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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Student-Generated"”.
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The effect of rubrics on second grade students' abilities to write a personal story
… this study were to (a) evaluate the effects of a student-generated instructional rubric on second grade students' (<em>n</em> = 21) abilities to write personal stories and their understanding of the qualities of good writing; and (b) assess student metacognitive behavior resulting from the use of …
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When Data Matter: Evaluating Data Prioritization for Department-Level Decision-Making in Higher Education
… the school’s mission to deliver an exceptional student experience. The evaluation took place at a school of professional and continuing education at a private institution in the Mountain West region. This evaluation’s central focus was to learn what the assumptions were that informed how the …
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Reflecting Responsibly: Effective Tools to Promote Culturally Responsive Teaching in the TESOL Classroom
… self-analysis and rarely receive valid, student-generated feedback on classroom procedures. Such detachment usually results in perfunctory application of CRT, thus failing to accommodate the multicultural and linguistic identities of ELLs. In a bid to resolve this recurring issue, a …
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A comparison of three selected study strategies on the dimensions of effectiveness and efficiency
… with emphasis on text structure and main idea student-generated questions, and 3) Question, Read, Question-Product (QRQ-P), designed to develop greater metacognitive awareness of the user, were compared on three criterion measures of comprehension accuracy, time to study, and confidence in …
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The Fiber of South Carolina Higher Education Philanthropy: A Historical Case Analysis of James C. Self and the Self Family Foundation
… institutions. In South Carolina and other states student-generated revenue is the primary source of institutional funding. In order to keep tuition and student fees as low as possible, colleges and universities are seeking private funds to support their institutions. Many institutions, especially …
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The development and evaluation of listening/note-taking materials for ESL student
… a pre-test/post-test situation, teacher- and student-generated feedback on rating scales and classroom observation) indicates that these materials are effective and thereby supports the validity of the concerns outlined in the literature review.
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The Effects of Reading Nonfiction Aloud on the Vocabulary Acquisition of Middle-School Students
… but which related to the curriculum which the students would be experiencing in eighth grade. Pretests and posttests were administered to all 6 classes comprising 154 students. Reading ability was included as a variable. Target words comprised of technical and nontechnical words. Assessments …
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"And then you can prove them wrong": The college experiences of students with intellectual and developmental disability labels
… chronicles the college experiences of students with intellectual and developmental disability labels enrolled in an inclusive postsecondary program, as told by them. Using student-generated digital photographs as visual supports around which to organize focus group conversations, I …
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Documentation panels: Evidence of scientific literacy in a primary multi age classroom: Teaching at the edge of magic
… learning demonstrated by 5, 6, 7, and 8 year old students through the use of student created documentation panels while at the same time providing me with an insightful and critical look at my pedagogy. Within the context of my primary multi age classroom setting I investigate my use of nonfiction …
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Diagramming Prior Knowledge in the Classroom: A Case Study
Engaging the student's prior knowledge is considered by educational researchers to be an important part of constructing a strong foundation for new learning. Diagrams are one technique used in the classroom. Jill Larkin and Herbert Simon described the computational advantages of diagrams over text …
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Smoothing the information seeking path: Removing representational obstacles in the middle-school digital library.
Middle school student's interaction within a digital library is explored. Issues of interface features used, obstacles encountered, search strategies and search techniques used, and representation obstacles are examined. A mechanism for evaluating user's descriptors is tested and effects of …
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Under-Prepared College Students' Perceptions of the Impact of Technology Integration in a Developmental Reading Course
… 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 Powerpoint, and an audiotape of a whole class discussion. Also included in the data streams was an …
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Beneath The Ruin Bars: A Philosophical And Empirical Journey Through The Multi-Layered Tourism Milieu Of Budapest's Party District
… design. Phase 1 combines visual analysis of student-generated photographic data with interviews of tourism professionals, entrepreneurs, and public-sector stakeholders to capture how the district is perceived, symbolically represented, and socially experienced. Phase 2 focuses on cultural …
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"I am a scientist": How setting conditions that enhance focused concentration positively relate to student motivation and achievement outcomes in inquiry-based science
<p>This research investigated how student social interactions within two approaches to an inquiry-based science curriculum could be related to student motivation and achievement outcomes. This qualitative case study consisted of two cases, Off-Campus and On-Campus, and used ethnographic techniques …
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Using Vignettes to Develop Higher-Order Thinking and Academic Achievement in Adult Learners in an Online Environment
… (Wittrock, 2000) was incorporated when requiring students to answer teacher-generated vignettes and to generate their own vignettes. As a result of using vignettes within the Generative Learning Model in a hybrid online course, three outcomes were anticipated: 1) enhancement of academic …
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A decision support system for tuition and fee policy analysis
… and a major portion of the cost of a student's education. The university administration's task of making sound and effective tuition and fee policy decisions is becoming both more critical and more complex. This is a result of the increased reliance on student-generated tuition-and-fee …
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Using the Practices of Science in Elementary Schoolyard Inquiry Investigations
… goal of this study was to explore how elementary students engage with and make sense of the practices of science when involved in authentic scientific investigations guided by student-generated questions. Since communication and collaborative work are inherent in the practice of science, the study …
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STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF FACTORS RELATED TO TRANSITION PLANNING THAT SUPPORT THEIR PURSUIT OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
… education based on the perceptions of students with disabilities. The present study was guided by the following research question: What factors related to transition planning support high school students with disabilities in their pursuit of postsecondary education? A qualitative …
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Characterizing Student Attention in Technology-Infused Classrooms Using Real-time Active Window Data
… in our current understanding of their impact on student attention and learning. While some researchers report increased student learning, others report computers as a distraction to learning. To address this conflict, the research community must gain a fundamental understanding of how students …
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Capturing the multiple landscapes of excellence: perceptions, enactment, and evaluations of teaching practices in four university undergraduate courses
… major stakeholders in college classrooms, the students and their teachers. These landscapes were described and examined with an eye towards gleaning conceptualizations of teaching excellence that could inform the construction of an integrated landscape. Such an integrated landscape could serve …
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