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Teaching For Social Justice Through Critical Mathematical Inquiry, Steven Greenstein, Mark Russo

Occasional Paper Series

No abstract provided.

Marginal Commentary: Are Students And Instructors On The Same Page?, Maria Ornella Treglia

Teaching/Writing: The Journal of Writing Teacher Education

This article reports the findings of 141 student questionnaires and interviews with six teachers to investigate whether first-year students’ preferences align with their teachers’ written commentary in composition classes in an urban community college. Results show that students appreciate and rely on teacher commentary and prefer it to be clear, detailed, and supportive. They indicated that commentary that combines the message with a positive phrase works best. Teachers, on the other hand, were not aware of their students’ needs and preferences, and expressed self-doubt and frustration about their students’ reception of written commentary.

Early Career Teacher Development Program: Two-Years-On Survey Development, Katherine L. Dix, Syeda Kashfee Ahmed

Professional learning for teachers and school leaders

This report, the second of three, presents insights into the development of the Two-Years-On survey to inform the South Australian Department for Education’s Early Career Teacher Development (ECTD) program evaluation, conducted by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). The focus of Report 2 is a review of existing similar surveys and the development of this new survey for the evaluation in 2019 and possible ongoing use for program monitoring. The program was launched in January 2017 and is designed to support the induction and professional development of early career teachers (ECTs) in their first two years. The program involves …

Towards The Identification And Assessment Of Transversal Skills, Deirdre Goggin, Irene Sheridan, Fjóla Lárusdóttir, Gigja Guðmundsdóttir

Conference Papers

Much has been written in recent decades about transversal skills. The term is often used interchangeably with ‘soft skills’ and ‘transferable skills’. One can also refer to ‘key skills’ and ‘core skills’. The Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) assesses the proficiency of adults specifically three areas: literacy, numeracy and problem solving in technology-rich environments. “These three are considered to be “key information-processing skills” in that they are:
• necessary for fully integrating and participating in the labour market, education and training, and social and civic life;
• highly transferable, in that they are relevant to many social contexts and work …

Growth To Achievement: On-Demand Resources For Teachers, Christine Cawsey Am, John Hattie, Geoff N. Masters Ao

Monitoring Learning

A central finding of the Review to Achieve Educational Excellence in Australian Schools (the Excellence Review) was that learning progressions can help teachers tailor their teaching to support students’ achievement through continuous learning growth. Aligned, online and on-demand assessments, combined with professional learning and resources, will aid the use and interpretation of learning progressions in order to maximise the learning growth and attainment of every student every year. The Commonwealth Minister for Education and Training has established an expert reference panel to shape a shared vision for this important work and provide advice on how to take it forward. The …

Language In Leadership: A Dialogic (Re)Assessment Of The Four Frames Approach For Educational Administrators, Jeremy Dennis

Journal of Educational Leadership in Action

Educators have found the theories of Paulo Freire attractive for a variety of reasons. As more scholars in critical pedagogy highlight the interdisciplinary appeal and applicability of Freirean thought, they have attracted the attention of faculty in a wide range of disciplines and interdisciplines, including leadership studies. However, the integration of Freirean concepts with those in leadership theory can be productive and problematic for teacher-leaders. Integration has led to the emergence of transformative practices. It also resulted in the proliferation of conceptual innovations and proposals that, upon closer inspection, reveal how ideas and concepts often compete when they are (mis)appropriated. …

Novice Principals' Transformational And Transactional Leadership Practices, Maria De Lourdes Viloria, Gloria Palau, Jeanette Montalvo

Journal of Educational Leadership in Action

Novice school principals’ challenges range from school and curricular restructuring, pressures of accountability, and changing local initiatives. The interplay from these different variables leads some novice school principals to abandon their positions during their third year (Fuller & Orr, 2008). This narrative case study explored the relationship of the transformational and transactional leadership practices of two elementary novice principals. The first goal of this narrative case study was to complement course content with a field-based learning experience. Secondly, in this field-based theory to practice research experience, Educational Administration graduate students interviewed two novice school principals. Data analysis focused on the …

No.7, March 2019: Bilingual Teacher Residency Programs In California: Considerations For Development And Expansion, Magaly Lavadenz Ph.D., Elvira G. Armas Ed.D., Natividad Robles

Education and Policy Briefs

Public interest, research and policies about dual language education and the multiple benefits of bilingualism and biliteracy have led to shortages of bilingual education teachers in the state and nation. School districts and educator preparation programs are actively looking for pathways of bilingual teacher preparation to meet local demands for more dual language programs. Modeled after medical residencies, teacher residencies are deeply rooted in clinical training, typically placing residents in classrooms with experienced teachers in high-needs schools where they are supported in their development. Teacher residencies allow for the recruitment of teachers, offer strong clinical preparation, connect new teachers to …

Closing The Aboriginal Education Gap: A Systematic Review Of Indigenous Educational Experiences In Canada, Raywat Deonandan, Ghayath Janoudi, Mara Uzun

Journal of Educational Leadership in Action

Indigenous learners represent a pool of untapped talents for positively influencing Canada’s economy. But there is a policy need to better enable indigenous learners’ access to higher education. This study presents a synthesis of views and perspectives extracted from eight published studies concerning Aboriginal educational experiences. Canadian indigenous learners were found to have the following views regarding their experiences with post-secondary education: anxiety about moving away from home, trepidation about transitioning from rural to urban spaces, uncertainty about social acceptance and long-term prospects; fear of racism and racial exclusion; and worry that their traditions will not be acknowledged or respected.

21cleo Research: Paving The Way Forward, Gloria Jacobs, Jill Castek

21CLEO Research Project Blog Posts

The exciting research into the 21st Century Learning Ecosystems Opportunities (21CLEO) project has begun. We have developed our initial set of data collection tools and protocols to examine front-line service workers' perspectives and experiences with employer provided education.

Motivating Students To Talk: Ted Conference In University-Based Chinese Language Classrooms, Danping Wang

Chinese Language Teaching Methodology and Technology

This paper presents an innovative teaching method that uses TED conference to stimulate and support learners of Chinese in improving their speaking skills. In non-target language countries, students are often reluctant to use Chinese in real life. This study overviews a case where TED conferences were integrated into a university-based Chinese language course in New Zealand. It also discusses the major findings emerging from implementing this innovative pedagogy as well as the recommendations for future research. While motivating students to use Chinese in public setting, the approach has also enhanced critical thinking skills and co-learning in language classrooms. This paper …

Conflicting Perspectives: A Comparison Of Edtpa Intended Outcomes To Actual Experiences Of Teacher Candidates And Educators In New York City Schools, Deborah Greenblatt

Journal of Inquiry and Action in Education

The edTPA is a performance-based assessment of teacher candidates created by the Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning and Equity (SCALE) and nationally scored by Pearson Education. It is also promoted by American Association of Colleges of Teacher Educators (AACTE) as a “standards-based assessment.” As of the spring of 2018, the edTPA is used as a requirement for program accreditation or teacher candidate certification or program completion in 18 states.

This article analyzes the stated goals, objectives, and benefits made by SCALE and AACTE and compares them to data collected from interviews and open-ended questions with teacher candidates and teacher educators …

Introducing The 21cleo Project, 21cleo Research Team

21CLEO Research Project Blog Posts

21CLEO Research Blog Post No.01

Building A Culture Of Inquiry: 1st Century Learningecosystem Opportunities Project, 21cleo Research Team

21CLEO Research Project Blog Posts

21CLEO Research Blog Post No.02

Supporting Novice Teacher Enactments In The Field Class, Diane Salmon, Kavita Kapadia Matsko, Ryan Mccarty, Aleksandra Veselovsky, Lisa Mozer, Xue Han

NCE Research Residencies

Teacher preparation programs at NLU are developing practice-centered approaches to teacher education that entail a core set of teaching practices and intentionally designed field-learning opportunities. One addition to prior practice with this approach is the inclusion of a video coaching context where candidates receive feedback from field supervisors on their teaching videos. This study investigated candidate and supervisor perceptions of the feedback in the video coaching context affords in addition to the traditional contexts of face to face field visits and competency appraisal surveys. The findings point to a unique self-regulatory benefit to the video coaching context. They also suggest …

A Phenomenological Investigation Of Mindfulness Practice Through The Lived Experiences Of Secondary Educators, Karen H. Styers

Education Dissertations and Projects

Teacher burnout and stress are at an all-time high. The teaching profession is reported to be one of the most stressful occupations, especially in 21st century learning environments. The researcher discovered mindfulness and was amazed how this practice allowed her to “breathe” through the difficult and challenging moments. Inspired by her own mindfulness practice, the researcher wanted to discover if mindfulness was as powerful a tool to other mindfulness teachers and educators. This phenomenological investigation explored the lived experiences of 11 secondary educators who self-identify as mindfulness practitioners. Through carefully constructed open-ended questions, the researcher was able to delve into …

Lexical-Level Predictors Of Reading Comprehension In Third Grade: Is Spelling A Unique Contributor?, Kimberly A. Murphy, Laura M. Justice

Communication Disorders & Special Education Faculty Publications

Purpose:

Considerable research effort has focused on understanding reading comprehension and reading comprehension difficulties. The purpose of this correlational study was to add to the small but growing body of literature on the role that spelling may play in reading comprehension, by investigating the full range of lexical-level literacy skills and whether spelling makes a unique contribution. This study also explored whether these relations vary with the spelling scoring metric.

Method:

Data were collected from 63 children attending Grade 3 in a Midwestern state. In addition to measuring reading comprehension, word recognition, and vocabulary, 4 spelling scoring metrics were examined: …

Common Data Set, 2019-2020, Office Of Institutional Research, Bridgewater State University

Common Data Sets

No abstract provided.

Parent Involvement In Contested Times: A Brief Analysis Of The Effects Of Anti-Immigrant Policies On Latinx Immigrant Parent Involvement, Maria Isabel Morales

CGU Theses & Dissertations

How do perceived community and school cultural values affect Latinx immigrant parents’ decisions to engage with their children’s schools? What lessons might their experiences have for our understanding of parent involvement beyond the parameters of traditional models of parent involvement? Engaging parents as advocates for school success in the home is particularly important for English Language Learners (ELs). Tapping into the experiences of EL parents is a resource educators can use to increase parental involvement and, consequently, student academic achievement.

This qualitative case study grounded in Critical Inquiry and Cultural Historic Activity Theory examined the perceptions and experiences of 5 …

From Mean To Quantiles: Rethinking Individual Differences In Mathematics Achievement And Mathematics Self-Efficacy, Jing Yuan

Theses and Dissertations--Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology

The significance of this dissertation research is twofold with both methodological advancement and empirical update. In this dissertation research, quantile regression (QR) was introduced to social sciences researchers as a response to the weaknesses of the traditional mean-based regression often referred to as multiple regression. General advantages of QR includes being more flexible for modeling data with heterogeneous conditional distributions, more robust to outliers, and having richer characterization and description of the data. Results of QR allow researchers to not only describe a general trend of changes in the effects of the independent variables across a continuous distribution of the …

Teaching Visual Literacies: The Case Of The Great American Dust Bowl, Mary F. Rice, Ashley K. Dallacqua

SANE journal: Sequential Art Narrative in Education

Teachers and students require a range of tools to engage with visual texts. Using The Great American Dust Bowlby Don Brown (2013) as an exemplar text, we outline four conceptions of visual literacy: rhetorical, instructional, industrial and visuo-spatial and discuss their use in our literacy education practice. In addition, we provide a brief model of a second text, The Arrival (Tan, 2013) and a list of suggested texts for students at different levels (elementary, middle, and high school). We argue that these tools have the potential to deepen conceptions of visual literacies and empower teachers and students to understand …

Differential Item Functioning Among English Language Learners On A Large-Scale Mathematics Assessment, Ruixue Liu

Theses and Dissertations--Education Sciences

English language learner (ELL) is a term to describe students who are still acquiring English proficiency. In recent decades, ELLs are a very rapidly growing student group in United States. In school classrooms, ELLs are learning English and their academic subjects simultaneously. It is challenging for them to hear lectures, read textbooks, and complete tests in English despite of their inadequate English language proficiency (Ilich, 2013). As a result, the increasing number of ELLs in public schools has paralleled the increase in ELLs’ low mathematics performance (NCES, 2016).

Due to the popularization of international large-scale assessments in the recent decade, …

“I Didn’T Want To Make Them Feel Wrong In Any Way”: Preservice Teachers Craft Digital Feedback On Sociopolitical Perspectives In Student Texts, Alison Heron-Hruby, James S. Chisholm, Andrea R. Olinger

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

This qualitative multicase analysis investigated the role of “educational niceness” and “neutrality” (e.g., Baptiste, 2008; Bissonnette, 2016) in preservice English teacher feedback on sociopolitical issues in student writing. As part of the field experiences for several ELA methods courses at two universities, one urban and one rural, the teacher-researchers used Google Docs and other technologies (e.g., screencasts and Google Community) to connect preservice teachers (PSTs) with high school writers at a geographical distance so that urban-situated PSTs could mentor rural-situated writers and vice versa. Five methods courses over two semesters served as cases, and 12 PSTs from those courses participated …

ความสอดคล้องระหว่างหลักสูตรและวิทยานิพนธ์บัณฑิตศึกษาสาขาวิจัยการศึกษา : การประยุกต์ใช้การทำเหมืองข้อความของฐานข้อมูลประเทศไทยและสากล, สุขุมาลย์ หนกหลัง

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

ความสอดคล้องหลักสูตร และวิทยานิพนธ์ไม่เพียงแต่จะสร้างความมั่นใจในการใช้หลักสูตร แต่จะช่วยปรับปรุงหลักสูตรให้เหมาะสมกับผู้เรียนอีกด้วย ทั้งนี้การวิเคราะห์ความสอดคล้องของหลักสูตรมีข้อมูลที่อยู่ในลักษณะข้อความจึงทำให้การวิเคราะห์มีความยุ่งยากและเสียเวลา การทำเหมืองข้อความจึงเหมาะกับการวิเคราะห์ในบริบทนี้ การวิจัยครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อ 1) เพื่อวิเคราะห์ความสอดคล้องระหว่างคุณลักษณะของหลักสูตร และคุณลักษณะวิทยานิพนธ์สาขาวิจัยการศึกษาของประเทศไทยด้วยทำเหมืองข้อความ 2) เพื่อวิเคราะห์ความสอดคล้องระหว่างคุณลักษณะของหลักสูตร และคุณลักษณะวิทยานิพนธ์สาขาวิจัยการศึกษาของสากลด้วยการทำเหมืองข้อความ 3) เพื่อเปรียบเทียบความสอดคล้องระหว่างคุณลักษณะของหลักสูตร และคุณลักษณะวิทยานิพนธ์ของสาขาวิจัยการศึกษาประเทศไทยและสากล 4) เพื่อศึกษารูปแบบความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างคุณลักษณะด้านการสอนของอาจารย์ คุณลักษณะด้านการวิจัยของอาจารย์ และความสอดคล้องคุณลักษณะของหลักสูตรและคุณลักษณะวิทยานิพนธ์สาขาวิจัยการศึกษา ข้อมูลหลักสูตรและวิทยานิพนธ์ของประเทศไทยเก็บรวบรวมจากเอกสารกรอบมาตรฐานคุณวุฒิระดับอุดมศึกษาแห่งชาติ ในช่วงปี 2550-2561 และฐานข้อมูล THAILIS ในส่วนของข้อมูลสากลเก็บรวบรวมข้อมูลจากมหาวิทยาลัยที่ติดอันดับ 1–10 ในสาขาจิตวิทยาการศึกษา จาก USNEWS 2019 ด้วยฐานข้อมูล ProQuest และข้อมูลจากเว็บไซต์แต่ละมหาวิทยาลัย การรวบรวมข้อมูลของประเทศไทยมีหลักสูตรที่มีข้อมูลครบถ้วน 8 แห่งและวิทยานิพนธ์ จำนวน 735 เล่ม นอกจานั้นสามารถรวบรวมหลักสูตรจิตวิทยาการศึกษาจากมหาวิทยาลัยชั้นนำ 10 อันดับของโลกได้จำนวน 7 หลักสูตรและวิทยานิพนธ์จำนวน 763 เล่ม จากนั้นวิเคราะห์ข้อมูลด้วยการทำเหมืองข้อความ การวิเคราะห์เครือข่ายข้อความ และการวิเคราะห์สมนัย ผลการวิจัยที่สำคัญสรุปได้ดังนี้ 1. ความสอดคล้องของหลักสูตรและวิทยานิพนธ์สาขาวิจัยการศึกษาประเทศไทยแต่ละมหาวิทยาลัยไม่แตกต่างกันมากนัก (closeness= .092–.224) โดยมหาวิทยาลัยมหาวิทยาลัยตั้งอยู่ในภาคเหนือตอนล่าง ที่เน้นการสอนวัดผลและวิจัยการศึกษา มีคำสอดคล้องครอบคลุมระหว่างคำที่ปรากฏในหลักสูตรกับคำที่ปรากฏในวิทยานิพนธ์มากที่สุด (closeness = .224) 2. ความสอดคล้องของหลักสูตรและวิทยานิพนธ์สาขาวิจัยการศึกษาแต่มหาวิทยาลัยในสากลมมีค่าใกล้เคียงกัน (closeness = .197–.260) โดยมหาวิทยาลัยรัฐบาลตั้งอยู่ตอนกลางส่วนบนของสหรัฐอเมริกา เป็นมหาวิทยาลัยที่มีคำที่ปรากฏในหลักสูตรกับคำที่ปรากฏในวิทยานิพนธ์ในโมเดลมากที่สุด 3. หลักสูตรวิจัยการศึกษาของ 10 มหาวิทยาลัยชั้นนำมีความสอดคล้องระหว่างหลักสูตรและวิทยานิพนธ์มากกว่า หลักสูตรวิจัยการศึกษาของประเทศไทย อีกทั้งพบข้อสังเกตได้ว่า มีคำที่เกี่ยวกับวิธีวิทยาขั้นสูงปรากฏในหลักสูตรวิจัยในมหาวิทยาลัยชั้นนำแต่ไม่ค่อยพบในหลักสูตรไทย ยกเว้นในมหาวิทยาลัยในภาคกลาง เน้นวิจัยการศึกษา เช่น คำว่า grounded analysis, visual analysis, social network analysis, single case research, supervised machine learning 4. การสอนโดยใช้วิจัยเป็นฐาน การใช้โปรแกรมทางสถิติที่ทันสมัย การตีพิมพ์ในระดับชาติน้อยกว่า 10 ฉบับ และการตีพิมพ์ในระดับนานาชาติมีแนวโน้มที่จะมีความสอดคล้องคุณลักษณะของหลักสูตรและคุณลักษณะวิทยานิพนธ์สาขาวิจัยการศึกษาอยู่ในระดับสูง

Cat In The Classroom: Understanding Instructor Behavior And Student Perceptions Through Communication Accommodation Theory, Terrell Kody Frey

Theses and Dissertations--Communication

Adjusting one’s communication is a fundamental requirement for human interaction (Gasiorek, 2016a). Individuals adapt communication behavior according to the circumstances surrounding the situation, resulting in different patterns and forms of speech relative to spouses, family members, coworkers, or friends. Yet, researchers in instructional communication have not yet substantially applied adjustment as a theoretical lens for understanding instructor-student classroom interactions (Gasiorek & Giles, 2012; Soliz & Giles, 2014; Soliz & Bergquist, 2016). Apart from overlooking this useful theoretical approach, instructional communication scholarship can also be improved by accounting for 1) shifting group identities in higher education that change how instructors and …

2019-2020 Common Data, Morehead State University. Institutional Research & Analysis.

Office of Institutional Research & Analysis Publication Archive

2019-2020 issue of the Common Data.

Memories Of The Teacher: A Reflection Of Enduring Ideals, Katherine Cooke

CGU Theses & Dissertations

In order to educate my students in my first year of teaching, I embarked upon a research project that would allow me to get to know their strengths and needs in addition to identifying my own possible biases and pre-conceived educational ideas. My research spreads from my own life to the lives of three focus students from various populations: one English learner, one student who receives special education services, and one student who has had significant life experiences that might contribute to his academic work. I interviewed all three students and their families to develop an action plan to help …

Common Data Set 2018, Uno Office Of Instituional Effectiveness

Common Data Sets

Common Data Set (2018-2019) for the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Completions 2019-20, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

IPEDS Completions

Welcome to the IPEDS Completions survey component. The Completions component is one of several IPEDS components that is conducted during the Fall data collection period. It collects the number of degrees and certificates awarded by field of study, level of award, race/ethnicity, and gender. The reporting period for the Completions component is during the 12-month time period beginning July 1 of the previous calendar year and ending June 30 of the current calendar year; therefore, for this year’s Completions component, the reporting period is between July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019. The Completions component is also collecting the number …

Pre-Service Teachers’ Emerging Views On Educational Equity, Melody Wilson

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

An equity-based Statistics course for pre-service mathematics teachers could play a role in the development of pre-service teachers’ equity literacy, encouraging conversations about equity in education and illuminating structural factors that contribute to the educational opportunity gap in the U.S. In the Winter 2019 semester, a faculty team at the author’s university piloted such a course. The course included data explorations dealing with structural inequities by race – one of the most difficult topics to address productively in a teacher preparation course. For the present study, a survey of pre-service teachers’ views on educational equity was administered in a required …