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Showing 1 to 20 of 86 for “"Learning contexts"”.
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Gaming the past : designing and using digital games as historical learning contexts
… produced and effectively implemented in these contexts.Succinctly, this research project was designed to explore, reflect and evaluate, through the establishment of an ongoing dialogue between practice and theory, the effectiveness of video games as educational instruments for learning and …
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The nature and role of social presence in audiographic, synchronous online language learning contexts
… ask how SP is perceived to influence language learning and what factors impact on the projection of SP from the learner perspective. I also ask if these perceptions are evidenced through observed aspects of tutor and learner participation. Within the field of computer-mediated communication …
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The "educationally disadvantaged" student : factors impacting upon conceptions of learning and perceptions of learning contexts
… an individual-difference model of student learning, this study set out to explore the manifestations of qualitative differences in study behaviour at the individual level, amongst a group of educationally disadvantaged students enrolled in the Academic Support Programme in Engineering at …
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"In this class automatic my words come out": Implementing process drama in two Malaysian English language-learning contexts
… drama implementation in two English language-learning contexts in the southern part of Malaysia. My aim of this study was to examine whether process drama was a possible method for producing learners who are more confident in speaking English. This study attempted to fill a gap in using …
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Formal teacher competence and its effect on learner reading achievement in multilingual learning contexts of Livingstone district in Zambia.
… on learner reading achievement in multilingual learning contexts of Livingstone District in Zambia. Guided by the Expertise, Translanguaging, and Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) theories, the study addressed the following objectives: to examine the effect of teacher professional …
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Formal teacher competence and its effect on learner reading achievement in multilingual learning contexts of Livingstone district in Zambia.
… on learner reading achievement in multilingual learning contexts of Livingstone District in Zambia. Guided by the Expertise, Translanguaging, and Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) theories, the study addressed the following objectives: to examine the effect of teacher professional …
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Learning (contexts) environments of young children in Zambia: daily experiences, quality of care and developmental outcomes in day care centres in Lusaka.
… children assessed include daily routines such as learning time, play time, eating time, and safety of children. To assess quality, teacher qualifications, salary, child-teacher ratio, and teaching aids where considered. The results indicate that adequate preschools pay their teachers a good amount …
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An investigation into how youth ice hockey coaches learn to coach and their use of the Internet
… coach. Based on Sfard's (1998) two metaphors of learning (acquisition and participation), this study aims to investigate formal training programs as well as informal experiences in which youth ice hockey coaches are involved with. This study also attempts to present how coaches use the Internet, …
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Knowledge transformation in a mobile learning environment : an interpretive inquiry of ubiquitous context and social presence awareness
… support as they drift from formal to informal learning contexts. The alternative for these learners is to engage in a learning activity though social interaction with knowledgeable peers who share a background. Learning actions are influenced gy changes in the environment and social awareness. …
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From math activities to math homework: How interaction context shapes parents’ involvement and children’s math learning
… less constructive than in other home-based math learning activities such as math games. My dissertation investigates how attributes of math learning contexts—specifically, time flexibility, choice, and performance orientation—shape the quality of parents’ math parenting practices and children’s …
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The impact of learning context on the acquisition of sociopragmatic variation patterns in non-native speaker teachers of English
… cross-sectional investigation of the impact of learning contexts on the acquisition of sociopragmatic variation patterns and the subsequent enactment of compound identities. The informants are 20 non-native speaker teachers of English from a range of 10 European countries. They are all primarily …
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Teacher-Student Dialogue in Synchronous Videoconferencing Environments: A Design-Based Research Study
… that can promote engaging and collaborative learning, there is an obvious lack of research on the live interactions in VC-mediated learning contexts. In an effort to fill this gap, this PhD project explored the technical affordances of VC to support learning through dialogue as well as the …
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Enhancing dialogue to reduce transactional distance: a case of using mobile mediated social media in a virtual group activity
… creating misunderstandings in any formation of learning contexts. Distance education is seen as providing both opportunities and challenges. The distance programme being studied has experienced high deferment rates. However, the lack of communication infrastructural challenges and specifically …
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Knowledge Development, Technology and Quality of Experience in Collaborative Learning Environments
Collaborative learning approach is becoming more and more popular in practice, and technology is becoming more and relevant to assure learning outcomes. Several recent studies have investigated the role of technology, as well as researchers have defined different metrics to assess learning outcomes …
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Inventing a classroom: An ethnographic study of a third-grade, bilingual learning community
… invention and social convention in natural learning experiences, thereby building on Kenneth S. Goodman's theory of language development. The specific evidence of a high level of intellectual expectation, symmetric power and trust relationships between students and teachers, authentic …
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The negotiation of teaching presence in international online contexts
… computer mediated communication in educational contexts (Garrison, Anderson, Archer, 2000). However, it is somewhat surprising that although the community of inquiry framework has been developed based on distance education contexts, it does not consider the complexities of the community’s global …
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An investigation of students' computer-based learning strategies
… in the development and use of computer based learning technology in tertiary education. At the same time, researchers in the field of education have begun to develop an understanding of student learning in terms of learning strategies. Such constructs represent motives, behaviours and thought …
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Purposes, processes and parameters of continuing professional learning
… and synergies between continuing professional learning contexts of academy, workplace and profession, and considers what factors and approaches of learning contribute to common good in societies. In a review of literature, historical trends in professions and professional learning, concerns of …
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"Punk Has Always Been My School": The Educative Experience of Punk Learners
… Punk engagement impacts learner self-concept and learning development. Through the phenomenological in-depth interviewing of six adult participants located in Los Angeles, California and Gainesville, Florida, narrative data is interpreted to reveal their education journey that contains …
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The soil of transformation: grounding culturally responsive practices in a theory-driven coaching framework
… and instructional coaching. Grounded in adult learning theory, constructivist and cognitive learning theory, situated learning, reflective practice, and teacher efficacy, the framework provides a cyclical and context-responsive structure for educator growth. Using a qualitative theory …
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