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An examination of advisement techniques of middle school teachers.
(1999)
This study examined advisement techniques middle school teachers in schools, without formal advisement programs, utilized during class time that were related to advisement. The study examined two questions: (1) What ...
A case study of the adoption of a technology-based innovation in an urban school district: An e-portfolio initiative.
(2007)
The study also provides several recommendations for further research. Recommendations include the expansion of several demographic and/or contextual data points in an effort to provide rich narrative of the environment ...
NOT UPGRADED TOURISM: A CASE STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF A SHORT-TERM STUDY ABROAD EXPERIENCE IN ISRAEL
(2018-05-11)
International education has been evolving in the past decade, with short-term study abroad programs gradually growing to be the dominant type of program. With this growth comes the need to develop a concentrated and impactful ...
Mathematics in a ubiquitous computing environment: Communication, roles, and sense making.
(2003)
In conclusion, e-mail served as a conversational and instructional tool for a college mathematics class. E-mails provided the students a conversational tool in which they were able to converse with the professor about ...
A window on school-age care.
(2001)
The purpose of this study was to examine the interrelationships of the many characteristics that may contribute to the quality of school-age child care and to examine, from an ecological perspective, school-age child care ...
Taiwanese teachers' beliefs about student self-determination: Implications for multicultural education.
(2007)
A critical ethnographic methodology based on constructive epistemological assumptions was used to investigate the perspectives of five Taiwanese teachers from different ethnic/language groups. Interview data were further ...
The Early Childhood Mealtime as a Learning Environment: Practices, Children's Behaviors, and Teachers' Perspectives
(2021-08-05)
This dissertation examines the early care and education mealtime as a learning environment. Manuscript one proposes a new improved conceptual framework that addresses the need for better alignment of teachers’ practices ...
A Phenomenological Study of Rural, High Schools Students' Experiences in Cognitive Apprenticeship Methodology
(2018-05-11)
Presently the United States has a deficit of qualified STEM applicants and is relying on foreign students to relieve the shortfall. To relieve this deficit, members of underrepresented populations, such as women and ...
DIALOGICAL APPROACHES TO ENHANCING DISCUSSION, WRITING, AND THINKING IN A RURAL UNIVERSITY
(2017-05)
This action research self study explored how dialogic instruction influenced 21 freshman composition students’ quality of discussion, writing practices, and ability to critical think and reflect on their learning. The study ...
Exploring children's geometric thinking.
(1998)
This study examined seven 4th and 5th graders' geometric thinking, specifically their understanding in the areas of area and volume. Base Ten Blocks, Tangrams, questions on 2-D and 3-D are three categories of geometric ...