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South Florida Education Research Conference

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2016

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Web 2.0 Directed Learning Activities In Gifted, Fifth Grade Students, Hemaghini Das, Gerene K. Starratt Sep 2016

Web 2.0 Directed Learning Activities In Gifted, Fifth Grade Students, Hemaghini Das, Gerene K. Starratt

South Florida Education Research Conference

The proposed research project was developed to address students’ poor performance on weekly spelling tests. A blog format on the classroom website will be introduced as an ancillary homework activity. This study strives to find an engaging method for additional practice that improves students’ scores with use.


Adequate Support For Distance Learners: An Ongoing Challenge For Distance Education Programs, Elizabeth K. Adadi Sep 2016

Adequate Support For Distance Learners: An Ongoing Challenge For Distance Education Programs, Elizabeth K. Adadi

South Florida Education Research Conference

Distance education is a thriving force that has been challenged with a lack of satisfactory student support services in many postsecondary institutions for almost a decade. This symposium attends to the need of a support services base that can suitably tend to the learning needs of students enrolled in distance education programs. An examination of a student support services structure already in place at a public 4-year institution will be performed so as to identify factors that are called for in the design and development of services that can effectively motivate, sustain, and guide students enrolled in distance education programs