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Teacher Questioning Behavior During Classroom Discussions of Short Stories
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A holistic single-case study to explore how Christian secondary teachers describe their self-efficacy in integrating faith into learning through classroom discussions.
… for integrating faith and learning through classroom discussions after participating in a professional development opportunity on the Harkness method. The case was bound to those who engaged in either the Fall 2023 or Fall 2024 Harkness conference, those who attempted to implement the …
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The Organization of Classroom Discussions: A Study of How and Why Female Classroom Particiaption Differs Between Book Club Discussions and Whole-Class Reading Discussions
<p>This study investigated the organization of classroom discussions and its affects on the participation of third grade girls in two public school classrooms. It compared the participation of female students during reading utilizing the small-group technique of book club discussions (four to six …
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Challenging A Traditional Social Norm In A Second Grade Mathematics Classroom
In an attempt to examine classroom dialogue within a second grade classroom, I encouraged students to participate in mathematics discussions without needing to raise their hands before speaking. I challenged this traditional social norm and established sociomathematical norms as the study …
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An Investigation of the Test-Taking Skills and Associated Thinking Processes of Ninth Grade English Language Arts Students
… as they participated in bi-monthly audio-taped classroom discussions of their thinking on specific multiple-choice items. After each of these discussions, all students independently wrote to a common prompt in their journals to articulate their thinking. In addition, six focus students recorded …
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Jihad and American Education: An Examination of Textbook Inclusion
… the religious ideals of Islam within high school classrooms and has classroom discussions dealing with the societal profiles of Muslims been proactive or passive in dealing with this controversial issue? The method in which traditional American scholarly mindsets have approached the Islamic …
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The Effects of Online Discussions on Student Preparedness and Quiz Scores
… methods study investigated the effects of online discussions on student preparedness for chapter quizzes and quiz scores. Surveys, journal prompts, and paired t-tests, were used to determine student preparedness, frequency of participation in face-to-face classroom discussions, and a comparison of …
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Who's a Good Teacher?: Third, Fifth, and Seventh Graders Speak out
… possessed first-hand knowledge of intimate classroom dynamics. This study, therefore, was an effort to tap this valuable resource by interviewing 117 third, fifth, and seventh graders and asking them the following quest ions: “Think of the best teacher(s) you ever had. What made him (her) …
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Children's Behaviors and Emotions in Small -Group Argumentative Discussion: Explore the Influence of Big Five Personality Factors
… traits and small group learning during classroom discussions are both research fields that have undergone fast development in the past few decades. However, very few studies have investigated the relationship between individual personality characteristics and performance in discussions, …
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Students' Lived Experiences in Women's College Classrooms: A Phenomenological Study
… how women's college students make meaning of classroom practices, experiences, and interactions. The purpose of this study, a qualitative research endeavor in the hermeneutic phenomenological tradition, was to achieve a better understanding of the nature of the lived classroom experience at a …
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ThoughtSwap: Reinfrastructuring Classroom Discourse
… Facilitating and participating in conscientious classroom discourse is challenging. We present an approach — reinfrastructuring classroom discourse — by offering students and instructors more information in the initial moments of discourse through a system we developed, ThoughtSwap. This approach …
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Choosing identities: the politics and practices of classroom discourse on reproductive and genetic technologies
… analysis to explore how micro-political discussions around identity and new reproductive and genetic technologies (NRGTs) in classroom discussions may be connected to wider discourses. Although biotechnology in Ireland is represented by industry and the healthcare sector as a solution to …
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Thriving in the Academy: Thai Students' Experiences and Perspectives
… skill, given that composition program and classrooms are virtually nonexistent in Thai curricula and students coming into the U.S. academy from such educational backgrounds would have limited exposure to formal writing instruction. Interestingly, through thematic coding schemes, I found …
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Uncovering Best Practices for Professional Learning: A Focus on Dialogic Discourse
… in a paradox with an ever-changing world and classrooms frozen in time. Though technological advancements, societal changes, and policy reforms are continuously reshaping the world, classrooms have remained anchored in traditional teaching and learning practices. This study examined the …
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A Cultural Study of a Science Classroom and Graphing Calculator-based Technology
… have become part of the landscape of the classroom. One example, graphing calculator-based technology, has found its way from commercial and domestic applications into the pedagogy of science and math education. The purpose of this study was to investigate the culture of an "alternative" …
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Proof and reasoning in an inquiry-oriented class: The impact of classroom discourse
… 2003). Current research indicates that the classroom environment, including the activities and discussions that take place, can have a significant effect on the ways students make sense of mathematical concepts (Yackel, 2001). Understanding mathematics involves knowing how to make sense of …
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Using clickers in an isiXhosa Communication Course: A case study on implementation of Interactive Student Response Systems (clickers) for learning isiXhosa as an Additional Language in Higher Education clinical settings
… started answering the MCQs until the post-test classroom discussions had ended. The students' MCQ responses were polled and then displayed in the form of histograms. Additional data were collected by means of a post-intervention questionnaire, from focus group discussions and with informal staff …
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Under-Prepared College Students' Perceptions of the Impact of Technology Integration in a Developmental Reading Course
… data streams: large group and small group class discussions, electronic submissions of personal reflections, answers to teacherresearcher- generated questions and questions and answers to student-generated questions posted to a Yahoo Discussion Group, a Character Analysis document using …
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Voices of the invisible: A critical ethnography of youth put at risk in an age of disposability
… at Griffith Educational Center and/or in the classroom through the theoretical and ideological lens of resistance. In-depth semi-structured interviews, fieldnotes, audio recorded classroom discussions, and participant observation techniques were used to collect data. A grounded theory approach …
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Student engagement: a general concept and in vocal classroom communication
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2024-08-01
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