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Case Studies Of The Literacy Interactions Of Preschool Deaf Children With Their Parents In The Home, Laura West Wise
Case Studies Of The Literacy Interactions Of Preschool Deaf Children With Their Parents In The Home, Laura West Wise
Middle-Secondary Education and Instructional Technology Dissertations
In the field of deaf education, a long-standing and still unanswered question is why are the reading levels and academic achievement levels of deaf and hard of hearing children inferior to their hearing peers. Teachers and parents continue to look for reasons to explain the gap and strategies they can use to narrow this gap between the reading achievement of children who are deaf and children who hear. For all children, literacy learning begins at birth. During the early years, children listen to and learn from the language their parents speak to them. The children are affected by the family …
Integration Of Instructional Technology By University Lecturers In Secondary School Teacher Education Programs In Zimbabwe: An Exploratory Study, Rodwell Chitiyo
Integration Of Instructional Technology By University Lecturers In Secondary School Teacher Education Programs In Zimbabwe: An Exploratory Study, Rodwell Chitiyo
Middle-Secondary Education and Instructional Technology Dissertations
In the context of continuous innovations in information and communication technology (ICT) and its impact on higher education, this descriptive study explores the state of instructional technology (IT) integration by university lecturers in pre-service secondary school teacher education programs in Zimbabwe. Specifically, the study examines how the lecturers conceptualize IT integration, how they integrate IT into their instruction, the support given by their institutions, and the constraints they face. The qualitative methodology used is basic or generic in nature (Merriam, 1998). Twenty-one lecturers in the colleges of education at 3 universities participated. The 3 data collection methods used are questionnaires, …
Adult Reflections On A High School Choral Music Program: Perceptions Of Meaning And Lifelong Influence, Melissa Tyson Arasi
Adult Reflections On A High School Choral Music Program: Perceptions Of Meaning And Lifelong Influence, Melissa Tyson Arasi
Middle-Secondary Education and Instructional Technology Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to investigate the lifelong meaning and influence of participation in a high school choral music program. This study described and analyzed the reflections of adults who participated in one high school choral program selected by the researcher as meeting high standards of practice in choral music. The eight participants, who were involved in the choral program for at least three years and pursued careers in fields other than music, were selected via criterion sampling and interviewed regarding their experiences in chorus and how those experiences may have influenced their lives. Semi-structured interviews were the …
An Investigation Of Students' Media Preferences In Learning Mathematical Concepts, Ming Hang Yun Her
An Investigation Of Students' Media Preferences In Learning Mathematical Concepts, Ming Hang Yun Her
Middle-Secondary Education and Instructional Technology Dissertations
Besides the traditional face-to-face learning medium, online media are now available for students in various learning environments. The delivery of coursework through online media is on the increase in colleges and universities. However, research on the use of online learning media in beginning collegiate level foundational mathematics courses for non-mathematics and non-science majors is limited. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate, within a foundational mathematics course, connections between media used for instruction in hybrid and online enhanced face-to-face learning environments and students’ media preferences. The online Web Course Tools (WebCT) Vista template used in this study was …