This study is situated within a self-study research methods course to scaffold doctoral students' explorations of the intersections of their culture, and research interests using arts as a tool. Embracing the arts as a research method, the first author painted a self-portrait using the vibrant colors of Madhubani art which holds cultural significance to her. She utilized Blumer's (1986) and Mead's (1934) theory of symbolic interactionism to explain the process of her self-development as a...
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This is the first hour of a four-hour pre-conference session of the 1998 Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS) annual conference. Related notes for this session can be found at www.don.ratcliff.net/qual/1.htm
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This is the fourth hour of a four-hour pre-conference session of the 1998 Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS) annual conference. Related notes for this session can be found at www.don.ratcliff.net/qual/1.htm
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This study investigated factors affecting the success of African American students at a large, predominantly white, Catholic commuter institution, with approximately 10 percent African American enrollment. The study examined how students perceived campus climate; environmental factors impeding success and contributing to success; the effect of students' perceptions and expectations of the university environment on their experiences; and knowledge and actions successful African Americans used to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Black Students, Catholic Schools, College...
Strategy instruction is useful in teaching contexts. This paper examines the effects of strategy instruction in an EFL reading comprehension course carried out with 26 undergraduate students at a Colombian university. As a research method, a case study was implemented. There were three instruments with which to collect data: reading comprehension tests, teacher's field notes and self-reflection in class at the strategy instruction phase, and a learning perception questionnaire. Given that...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Reading Strategies, Second Language...
The purpose of this study is to describe the following things: (1) contributions of both hard and soft skills in entrepreneurship learning in SMK Kartika IV-1 Malang; (2) how to increase hard and soft skills on entrepreneurship learning in SMK Kartika IV-1 Malang; and (3) the purpose hard and the soft skills. The research findings showed that: (1) hard and soft skills is meant to build the entrepreneurship spirit of the students; (2) hard and soft skills is meant to motivate students to do...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Skill Development, High School Seniors, Grade...
The thought of shared leadership offers teachers a vision of more control of central issues of concern, opportunities for significant decision making, and the development of a more democratic environment. This paper presents an account of the success and frustrations encountered by an elementary school throughout an 18-month period of school-based management implementation. An ethnographic indepth study of a single school site was conducted. Data were gathered by the facilitator/researcher who...
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This paper examines the cultural safety offered to Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students within their university environments. In the context of this paper, cultural safety includes cultural competency, as recently subscribed by Universities Australia, and "extends beyond (to) cultural awareness and cultural sensitivity" (Bin Sellik, 2003, p. 210) and includes putting in place explicit measures to address racism of all types. Informing this study were interviews...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Indigenous Populations, Pacific Islanders, Cultural Awareness, Racial Bias,...
This qualitative study examined fourth-year undergraduate students' responses to reflective writing prompts and journal entries related to their practical experiences in two capstone courses, both based in SBL/PBL pedagogies. We examined their "strategic" approaches to learning that make engagement with subject matter and learning processes more instrumental than meaningfully grasped and applied. Three levels of analysis were used in a recursive process of description, reduction, and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Seniors, Service Learning, Problem Based Learning, Reflection, Learning...
One of the linguistic outcomes of the sustained contact of a target language (L2) with a source language (L1) in the course of history is the adaptation and integration of loanwords from the former into the lexicon of the latter. This paper discusses the phonological strategies and parameters for the adaptation of English consonants (which mainly affect nouns) into Efik. The paper discusses the factors that are responsible for borrowing and convergence as well as the linguistic consequences of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, English (Second Language), English Instruction, English Language Learners, Phonology,...
This paper investigates how Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can improve reading habits among university students. We also investigated the influence of home culture, school culture and disposable income on reading habit. Our main objective was to assess the effect of ICT on the reading habit of particularly university students in Uganda. We adopted a qualitative phenomenological approach for the study in order to get an in-depth understanding of how the ICT phenomenon impacts...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Reading Habits, College Students, Information Technology, Family...
This paper looks at the design process of an inquiry-based mathematics and science unit in two urban grade nine classes. Three teachers who teach in an urban, all-girls' junior high school collaborated with math/science and educational experts to design and implement the unit. Results showed the following: teachers needed to be flexible regarding the direction of the unit, collaborating with experts helped teachers to design a more authentic unit, topic selection needed to be carefully...
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The paper demonstrates and evaluates the effectiveness of a blended learning approach to create a meaningful learning environment. We use the term blended learning approach in this paper to refer to the use of multiple or hybrid instructional methods that emphasize the role of learners as contributors to the learning process rather than recipients of learning. Contribution to learning is attained by using in class gaming as pathways that ensure active involvement of learners. Using a blended...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Blended Learning, Teaching Methods, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Games,...
The effectiveness of using storybooks during read-alouds to develop children's comprehension skills as well as in understanding the story has been widely studied. The reading aloud strategy has also been proven through numerous researches to be the most highly recommended activity for encouraging language and literacy. The study identified the comprehension strategies used by the teachers during their read-aloud sessions, matched teachers' current practices using the comprehension strategies to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Reading Aloud to Others, Books, English (Second Language), Elementary School...
Recent modifications to the Turkish educational system have mandated that instruction in English begin in the 2nd grade, rather than the 4th grade, as was previously required. Consequently, substantial modification of the elementary (2nd through 8th grade) English language teaching program has been carried out in order to accommodate this change. Successful implementation of the new program may be significantly affected by the efforts of elementary school administrators to incorporate the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Change, Curriculum, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning,...
The aim of this study of ICT policy in K-12 education in Sudan is to investigate the status of planning for technology in education and then determine how the advantage of ICT can best serve the educational system and improve educational outcomes. The study examined two plans for ICT in education, addition to an interview with the educational planning manager, and information center of federal ministry of general education, and other documents from the ministry of education, as well as...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Foreign Countries, Elementary...
The word "UNESCO" was created by being taken the initials of "United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". UNESCO has undertaken two main objectives as it can be understood from the name of the organization. This organization is an international organization that works for the expedience of the world in long term and as a whole aims to serve to the aims of United Nations including humanitarian purposes. Moreover, the organization aims to support and...
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The aim of this study was to explore the professional development needs of lecturers at Kenyan universities. Specifically, the study investigated the challenges that lecturers and their learners face while in class. It also explored the professional development needs of the lecturers, preferred modes of delivery of the professional development programs and changes that lecturers need to effect in their practice of teaching in order to improve student learning outcomes. The study was guided by...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Faculty Development, Educational Needs, Needs...
The current study aims to identify teacher and administrator views regarding primary school principals' accountability. The case study model, a qualitative research method, was adopted in the study using the holistic single-case design. The working group was composed of a total of 56 individuals, 42 teachers and 14 administrators (11 principals and 3 assistant principals), employed in primary schools centered in the province of Bolu during the 2012-2013 academic year. They were identified via...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Principals, Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign...
The influence of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in developing ways on how to better deliver instruction has been regarded as beneficial in education. In language teaching, the use of ICT is an impactful experience. It is therefore the purpose of this study to delve into the experiences, perceptions and attitudes of a novice and an experienced language teacher about ICT integration in teaching English as a Second Language (ESL). Establishing similarities and differences on the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Second...
The potential for computer-supported learning in educational contexts has opened up the possibilities for learners to interact in informal contexts outside the classroom. The context of the present research is a young American individual's vlog on YouTube sharing his experiences as a learner of French. This paper focuses on the potential use of vlogs for developing language speaking skills and intercultural exchanges between users. The aim of the study is to describe and analyse informal...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Electronic Publishing, Electronic Journals, Student Journals, Web Sites, Video...
Physics of music is an area that is covered by interdisciplinary approach. In this study it is aimed to determine prospective music teachers' level of association with physics concepts which are related to music. The research is a case study which combines qualitative and quantitative methods. Eighty-four students who were studying at the Department of Music Education participated to the study. A data collection instrument which included qualitative and quantitative items with an...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Physics, Music Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Music Teachers, Preservice...
Purpose: This paper reports a study that investigated the interactions of six students learning to write narrative essays on an online narrative writing platform (ONWP). Participants were six students and a teacher from an urban Chinese Secondary School in the northern region of Malaysia. Methodology: The qualitative data used in this study were online interaction archives and narrative essays collected from an ONWP used by the teacher to teach narrative writing. The student-teacher...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Writing Skills, Writing Processes, Narration, Foreign Countries, Teacher Student...
South African schools are constantly faced with evolving needs and challenges characterised by change. As in other countries, schools in South Africa encounter pressure to "produce more for less" and at the same time to achieve certain goals and standards. Transforming schools into inviting institutions requires a paradigm shift among the principals and staff. The International Alliance for Invitational Education views invitational education (IE) as a means of changing classrooms into...
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A sample of preservice teacher education students (N=23) enrolled in their second set of core courses was presented with a scenario to learn their willingness to begin teaching immediately. The scenario, which asked them to respond by either accepting or rejecting a job offer in an urban public school setting, was presented on the second day of the class and again near the end of the semester. Students were also asked to justify in writing their perceptions of the skills and knowledge they...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Students, Education Courses, Elementary Education, Higher Education,...
Introduction: The Multiple Mini-Interview (MMI) format appears to mitigate individual rater biases. However, the format itself may introduce structural systematic bias, favoring extroverted personality types. This study aimed to gain a better understanding of these biases from the perspective of the interviewer. Methods: A sample of MMI interviewers participated in a series of primary and follow-up one-on-one semi-structured interviews. Interviews pursued subjects of perception of biases...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Interviews, Interrater Reliability, Qualitative Research, Semi Structured Interviews,...
Visioning a world class university is certainly an appropriate target for a university. Realizing this vision would need an expansion of knowledge and greater English proficiency as in this period of history, English is the language of IT which is an important key to acquiring knowledge. Using a sample of 40 level one students from UiTM Dungun this study found that in tandem with studies done elsewhere, extensive reading does seem to make a difference in the proficiency level of the students....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Second Language Learning, Reading Processes, English (Second Language), Gender...
Behavioural teaching programmes that had long been used in Turkey began changing in 2005. In a significant development, new programmes based on constructivism have come to the fore. The adaptation of teachers in this transitional process and their internalization of this new approach have been of utmost importance for the success of the programme. Difficulties faced by experienced primary school teachers in particular have become a serious matter that should be qualitatively addressed. This...
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This research was performed with the purpose of examining the differences of acclaim, their causes, and acclaim status of original recordings of popular songs and their cover versions rearranged in different styles. The research was conducted using the qualitative research method. The participants were asked to listen to three songs with two different cover versions of each. The researcher then asked them to complete a survey form. The research subjects were the second semester junior and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Popular Culture, Music, Preservice Teachers, Qualitative Research, Singing, Surveys,...
The purpose of this study is to describe the motivational factors of pre-service teachers' school-based learning. The study group comprised of 99 pre-service teachers in Eskisehir, Turkey. 53 of them (19 males and 34 females) were history teachers; and 46 of them (25 males and 22 females) were mathematics pre-service teachers. Data was collected via an open ended form which includes questions concerning their experiences and expectations in school. The questions were meant to identify and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Learning...
As diverse members of a college of education evaluation committee one of our charges is to support faculty as we document and improve our teaching. Our committee asked faculty to respond to three qualitative questions, documenting ways in which interdepartmental and cross-department conversations are used to promote reflective thinking about our practice. Three of us investigated the use of CAQDAS to provide an additional level of analysis and how we learned more about ourselves as scholars...
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In this article, the author provides insight into the pedagogical processes for delegating mathematical authority to students, through the use of specific classroom structures, as a means to strive toward equity. Employing qualitative methods, the author analyzes transcripts of classroom video, along with field notes and teacher and student interviews, collected during one semester of the participating teacher's Algebra I course. The author addresses how the teacher's practice was striving...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Student Participation, Power Structure,...
In 1996, the Tennessee Department of Education collaborated with Appalachia Educational Laboratory to conduct research on the use of the Internet as a tool for instruction in Tennessee K-12 schools, focusing on ways in which experienced teachers use the Internet to enhance students' intellectual development. This study explored the following questions: Can the Internet become a part of meaningful instruction? What sorts of professional development activities support use of the Internet as a...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication,...
English foreign-language users often overuse words when faced with difficult situations. Called gushing, such excessive use of words is often legitimately employed by native speakers to express, for instance, gratitude and apologies when a simple "thank you" or "sorry" does not sufficiently convey an interlocutor's feelings. This paper examines the appropriateness and effectiveness of gushing when employed by advanced students facing difficult situations. Answering discourse...
Topics: ERIC Archive, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Verbal Communication, Advanced...
Two questions are posed in this study: What is the role of social and political acumen in dynamic educational leadership, and what are the implications for leadership development programs? The philosophical, psychological, and the sociological characteristics of leadership were investigated to understand the role of social and political acumen in dynamic educational leadership, and the implications for planning and implementing leadership programs. Information from sociology, philosophy, and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, Leadership Training, Political Issues,...
The Product Design and Development (PDD) course is part of the graduate curriculum in the Engineering Design and Advanced Manufacturing (EDAM) study in the MIT-Portugal Program. The research participants included about 110 students from MIT, EDAM, and two universities in Portugal, Instituto Superior Técnico-Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (IST) and the Universidade do Porto (FEUP). We investigated the PDD EDAM course in the context of the two other groups who studied a similar course in a...
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This study was aimed at mapping features of constructivist activities in higher education settings, constructing and validating a new scale for measuring their presence in lecture face-to-face based environments (LBE), seminars (SM), and distance learning environments (DLE). A mix-method approach was implemented in three phases. The first phase was aimed at qualitatively analysing classroom observational activities as experienced by students, in order to learn about actual instantiations of the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Constructivism (Learning), Questionnaires, Higher Education, Distance Education,...
The South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE), introduced in 1992-93, is a credential and formal qualification within the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF). SACE was recently subjected to a review that led to a series of significant recommendations. These recommendations came out of a process that began with the Review Panel scrutinizing existing SACE structures for continuing validity and effectiveness. This paper critically examines claims made by the Review Panel of a...
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A multidimensional item response theory (IRT) model for polytomously scored items, based on the graded response model and using the normal ogive, is developed; and an EM algorithm that may be used to estimate the parameters of the model is also discussed. The model is illustrated through a simulation study in which the polytomous item responses of 6 items and 5,000 respondents were generated by the RESGEN computer program. The relationships between the factor loadings and multidimensional...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation, Equations (Mathematics), Estimation...
This study used an oral history method to collect data from contemporary citizens who grew up in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s. The primary purpose of the study was to gather historical evidence from those eras and identify participants' life themes and values. A secondary purpose was to implement interdisciplinary collaboration among different departments of the university. The research process included: (1) identifying participants; (2) identifying artists; (3) seeking...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Art, College Instruction, Higher Education, History Instruction, Interdisciplinary...
The goals of this assessment of electronic government information products were to: identify medium and format standards that are the most appropriate for permanent public access; assess the cost-effectiveness and usefulness of various alternative medium/format standards; and identify public and private medium/format standards that could be used for products throughout their entire information life cycle. The study utilized both quantitative and qualitative data collection activities: a survey...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Information, Cost Effectiveness, Depository Libraries, Electronic...
This paper offers concrete examples from recent policy research about how qualitative and quantitative methods can be combined to better address research questions. Using a conceptual framework developed by Rossman and Wilson (1985), later expanded by Greene, Caracelli, and Graham (1989), the paper discusses how the design and analysis phases of research can apply mixed methods to enhance understandings of social phenomena. A purposive sample of 57 mixed-methods evaluation studies was used to...
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This article reports on a study conducted at Universidad Nacional de Colombia in the foreign language extension courses. The author shows how young learners who study English in this program can develop their oral production by making and listening to music. The study took place in the first semester of 2009 and followed the qualitative and descriptive approaches to classroom research. The author describes how young learners view music as a ludic tool that will improve their oral performance...
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