describes the process of including people with intellectual disabilities (ID) and carers of people with ID as researchers and participants in randomised controlled trial (RCT) research. People with ID are rarely involved in research about their health, either as researchers or participants. Carers are often included as…
Descriptors: Intervention, Mental Retardation, Researchers, Caregivers
Chitpin, Stephanie; Simon, Marielle – Teacher Education and Practice, 2012
The examination of problem-solving processes continues to be a current research topic in education. Knowing how to solve problems is not only a key aspect of learning mathematics but is also at the heart of cognitive theories, linguistics, artificial intelligence, and computers sciences. Problem solving is a multistep, higher-order cognitive task…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Problem Solving, Protocol Analysis, Preservice Teachers
Fuoco, Rebecca; Blum, Arlene; Peaslee, Graham F. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2012
To bridge the gap between science and policy, future scientists should receive training that incorporates policy implications into the design, analysis, and communication of research. We present a student Science and Policy course for undergraduate science majors piloted at the University of California, Berkeley in the summer of 2011. During this…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Research Projects, Research Methodology, Educational Research
Keil, Benjamin – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation presents a novel method of sentence generation, drawing on the insight from Cognitive Semantics (Talmy, 2000a,b) that the effect of uttering a sentence is to evoke a Cognitive Representation in the mind of the listener. Under the assumption that this Cognitive Representation is also present in the speaker and defines (part of)…
Descriptors: Sentences, Semantics, Research Methodology, Graphs
Gulosino, Charisse – Education and the Public Interest Center, 2010
This report concludes that autonomy is a prerequisite for innovative and effective charter schools to emerge. Especially important is freedom from external bureaucratic control. Yet there is nothing in this report that addresses levels of autonomy in relationship to financial performance, resource allocation practices, academic results, and other…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Institutional Autonomy, Research Reports, Validity
Enoch, Jessica – Composition Studies, 2010
This essay reflects on the research methods the author employed to write three Chicana teachers into the history of rhetorical education. Her reflections ultimately push beyond her experience to explore how scholars can continue to research and investigate the pedagogies composed by and for marginalized populations at non-elite institutions. In…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Rhetoric, Mexican Americans, Teachers
Nijmeijer, Judith S.; Arias-Vasquez, Alejandro; Rommelse, Nanda N. J.; Altink, Marieke E.; Anney, Richard J. L.; Asherson, Philip; Banaschewski, Tobias; Buschgens, Cathelijne J. M.; Fliers, Ellen A.; Gill, Michael; Minderaa, Ruud B.; Poustka, Luise; Sergeant, Joseph A.; Buitelaar, Jan K.; Franke, Barbara; Ebstein, Richard P.; Miranda, Ana; Mulas, Fernando; Oades, Robert D.; Roeyers, Herbert; Rothenberger, Aribert; Sonuga-Barke, Edmund J. S.; Steinhausen, Hans-Christoph; Faraone, Stephen V.; Hartman, Catharina A.; Hoekstra, Pieter J. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2010
Objective: The genetic basis for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) symptoms in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was addressed using a genome-wide linkage approach. Method: Participants of the International Multi-Center ADHD Genetics study comprising 1,143 probands with ADHD and 1,453 siblings were analyzed. The total and…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Siblings, Autism, Genetics
