Thèses : « Research – methodology – study and teaching (secondary) »

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Williams, Stephen Michael. « College of Education : A guide to researching the animal kingdom on the Internet ». CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2004. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2690.

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The purpose of this project was to develop a Web site that would facilitate students' use of the Internet to research topics relating to the study of biology. This Web site serves as a bridge to link classroom topics to real world scientific information and research available on the Internet. Methods of preventing plagiarism and focusing Internet research were incorporated into the overall Web site design.

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Mone, Fisi'ihoi. « Monitoring Standards Of Science Investigation Skill Attainment By Tongan Secondary Science Students ». Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 1991. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1457.

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The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the science investigation skill attainment of Tongan Form 5 (16 years of age) General Science students. Benchmark statements were developed to describe the range of science investigation skills and standard of performance that should be expected of Tongan Form 5 General Science students. A written test of science process skills and a practical test of science apparatus skills, were developed to assess the level of attainment of science investigation skills by students who have completed Form 4 and Form 5 General Science in Tonga. The instruments were piloted twice in Western Australian schools, revised, piloted in Tonga and then administered to students at ten high schools In Tonga. From the written test of science process skills, it was found that more than 60% of the Form 5 students had not attained the benchmark standards. The students performed best on questions regarding collecting and communicating information, and worst on the questions relating to problem analysis, planning and control of variables. From the practical test of science apparatus skills, it was found that more than half of the Form 5 students had not attained the benchmark standards related to using laboratory equipment like a thermometer, Bunsen burner, triple-beam balance, and measuring cylinder.

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Huang, Ruen-Ting. « A program for teaching environmental issues in Taiwanese junior high schools ». CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2004. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2668.

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This project is designed for junior high school teachers who wish to initiate environmental issues-based education in Taiwan. It addresses the current education at junior high schools and important environmental issues in Taiwan, presenting instructional strategies for teaching controversial environmental issues. The appendix of the project is an original design for a systematic environmental issues curriculum, including student-centered and teacher-centered activities that could be integrated into curricula on related subjects. Lessons include the environmental awareness, ethics, skills for analyzing issues, research skills, debate practice, negotiation practice, and projects.

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Wilder, Michael Gregg. « Improving Hypothesis Testing Skills : Evaluating a General Purpose Classroom Exercise with Biology Students in Grade 9 ». PDXScholar, 2011. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/427.

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There is an increased emphasis on inquiry in national and Oregon state high school science standards. As hypothesis testing is a key component of these new standards, instructors need effective strategies to improve students' hypothesis testing skills. Recent research suggests that classroom exercises may prove useful. A general purpose classroom activity called the thought experiment is proposed. The effectiveness of 7 hours of instruction using this exercise was measured in an introductory biology course, using a quasi-experimental contrast group design. An instrument for measuring hypothesis testing skill is also proposed. Treatment (n=18) and control (n=10) sections drawn from preexisting high school classes were pre- and post-assessed using the proposed Multiple Choice Assessment of Deductive Reasoning. Both groups were also post-assessed by individually completing a written, short-answer format hypothesis testing exercise. Treatment section mean posttest scores on contextualized, multiple choice problem sets were significantly higher than those of the control section. Mean posttest scores did not significantly differ between sections on abstract deductive logic problems or the short answer format hypothesis testing exercise.

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Jackelman, Susan Iona. « Investigating the dual influences of theory and practice on the design and implementation of a learning programme ». Thesis, Rhodes University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003473.

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It is widely recognized that educational research and theory should be motivated by the desire to continually improve the practice of teaching. However, bridging the divide between theoretical research outcomes and the practical constraints of classroom-based teaching has proved somewhat challenging. The involvement of teachers as the 'bridge-builders' between theory and practice could provide an effective mechanism for achieving this integration. The purpose of this study is thus to investigate whether the involvement of teachers in developing and implementing a theory-based teaching module would improve teaching practice in the classroom. A teaching module was collaboratively developed by a group of teachers for Grade 9 linear functions using: the principles of mathematical proficiency postulated by Kilpatrick, Swafford and Findell, (2001); the teaching phases formulated by van Hiele (1986); and the cognitive classification of classroom activities developed by Stein and Smith (1998). This module was then taught to six Grade 9 classes by four teachers in one school in the Eastern Cape, South Africa over a period of 5 weeks. The effectiveness of the module, and its application in the classroom, was assessed in terms of: (i) the extent to which theory could be used to inform the design and development of teaching materials; (ii) the efficacy of this teaching material in promoting teaching for mathematical proficiency; and (iii) the effects of extraneous influences on the usefulness of the module in teaching for mathematical proficiency. While the theoretical framework provided a sound basis for developing the teaching module, it was found that collaboratively transforming this theory into a teaching module for practical use in the classroom is certainly possible, but it requires considerable time and effort that practising teachers do not have. Developing the depth of understanding required for mathematical proficiency also takes time - a commodity often in short supply as teachers grapple with the demands of the curriculum. Teaching for mathematical proficiency is a layered process. It starts with thinking about an idea (like a graph) that is developed out of a related concept that then has a set of characteristic algorithms and actions which are learnt and performed in sequence. Building understanding in this way ends with a student being able to visualize and conceive the graph as a structure that can be described as if it were an object (encapsulating all the previous concepts belonging to similar graphs in one idea). This development of understanding is important for mathematical proficiency but is not necessarily easy. When teaching with the module, it was necessary to create an extra opportunity for students to use procedural knowledge and repetition in order to provide enough examples to help them see the link: between linear number patterns and linear graphs. Extraneous influences on teaching for mathematical proficiency were grouped into two categories - endogenous and exogenous influences. Endogenous influences were teacher related and included the attitudes, decisions and disposition of the teacher. Exogenous influences were more contextual (and in effect out of the control of the teacher) and included teaching time available, curriculum, external assessments etc. Both of these influences were seen to affect teaching for mathematical proficiency, either promoting or inhibiting it. This research affirmed the central role that teachers play in teaching for mathematical proficiency. It is considered critical that research actively involve teachers in the evolution of mathematical theory. The development of an enabling environment (including institutional support, time, capacity, resources, skills and tools) for teachers will further enhance their capacity to teach for mathematical proficiency.

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Hanrahan, Mary U. « Conceptual change and changes of heart : A reflexive study of research in science literacy in the classroom ». Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1999. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36603/1/36603_Digitised%20Thesis.pdf.

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In this thesis, I present my themes at two levels. On one level I am concerned with learning in secondary school science, which the science education literature has shown to be problematic in some areas, while at the second level, I am concerned with my own learning, which leads me to search for a methodology consistent with my developing theory about learning and change. I have constructed a partial explanation for unsatisfactory learning in science, using a cross-disciplinary body of literature (including that relating to critical literacy teaching, second language learning, social and cognitive psychology, and sociolinguistics). Taken as a whole, the literature seemed to suggest that deep learning and change depend to some extent on the nature of interpersonal relationships in the classroom, and (tacit) cultural rather than rational factors, and that these needed more research in the science education context. As a result my research became focused on teacher-student interpersonal relationships and the language mediating these. After early studies exploring several science education contexts, I finally collaborated with a teacher of a Year 8 science class in trialing an intervention using affirmational dialogue journal writing. This resulted in a more democratic and generally improved psychosocial learning environment, as well as some new insights into the nature of the communication problems associated with typical science classroom discourse. Articles written at different stages of this overall research program were accepted for publication by major science education journals on three continents. At the same time, my desire to use a methodology consistent with my own developing theories about the nature of learning and change led me firstly to using different methodologies in successive case studies (multivariate analysis of survey data, ethnography, and action research). As I became increasing aware of social factors involved in the construction of knowledge, I wrote two articles dealing with emerging methodological issues and these were accepted for publication in international publications. However, I later went on to become more aware of broader ecosocial system factors (cf. Lemke, 1995), and then ecobiological factors (Maturana & Varela, 1992), and this led to my becoming increasingly reflexive about the underlying process implicit in my repeated epistemological and methodological revolutions. I found that non-rational aspects were implicated, and decided that this somewhat intuitive underlying practice needed to be presented explicitly as my metamethodology, not only because ofits apparent productiveness, but because it exemplified and extended the theories about learning that I had developed with my research in science classrooms. This new methodology, which I call "ecobiosocial system analysis", is a synthesis of sociocultural, psychological, and physiological principles in an ecosocial system that includes tacit biological aspects of understanding. Moreover this shifting understanding had serious implications for how I (re)presented my research in the thesis document, which I had originally assumed had to be an objective scientific account. As my epistemological beliefs changed, this became a decision to present first a narrative inquiry (Clandinin & Connelly, 1990), and then a critical action research account (Kemmis, 1994). Finally, however, I realised that such unified narratives misrepresented research practice as I had experienced it and, ifI were to be consistent with my own theories, a new method of presenting my research needed to be found. This series of changes could be seen as an evolution, in which case it would make sense to disregard the earlier thinking and present the research only in relation to the final theoretical paradigm. My preferred perspective is to see my research as moving between paradigms, none of which has ultimate superiority. Hence, I insist on presenting the whole (somewhat messy and multi-paradigmatic) process, by juxtaposing the differently voiced articles and my final meta-account. In fact the knowledge resulting from earlier studies had already been validated by the research communities to which it belonged (by fact of publication), while the final stage of knowledge has yet to gain such validation by researcher peers. As a consequence of my conviction that my learning should be seen as a particular case created by a particular ecobiosocial system, I present a central autobiographical chapter. This focuses on sociocultural and psychological childhood and adult experiences, which I suggest have influenced my epistemological beliefs and research practice at a deeper level than the literature I read during my PhD. Even though the resulting metamethodology is shown to be an implicit one to some extent, often operating at tacit levels, I nevertheless present both design and methods chapters. The design chapter proposes a justification of the (meta)methodology in terms of current theories from a range of fields (cognitive science, organisational change theories, critical theory, and socio-biological ecological system theories). The methods chapter then analyses my somewhat intuitive research process in retrospect, based on samples of my personal journal writing, on-line communications, and other associated activities. In summary, the thesis explores the nature of deep learning and change in two rather different contexts, and proposes that such processes involve a complex of interrelated cognitive, social and biological aspects. This proposition not only has implications for teaching and learning science but led me to a new methodology, ecobiosocial system analysis. It also led me to challenge the traditional thesis structure which represents learning as an entirely rational process and knowledge as unitary. Moreover, given that I challenge the belief that either thought or practice can be significantly changed by a purely logical account, I do not draw explicit conclusions but rather trust to what I have been able to communicate in a more organic way throughout the thesis document.

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Ceasar, Reginald Raymon. « Investigating an integrated teaching methodology as a means to prepare students for university studies in mathematics ». Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2005. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&amp.

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A key issue for the success of students entering a first year mathematics course at tertiary level is whether or not they have an integrated understanding and view of the mathematical concepts acquired at school. Various integrated applications from first year mathematics suggest that a compartmentalised view of mathematics would be detrimental to any student's chances of passing mathematics at this level. This study tried to assess whether learners do have an integrated understanding of mathematics at grade 12 level.

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Sheaffer, Christopher Ryan. « Patterns in Nature Forming Patterns in Minds : An Evaluation of an Introductory Physics Unit ». PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/925.

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Educators are increasingly focused on the process over the content. In science especially, teachers want students to understand the nature of science and investigation. The emergence of scientific inquiry and engineering design teaching methods have led to the development of new teaching and evaluation methods that concentrate on steps in a process rather than facts in a topic. Research supports the notion that an explicit focus on the scientific process can lead to student science knowledge gains. In response to new research and standards many teachers have been developing teaching methods that seem to work well in their classrooms, but lack the time and resources to test them in other classroom environments. A high school Physics teacher (Bradford Hill) has developed a unit called Patterns in Nature (PIN) with objectives relating mathematical modeling to the scientific process. Designed for use in his large public school classroom, the unit was taken and used in a charter school with small classes. This study looks at specifically whether or not the PIN unit effectively teaches students how to graph the data they gather and fit an appropriate mathematical pattern, using that model to predict future measurements. Additionally, the study looks at the students' knowledge and views about the nature of science and the process of scientific investigation as it is affected by the PIN unit. Findings show that students are able to identify and apply patterns to data, but have difficulties explaining the meaning of the math. Students' show increases in their knowledge of the process of science, and the majority develop positive views about science in general. A major goal of this study is to place this unit in the cyclical process of Design-Based Research and allow for Pattern in Nature's continuous improvement, development and evaluation. Design-Based Research (DBR) is an approach that can be applied to the implementation and evaluation of classroom materials. This method incorporates the complexities of different contexts and changing treatments into the research methods and analysis. From the use of DBR teachers can understand more about how the designed materials affect the students. Others may be able to use the development and analysis of PIN study as a guide to look at similar aspects of science units developed elsewhere.

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Cheung, Lai-wan Beverley, et 張麗雲. « Leadership training groups in a secondary school : an action research ». Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1998. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31960042.

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Nothdurft, Lyn M. « Teaching for autonomy in senior secondary mathematics ». Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2000. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36626/1/36626_Digitised%20Thesis.pdf.

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Keady, Wayne M. « Secondary students' skills of measuring liquid volume and understanding of uncertainty of data ». Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 1999. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1209.

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This research is a detailed study of students' skills of measuring liquid volume, the decisions they make when planning to collect data and whilst collecting data, and the extent to which they understand the uncertainty associated with the data they collected. These skills and understandings are at the heart of scientific literacy (Duggan & Gall, 1996a). The introduction of the Working Scientifically strand in the Australian national curriculum framework and profile of learning outcome statements for science (Australian Education Council, 1994) illustrates the increased emphasis placed in curriculum documents on investigation skills and scientific literacy. The profile of outcome statements describes a progression in these skills and understandings. This study focused on three groups of three students tram each of Years 8, I 0 and 12 and their performance on two authentic problem solving investigation tasks. The groups of students were observed performing two different investigation tasks that involved the measurement of liquid volume. Video and audio records were made of the groups' use of equipment and dialogue, observations and debriefing interviews provided data for case studies of the groups and how they conducted the investigations. The study revealed that the students have poor skills of planning for investigation work, and seemed to lack any form of planning schema. Many students engaged in no up-front planning and only made planning decisions as they collected their data. Very few of the students conducted replicate trials, and those that did perform replicate trials were unable to give a valid reason for doing so. The skills of measuring liquid volume that were observed, revealed a range of skill levels in all age groups. Many students who cited the correct skills for accurate measurement in debriefing interviews did not demonstrate them whilst conducting the investigation. Students generally displayed a poor understanding of uncertainty. No students averaged results from replicate trials, many did not graph their data, some did not record their data but all were confident of the validity of their conclusions. There was no observed age-based progression of skill for the measurement of liquid volume, with good and poor technique being observed in all age groups. There was a progression, however, in their understanding of uncertainty. Younger students were extremely confident in their conclusions and were unwilling to concede the effect of error on their data whilst the older students did accept that experimental error would affect their data, but did not concede that this effect was great enough to affect the validity of their conclusions.

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Revelle, Carol L. « Constructing Transformative Experiences Through Problem Posing in a High School English Research Project ». Thesis, University of North Texas, 2009. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9919/.

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This dissertation chronicles my search to engage high school English students in inquiry as part of a formal research process. The perspective of critical literacy theory is used to describe the four phases of the problem posing process in shaping student research and action. Grounded in Freire's approach and consistent with Dewey and others who advocate inquiry, action and relevance, Wink's process is built into the instructional plan described in this study. Because of the real-life context of the classroom and the complex social phenomena being considered, a case study methodology was utilized in which multiple sources of data converged to develop the themes. Data sources included the work and artifacts of ten students in a tenth grade English class during the spring semester of 2008. The analysis focuses on the supports, the constraints and the impact of problem posing on the high school research assignment. The analysis, findings, and conclusions contribute to the literature in three areas: audience, reflection and grading.

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Mockel, Lindsey Joan. « Thinking Aloud in the Science Classroom : Can a literacy strategy increase student learning in science ? » PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1420.

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This research study investigated the effect of using the think aloud protocol while reading informational text on students' ability to learn from text in a secondary science classroom. The participants in this study were high school students (n=47) in three classes of a mixed-grade Integrated Biology, Chemistry, and Physics course. The study tracked student achievement during a four-week curriculum unit on the theory of evolution and evidence for biological evolution. All students received instruction on using the think aloud protocol, and all students practiced the think aloud protocol when reading short articles related to scientific evidence for evolution. The researcher measured student's ability to read and understand science text by comparing scores from a reading skills pre-assessment and post-assessment from each student. Student surveys were conducted to gather feedback on the effectiveness of the strategy in teaching students to use a literacy strategy while reading science text. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics.

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Hoveka, E. P. « Research portfolio ». Thesis, Rhodes University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003616.

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The purpose of this study is to look at English Second Language IGCSE Core Curriculum for Grades 11 and 12. The criteria that has been identified and selected for analysis as stipulated by the Ministry of Basic Education and Culture Language policy Document of 1996 reads as follows: The aim of teaching English as a language should be to enable the learners to increase their participation in the learning processes. This aim was selected as the criteria for investigation because the notion of active participation by the learners in the teaching and learning process places the learners in a different perspective. In other words, the learners are to be seen as possessors of knowledge rather than ‘empty vessels’ as depicted by the behaviourist approach (Van Harmelen 1999). This idea of a learner-centred approach as embedded in Social Constructivism approach is the foundation on which the Namibian Education Reform Process is based. The justification for selecting these particular criteria for close inspection in the English Second Language Curriculum was sparked by the professional attachment of the researcher into teaching English Second Language to Grades 11 and 12 at the Herman Gmeiner Technical School in Swakopmund. The researcher is also serving as a subject head for this particular discipline. Furthermore, evaluating and analyzing the English Second Language curriculum on this particular objective, the researcher hopes to uncover or come to an understanding of how our educational practices have moved from what was practiced under the behavioural approach and to discover the needs of teachers in terms of implementing the new curriculum in their daily practices as educators. Having the criteria stated, the study will focus on how the data was collected and the type of methodology used to gather this information.

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Schreuder, Glynis Rholeen. « The role of economic and management sciences (EMS) in preparing learners for accounting in grade 10 ». Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1864.

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Thesis (MTech (Education))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2009.
The thesis explores the role that the learning area, EMS, plays in preparing learners for Accounting in grade 10. EMS in grade 9 includes accounting related assessment standards upon which the grade 10 Accounting curriculum builds. The grade 10 Accounting curriculum is based on the assumption that learners have mastered the related content in grade 9. The effective implementation of EMS in grade 9 is therefore important for the teaching and learning of Accounting in grade 10. The main objective of the study was to determine to what extent the accounting related assessment standards were taught and to engage with the key factors that impact on the effective delivery of the accounting focus in EMS. A sample of five schools within a specific geographical area in the Western Cape was identified. The study used multiple data collection methods in order to increase the validity of the results, namely, a learner assessment, interviews and document analysis. The planning and assessment documents of EMS teachers as well as the assessment tasks of the EMS learners were analysed to ascertain how teachers planned to teach and assess the learning area, particularly the accounting focus within EMS. The conclusions were drawn against the policy-practice theoretical framework. The study revealed a gap between EMS policy and EMS practice. There was very limited exposure to the accounting related assessment standards in EMS. This could be attributed to a number of factors including teacher qualifications and training, lack of support, policy shortcomings, absent guidelines, etc. There was a disjuncture between what teachers believed and what they were translating into practice. Even though all the teachers enjoyed teaching Accounting and most of them believed in the importance of this discipline in preparing learners for the Further Education and Training Band and their personal lives, they were not teaching it effectively. Recommendations have been made in terms of the learning area policy, professional development and support for teachers and learners. Even though the study was limited to five schools in a particular geographical area, its findings may be applicable to many South African schools where EMS teachers face the same policy, teacher and learner challenges or shortcomings.

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Flatela, Andile Thaddeus L. L. « History resource materials in Transkei senior secondary schools : their availability and use ». Thesis, Rhodes University, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003438.

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This dissertation, which was motivated by high failure rate in senior secondary history, is primarily an attempt at identifying some of the possible causes for poor performance in high school history in Transkei schools. One possible cause of the weak performance was identified as outmoded teaching methods which were encouraged by lack of adequate facilities and resources for history teaching and learning. The investigation took the form of a survey of both human and material resources in 30 of the then 210 senior secondary schools in Transkei. The survey questionnaire, which was directed to history teachers, covered aspects on personal information about the teachers, material resources and facilities for teaching history, and teaching methods related to history teaching. A total of 55 teachers responded to the questionnaire. The survey included all the three senior secondary school class levels, that is standard 8, 9 and 10. By looking at the nature of history as a discipline and the way in which students learn, it was discovered that at school level history could be learnt best through the 'experiential' approach. This is mainly because in dealing with time-past as it has to, history usually comes up with 'strange' concepts which cannot be easily grasped by present-day senior secondary teenagers. This is because understanding of historical concepts tends to develop slower than would generally be expected, unless it is re-enforced. In Transkei schools this problem of concepts understanding is made worse by the foreign language medium (English) in which the subject is taught. It is felt that these constraints could be partly aleviated with the use of audio-visual aids and self-activity teaching methods. However, this study revealed a gross inadequacy not only in facilities for teaching history but also of both human and material resources. This automatically discourages the 'new history' approach and teachers (most of whom are underqualified) tend to cling to the old-style lecture-textbook method to the detriment of their students. This study suggests that to improve this situation it is essential to upgrade both pre-service and in-service teachers' academic and professional standards. In addition history facilities and audio-visual materials should be generously supplied to afford ample opportunities for pupil activity. This then would be line with modern history teaching theories and, hopefully, would improve performance in history in this region.

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Sade, Sarah. « The impact of collaborative action research as a methodology for building, knowledge for teaching : a case study ». Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.250220.

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Lau, Shuk-yi, et 劉淑儀. « Leadership training for prefects in a secondary school : an action research ». Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31963663.

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Klein, Charmain Phillida. « Participatory programme development at an environmental education centre through action research involving secondary school teachers ». Thesis, Rhodes University, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003573.

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This mini-thesis documents and analyses an action research project which I conducted with secohdary school teachers. The teachers wished to learn more about environmental education so that they could run their own programmes. I, on the other hand, wanted to improve environmental education programmes offered at the centre where I worked. I hoped that through encouraging teacher participation and involvement, I could begin a process through which the teachers themselves could contribute to, and be in greater control of, their own learning in environmental education. As an introduction to this mini-thesis, I provide some background information on the centre, and state the reasons for having embarked on this project. In addition, I outline the literature and various research findings pertinent to this study. For the purpose of this study, I have selected emancipatory action research as a mode of research, since I believe that emancipatory action research, which embodies processes of reflection and informed action, constitutes the possibility for authentic, emancipatory change in the practice of teachers. The bulk of this thesis, therefore, documents the first two cycles of the action research process and the experiences of those involved in the process. I also briefly comment on some of the claims of action research as a method for research. An important feature of this thesis is that it addresses the possibilities of and constraints to implementing education for the environment in the teachers' practices. The existence of the latter is acknowledged and discussed from my perspective and those of the participating teachers. The study, furthermore, documents teachers' understandings of environmental education, and how this determines the kind of environmental education activities in which they engage. In the final analysis, I argue that the education system we inherited from the apartheid regime has had the effect of producing passive, disempowered and highly demotivated teachers with extremely low levels of self confidence and assertiveness. Despite this fact, I have not only had the opportunity to wltness some positive attitudinal changes occurring in teachers as the study progressed; the project has also enhanced my own understanding of environmental education and the effect the apartheid education system had in shaping my own thoughts and life.

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Lockwood, Jeffrey Frank. « The effect of research-based science instruction on the attitudes of students, by gender, towards science, scientists, and careers in science ». Diss., The University of Arizona, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/186605.

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Research-based curriculum is a system of instruction which uses an authentic learning, problem-solving, cooperative learning, hands-on, and inquiry-discovery approach, guided by a constructivist philosophy. Its usefulness has been recognized for many decades but "research in the classroom" has not been adopted as a teaching method by many. This study centers on research done by students in science classrooms. The primary purpose of this study was to measure, both quantitatively and qualitatively; (1) students' understanding, by gender, of the nature of science and, (2) student attitude changes, by gender, toward the nature of science, scientists, and careers in science before and after the completion of research projects. The gender equity problem in science classes is explored and improvements in four process skills were measured for both treatment and control groups. Also, different models of research-based science education are described. The Test of Science Related Attitudes (TOSRA) and the Nature of Science Scale (NOSS) were given pre and post to both groups. Several qualitative instruments were given and student journals were analyzed by gender. The results of TOSRA showed gains in positive attitude for students after they experience a research-based curriculum for six of the seven TOSRA scales. However, the control group had similar gains so the mixed design analysis of variance showed no statistically significant differences between control vs. treatment or male vs. female interactions. Much of the qualitative analysis revealed that students' understanding of the nature of science changes considerably after they "do" scientific research. The journal analysis and the "Research is...." question analysis show that students also have a significant affective response to the research experience. Quantitatively, the total NOSS score improvement for the treatment group was substantial (11.4 to 13.8) and better than the control, although it was not a statistically significant difference. Generally, treatment students showed greater improvement on all NOSS scales. Treatment students also had greater gains on the four different process skills measured in this study. Research-based curriculum is an effective way to change students' attitudes towards science and a sound way to increase student understanding about the nature of the research process.

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Helms, Christopher. « Consensus on a Specialist Clinical Learning and Teaching Framework for Australian Nurse Practitioners ». Thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2017. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/076a30ffd066dd97be47f344a5e7e97fccc7dfc2f30d6d180e730e48a5209ea7/81980443/HELMS_2017_THESIS.pdf.

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Background The Australian nurse practitioner (NP) role is represented by over 1,400 endorsed NPs practising in over 50 different specialty areas. Generic standards have broadly supported the role’s behavioural, professional and expanded practice expectations since 2006, and have been used for the accreditation of NP Masters programmes nationally. The need for consistent and flexible specialty clinical education for NP students has been described in the Australian literature. The clinical learning and teaching of Australian NP specialty roles has traditionally occurred in the student’s workplace, within a specified area of practice. Jurisdictional differences at state/territory and local levels have influenced how NP students develop and enact their roles once endorsed. Factors such as the student’s clinical supervisor, local legislation and policy, role ambiguity, restrictive local clinical guidelines and protocols influence what NP students learn in their clinical learning environments. These factors contribute to a highly differentiated NP workforce, with differing clinical skills, knowledge and abilities noted within the same specialty area. Similar difficulties have led to the development of broad specialty areas in the United States of America. To better complement the generic learning and teaching students receive through their academic programmes, this research aims to validate a specialist clinical learning and teaching framework for Australian nurse practitioners. This framework will not only enhance consistency in their specialty clinical learning and teaching, but create greater workforce flexibility. A consensus-based research methodology was needed to validate the specialty clinical learning and teaching framework. Delphi Technique is a consensus-based research methodology commonly employed in nursing research to explore solutions to questions that have unclear or indeterminate answers. It aims to achieve a pre-determined level of consensus on a research question, using content experts through an anonymous and iterative process. Critical to the method’s validity is the participation of a heterogeneous group of experts with advanced knowledge of the content area, and whose feedback to other panelists is controlled to minimise social influence. Individual participant characteristics, such as experience level and confidence in decision-making, and the influence of these upon consensus are poorly described in the Delphi literature. There was little previous empirical research to inform how to best describe heterogeneity of opinion informing the specialty clinical learning and teaching framework using nurse practitioners. Aims - To validate a specialty clinical learning and teaching framework for Australian NP students. Specific objectives that addressed this aim were: - To validate a previously developed Australian NP metaspecialty taxonomy. - To validate supporting clinical practice standards used for the metaspecialty taxonomy. - To contribute knowledge of how consensus is achieved when using Reactive Delphi methodology. Specific questions that addressed this aim were: - Does Reactive Delphi methodology potentiate the negative influence of the bandwagon effect in Delphi panelists? - What effect does panelist confidence have on decision-making in Delphi panelists? - How can experience level be objectively demonstrated in individual Delphi panelists? - What effect does experience level have on decision-making in Delphi panelists? - Does confidence relate to opinion change in individual Delphi panelists? - What effect does panel composition have on consensus outcomes? - To demonstrate the application of web-based methods in Delphi research. Specific objectives that addressed this aim were: - Describe the advantages of using a web-based Delphi method. - Describe the risks of using a web-based Delphi method. - Describe how panelist feedback was managed during six concurrent Delphi studies. Methodology and Methods This mixed-methods research used Delphi Technique to achieve consensus on, and therefore validate, a NP specialty clinical learning and teaching framework. Two sequential 3-round Reactive Delphi surveys were used to achieve the research aims. The first Delphi survey was designed to validate a proposed broad Australian NP specialty taxonomy previously established by the 2014 CLLEVER (CLinical LEarning goVERnance) study. The second Delphi survey was designed to validate clinical practice standards, which would support and provide definition to the specialty taxonomy. Together, the taxonomy and standards informed the proposed specialty clinical learning and teaching framework. Consensus Development Conference methodology was used to refine the proposed specialty clinical learning and teaching framework. Data collected during the conduct of the first Delphi survey achieved the second research aim. The third research aim was achieved by using metadata, paradata and embedded data in an advanced web-based survey design for both Delphi surveys. Purposive sampling and snowballing techniques were used to recruit from an eligible population of NPs, endorsed by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, with at least 12 months’ post-endorsement experience (N=966). Web-based survey technology was used to collect data. Data were analysed using content analysis, descriptive and inferential statistics. The Content Validity Index and non-parametric testing using McNemar’s Test for Change were used to determine consensus that informed the proposed framework. Results Approximately 20% of the eligible Australian NP population contributed to both Delphi surveys. Six broad specialty areas, termed metaspecialties, were validated for the proposed specialty taxonomy. A Consensus Development Conference refined the names of two metaspecialties. The metaspecialties served as a foundation for validated clinical practice standards, which provided substance and definition to the final specialty clinical learning and framework. Heterogeneity of expert NP opinion informing the framework was demonstrated using professional activities representative of advanced practice nursing. There was no indication of negative social influence determining the manner by which panelists achieved consensus on the proposed framework. A novel method of using metadata, paradata and embedded data in web-based surveys was applied, which supported high survey response rates and identified non-response bias. A novel application of web-based surveys allowed the researcher to concurrently conduct six Delphi surveys nested within a larger research project. Conclusion This research demonstrates a rigorous approach in validating a proposed specialty clinical learning and teaching framework for Australian NP students. It contributes new knowledge on the internal and external validity of Reactive Delphi methodology.

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Fung, Siu Pik. « What is the relationship between vocabulary teaching methods and vocabulary learning ». HKBU Institutional Repository, 1997. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/110.

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Spinola, Jane. « B-learning and the teaching of writing in English in an EFL context : an action research study ». Thesis, University of Warwick, 2014. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/63025/.

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This action research study, which is composed of three cycles, aims at understanding and helping Portuguese students in an EFL context to improve their writing skills in English through a blended-learning (b-learning) writing module, using Moodle. This research contributes towards a better understanding of a research practitioner’s perspectives of an action research study. A narrative inquiry approach is used to convey the action research process through the practitioner’s eyes. It also contributes to the framework of Communities of Inquiry (CoI). This thesis looks at b-learning, its affordances and challenges and the function of CoI within a b-learning environment and how the different components of a Community of Inquiry framework, namely Social, Cognitive and Teaching Presences, contribute, influence and enrich the learning and teaching experience. The methodology behind the learning and teaching of writing as well as the theoretical and practical development of the research methods are described within the afore-mentioned framework. Communities of Inquiry will be seen as emerging from the data, as this research initially was not designed to include them. However, during analysis of the first action research cycle, data began to show evidence of the Community of Inquiry and it thus became part of the research and an integral part of the remaining two cycles. A Community of Inquiry’s sustenance relies on students’ engagement and interaction with the learning platform and with the people who make up the learning community and this data provides evidence for the framework in this research, which exemplifies and justifies the community of inquiry framework. Data for this thesis has been gathered using a mixed methods approach and thus the sources are varied. Interviews, questionnaires, focus groups, a research diary, class recordings and field notes and online interaction through forums, emails and messages compose the sources of the data for this research.

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Alummoottil, Joseph Michael. « The spiral curriculum, integrated teaching and structured learning of mathematics at the secondary level ». Thesis, Rhodes University, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003654.

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The investigator's experience of teaching mathematics at a college of education since 1983 has reinforced his conviction that trainee students come to college with significant gaps, weaknesses and faults in their (mathematical) conceptual structures, probably as a result of shortcomings in the mathematics teaching to which they have been exposed. The theme of this investigation is thus a natural choice that appeared to be of immediate relevance to secondary school mathematics teaching. The analysis of the issue leads to a unified perspective: the problem is placed in a theoretical framework where Bruner [spiral curriculum], Ausubel [structured learning] and Skemp [relational understanding] are brought together. How the curriculum, textbooks and examination influence school mathematics teaching is examined in some depth and the consequences investigated. Two specific topics, viz. the generalised Pythagorean relation and absolute value are investigated in relation to published work, curriculum and textbooks, and each (topic) is presented as a unifying theme in secondary mathematics to standard 9 pupils. The classroom exercise is assessed to test the hypothesis that structured, integrated presentation around a spiral curriculum promotes "relational understanding". Analysis of results supports the hypothesis.

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Pechman, Nancy K. « A study using the 10-key pad on a microcomputer and electronic calculator ». PDXScholar, 1985. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3530.

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This study was conducted to determine whether there was a significant difference between the development of speed and accuracy on a 10-key pad on a microcomputer or on an electronic calculator. A total of 204 participants were involved in the quasi-experiment.

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Chiphambo, Shakespear M. E. K. « An investigation of the role of physical manipulatives in the teaching and learning of measurement in Grade 8 : a case study using surface area and volume ». Thesis, Rhodes University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003540.

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The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of physical manipulatives in the teaching and learning of measurement in Grade 8. The study focuses on how the use of physical manipulatives promotes learners' mathematical proficiency in relation to the five strands of Kilpatrick, Swafford and Findell (2001). The basis of the research is a case study in the interpretive paradigm involving 18 out of a cohort of 270 Grade 8 learners in the school where I teach. The data was collected using a range of methods including: (i) baseline assessment tasks, first piloted using 7 Grade 8 learners and then given to the target group; (ii) an intervention programme with intervention tasks; (iii) a post-intervention task; (iv) observations during the intervention; and (v) individual interviews. The results of the baseline assessment and the post-intervention tasks were analysed both quantitatively and qualitatively. My research findings indicate an overall improvement of the performance after learners engaged in using physical manipulatives. The average mark of the learners in the baseline assessment task was 23% and after the intervention programme the average mark was 31 %. The responses from the learners interviewed showed that they were motivated and that the use of physical manipulatives assisted them in understanding the concepts of measurement, in particular surface area and volume. The results of my study thus reveal that the use of physical manipulatives in teaching and learning mathematics has a positive role to play in learners' understanding of surface area and volume at the Grade 8 level. The fmdings of this case study support other research regarding the importance of using physical manipulatives in teaching and learning mathematics. They align with other findings that assert that manipulatives are essential mediating tools in the development of the conceptual and procedural understanding of mathematical concepts, clarifying and helping learners to visualize abstract mathematical concepts.

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Dzambara, Tobias Munyaradzi. « An analysis of the distribution and use of teaching aids in mathematics in selected Windhoek secondary schools ». Thesis, Rhodes University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001410.

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This study investigates the types of mathematics teaching aids available at both public and private secondary schools in Windhoek. The study characterises their usage and source as well as teachers’ perceptions towards the use of such teaching resources in the Mathematics classroom. The study is grounded in an interpretive paradigm and employed a mixed methods approach to generate both quantitative and qualitative data in two sequential phases. Phase 1 of the research process, which involved 75 Mathematics teachers, took the form of an audit of the availability and use of teaching aids at 25 secondary schools in Windhoek. A case study methodology was adopted in Phase 2 which focused on five purposively selected schools that displayed different characteristics in terms of the availability of teaching resources. The study found that the majority of teachers at secondary schools in Windhoek have a positive attitude towards the importance and role of teaching aids in Mathematics, seeing them as promoters of hands-on engagement, visual reasoning, active participation and motivation amongst learners. However, in some instances schools are underresourced with respect to certain types of teaching aids, specifically graph boards, geoboards, geometric models and computers. A need for appropriate in-school support on the use of teaching aids was also identified

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Barrett, Athol. « Capitalising on experience for an evolving era : a reflective practitioner study ». Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2010. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/368.

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This study is about tapping the under utilised resource of tacit knowledge, embedded in human experience, in tackling the complex challenges of managing a neo-postmodern era. The study shows how this may be achieved by using reflective practice in mining a lifetime of tacit knowledge embedded within the experience of one practitioner. It is an example for others in generating their responses to managing current social dilemmas. Thus, in using reflective practice methodology, the study draws on data from reflection; experience; and, the literature generating a narrative written in the first person. As a method of inquiry, this methodology draws on the traditions of narrative autoethnography, action research and qualitative inquiry principles. It extends the concepts of reflecting-in-action and reflecting-on-action, to provide a focus for-action. The study therefore explores the under utilised resource of tacit knowledge and extends the limited research available in translating this knowledge to an explicit form. This study provides both a narrative analysis and a holistic conceptual model. This model is developed from generic models developed in three social domains - in the classroom; the corporation; and, the community. Through reflective practice, the study identifies six enduring principles common to these models. These principles form the basis of the holistic conceptual model. It is a model that can be used by others to generate explicit knowledge to improve their management of subsequent social interaction. The components of the formalised Models are represented by the mnemonic LEADST. Each letter represents a significant conceptual component: Local design; Entrepreneurship; adherence to Action Research principles; the Dichotomy of content and method; working within existing authority Structures; and, Translating tacit knowledge to explicit knowledge. All focus on devolving responsibility enhancing selfactualisation and system development for increased social cohesion and productivity. The Models, therefore, contribute to the developing participatory and sustainability movements. In essence, the study makes three contributions to existing knowledge. First, it provides descriptive models for others to use in capitalising on the tacit knowledge embedded in their own lived experience to manage current social dilemmas. Second, the study indicates how a combined individual and group translation strategy for reflective practice is more productive than either individual or group strategies in isolation. Third, the study extends reflective practice methodology showing how practice can be used to produce both narrative accounts and pragmatic conceptualisation. The thesis also embraces reflective practice by finally modelling how the review of the text, through the lens of three examiners, aided the re-conceptualisation of critical issues in the development of the study.

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Sotshangane, Nkosinathi Owen. « Working Towards Improved Facilitation of Research Capacity Development at Walter Sisulu University (WSU) Using Action Research (AR) Methodology ». Thesis, Walter Sisulu University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11260/901.

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This study was originally undertaken to change and improve the way I do my practice at Walter Sisulu University as a Research Associate whose responsibility is to facilitate research capacity development and research excellence within the University, amongst academics and postgraduate students. The success of the Research Resource Centre that I manage depends on the way I promote research culture and research productivity amongst academics and postgraduate students. According to Leedy and Ormrod (2013, p. 2), research is a systematic process that is used to collect, analyse, and interpret data in order to increase my understanding of the phenomenon about interest and concern about a given/identified phenomenon. In this case my own practice changed and improved for the better. The main objective of this study, therefore, was to examine the reasons behind the decline in research productivity in terms of research output and how this could be reversed through action research study intervention in order to enhance research productivity at Walter Sisulu University (WSU). The Department of Higher Education and Training’s (DHET) allocation of research output units for WSU indicated that there was a decline in research output from 2005 to 2010. The extent to which my practice improvement could contribute towards changing or improving research productivity was a question which this study addressed through a quantitative, qualitative and self-reflective action research cyclic inquiry. I organized sample strategies of this study as follows: For quantitative data, I used 120 lecturers as my respondents through questionnaires (females = 47 and males = 73) who were randomly selected; For qualitative data, I used 24 lecturers as respondents who were randomly selected with whom I conducted interviews; and For self-reflective action research cyclic inquiry I used 7 Transformative Education/al Studies (TES) project group members as my focus group. My research findings concluded that the heavy teaching workload at WSU was problematic and lecturers/academics could not devote time to do research. My recommendation is that research should be made compulsory so that academics become aware that at least one or two published articles are required from them, for the benefit of annual university research productivity. Some research participants also recommended that the Research Resource Centre must include programs that focus directly on active participation in research in order to increase the capacity of individual researchers so as to build a critical mass of competent researchers, perhaps by even including incentives as a reward for doing research. According to Koshy (2010), action research is a specific method of conducting research by professionals and practitioners with the ultimate aim of improving practice. My new knowledge, therefore, in respect of how a concerned Research Associate, from a Historically Disadvantaged Institution (HDI), provided the impetus to create a collaborative practice in a higher education institution which was forced to merge with two former technikons (which lacked understanding of what a university means by research productivity and research output). I consequently developed the Nkosinathi Sotshangane’s cyclic practice improvement model through self-reflective action research, from which I believed other research practitioners could learn by doing something similar in their own context.

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Png, Jessie L. « The use of scaffolding through think-alouds and reciprocal teaching in the teaching of reading comprehension to lower secondary students in two Singaporean schools ». Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2007. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/309.

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This Portfolio examines the use of scaffolding through Think-alouds and Reciprocal Teaching in the teaching of reading comprehension to lower secondary students in two schools in Singapore. The researcher noticed while doing her research that where scaffolding in reading is conccrned, many books and articles tend to focus on children in kindergarten and primary schools. She felt that students in the secondary schools, especially those in the lower secondary, need scaffolding too. It is for this reason that this study focuses on scaffolding at the lower secondary level. In addition, it is quite common to see English Language teachers in secondary schools running out of scaffolding tools to use in their reading lessons. Therefore it is the aim of the researcher of this study to introduce the Think-aloud and Reciprocal Teaching methods to two groups of teachers in two different schools, and to find out how receptive these teachers are to the use of these two scaffolding tools.

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Mokuku, Tsepo. « Education for environmental literacy : towards participatory action research in the secondary school science curriculum in Lesotho ». Thesis, Rhodes University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003385.

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The dependency of educators in Lesotho on externally developed curriculum theories and concepts is fundamental to issues of relevance of the school curricula. This study set out to develop the meaning of environmental literacy in the context of three secondary schools and to explore appropriate teaching methods for the development of this concept in the science curriculum. The participatory action research process involved a team of four science teachers, including the researcher, in partnership with an environmental centre. We progressively developed the meamng of environmental literacy by monitoring teaching innovations in the classroom, holding meetings and workshops and attending conferences where we shared classroom findings and reflected on our emerging understandings based on classroom experiences. Data collection involved: audio-recording of classroom lessons, interviews with teachers and students, audio-visual recording, classroom observations and students' questionnaires. The research process made apparent the complex nature of the process of clarifying and developing environmental literacy in this context. Classroom actiyities planned to inform the team's understanding of the meaning of environmental literacy and develop appropriate teaching methods encountered constraints associated with the education system and the legacy of colonialism. These contextual constraints crystallised the need for the education system to be transformed in order to make schools more conducive environments for the gevelopment of students' environmental literacy. While initially teachers were reluctant to engage in critical reflection, the research process did encourage the team to revise and expand their understandings of both environmental literacy in the science classroom, and the action research itself. The emerging meaning of environmental literacy in this context and how it may be developed among students does not involve a definition with prescriptive, effective teaching methods, but provides insights and understandings gained by the participants in their engagement with a reflective process of reconslructing meaning. I have come to understand environmental literacy during the study to be a process that should draw strongly on the local knowledge and understandings into the science curriculum, through participatory process-based curriculum development models.

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Muluse, Lungile J. « [Research projects] ». Thesis, Rhodes University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003623.

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This study is a situational analysis of a school located at Nonkcampa village, just ten kilometres from King William’s Town, west of the national road between Peddie and King William’s Town. Toise Senior Secondary School is in the former Ciskei region. The Bulembu / Bisho airport is just next to our school. My focus on Toise Senior Secondary School, provides me as the principal of the school with a golden opportunity to find out more about the school. As a relative newcomer to the school this study also enables me to look at the school community, from this particular focal point. As this is a situational analysis, my focus will be on the history, the biophysical and socio-political aspects that influenced the development of the school to the present. In this way I will be able to analyse the school’s readiness to implement the new Out-Comes-Based Education (OBE) Curriculum soon to be implemented at secondary school level.

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Penn-Edwards, Sorrel. « Conceptions of information video in university research and teaching : A phenomenographic study ». Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1998. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36565/1/36565_Digitised%20Thesis.pdf.

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Video, a major medium of communication with which this study is concerned, is seen to possess characteristics distinguishing it from broadcast television. Five genres of video are identified: Information, Documentary, Entertainment, Enrichment, and Experimental, the first of which embraces usage in research and teaching. In this respect Information Video has two sub-genres, Process Video (unplanned and/or unscripted) and Product Video (planned and/or scripted), both of which are examined in this study. The locale of the field of study is within post-mass media communication with the theoretical framework deriving from the work of Krippendorff who states that whilst no one individual can share another's thoughts (internal understandings) there can be 'expressed understandings' communicable to others. Because individuals are different, as are their experiences and backgrounds, the extent to which an 'expressed understanding' is shared will vary from person to person. 'Internal understandings' about Information Video as used in research and teaching are only able to be articulated when they become 'expressed understandings'. Those understandings or conceptions, which are 'understood' by others, become shared and form a 'collective pool' of 'expressed understandings'. In specific areas such as jurisprudence, visual anthropology and the quantitative sciences, the 'collective pool' of expressed understandings is formalised in published procedures, codes and texts thus becoming 'procedural'. This study lies in the domain of research and teaching in which there is no formalised recognition of collective 'expressed understandings'; that is, where Information Video is non-procedural. Problematisation of an issue or process occurs in two distinct stages: awareness of the existence of the context in which the issue or process lies (conceptualisation) and identification of the issue or process within the context (proceduralisation). This study proposes that although the use of Information Video may be non-procedural it is not necessarily 'unconceptualised'. Following this the research questions are 'What conceptions of the phenomenon of Information Video in researc~ and teaching are held by non-procedural users ?'and 'Is it necessary for the use of Information Video to be problematised in all research and teaching?'. A communication model for Information Video is created to facilitate contextual grouping and discussion of published reports from non-procedural users covering a broad spectrum of use and disciplines. This model comprises five elements; VideoRecording (technological and human factors influencing recording), Video-Viewing (technological and human factors influencing viewing), Video-Medium (characteristics of the video-medium; technical and human aspects), Video-Data (technical considerations and human understandings of the video-data), and Video in a Research and Teaching Context (function of video in a research and teaching context; technical and human aspects). Documentation of the procedural use of Information Video shows that problematisation includes practical factors (shot sizes and obtrusive placement of equipment), and philosophic considerations (theories of realism and emotive responses), both of which influence the recording, viewing and interpretation. These factors are also applicable in non-procedural use. The literature makes clear that where non-procedural users consider that Information Video can have measured influence on events it is occasioned by 'chance' and introspection without reference or adequate comprehension and experience of video use. Twenty staff and postgraduate students are interviewed, their responses phenomenographically analysed and six categories of description of Information Video extracted; Video as Data-Reality, Video as Subject-Facilitation, Video as a DataPackage, Video as Practitioner-Augmentation, Video as a Practitioner-Problem, and Video as a Data-Component. The multifarious relationships between the six categories and research and teaching are clarified in the diagram where the Outcome Space displays the manner of practitioner approach (grounded either in 'theory' or 'practice'), and a focus on 'video-data' or on 'videoing', the latter being a process which includes the role of people and equipment. Comparison of categories of description held by the interviewees, and mentioned in the published literature reviewed, shows that although researchers and teachers may use video in a non-procedural way, (the second stage of problematisation), the first stage of problematisation, that of conceptualisation, is present. This is found to be characterised by fragmentation, diversity, non-specific relationships with disciplines, sublimation, and introspection. This study also finds that for texts to be comprehensive and useful to a wide range of Information Video users, individual understandings must be addressed. It proposes that a non-discipline based Information Video in research and teaching text may be a way to improve the use of 'non-procedural' Information Video.

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Xu, Jie, et 许洁. « An exploratory research of using blogs in the Chinese as a second language teaching ». Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B48369214.

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本論文是針對博客應用於對外漢語教學進行的一次探索。以香港一間國際學校15位就讀于國際文憑課程中文語言B的12年級學生為研究對象，透過問卷調查、觀察以及面談的研究方法，瞭解博客輔助對外漢語教學的可行性以及在教學過程中對教師存在的挑戰，從而為未來對外漢語教師運用博客支援教學提供參考。研究結果表明，利用博客輔助對外漢語教學，學生們對博客的參與情況普遍較好，博客可以作為其中文習作發佈的平臺，便於師生和同儕之間的互動交流、協作學習，學生們的中文寫作興趣和寫作動機也都因此有所提高，因而更加樂於學習中文。同時，在學生們進行博客寫作的過程中，教師博客對於學生們來說也具有一定的作用和意義，為學生們的網誌創作提供寫作素材。不過，在使用博客輔助對外漢語教學的過程中，教師同時也會面臨很多挑戰，教師要處理好博客可能會出現的技術問題以及合理設計在博客教學過程中所採用的中文課程，以加強學生的對外漢語學習動機。由此，未來對外漢語教師在運用博客支援教學的時候，應謹慎選擇博客建立的網路平臺，對學生使用博客寫作進行適當的培訓和指導，同時亦可考慮將博客教學和正規對外漢語教學有機地結合起來。 This paper is an exploration of using a blog in classes of teaching Chinese as a second language. Fifteen Year 12 students who study in the Chinese Language B course of the International Baccalaureate curriculum from one Hong Kong International School are examined. Through questionnaires, observations and interviews, the study reveals the feasibility of using the blog in classes of teaching Chinese as a second language as well as the challenges that the teacher may face accordingly. Furthermore, the paper has also provided some teaching support for future teachers who want to apply blogs in teaching Chinese as a second language. The results show that students generally have a good participation in the blog. The blog, therefore, can serve as a platform to enable students to publish their Chinese work, and to interact and collaborate with teachers and peers. Students’ interests and motivations in Chinese writing are both increased. Meanwhile, when the students carry out the process of blog writing, the teacher’s blog has also played a role as providing writing materials to inspire students. Nevertheless, when using the blog to assist the Chinese as a second language teaching, teachers accordingly will face many challenges. As teachers, we should handle the blog’s technical problems properly and design appropriate Chinese language courses which can be perfectly combined with the normal Chinese teaching. Referring to the above results, the future teachers, who want to use the blog in classes of teaching Chinese as a second language, should carefully select the network platform to establish the blog. Also, some training and guidance related to blog writing should be given to students beforehand. Finally, teachers need to consider the way of combining blogs and the regular Chinese teaching together.
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Schreuder, Glynis Rholeen. « Teacher professional development : the case of quality teaching in accounting at selected Western Cape secondary schools ». Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1990.

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Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Education in the Faculty of Education and Social Sciences at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology 2014
In South Africa the education system has undergone three major phases of change since the inception of democracy in 1994. Such a degree of change requires teachers to adapt and keep pace with each phase. Professional development provides the support teachers need to learn, and be part of, pedagogical transition. The way teachers were trained during their initial training does not match what is required from them a number of years later. Accounting is a subject that has received on-going criticism because of the poor performance of learners and declining numbers of those opting to do the subject. Professional development is crucial in ensuring quality teaching. Research proves that quality teachers ensure quality teaching and improved learner performance. Goldhaber (2002:2) suggests that providing learners with good teachers is crucial. The main purpose of this research was to examine the teaching of Accounting in schools in the Western Cape within the concept of quality. The aim is to understand what professional development programmes Accounting teachers are engaging with and what the effect is of such initiatives. Phenomenology is used as the theoretical strategy for this research. The main epistemological assumption is that a way of knowing reality is through exploring the experiences of others regarding the phenomena being investigated: namely quality teaching in Accounting and professional development of teachers of Accounting. Experiences and voices of respondents were the medium through which I explored the teaching of Accounting and the extent to which, and ways in which, professional development activities they engage in affect their teaching as well as, ultimately, the performance of learners. A mixed methods approach, framed within an interpretive paradigm, was used in this study. Both qualitative and quantitative data were collected and analysed. Multi-stage sampling was used to identify the districts, the schools and teachers for the questionnaires. All subject advisers from the districts sampled were interviewed. The teachers for the interviews were purposively sampled. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with teachers and subject advisers in the Western Cape in order to elicit their views on the phenomena being studied. Teachers completed questionnaires that included both quantitative and qualitative data. The questionnaires were designed to facilitate teacher reflection on their beliefs about what constitutes quality teaching in Accounting, as well as their current practices, and to provide information on the professional development activities they were engaged in. Data revealed that there are many teachers who are successfully providing quality teaching. There are, however, many schools where learners are not receiving quality teaching and there is thus a need to reform teaching practice. The findings indicate that professional development has a large role to play in updating and upgrading teachers’ skills and subject knowledge. The need for updating the content knowledge of teachers and for transforming their pedagogical practice are areas that should be dealt with urgently to correct declining trends in the performance of learners offering Accounting at school level. This thesis concludes with recommendations for improving the quality of teaching in Accounting that aim to enhance learner performance in the subject. Recommendations are made for professional development opportunities that transform and improve teaching practice with the final aim of leading to improved learner performance. Recommendations for further research in the field of Accounting at school level are included.

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Jakubowski, Andrea M. « Using Visual Aids in the Secondary Language Classroom : An Action Research Study on the Use of Illustrations during TPRS Instruction ». University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1384452424.

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Chan, Ka-man, et 陳家敏. « Peer assessment in mathematics lessons : an action research in an eighth grade class in Macau ». Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/198870.

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The examination-oriented assessment methods have been widely employed in Macau but the over-dependence on such methods may hinder students’ balanced development of mathematical proficiency (Morrison & Tang, 2002; Schoenfeld, 2007). Peer assessment may compensate the limitation of those methods by engaging students actively to assess. However, little research has focused on the implementation of peer assessment in Macau secondary school. This dissertation reports a study which implemented a five-step peer assessment in an eighth grade mathematics lesson in Macau based on Ploegh at al.’s (2009) and Tillema et al.’s (2011) frameworks, in which the quality criteria are taken into account for revising the procedures. 16 students participated in three action cycles and the action plan was modified to explore how the changes to the peer assessment may influence students’ learning and students’ views towards the implementation of peer assessment. The results show that it is effective to establish a formative peer assessment to promote students’ mathematical learning in Macau by adopting the frameworks. The students in general held positive attitude towards the implementation of the peer assessment. They regarded it as a fair assessment, appreciated the extra opportunity to discuss mathematics, and treated it as a way to collect more feedback on their strength and weakness. Peer assessment also served as a learning activity which helped them gain deeper understanding of mathematics. It was found that students’ involvement in the setting of the assessment criteria, making judgment and writing narrative feedback improved students’ use of mathematical language to express their ideas. Providing more opportunities to judge and discuss mathematical problems also fostered the development of their mathematical proficiency. This study also reveals that asking peers for feedback and discussion about the feedback is an efficient way to develop students’ adaptive reasoning. The students’ change of performance in the action cycles also suggests that peer assessment has the potential to help the students access higher level of development in their zone of proximal development (ZPD) and balance the role of authority in mathematics classroom.
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Bock, L. J. « Research portfolio ». Thesis, Rhodes University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006128.

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Zinn, Sandy. « Integrating information skills into the curriculum : an action research investigation at an ex-House of Representatives high school ». Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/1338.

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Garver-Daniels, Tessa Marie. « An Action Research Study of a Secondary Art Classroom in Appalachia Utilizing Flipped Classroom Hybridization Methods ». Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1627049030752619.

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Vale, Pamela. « Describing the relationship between the cognitive and linguistic complexity of a mathematical literacy examination and types of student errors ». Thesis, Rhodes University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001774.

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Much prior research has shown that if students have a poor command of the language in which they are taught and assessed, they experience a complex and deep learning disadvantage (Barton & Neville-Barton, 2003). Abedi (2006) mentions, in particular, that unnecessary linguistic complexity can threaten the validity of examination items and thus compromises the fairness of the assessment for English language learners. In Clarkson’s (1991, p. 31) research it was found that for the English language learners in the study “comprehension errors [made] up a high proportion of the errors made when…students attempt[ed] to solve mathematical word problems”. In an attempt to explore whether this was the case for a group of National Certificate (Vocational) [NC(V)] students at an FET college, the research conducted in this study focused on describing the cognitive and linguistic complexity of Level 4 Mathematical Literacy examination items as well as the types of responses from a sample of students. A mixed-methods case study design was selected. Student errors were classified as either due to mathematical literacy-related sources, or language-related sources and the question was asked as to how the cognitive and linguistic complexity of items might be related to the types of errors made. Statistically significant correlations were found between the linguistic complexity of items and language-related errors, and between the cognitive complexity of items and all types of errors. It was also possible to identify which language features, in particular, were statistically significantly correlated with linguistic complexity, namely: prepositional phrases; words of 7 letters or more and complex/compound sentences. As was expected, the majority of errors were categorised as mathematical literacy-related. However, as many as 19.22% of all errors made were identified as language-related. While the scope of the study prevents any generalisations from being made, the results indicate a need for a larger-scale study of this nature to determine if the complex and deep learning disadvantage mentioned by Barton and Neville-Barton (2003) does exist with regard to the assessment of Mathematical Literacy for NC(V) students who are English language learners (Barton & Neville-Barton, 2003).

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Greenwell, Sabrina. « An Exploratory Case Study Comparing the Teaching Practices of Reading Endorsed vs. Non-Reading Endorsed Secondary English Language Arts Teachers ». Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2009. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/2527.

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This comparative case study investigated the teaching practices of secondary English language arts teachers who are reading endorsed versus secondary English language arts teachers who are not reading endorsed. Florida Department of Education mandated that all reading teachers, and strongly encouraged all English language arts teachers be reading endorsed to meet the requirements of No Child Left Behind ("Just Read, Florida!" 2008). We now need research to see if this surge of reading endorsed teachers is using their training in the classroom. The purpose of this study was to explore and to compare the teaching practices of two secondary standard English I in a reading block teachers, one reading endorsed and the other not reading endorsed, and two honors English II language arts teachers, one reading endorsed and the other not reading endorsed. Did the classes in reading instruction and scientifically based reading research (SBRR) strategies carry over into teaching practices in the classroom? If yes, how, or in what capacity, and in what areas of student learning? The participants in this study included secondary standard English I in a reading block teachers and honors English II language arts teachers from a local central Florida high school. Their identities are confidential, but their years of teaching experience, their qualifications, and their classes' level are provided. This comparative case study used an observation protocol, interviews with teachers, classroom observations, a questionnaire for teachers, and observational and reflective field notes made while observing and documenting teachers' practices in secondary English classrooms. This study investigated the value of the Florida reading endorsement, its influence on secondary teachers' knowledge of instruction and practices, the role of comprehensive professional development, and the endorsement's influence on student engagement. The significance of these results may provide evidence for policymakers to further mandate reading endorsements for content area teachers or become more lenient on their demands for English language arts teachers to become reading endorsed. The input and opinions of the veteran teachers may help shape and change the current endorsement while examining theory to practice. The study was qualitative in nature; most of the evidence and research came from observations and interviews. The voice of the veteran English teachers, their beliefs, instructional practices, classroom environments, and students' motivation is a reflection of current practices in today's public schools. There is evidence that professional development in scientifically based reading research has an impact on the instructional practices of teachers. The study included the voice of the teachers; what they would like to experience in professional development; what they found useful; what they need; and what they did not value. The participants explained how they transformed theory into practice. The findings of this study concluded that further research and communication is needed between the researchers who design professional development statewide initiatives for secondary content area teachers, the teachers/practitioners who implement the knowledge and strategies, the administration for support, and policy makers who mandate the professional development efforts. The reading endorsed teachers did create enthusiastic classroom environments where student motivation increased, but the teachers voiced obstacles that inhibited their professional development that should be addressed.
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Hoffenberg, Rebecca Sue. « An Investigation into Teacher Support of Science Explanation in High School Science Inquiry Units ». PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1103.

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The Framework for K-12 Science Education, the foundation for the Next Generation Science Standards, identifies scientific explanation as one of the eight practices "essential for learning science." In order to design professional development to help teachers implement these new standards, we need to assess students' current skill level in explanation construction, characterize current teacher practice surrounding it, and identify best practices for supporting students in explanation construction. This multiple-case study investigated teacher practice in eight high school science inquiry units in the Portland metro area and the scientific explanations the students produced in their work samples. Teacher Instructional Portfolios (TIPs) were analyzed with a TIP rubric based on best practices in teaching science inquiry and a qualitative coding scheme. Written scientific explanations were analyzed with an explanation rubric and qualitative codes. Relationships between instructional practices and explanation quality were examined. The study found that students struggle to produce high quality explanations. They have the most difficulty including adequate reasoning with science content. Also, teachers need to be familiar with the components of explanation and use a variety of pedagogical techniques to support students' explanation construction. Finally, the topic of the science inquiry activity should be strongly connected to the content in the unit, and students need a firm grasp of the scientific theory or model on which their research questions are based to adequately explain their inquiry results.

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Mostert, Ingrid Elizabeth. « Research for the learning and teaching of mathematics : an emergent design / ». Thesis, Link to the online version, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/687.

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Simasiku, Bosman Muyubano. « Student teachers' experiences in using multiple representations in the teaching of grade 6 proportion word problems : a Namibian case study ». Thesis, Rhodes University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001703.

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This study investigated the experiences of four participating student teachers in using multiple representative approaches in the teaching of Grade 6 proportion word problems. The multiple representative approaches include the Between Comparison Method, the Within Comparison Method, the Diagrammatic Method, the Table Method, the Graph Method, the Cross-product Method, and the Oral Informal Method. An intervention programme was organised, using workshops where student teachers were prepared to teach Grade 6 proportion word problems using multiple representative approaches. The teaching practice lessons of the four participating student teachers in two primary schools were video recorded, and the focus group interview was conducted at the University Campus. With the exception of the Graph Method and the Cross-product Method, it was revealed that the multiple representative approaches were generally effective in the teaching of Grade 6 proportion word problems. The study further revealed that multiplicative relationships can be explored through using the different individual representative approaches. The study argues that the cross-product method is not the only way to teach Grade 6 proportion word problems. There are multiple representative approaches that should be used in conjunction with each other to enhance the teaching of proportion word problems. Furthermore, this study revealed that a number of challenges were encountered when using multiple representative approaches. The challenges include difficulties with the English language, different and unique abilities of the learners, lack of plotting skills and the lack of proficiency in the learners’ multiplication and division skills. This study made recommendations on the integration of multiple representative approaches in the mathematics education curriculum and textbooks. It further recommended that in-service workshops for teachers and student teachers on the integration of multiple representative approaches in the teaching of Grade 6 proportion word problems should be initiated.

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Smith, Leslie TenEyck. « Project NANO : Will Allowing High School Students To Use Research Grade Scanning Electron Microscopes Increase Their Interest in Science ? » PDXScholar, 2014. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1549.

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In this study, one AP Biology curriculum unit and one general Biology curriculum unit that included tabletop Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) technology provided by Project NANO, a grant-funded, collaborative initiative designed to integrate cutting-edge nanotechnology into high school classrooms were implemented at a public high school in rural Oregon. Nine students participated in the AP unit and 52 students participated in the general Biology unit. Each student completed an opinion-based pre and post survey to determine if using the SEM as a part of the curriculum unit had an impact on his or her interest in science or in nanoscience. Interviews were conducted to add to the data. The results indicate that using the SEM can increase a student's interest in science. Recommendations for improving student experience were identified.

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Lee, Jami A. « The impact of collaborative analysis of student work on student achievement among third graders in the area of writing : An action research study ». ScholarWorks, 2009. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/656.

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Georgia Writing Assessment scores revealed that there were third grade students at an elementary school in rural Southeast Georgia struggling to meet the state standards. This pre-experimental, action research study examined the impact of collaborative analysis of student work on student achievement among third graders in the area of writing through a one-group pretest-posttest design. The pretest phase of this quantitative study was comprised of the collection of scored student writing samples followed by professional development training for teacher participants on collaborative analysis of student work. The posttest phase of the study included the collection of scored student writing samples. These student writing samples were scored by each teacher using a rubric developed by the state of Georgia as part of the Georgia Writing Assessment. Six third grade teachers and 50 third grade students participated in the study. A repeated measures t test was conducted to determine the impact of collaborative analysis of student work on student achievement. This comparative analysis between pretest and posttest scores indicated that the collaborative efforts of the teachers in this action research initiative positively impacted student achievement. Recommendations for further study include duplication of the study at another time during the school year, repetition of the study using a larger sample, and the collection of qualitative data from teachers and students through surveys, questionnaires, or focus group interviews. The social change implication of this study is that it informs the body of knowledge related to the impact of collaborative analysis of student work on student achievement in the area of writing at the elementary school level This may be beneficial to administrators and teachers in the planning of professional development activities and the teaching and learning of writing.

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Wang, Qing. « Coaching psychology for learning : a case study on enquiry-based learning and learning power development in secondary education in the UK using participatory research methodology ». Thesis, University of Bristol, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.601186.

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This research is an empirical exploration of the relationship between coaching and learning in a state secondary education. Coaching psycho logy and coaching have been increasingly used in the discourse of education. However there is a lack of research systematically looking at how coaching can make a difference to the knowledge construction process and learning power development of secondary students. The current research examines the role of coaching in secondary students ' formal learning setting, investigates teachers' and students' perceptions of coaching and critically discusses how the implementation of coaching strategies in enquiry-based learning would influence the development of students' positive learning dispositions and learning agency. The research employed an exploratory sequential case study design in a modified participatory methodology. It involved a UK mainstream secondary school during the academic year 2010/2011. The students participated in three prototypes of enquiry-based learning facilitated by teachers who were specifically trained to be coaches. The study utilised a qualitative-driven mixed approach to collecting and analysing data. The findings indicate that the relationship between coaching and learning is best understood as a participatory living system, theorised as 'coaching for learning'. The system involves simultaneous processes in which learning coaches and learners move along different modes of coaching relationships for different purposes in various learning circumstances. In order to understand the relationship and communication between coaches and learners, it is particularly important to explore the psychological and discursive aspects of the system. In this research, significant increases in students' higher order learning capacities, independence, learning relationships, confidence, autonomy and learning agency were observed. It could be concluded that the implementation of coaching psychology in enquiry-based learning has the potential to enhance secondary students' positive learning dispositions and learning agency. This is achieved by facilitating the knowledge construction process and gradually handing over the responsibility of learning to the learners themselves. The current research has special value in extending our theoretical and empirical understanding of coaching and coaching psychology to the context of formal secondary education with consideration of practices.

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Killgren, de Klonia Kim. « The Potential Role of Critical Literacy Pedagogy as a Methodology When Teaching Literature in Upper Secondary School in Sweden : A Quantitative Study of English Teachers’ Literature Choices ». Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-34995.

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Literature’s role in the foreign language classroom has been extensively researched, and the benefits of enjoyable reading firmly established. But could teachers benefit from a new perspective in the form of Critical Literacy Pedagogy when choosing and teaching literary works? Critical Literacy Pedagogy, CLP, is a method of critically examining literature to detect possible power structures e.g. concerning ethnicity and gender. This study examines how teachers and students value a number of criteria and aspects in connection to what literature is used in the class. Two empirical web-based questionnaire surveys were conducted on a total of 23 teachers and 42 students in upper secondary school in Sweden. The results are primarily presented quantitatively with the complement of excerpts from the written answers to the open-ended questions, and has then analyzed with the help of CLP, to see if the method has a possible role in EFL-teaching in upper secondary school in Sweden. In the present study, the participating teachers valued practical characteristics, such as level of difficulty, higher than conceptual characteristics, such as the sexual orientation of an author or character, when choosing what literary works to teach. These ratings were seen as problematic when compared to the teachers’ concrete exemplifications of taught works. Moreover, both teachers and students rated the possibility of critical and ethical discussion very highly in regard to the chosen works. A comparison between the ratings and the exemplified works indicate that CLP could be a valuable method when choosing what literature to teach.

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Macpherson, Karen, et n/a. « The development of enhanced information retrieval strategies in undergraduates through the application of learning theory : an experimental study ». University of Canberra. Information Management & ; Tourism, 2002. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060405.130648.

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In this thesis, teaching and learning issues involved in end-user information retrieval from electronic databases are examined. A two-stage model of the information retrieval process, based on information processing theory, is proposed; and a framework for the teaching of information literacy is developed. The efficacy of cognitive psychology as a theoretical framework that enhances the understanding of a number of information retrieval issues, is discussed. These issues include: teaching strategies that can assist the development of conceptual knowledge of the information retrieval process; individual differences affecting information retrieval performance, particularly problemsolving ability; and expert and novice differences in search performance. The researcher investigated the impact of concept-based instruction on the development of information retrieval skills through the use of a two-stage experimental study conducted with undergraduates students at the University of Canberra, Australia. Phase 1 was conducted with 254 first-year undergraduates in 1997, with a 40 minute concept-based teaching module as the independent variable. A number of research questions were proposed: 1. Wdl type of instruction influence acquisition of knowledge of electronic database searching? 2. Will type of instruction influence information retrieval effectiveness? 3. Are problem-solving ability and information retrieval effectiveness related? 4. Are problem-solving ability and cognitive maturity related? 5. Are there any differences in the search behaviour of more effective and less effective searchers? Subjects completed a pre-test which measured knowledge of electronic databases, and problem-solving ability; and a post-test that measured changes in these abilities. Subjects in the experimental treatment were taught the 40 minute concept-based module, which incorporated teaching strateges grounded in leaming theory. The strategies included: the use of analogy; modelling; and the introduction of complexity. The aims of the module were to foster the development of a realistic concept of the information retrieval process; and to provide a problem-solving heuristic to guide subjects in their search strategy formulation. All subjects completed two post-tests: a survey that measured knowledge of search terminology and strategies; and an information retrieval assignment that measured effectiveness of search design and execution. Results suggested that using a concept-based approach is significantly more effective than using a traditional, skills-demonstration approach in the teaching of information retrieval. This effectiveness was both in terms of increasing knowledge of the search process; and in terms of improving search outcomes. Further, results suggested that search strategy formulation is significantly correlated with electronic database knowledge, and problemsolving ability; and that problem-solving ability and level of cognitive maturity may be related. Results supported the two-stage model of the information retrieval process suggested by the researcher as one possible construct of the thinking processes underlying information retrieval. These findings led to the implementation of Phase 2 of the research in 1999. Subjects were 68 second-year undergraduate students at the University of Canberra. In this Phase, concept-based teaching techniques were used to develop four modules covering a range of information literacy skills, including: critical thinking; information retrieval strategies; evaluation of sources; and determining relevance of articles. Results confirmed that subjects taught by methods based on leaming theory paradigms (the experimental treatment group), were better able to design effective searches than subjects who did not receive such instruction (the control treatment group). Further, results suggested that these teaching methods encouraged experimental group subjects to locate material from more credible sources than did control group subjects. These findings are of particular significance, given the increasing use of the unregulated intemet environment as an information source. Taking into account literature reviewed, and the results of Phases 1 and 2, a model of the information retrieval process is proposed. Finally, recognising the central importance of the acquisition of information literacy to student success at university, and to productive membership of the information society, a detailed framework for the teaching of information literacy in higher education is suggested.

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