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Teaching what we know: Perspectives on the teaching practices and writing habits of freshman composition instructors.
(1998)
I found that each participant defined the word "writer" in a different way. They also established individual criteria for whether they were writers; for example, the participant who wrote prolifically did not consider ...
Perceptions of AIDS education issues: A qualitative study of at risk individuals.
(1998)
The research affirmed certain elements of current AIDS education theories and revealed areas which should be added to instructional methods and curriculum content. Significant patterns affecting the participants' behavior ...
A teacher's perspective of the effectiveness of the Shurley Method of Language Arts Instruction.
(1998)
Research methods included observations of the language arts teacher in fifth-grade classrooms, interviews, and stimulated recall interviews. Administrators were also interviewed to assist in determining the context of the ...
An analysis of stage theory related to beginning social studies teachers: Research on professional development.
(1998)
With the consideration of the purpose and goals of this study, a qualitative research paradigm, with emphasis on using constant comparative analysis, was applied in this investigation. Data that were gathered in this ...
Conceptual development and retention within the learning cycle.
(1998)
Qualitative analyses were used to examine how students' concept development is mediated by classroom discussions and the students' small cooperative learning group. It was discovered that there was a correlation between ...
Ethos and the politics of habit: Class, character, and coercion in Aristotelian rhetorics.
(1998)
Middle-class professional ethos has undergone significant shifts from the "personality market" described by Erich Fromm and C. Wright Mills to the postmodern knowledge worker or "symbolic analyst" described by Robert Reich. ...
An investigation of meaningful understanding and effectiveness of the implementation of Piagetian and Ausubelian theories in physics instruction.
(1998)
This research suggested that Piaget and Ausubel used different terminology to describe learning yet these theories are similar. Further research is needed to validate this premise and validate the blending of the two theories.
An assessment of attitude change in preservice physical education majors after exposure to movement education.
(1998)
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of exposure before and after the 16-week course, Skills and Techniques of Movement, Exercise, and Fitness on preservice physical education majors' attitudes toward ...
An examination of factors influencing United States student perceptions of native and non-native United States teacher effectiveness.
(1998)
Future research directions for integrating intercultural communication and intracultural communication concerns are discussed. Implications for training non-native U.S. instructors and developing future programs to enable ...