Dissertations / Theses: 'Social sciences teaching methods'

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Christian, Richard Dennis Rhodes Dent. "A design for teaching preservice secondary social studies teachers methods for teaching critical thinking skills." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 1995. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p9633389.

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Thesis (Ed. D.)--Illinois State University, 1995.
Title from title page screen, viewed May 10, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Dent M. Rhodes (chair), Larry Kennedy, Kenneth Jerrich, Frederick Drake. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 195-204) and abstract. Also available in print.

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Hall, Karen I. "Teaching for Equity and Justice| Methods and Best Practices of Effective Anti-bias Educators." Thesis, Webster University, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13814340.

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This study is the result of the researcher’s 25-year tenure in public education. That tenure developed a passion for disrupting racism and modeling social justice pedagogies to dismantle the barriers to educational equity in classrooms. The researcher wants to enact a vision of denouncing oppressive structures for students by positioning teachers to play a critical role in transforming society. The researcher contextualizes multicultural education, critical race theory, and social justice education to develop an overview of anti-bias teaching. Moreover, the researcher suggests the theoretical frames from multicultural education, critical race theory, and social justice education represent the underpinnings of anti-bias education.

Prejudice, bias, and stereotypes continue to exist in schools. For this reason, multicultural education and social justice education equip teachers with the strategies to recognize prejudice, bias, and stereotypes that create barriers to equitable education. This study will add to the growing field of educational research for equity-oriented teaching practices so school systems have the tools to dismantle inequities. The researcher’s study focuses on equity-centered approach through anti-bias teaching patterns of the 2016 Teaching Tolerance award-winning teachers.

What are the best practices and skills necessary for an anti-bias classroom setting? A study of the identified anti-bias 2016 award-winning educators from Teaching Tolerance program are the subjects of this research. The researcher’s goal is to identify patterns of teaching, and then compare these practices to Marilyn Cochran-Smith’s Six Principles of Social Justice. The outcome of the research will add to the growing educational equity work and provide teachers support needed to act in their classrooms for anti-bias education. Educators can transform and provide equitable teaching and learning for all students.

The design of the work is the case study. The researcher chose case study research because it allows the researcher to ask how and why questions. For the investigation, the case study method is the best fit for data collection and analysis. Moreover, case study design allows for description and narration in the research. This format will allow the reader to immerse him/herself in the lives of the teachers so they gain a better understanding of anti-bias educators.

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Chounlamany, Kongsy, and Bounchanh Khounphilaphanh. "New methods of teaching? : refroming education in Lao PDR." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Pedagogiska institutionen, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-40938.

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This thesis is about the recent education reform in Laos as a global and a local process. When the economy was deteriorating in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), the so called New Economic Mechanism (NEM) was introduced and the country opened up for global donors and markets. This also had an effect on the education system. To get hold of financial support there were demands on Lao PDR to replace the previous strong centralised governing of education with more decentralised strategies. There were further demands to replace teacher-led lessons and rote learning with more student-centred classroom practices. The research questions asked in this thesis are: How are education reform and the new methods of teaching governed in policy and through the formal education organisations from ministry level to school level? How do teachers and students in teacher education respond to the education reform and the new methods of teaching? What attention is put to gender and ethnic minorities in these matters? The thesis is inspired by Gita Steiner-Khamsi’s global perspectives on education reform; consensus, conflict and culturalist perspectives. It is also based on a local understanding taking its starting point in a pragmatic approach and a mosaic epistemology and a qualitative inductive methodological approach. The empirical findings are based on 36 documents that govern the education reform, 119 individual interviews with teachers and students in social science and science at teacher education, some observations and a contextual analysis of education, gender and ethnicity in Laos. The findings show that there is a consensus with the international community about bringing education to all people in Lao PDR. However, the political understanding is in conflict between neoliberal and socialist traditions. Democratic centralism is the foundation which built the governing system in Laos; information flows up through the system and decisions down. Even though the system leaves 20 percent autonomy to teachers to develop local curricula in line with the new methods of teaching, there are yet no major signs that such curricula exist. Teacher educators and teacher students understand new methods of teaching mainly as group learning and individual learning with only small variations between the two subjects. According to current policy the goal is to improve access to education for females and ethnic minority students. The ethnic minority students regarded individual studies as difficult because of language problems. They preferred group learning because they could be supported in language issues. Females also felt supported in group learning. However, because of old gender traditions especially females from the dominating Lao Loum group also found individual learning supportive. In individual learning females got opportunities to show individual capacities without being constrained by societal norms. The thesis ends up in a pragmatic tradition where possibilities and constraints with the education reform in Lao PDR are commented on.

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Lam, Wai-lin. "Teaching methods and approaches to learning in science among Secondary 1 students in Hong Kong." [Hong Kong] : University of Hong Kong, 1994. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13833492.

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Hildreth-Blue, Cynthia. "Enlivening California's sixth grade history/social sciences curriculum with historical fiction." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1990. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/562.

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Hollenberger, Jason. "A qualitative study on the use of computer gaming teaching methods in a high school social studies curriculum." Online version, 2009. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2009/2009hollenbergerj.pdf.

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Cardwell, Steven McDonald. "A study to determine the nature of science teachers' functional paradigms using qualitative research methods." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28593.

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It is believed that one of the overriding factors that has contributed to the resistance to curriculum change on the part of teachers is that some of the new curricula seem to require a major change in teaching methodology and style. This change amounts to a conflict between paradigms. If this belief is correct, then one can argue that there will have to be a shift in teachers' functional paradigms in order for these curriculum innovations to be implemented. The study focuses on the goals, problems, exemplars, and routines, which constitute the "functional paradigms" of teachers. The term "functional paradigm" is meant to convey the idea that the characteristics which unite a community of practitioners are likely to be centered on practical matters: Why do teachers function in particular ways? Do teachers attach "common meanings" to particular situations or entitles? The following specific research questions were examined: 1. What are some of the factors which influence the formulation of teachers' functional paradigms? 2. What is the nature of teachers' functional paradigms? 3. a) What are the perceptions of teachers with regard to curriculum change? b) What is the relationship between teachers' functional paradigms and their perceptions of curriculum change? c) To what extent do teachers' functional paradigms become idiosyncratic when they are faced with a curriculum change? The methodology involved interviews with teachers. A pilot study was conducted prior to the main study. The interviews in the main study were analyzed in terms of six main categories. The results seem to indicate: 1. There are common categories and sub-categories that contribute to the formation, development, and maintenance of teachers/ functional paradigms. They include: o past educational experiences. o background in general. o practicum experiences. o past and present teaching experiences. o curriculum materials. o constraints on teaching. o school, students, and other workers in the school. 2. There seems to be a "core" of common categories among teachers. The intersection of elements within these categories composes the functional paradigms of teachers in general. Although the paradigms are functional in an active sense, they are relatively stable within the "culture", and over the long term. This stability must be considered if innovators in education ever contemplate a change which would require a shift in teachers'" functional paradigms. This commonality of beliefs, routines, problems, and exemplars is probably greater among teachers within the same small segment of the organization than within the entire profession. 3. Evidently, teachers select, interpret, and utilize learning materials in different ways dependent on the nature of their personal functional paradigms. A number of differing elements in teachers'' functional paradigms have been identified. These elements determine how teachers teach in terms of their use of curriculum materials. Curriculum change agents must consider the functional paradigms of individuals and determine how common these paradigms are before attempting a major pedagogical change. This study has shown that if these factors are not considered, then the curriculum change that is contemplated will be reduced to a mere change in content. The teachers will utilize the curriculum materials according to their own functional paradigms. 4. The inertia against curriculum change is most difficult to overcome with more experienced teachers, and more easily overcome with beginning teachers. This suggests that the focus of curriculum implementation needs to be aimed at certain segments of the profession. Somehow the change agents must assist educators to change their functional paradigms to meet the desired ends of the new curriculum prior to implementation. The alternative is the disparity that seems to exist between the curriculum that is intended by the policy makers, the curriculum that is implemented by the teachers, and the curriculum that is ultimately attained by the students.
Education, Faculty of
Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP), Department of
Graduate

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Bunt, Byron John. "The extent to which teachers nurture creative thinking in the Grade 9 Social Sciences classroom through the choice of teaching methods / Byron John Bunt." Thesis, North-West University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/10115.

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The nurturing of creative thinking skills is one of the cornerstones of Outcomes-Based Education (OBE). This study investigated to what extent teachers nurture the development of creative thinking through the choice of teaching methods, which include the application of teaching strategies and the utilization of resources, in the Grade 9 Social Sciences classroom. A literature study was undertaken to highlight the importance and nature of the development of creative thinking skills, and to establish which teaching methods, strategies and resources nurture the development of creative thinking in Social Sciences classrooms. The literature review provided the conceptual framework for the study, as well as the framework for designing a questionnaire that was utilized to obtain the perceptions of learners regarding the teaching methods, strategies and resources that their teachers use to nurture the development of creative thinking in the Grade 9 Social Sciences classroom. By means of a sequential explanatory mixed method research design, quantitative data were collected by means of a self-constructed questionnaire that was administrated to a convenient sample of a purposively selected group of Grade 9 Social Sciences learners (n=399) in the D7 district of the Gauteng Department of Education. Following this, a qualitative interview, which was constructed from the findings in the questionnaire, was conducted with purposively selected Grade 9 Social Sciences teachers (n=6) in order to ascertain the reasons behind the quantitative findings. The combination of quantitative and qualitative data revealed differences and similarities in opinion related to the teaching methods, strategies and resources that teachers use for nurturing creative thinking. In essence, the data revealed that teachers are, to some extent, nurturing creative thinking through their choice of teaching methods and strategies as well as the questioning techniques that they choose. However, the responses did not convincingly indicate to the researcher that the nurturing of creative thinking skills takes place on a regular and frequent basis. According to the learner responses, it appeared that teaching and learning methods and strategies that promote indirect, independent, interactive and experiential learning, are under-used by the Grade 9 Social Sciences teachers. In addition, resources that nurture creative elaboration such as political cartoons and photographs appear to be under-utilized. This study is concluded with recommendations to teachers concerning which teaching methods, strategies and resources could be implemented in order to promote the nurturing of creative thinking in the Grade 9 Social Sciences classroom.
Thesis (MEd (Learning and Teaching))--North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2013

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Espmarker, Johan, and Emanuel Tedenby. "Effective Teaching Methods and Strategies in the EFL Classroom to Facilitate Students’ Vocabulary Development." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-30611.

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This research examines how low-level vocabulary students, in particular, might better progress tohigher levels of vocabulary in the EFL context. In addition, a variety of strategies and teachingmethods are analysed. Vocabulary is the foundation of language learning and is an essential partof reading, writing and speaking. This research examines the importance of high frequencywords, teaching methods and strategies in the EFL classroom. Several methods and strategies areanalysed to compare and draw conclusions regarding which are the most effective. To be able tofind answers to these questions, a number of scientific articles and experimental studies werereviewed. Our findings indicate that the 2,000 most common words in the English language areimportant in order to progress to higher levels of vocabulary. The research also showed thatstudents who possessed the high frequency words were superior in reading, writing and speakingcompared to the students who did not have this word level. Additionally, students with largervocabulary gained significantly more vocabulary from activities and reading. Choosing the correctteaching strategy and method has proven to be important in order to develop students’vocabulary. Strategies such as visual aids, function-based teaching and post-reading tasks haveshown to be effective methods for teaching vocabulary. Although the 2,000 most frequent wordsis an important learning goal, the teachers’ choice of methods to achieve this is crucial.

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Lam, Wai-lin, and 林慧蓮. "Teaching methods and approaches to learning in science among Secondary1 students in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1994. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31957195.

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Smith, Janet L. "Integrating language arts and social studies through the use of literature." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1991. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/736.

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Levingston, Earl Ray. "The Double Down: The Autoethnography of Navigating as Black American Male Instructing Preservice Teachers Methods of Teaching Social Studies." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2018. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1404520/.

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This inquiry is an autoethnography of my experiences as a Black American male serving as a methods of social studies instructor to preservice teachers. Although some may deem this study as subjective, I have embraced that designation to provide insider information to others that face intersectionality and to inform institutional practices in teacher education programs.

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Smith, Patrick Steven. "Learning to Adapt: Online Social Science Instruction in Higher Education." PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1089.

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Online learning is a rapidly growing phenomenon in post-secondary education. Institutions of higher learning have embraced online learning for its perceived merits, but without the consideration of how instructors deal with this different learning medium. Little is known of the extent to which different disciplines are suited to the online medium; this is pertinent to disciplines that rely on spontaneous in-person discussion. Furthermore, as colleges continue to invest heavily in online learning, instructors who only possess face-to-face teaching experience may begin teaching online. This poses a pedagogical challenge for instructors who are unfamiliar with the medium. This qualitative, in-depth interview study with ten social science instructors elucidates the process of transition from face-to-face teaching to online teaching. Through grounded analysis, a few key themes emerged. Respondents explain that teaching in the online classroom is qualitatively different from teaching in-person. The asynchronisity of the online classroom - which means students do not "meet", discuss, or learn at the same time - is a subtle yet significant difference between the two mediums. The asynchronous classroom means instructors relinquish control of when and where students will engage in study and discussion, and this requires students to have especially high self-regulatory skills. Respondents also explained that their online courses were several times larger than their in-person ones, with some courses allowing over twice as many students as an in-person course. Consequently, instructors must find new ways to approach teaching in the online medium. This pitfall of relying on old, obsolete methods in the online medium can be avoided if instructors are provided with the peer and pedagogical support of their professional peers, and access to teaching assistants to manage the greater time commitment of teaching online. In order to have a positive experience, online teachers must be willing to take on an intellectual challenge that may defy how they perceive themselves and their role in higher education. If instructors are open to a new intellectual challenge and possess the proper resources, they will become committed to teaching online and perceive the advantages of the medium to outweigh the disadvantages.

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Blair, H. Brooke. "Teachers' Perceptions of Their Preparation to Choose and Implement Effective Methods for Teaching Emergent Readers." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2006. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2189.

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Reading is not an easily learned skill for most students. I chose to look at the methodology being used by teachers in East Tennessee to instruct emerging readers. Through my review of literature, I researched reading approaches implemented in American classrooms in the last 150 years. I compared and contrasted data to determine current researchers' findings concerning the most effective techniques for teaching reading and how teachers have implemented this knowledge base into their teaching strategies. Teachers cannot teach what they do not know. Therefore, I also researched literature addressing the growing concern among educators with teachers' preparation and professional development opportunities as well as the amount of specific preparation teachers received regarding the reading methods they are using. After compiling the data from my interviews with 30 East Tennessee first-grade teachers, I found that most said they did not feel adequately prepared to teach emergent readers. These teachers reported they had not had instruction that provided foundations in a wide range of research-based approaches to reading. The professional development offerings for teachers already in the classroom were often sporadic and did not compensate for their lack of preparation in college. There is a need for colleges and universities to re-evaluate the current teacher preparation programs. School systems should strive to provide quality inservice opportunities for instructors of emergent readers as well as hiring reading coaches or specialists to assist the reading instructors.

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Eido, Kamar, and Suzan El-Halwani. "“Keyboard or Pencil?” A comparative study between the use of CALL and non-CALL vocabulary teaching methods." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-31623.

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Vocabulary learning is viewed as one of the most important subject in language development. (Rusanganwa, 2012). Therefore, this study aims to raise awareness of different methods used in vocabulary teaching. Those different methods are the use of CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) and non-CALL, the methods that does not require the use of technology. This study presents a literature review on vocabulary teaching methods and the importance of vocabulary. Moreover, it presents a review on CALL and the use of it as a vocabulary teaching method. A comparative study was done between two different schools in a CALL-classroom and a non-CALL classroom both in year five, to observe pupils’ vocabulary acquisition and variation in methodology. Furthermore, two interviews were conducted to gather data of the teacher’s perspective on the advantage and disadvantages of the different vocabulary teaching methods. The results revealed that both methods have some disadvantages but are also rich in advantages if used correctly and adapted to the students’ needs and circumstances. In addition, the variation in methods formed a major role in pupils’ vocabulary acquisition. In conclusion, the teacher should be familiar with the pupils’ in order to help them develop their vocabulary acquisition.

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Wilcox, Gladys M. "The challenge: Effective learning through whole language, literature, thematic units and the social science framework for third grade." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1991. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/850.

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Macmillan, Bonnie Jean. "The effects of two methods of picture-oriented instruction on the comprehension and recall of grades 8 and 11 social studies text." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/32285.

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Two non-traditional picture related methods of instruction were developed for this study: a picture-oriented method and an altered-pictures method. They were designed to determine whether either method was more effective than traditional content area instruction in helping students to remember and understand social studies text. In addition to the immediate effects on text comprehension and recall, the delayed effects of these two pictorial methods were examined. Also investigated were the effects of individual imagery ability and gender on a student's potential to profit from such methods. The teachers giving conventional instruction focused students' attention on the text passages only, although pictures did accompany the text. In the picture-oriented method of instruction teachers directed attention to both pictures and text, developing picture/text integration. Finally, teachers using the altered-pictures method of instruction discussed the meaning of mnemonically recodable elements which had been added to the pictures. In both the grade 8 and 11 samples the two experimental groups outperformed the conventional groups on measures of immediate and delayed recall. For the grade 8 sample, it was found that the altered-pictures method of instruction resulted in superior recall compared not only to that level of recall produced by the conventional method but also to that produced by the other experimental method (picture-oriented). In addition, when considering immediate with delayed performance two weeks after instruction, the grade 11 students who received the altered-pictures instruction outperformed the conventional group. For both grade samples, an additional finding was that males outperformed females in their overall recall (both immediate and delayed measures) regardless of imagery ability or type of instruction received. At both grade levels, no particular type of instruction was of benefit to one gender more than to the other, and students of high or low imagery ability were able to profit similarly from all forms of instruction.
Education, Faculty of
Language and Literacy Education (LLED), Department of
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De, Sousa Luiza Olim. "The integration of digital video discs (DVDs) and multimedia in the learning area social sciences / L.O. de Sousa." Thesis, North-West University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/2304.

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Nordquist, Julia. "Resonemang kring variation i lärandet: Waldorf-, Freinet- och Bifrostpedagoger." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Lärarutbildningen (LUT), 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-36077.

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The aim of the study is to investigate reasoning about variation in learning, made by Waldorf, Freinet- and Bifrost pedagogues. The focal points are how the pedagogues reason about variation in learning and why they want to use variation. It is a qualitative study, and it is done through interviews with one Waldorf pedagogue, one Freinet pedagogue and one Bifrost pedagogue. The conversation with each pedagogue is complemented by literature that describes and discusses each pedagogue’s specific teaching method.The results of the study are linked to different theories and reasoning by scientists and professors. Two scientists are Ference Marton and Shirley Booth who investigated variation in learning. A professor is Tamás Bartfai who reason about the importance of supporting children’s creativity and the possibility of finding a variation of alternatives, which is done through encouraging children’s belief that there always could be another option or solution. Together with these, other theories and reasoning are linked to the results of the investigation.The three pedagogues reason that variation is created by opportunities and choices, that help children develop their creative sides and to see things from other perspectives. This has a positive impact on the students’ personal growth, since it encourages the student to learn and gives her or him the motivation and curiosity that is needed in order to make learning joyful.

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Smith, Heidi R. "An analysis of social studies in the public elementary school: A consideration for motivation." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1991. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/730.

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Lundy, Sarah Elizabeth. "Leveraging Digital Technology in Social Studies Education." PDXScholar, 2014. http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1743.

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Today's K-12 classrooms are increasingly comprised of students who accomplish much of their informal learning through digital media and technology. In response, a growing number of educators are considering how they might draw upon these informal learning experiences to support student engagement and learning in the classroom through technology. The purpose of this study is for social studies educators, school administrators, teacher educators and curriculum developers to understand more about the potentials and limitations of integrating technology such as a digital text. This research focuses on the differences in experiences using a digital text and a printed text from the perspective of four high school social studies classes. The curriculum for the printed and digital texts was developed in collaboration with the Choices Program for the Twenty-First Century at Brown University. This research was based on the assumption that the thoughtful integration of a digital text in the classroom can support student engagement and differentiation while facilitating learning that students can readily transfer to multiple political, economic and social contexts beyond the classroom. Critically, students of poverty and students of color have the most to gain from increased access to digital technology in the public education system. People of color and people of poverty in the United States have significantly less access to technology at home than their white and middle class counterparts. Therefore, the classroom presents an opportunity for students who lack access to digital learning opportunities in their home environments to develop the technological fluency and digital literacy that are increasingly necessary to engage in multiple political and economic spheres in the United States. The current literature on digital technology in education lacks sufficient empirical evidence of the potential benefits and challenges that digital technologies may offer secondary social studies education from the perspective of the classroom. Therefore, the classroom field test that was undertaken for this research offers a more empirical understanding of digital texts from the important perspectives of students and teachers in the classroom learning community. This research was conducted in a large, suburban high school in the Portland Metropolitan area and compared the experiences of tenth-grade World History classes working with a print text to the experiences of tenth-grade World History classes working digitally. The mixed-methods multiple-case study design addresses the following research questions: a) In what ways, if at all, does a digital text provide high school social studies' students different affordances and academic skills than a printed text? and b) How, if at all, do high school social studies students interact differently with a digital text from a printed text? The analysis of data offered evidence that the use of the digital text supported technological fluency, the creation of more sophisticated learning products, differentiation for multiple learning styles and a more supportive reading experience due to its multimodal features. These unique academic affordances were not equivalently supported by the use of the print text. However, the type of text did not demonstrably influence students' ability to communicate their thinking in analytical writing. The analysis of data also suggested that students were somewhat more cognitively and behaviorally engaged in the digital case studies. Importantly, the digital text did not create a negatively discrepant learning experience for students of color but, rather, supported increased student engagement for both white students and students of color. The data also suggested that the digital text posed significant challenges for both students and teachers. The digital experience required students to learn new and challenging technology skills. The digital text also required more class time and created more classroom management challenges for teachers than the print experience. Despite these additional challenges, both students and teachers expressed a preference for the digital experience. Thus, the digital text seemed to provide both a more challenging and a more rewarding experience for students. This study has implications for educators that are interested in thoughtfully integrating a digital text or, a similar digital technology, in comparable classroom contexts.

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Allred, Carol Bunnell. "Rationale and implementation strategies for interdisciplinary instruction in the 6th grade social science curriculum for California public schools." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1991. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/753.

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Mitchell, Julie Patterson. "Methods of teaching the Holocaust to secondary students as implemented by Tennessee recipients of the Belz-Lipman Holocaust Educator of the Year awards." [Johnson City, Tenn. : East Tennessee State University], 2004. http://etd-submit.etsu.edu/etd/theses/available/etd-0327104-190801/unrestricted/MitchellJ041204f.pdf.

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Thesis (Ed. D.)--East Tennessee State University, 2004.
Title from electronic submission form. ETSU ETD database URN: etd-0327104-190801. Includes bibliographical references. Also available via Internet at the UMI web site.

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Rodriguez, Jessica K., and Helena Winnberg. "Teaching Idiomatic Expressions in Language Classrooms - Like the Icing on the Cake." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Lärarutbildningen (LUT), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-32833.

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This thesis investigates what types of teaching approaches and methods can be used when teaching idiomatic expressions to learners of English. The method used is a small-scale research synthesis where studies are summarized, compared and discussed. An overview of the teaching approaches and methods provide an outline of the strengths and weaknesses of each approach/method in connection to the purpose of teaching idioms to language learners of English. Several different descriptions of idioms are merged into one that is used in this research synthesis. The results indicate that even though teaching procedures appealing to Multiple Intelligences are most common in the articles used for this thesis, there are several different ways to improve learners’ idiom comprehension. Every teacher should have in mind that all students are unique and learn in different ways but some generalizations can be helpful when planning lessons. Keywords: idioms, figurative language, teaching method, teaching approach

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Vorwerk, Shane Paul. "Genre analysis and the teaching of academic literacy: a case study of an academic discipline in the social sciences." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002648.

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Students in tertiary educational institutions in South Africa come from many different backgrounds and have varied educational experiences. Some students, especially those from non-English speaking backgrounds, may encounter linguistic difficulties with various academic tasks. In order for students to be successful at university, they must become academically literate. That is, they must master all the reading, writing, listening and comprehension tasks required by the disciplines in which they are studying. One such task is presented by the academic lecture which is an integral part of any course of study. Linguistically, the academic lecture can be seen as a particular genre with unique characteristics. This study investigated some linguistic characteristics of academic lectures. The discipline of Political Science, as a Social Science, was chosen because there is little research that has been done on language in the Social Sciences. The Political Science sub-disciplines of Political Philosophy, South African Politics, and International Relations were used in this research. First year lectures were recorded from each of these three sub-disciplines. The linguistic characteristics of lectures were analysed using techniques drawn from Systemic Functional linguistic theory. The analysis concentrated on the aspects mode and field as they were realised in the lectures. In addition, higher level generic structure was also analysed. The insights gained from the analysis were validated through interviews with the lecturers who gave the lectures. The aim of this research was to develop a linguistic characterisation of the lecture genre as it occurs in the three sub-disciplines of Political Science. The results of this research suggest that although there is a unified academic lecture genre, there is variation according to sub-discipline. The implications of this variation are discussed with reference to their relevance to teaching academic literacy.

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Andersson, Jenny, and Cimen Batak. "Communicative Language Teaching at two schools in Sweden and France." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Lärarutbildningen (LUT), 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-29799.

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The following dissertation aims to scrutinize amongst other things, some English teachers’ beliefs and thoughts concerning communicative language teaching at two schools in Sweden and France. Since the steering documents of both countries clearly promote a communicative approach to language teaching, we wanted to see how it could be applied in these two different contexts as well as how it was interpreted by some teachers. With the information obtained from qualitative interviews and classroom observations, we juxtapose what the teachers have said with the steering documents for both countries, their implementations of CLT and the teaching methods adopted in general. In order to do this, an analysis and comparison of the two syllabuses for English was necessary and we also needed to set a foundation by discussing the theories and possible complexities of CLT and teacher beliefs. This discussion could not be valid without also taking into account the status and influences of the English language in Sweden and France.The analysis of the two steering documents showed similar ideas about language teaching. However, Sweden has a separate syllabus for English, whilst France has a joint one for foreign languages. Furthermore, from our interviews and classroom observations we found that all teachers taught grammar in their native language. We also found the French school to be more traditional in that the lessons were often teacher-centered and that the teachers did not allow for any errors in the spoken language. The difference in discipline between the schools was another finding which we found surprising. Finally, our results also indicate occasional discordance between the teachers’ thoughts and ideals and their actions in the classroom.

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Merrill, Jean Collins. "Eureka: A gold rush play integrating the performing arts into elementary social studies curriculum." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2004. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2566.

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The purpose of this project is two-fold. The first purpose is to explore the benefits of incorporating the arts in the education of all students. Incorporating the arts into other curricular areas enhances learning and makes it more meaningful to the student. The second purpose is to develop a performance program that brings the California Gold Rush era and the cultural diversity of that period of history alive.

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Sedibe, Godwin Konotia Bully. "The achievement gap between learners who are assessed in a primary language and those assessed in a non-primary language in the natural sciences learning area." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2771.

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Thesis (MPhil (Sociology and Social Anthropology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.
In the TIMMS-R report, which compared the performance of a South African cohort of learners with international peers in Science (and Mathematics), Howie (1999) highlighted that: • The biographical information of the South African cohort who performed below par in comparison with international peers indicated that they wrote the TIMMS literacy test in a second or third language. • Non-primary language learners spend considerably more time on homework compared to primary language learners. • There is no linear relationship between the amount of time spent on homework in Science and the average literacy level in the learning area amongst South African learners. Leveraging on the TIMMS report cited above, this study sought to establish the interrelationship between learning and being assessed in a non-primary language on one the hand and related performance on the other. Specifically, this study sought to establish the performance of non-primary language learners compared to primary language learners in the Natural Sciences Common Task for Assessment (CTA). There is a groundswell of evidence mounting that tends to suggest that primary language learners outperform their non-primary language counterparts in batteries of assessment instruments. This, however, is always clouded by other extraneous factors, chief amongst which, in the South African context at least, is the strong correlation between studying in a non-primary language and family socio-economic status (SES). SES has been identified elsewhere as a determinant of scholastic achievements(Blignaut, 1981; HCDS –WC, 2006).

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Bisanovic, Elvir, and Filip Persson. "Nyanlända elever i det matematiska klassrummet." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-30603.

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Lyons, Reneé Critcher. "Teaching Civics in the Library: An Instructional and Historical Guide for School and Public Librarians." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. http://amzn.com/078649672X.

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Civics education is "on the books" in all 50 states, yet civic illiteracy is widespread. Only one third of 12th graders are able to explain the significance of the Declaration of Independence, and fewer than half of 8th graders know the purpose of the Bill of Rights. This instructional guide explores the foundations of civics education--and the reasons for its demise--with commentary from civics education leaders and scholars across the nation. Questions for eliciting civics discussion are provided for all grade levels, along with detailed civic action and service projects and reading plans. Best practices and grant writing options are included. The author argues for a return to early 20th century civics education and details the traditional and present-day role of America's libraries in developing a civic-minded populace. School and public librarians are urged to utilize trade books and carefully evaluated websites to integrate civics within educational and youth services offerings.
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Abu, Zarour Lina, and Dieynaba Diop. "Innocence and experience: Two approaches to teaching reading to L2 learners." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-31612.

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Today Swedish society is surrounded by the English language, more so the importance to know how to read English is therefore essential. Students in consequence need the support from teachers to find suitable strategies to master their reading.This degree project’s aim is to find out if teachers use different methods to teach reading, and if so, why. This paper will present the reader with the theories and literature on the definition of reading strategies. Initially, various researchers will be present the two most commonly used strategies, the cognitive and the metacognitive. Although different researcher claim different This study is based on interviews with two teachers in elementary school, grade 4-6. The results and conclusion of this study is that the combination of different methods and the teachers’ adaption to each class and individual is what provides the students with the confidence to learn. Not only does this make it easier for the students to reach the requirements set for them, but this also gives them a willingness to learn. Furthermore, the study provides information on if the teachers working experience does have an impact on the methods they using when teaching L2 learners reading strategies.

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Wilson, Daily Ann E. "A compendium of publications base on multilevel and mixed method analyses on student perceptions of their social realities: the role of curriculum and teaching strategies." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/672504.

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This thesis brings together five accepted, and one submitted, articles, along with a seventh in process of completion, all written and revised during a second doctoral candidacy. Quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods were used to delve into student perceptions of their socio-educational realities, regarding the role of curriculum and the influence of different teaching strategies related to the teaching of social studies or teacher training. In some articles, responses concerning the questions proposed within the studies were taken into account in conjuncture with sociodemographic variables, through multilevel modeling. In other studies with smaller sample sizes mixed methods approaches were used. Some articles compare and contrast teacher and student perspectives. Articles are organized into groups of two or three as they correspond to funding bodies and, when relevant, follow a chronological order of publication. Anonymous reviewer feedback is included and discussed in relation to the final article versions.
Aquesta tesi com a compendi de publicacions reuneix cinc articles acceptats i un presentat, juntament amb un setè en procés de redacció, tots set escrits i revisats durant la realització d'una segona tesi doctoral. S’han emprat mètodes quantitatius, qualitatius i mixtos per aprofundir en les percepcions de estudiants sobre les seves realitats socioeducatives, pel que fa al paper del currículum i la influència de les diferents estratègies docents relacionades amb l’ensenyament socials de les ciències socials o la formació del professorat. En alguns articles, es van tenir en compte les respostes a les preguntes proposades en els estudis en conjuntura amb variables sociodemogràfiques, mitjançant modelització multinivell. En altres, que conten amb mostres més petites, es van utilitzar mètodes mixtos. Alguns articles comparen i contrasten les perspectives dels professors i dels estudiants. Els articles s’organitzen en grups de dos o tres, ja que aquestes agrupacions corresponen als mateixos organismes de finançament i, quan és rellevant, l’ordre dels articles dins de la tesi segueix un ordre cronològic de publicació. S'inclouen i es posa en context els comentaris dels revisores i revisors anònims en relació amb les versions finals dels articles acceptats.

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Sudic, Elma, and Sara Massoud. "Since reading is a girly thing: A study on boys’ underachievement in reading literacy in relation to PISA." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-33827.

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Underachievement in reading literacy for boys in secondary school seems to be a generalnorm in many countries around the world today. PISA’s studies highlight that Sweden also isone of countries that has big differences in between the genders in reading literacy; moreover,the results showed that almost every third boy is underperforming in reading literacy. A lot ofstudies have been made on this subject and the researchers have tried to find the source to theproblem. However, no one seems to have found the solution to the problem just yet.Therefore, we became interested in finding out how teachers can remedy boys’ lowerperformances in reading, in Swedish language classrooms. Through the use of a researchsynthesis and a pilot study, the question whether teachers can remedy boys’ underachievementin reading literacy is dealt by carefully analyzing articles, journals and books. The resultsrevealed four themes that may play a big part in increasing boys’ achievement in reading.These four themes are: motivation, teacher modeling, text interest and choices, and theimportance of time frame.Keywords: Gender differences, attitudes, underachievement, boys, motivation, literacy,reading, second language learning, PISA

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Liljekvist, Peter, and Gordana Krstic. "Inkluderande begreppsbaserad undervisning i samhällskunskap med learning study som metod/ Including concept-based teaching in civics with learning study as a method." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-29318.

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Gordana Krstic och Peter Liljekvist (2017). Inkluderande begreppsbaserad undervisning i samhällskunskap med learning study som metod. Including concept-based teaching in civics with learning study as a method. Specialpedagogprogrammet, Lärande och Samhälle, Skolutveckling och Ledarskap, Malmö Högskola.Förväntat kunskapsbidragUtvecklingsarbetet skall visa på hur inkluderande begreppsbaserad undervisning kan skapa nya förutsättningar för en ökad förståelse av hela innehållet i ämnet samhällskunskap.Syfte och frågeställningarSyftet med studien är att skapa bättre förutsättningar för alla elevers förståelse av ämnesområdet samhällsekonomi.Våra frågeställningar:1. Hjälper en inkluderande begreppsbaserad undervisning med variation som teori och learning study som metod eleverna till en ökad förståelse av innehållet i samhällsekonomi, även de som har läs- och skrivsvårigheter samt koncentrationssvårigheter.2. Hur skiljer sig elevernas uppfattning av de centrala begreppen i samhällsekonomi före och efter genomförandet av en learning study.TeoriVariationsteorin är en teori om lärande. Variation är en central aspekt av lärandet eftersom variation som eleverna får möjlighet att ta del av i en undervisningssituation är avgörande för deras lärande. Variationsteorins perspektiv på lärande ser ett utvecklande av förmågor och kompetenser samt att eleven lär sig se saker och ting på ett visst sätt.MetodLearning study användes som metod i studien. Inom learning study används variationsteorin som är en guidande princip för att förstå och skapa förutsättningar för lärande. Learning study är användbar som modell i vår studie, då detta examensarbete bygger på att synliggöra om en begreppsbaserad undervisning i samhällsekonomi ökar elevernas förståelse av lärandeobjektet.ResultatDet insamlade materialet analyserade vi tillsammans med ämneslärarna. Vi gjorde även en förtest gällande elevernas förkunskaper samt en test efter lektionernas avslutande för att komparera resultaten mellan de två testen. Elevernas sätt att använda de centrala begreppen i ämnesområdet samhällsekonomi visade på en ökad förståelse efter genomförandet av en learning study. De fick en djupare förståelse av centrala begrepp, vilket resulterade i ett ökat självförtroende som gav ett aktivt deltagande av alla eleverna i den efterföljande diskussionen, även de som har specifika inlärningssvårigheter. Diskussionen gav oss lärare/observatörer alternativ information om elevernas förmågor att förstå de centrala begreppen i ämnesområdet samhällsekonomi. Det blev tydligt för oss att eleverna kunde använda begreppen i diskussion på ett relevant sätt. Studien åskådliggör att kunskap om centrala begrepp är en betydelsefull beståndsdel i elevernas lärande.Diskussion/Specialpedagogiska implikationerI ett inkluderande klassrum är det viktigt att försöka vederlägga hur mycket eleverna lär sig under en viss tidsrymd. Den korta tid vi hade för att färdigställa undersökningen kan påverka hur elevernas kunskap kan anses vara bestående eller ej. Den eftertest som gjordes indikerade på att det finns goda förutsättningar för att elevernas kunskaper skall bestå och svara mot lärandemålen för årskurs 9. För att kontrollera elevernas kunskaper över tid kan en ny test göras om några månader.Den begreppsbaserade undervisningsformen som presenteras i detta utvecklingsarbetet kan ses som en guide för de lärare som vill arbeta inkluderande med begrepp i klassrummet. Vi ställde oss frågan om en inkluderande begreppsbaserad undervisning med variation som teori och learning study som metod, hjälper eleverna till en ökad förståelse av innehållet i samhällskunskap, även de som har läs- och skrivsvårigheter samt koncentrationssvårigheter. En ökad förståelse av centrala begrepp underlättar för alla eleverna att svara upp mot skolans kunskapsmål. Många lärare upplever att en läroboksstyrd undervisning är för eleverna alldeles för omfattande och ogripbar. Vi vill med utvecklingsarbetet skapa en inkluderande lärandemiljö där alla ges möjlighet till en fördjupad förståelse av centrala begrepp i ämnesområdet samhällsekonomi. Elever som inte förstår, exkluderar sig själva från undervisningen. Vår strävan med arbetet är att inkludera de elever som är i riskzonen att exkludera sig. Ämneslärarna kan vara i behov av specialpedagogiskt stöd för att anpassa undervisningen så att alla elever förstår och är delaktiga. Inkluderande begreppsbaserad undervisning kan vara en väg att fler elever uppnår lärandemålen.

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Nordin, Annika. "SO - undervisning och onlinespel : En studie av onlinespels påverkan på elevers motivation genom exemplet Minecraft." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Lärarutbildningen, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-34021.

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This quantitative study examines to what extent online games motivates students. It is based on a quantitative method such as a questionaire where students and teachers have answered questions about which teaching methods that motivate student the most. The study shows that onlinegames motivate children, especially boys. However, they do not motivate them more than learning by doing experiments and pracitical work, such as arts and craft. Moreover, the study shows that the teachers are aware of what kind of teaching that motivates the students the most and also that the teachers in general play an important part in order for the students to feel motivated in the classroom. The conclusion of this study is that teaching using a veriaty of methods where students can connect the information they learn to their own reality and envoriment is the kind of teching that motivates them the most.

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Ellison, Michael Steven. "Ninth Grade Student Responses to Authentic Science Instruction." Thesis, Portland State University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3722299.

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This mixed methods case study documents an effort to implement authentic science and engineering instruction in one teacher’s ninth grade science classrooms in a science-focused public school. The research framework and methodology is a derivative of work developed and reported by Newmann and others (Newmann & Associates, 1996). Based on a working definition of authenticity, data were collected for eight months on the authenticity in the experienced teacher’s pedagogy and in student performance. Authenticity was defined as the degree to which a classroom lesson, an assessment task, or an example of student performance demonstrates construction of knowledge through use of the meaning-making processes of science and engineering, and has some value to students beyond demonstrating success in school (Wehlage et al., 1996). Instruments adapted for this study produced a rich description of the authenticity of the teacher’s instruction and student performance.

The pedagogical practices of the classroom teacher were measured as moderately authentic on average. However, the authenticity model revealed the teacher’s strategy of interspersing relatively low authenticity instructional units focused on building science knowledge with much higher authenticity tasks requiring students to apply these concepts and skills. The authenticity of the construction of knowledge and science meaning-making processes components of authentic pedagogy were found to be greater, than the authenticity of affordances for students to find value in classroom activities beyond demonstrating success in school. Instruction frequently included one aspect of value beyond school, connections to the world outside the classroom, but students were infrequently afforded the opportunity to present their classwork to audiences beyond the teacher.

When the science instruction in the case was measured to afford a greater level of authentic intellectual work, a higher level of authentic student performance on science classwork was also measured. In addition, direct observation measures of student behavioral engagement showed that behavioral engagement was generally high, but not associated with the authenticity of the pedagogy. Direct observation measures of student self-regulation found evidence that when instruction focused on core science and engineering concepts and made stronger connections to the student’s world beyond the classroom, student self-regulated learning was greater, and included evidence of student ownership.

In light of the alignment between the model of authenticity used in this study and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), the results suggest that further research on the value beyond school component of the model could improve understanding of student engagement and performance in response to the implementation of the NGSS. In particular, it suggests a unique role environmental education can play in affording student success in K-12 science and a tool to measure that role.

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Nickels, Paula Anderson. "Educational Interventions for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Perceptions of Parents and Teachers in a Northeast Tennessee School System." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2010. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1753.

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This qualitative case study investigated the perceptions of parents of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), special education teachers, and general education teachers in a Northeast Tennessee public school system regarding educational interventions for children with ASD including what interventions they have found effective, the barriers and challenges they have faced, and how they view their relationships with one another. Data were collected through interviews with a purposeful sample of 7 parents of 6 children with autism spectrum disorders, 8 special education teachers, and 6 general education teachers and a review of documents. Parent and teacher participants represented children at all levels on the autism spectrum, a variety of grade levels (PreK-12), and a wide range of educational placements. Data were analyzed using the constant comparison analysis method. Nine themes emerged describing parent and teacher perceptions of educational interventions they found effective for children with ASD. These themes were intensive early intervention using multiple methods; a structured learning environment; adult-mediated and peer-mediated interventions for social and communication skills; inclusion with a balance of direct services; support staff to facilitate inclusion; a functional approach to problem behaviors; alternative and augmentative communication interventions; and sensory-motor interventions. Barriers faced by parents and teachers included lack of training and knowledge; lack of time; challenges caused by characteristics of ASD; problematic teacher attitudes; problematic parent attitudes; transition issues; and need for additional services. Parents and teachers described factors that facilitate positive parent-teacher relationships including collaboration, teamwork, and support; on-going communication; IEP Team processes; and positive teacher relationships with autistic children. The current study helps to fill a gap in the existing research literature by adding to knowledge about parent and teacher perceptions of educational interventions for children with ASD. Recommendations are made based on study findings to provide parents and teachers with insights from other points of view that can facilitate mutual collaboration in meeting the educational needs of children with ASD.

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Adams, Terry Rachael. "Overcoming Barriers to Teaching Action-Based Environmental Education: A Multiple Case Study of Teachers in the Public School Classroom." TopSCHOLAR®, 2013. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1230.

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As the human population increases, it becomes increasingly more important for society to understand the impact of humans on the environment. Preserving fixed resources by engaging in sustainable practices is necessary to ensure those resources are available for future generations. Since the early 1960s, policy makers and educators alike have sought to ensure that students graduate environmentally literate. Previous research has identified a multitude of barriers that limit classroom teacher’s ability to integrate environmental education into their curriculum. The purpose of this study was to investigate how teachers overcome those barriers that restrict the integration of action based environmental education into the public school classroom. This was a three case study of public high school teachers. Data were gathered for this qualitative study through observations, interviews, and the collection of documents. Constant comparative method was utilized to analyze data. The researcher conducted a within-case analysis for each case and a cross-case analysis as well. Through the use of coding, the researcher identified patterns and themes across cases. Barriers identified by participants included resources, time, and risk. The primary factors uncovered by this study, which potentially affect teacher efficacy, are personal and educational background, the availability of mentors, and support of outside agencies. The implications for policy makers and institutions of higher education that can be drawn from this study are that, through the course of teacher undergraduate and graduate education, teachers should be provided with field experiences in the area of environmental education. In addition to providing field experiences, finding ways to link teachers to outside environmentally focused agencies and mentors increases teacher efficacy by providing support and resources.

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Franzoni, Velázquez Ana Lidia. "A proposed method for adapting and integrating student learning style, teaching strategies and electronic media." Phd thesis, Institut National des Télécommunications, 2009. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01048664.

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Recent research on the learning process has shown that students tend to learn in different ways and manners, and that they prefer to use different teaching resources. Researchers in the education field agree on the fact that learning materials shouldn't just reflect the teacher's teaching style, but should be designed and adapted to all kind of personalities and psychological profiles. The availability of information technology and multiple forms of electronic media open new perspectives for adapting and personalizing the learning process. In this research, we are interested in adaptive pedagogy and personalized teaching methods. Our goal is combining electronic media and teaching strategies according to student profiles. The underlying problems are: How to take into account the student personality and psychological profile to develop an adapted pedagogy? How to use and take advantage of new available emedia and IT based tools? How to combine in a course or in a learning system adapted pedagogy with adequate e-media? We have based our work on the Felder and Soloman's learning styles instrument. First, we explore some basic ideas concerning the matching of e-media and learning styles in the context of an experimental e-learning system. Second, we present a general framework for combining and adapting teaching strategies, learning styles and electronic media. This framework has been constructed with the help of an expert panel and using the Delphi approach. Finally, two case studies including surveys and statistical analysis have been conducted to validate the framework and generalize its applicability. This works contributes to a better understanding of e-media usage in education, and increases our knowledge concerning the interaction between students psychological profile and learning systems.

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Laflamme, Denise Marie. "The brain-based theory of learning and multimedia." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1994. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1002.

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For this project the brain-based theory of learning, an eclectic theory that incorporates the cognitive and humanistic views was researched. Multimedia, a technology which supports the principles of brain-based learning, was then selected as the vehicle to present historical materials to students.

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Molina, Neira Josué. "La Educación para la Ciudadanía Democrática en las aulas de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria: configuración de las ideas y actitudes sociopolíticas e interculturales del alumnado de Cataluña." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/399412.

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Se presenta un estudio exploratorio sobre las ideas y actitudes de los estudiantes, que tiene como objetivo principal reflexionar, en base a argumentos empíricos, sobre las temáticas, estrategias y/o metodologías de enseñanza y aprendizaje, que pueden ser más convenientes para trabajar aspectos de la competencia intercultural relacionados con los conocimientos sobre y las actitudes hacia los inmigrantes y la inmigración desde la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de las Ciencias Sociales. Para el logro de este objetivo general, la investigación se basa en la resolución de otros dos más específicos. El primer objetivo específico de esta investigación es explorar ideas y actitudes interculturales de los adolescentes que viven en Cataluña, a fin de valorar los aspectos que pueden ser más relevantes para fomentar un posicionamiento inclusivo a nivel político, económico y cultural de toda la ciudadanía. El segundo objetivo específico, consistente en explorar y describir la relación que hay entre las ideas y las actitudes descritas anteriormente, así como con variables de tipo sociodemográfico, a fin de poder identificar qué tipo de cuestiones o aspectos deberían tenerse en cuenta en las escuelas para trabajar aspectos de la competencia intercultural relacionados con los conocimientos y actitudes sobre y hacia los inmigrantes y la inmigración desde la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de las Ciencias Sociales. El cuestionario ha sido el método utilizado para la obtención de datos. El trabajo de campo de la investigación fue llevado a cabo durante el año 2014, aplicando el cuestionario en 30 centros educativos de Cataluña, seleccionados a partir de una muestra de segmentos identificables según criterios previamente establecidos. La muestra, de 1709 sujetos, se centra en 4º de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria (ESO), cursos donde la media de edad de los estudiantes es de 16 años. Para la resolución del primer y segundo objetivo específico se han realizado análisis descriptivos, de validación de los instrumentos, así como análisis multivariantes y bivariantes, para los que se ha tenido en cuenta el cálculo del tamaño del efecto de la muestra. En este sentido, sólo se han considerado útiles para las conclusiones aquellos resultados cuyo tamaño del efecto mostrara una relación entre variables con significación estadística y relevancia lógica o teórica. Los resultados indican que parece indicado realizar actividades que favorezcan la interdependencia social como estrategia educativa, trabajando con grupos heterogéneos culturalmente a ser posible. Los resultados también sugieren que parece necesario reforzar desde las materias de Ciencias Sociales, la yuxtaposición de contenidos temáticos y la integración interdisciplinar a la hora de abordar tales contenidos, a poder ser, en la búsqueda de solución a problemas sociales. En este sentido, los contenidos que pueden resultar más adecuados son los que describen los componentes necesarios de la vida social en común, reforzando aquellos que permitan tener una mirada consciente y crítica sobre la complejidad de las consecuencias sociales y económicas de fenómenos como la inmigración, la naturaleza multicausal de las desigualdades sociales, así como las competencias y responsabilidades de los Estados y del resto de instituciones políticas y económicas que organizan el sistema económico mundial. También parece necesario reforzar todos aquellos conocimientos procedimentales que permitan adquirir una visión científica de los fenómenos sociales. Por último, pero no por ello menos necesario, también consideramos que resultaría útil trabajar conceptos como estereotipos y prejuicios, tomando conciencia sobre los propios.
This thesis presents an exploratory study on the ideas and attitudes of students, whose main objective is to reflect, based on empirical arguments on the issues, strategies and/or methodologies of teaching and learning, which can be more convenient to work aspects related knowledge and attitudes towards immigrants and immigration from the teaching and learning of Social Sciences. To achieve this overall objective of the research the study raises two specific objectives. The first specific objective of this research is to explore ideas and intercultural attitudes of adolescents who live in Catalonia, in order to assess the aspects that may be more relevant to promote an inclusive political, economic and cultural positioning. The second specific objective is to explore and describe the relationship between ideas and attitudes taken into account above, as well as socio-demographic variables, in order to identify what kind of issues or aspects should be taken into account in schools, to work from the teaching and learning of Social Sciences, aspects and related knowledge of intercultural competence, and attitudes towards immigrants and immigration. The questionnaire has been the method used to obtain data. The fieldwork research was conducted during 2014, using the questionnaire in 30 schools in Catalonia, selected from a sample of identifiable segments according to previously established criteria. The sample of 1709 subjects, focuses on courses where the average age of students is 16 years. For the resolution of the first and second specific objective, descriptive analyses have been performed, validation of instruments, as well as multivariate and bivariate analysis, only considering useful for our conclusions those whose effect size results show a relationship between variables with theoretical relevance. The results indicate that, seems appropriate to encourage activities that promote social interdependence as an educational strategy, working with culturally diverse groups if possible. The results also suggest that should be intensified the teaching of thematic content that allows to have conscious and critical look of the complexity of the social and economic consequences of social phenomena such as immigration, the multi-causal nature of inequalities, powers of states and other political and economic institutions that organize the world economic system. It also seems necessary to reinforce those that allow procedural acquire a scientific vision of social phenomena

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Ensslen, Anysia J. "EXPERIENCES OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY GRADUATE STUDENTS: AN EXPLORATORY PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY." UKnowledge, 2013. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/edl_etds/5.

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Within the past decade little research has been conducted in the United States to examine the preparedness of beginning speech-language pathologists; the seminal article used for this research study comes from the United Kingdom (Horton, Byng, Bunning, & Pring, 2004). Literature from the past few decades indicates that there may be deficiencies in the way that beginning speech-language pathologists are being trained clinically. The review of the literature suggests that the field may lack a clear and broadly supported learning theory or framework for the clinical supervision and training of speech-language pathology graduate students. The literature further supports the importance of work-embedded learning and problem-based learning, as well as suggests a theoretical framework that may be utilized for supervision and clinical training in the future. The purpose of this exploratory phenomenological study is to understand and describe how speech-language pathology graduate students perceive their clinical training and supervision obtained during graduate school prepared them for their first externship placements. The literature suggests that a framework for the transfer of theoretical knowledge into the clinical setting is often not present in graduate academic programs (Horton & Byng, 2000b). Models of highly effective practices that are grounded in adult learning theory and empirical research regarding clinical training and supervision should be taken into account. In this way, department-level leaders may be able to design more effective models for clinical training and supervision. The data from participant interviews conducted for this study were organized into two over-arching themes: supervision and clinical experiences. The data in each theme were further organized into more specific categories. The theme of supervision includes five categories: a) most helpful supervisor characteristics, b) least helpful supervisor characteristics, c) differences in supervision, d) feedback from supervisors, and e) working with different supervisors. In addition, the theme of clinical experiences includes four categories: a) differences between in-house experiences and externship experiences, b) significant aspects of clinical training, c) limitations of clinical training, and d) limitations of clinical coursework.

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Rasmussen, Mark Norman. "A multimedia website for the Battle of Gettysburg." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2004. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2593.

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This thesis explains the development of a website for eighth graders about the Battle of Gettysburg. One purpose of the project is to provide several primary source documents, pictures, video from a reenactment of the Battle of Gettysburg, clips from movies about the Civil War, and other material that suppport the students in their learning. The second purpose is to fulffill standard 8.10 of History-Social Science Content Standards for eight grade. This project will help students fulfill this requirement.

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Shaw, Shirley A. "Hypercard: A promising tool for constructivist methodolody." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1992. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1121.

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Nilsson, Helene. "Evidensbaserade undervisningsmetoder för skrivutveckling på högstadiet och gymnasiet : En avgränsad systematisk forskningsöversikt." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-67845.

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Syftet med denna avgränsade systematiska forskningsöversikt är att studera de senaste fem årens evidensbaserade undervisningsmetoder för skrivutveckling. Syftet är också att studera hur sambandet mellan skrivutveckling, arbetsminne och självförmåga ser ut, samt dess konsekvenser för skrivundervisningen. Målgruppen är högstadie- och gymnasieelever som kämpar med skrivandet i skolan, så kallade struggling writers. Föreliggande studie består av åtta forskningsstudier som undersöker evidensbaserade effektiva skrivstrategier. Studierna är utvalda och avgränsade utifrån bestämda inkluderings- och exkluderingskriterier. Analys och tolkning sker både med utgångspunkt i Banduras social kognitiva teori samt utifrån aktuell forskning inom fältet. Resultatet visar att effektiva skrivundervisningsmetoder ger stöd för arbetsminnet och utvecklar skrivförmågan genom välstrukturerade strategier som även ger visuellt stöd. Därutöver innefattar undervisningsmetoderna medvetenhet om lärandet som social aktivitet vilket betonar goda relationer, konstruktiv feedback samt stöttande lärare som utgår från explicita metoder. Resultatet visar också att elevernas skrivförmåga förbättras när man lägger vikt vid att arbeta med deras tankesätt och självförmåga.
The aim of this limited systematic research review is to study evidence based teaching methods for writing, over the last five years. The aim is also to study the link between writing development, working memory and self-efficacy, and the consequences of such a linkage. The target group are struggling writers in late elementary and high school that experience difficulties in writing composition. The present study consists of eight research studies on effective writing strategies, selected and limited by certain inclusion and exclusion criteria. The analysis and interpretation are carried out from the perspective of Bandura’s social cognitive theory, as well as from previous research in the field. The result shows that effective teaching methods for writing support students’ working memory and writing skills through well-defined structures and visual support. Furthermore, the methods include awareness of learning as a social activity which emphasises good relations, constructive feedback and supportive teachers using explicit methods. The result also suggests that when addressing students’ mindset and supporting their self-efficacy, writing proficiency improves.

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Palm, Belén. "Preparera prepositioner - Sång och musik som didaktiskt hjälpmedel för prepositionskunskap i spanska." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Lärarutbildningen (LUT), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-28039.

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Abstract A central problem in all language teaching is to teach the correct use of prepositions. There are grammar rules, but also a lot of exceptions and idiomatic expressions that often have to be learnt by examples or by heart. A trick for learning might be to use a mnemonic method with songs and music to memorize a correct use of prepositions. The purpose of this study is to test a language teaching didactic exercise for knowledge of preposition in Spanish with songs and music. Grammatical aspects, rules and exceptions when studying prepositions in Spanish are presented. A literature review shows the significance of music for language learning. By lesson trials the five so called “empty” prepositions in Spanish: a, con, de, en and por, are studied by 40 high school students only by listening to and singing two different songs in the beginning and at the end of each Spanish lesson during two weeks. The result of the study shows an improved knowledge of correct use of the 5 Spanish prepositions among the students using the method. Furthermore, the language teaching didactic exercise with song and music was seen as a pleasurable learning experience by the students.

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Jiménez, Torregrosa Lorena 1988. "Prehistòria, educació infantil i desenvolupament." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/667833.

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Prehistòria, Educació Infantil i desenvolupament cognitiu és una investigació qualitativa que es fonamenta en la idea que l’Educació Infantil és una etapa educativa que ha d’acompanyar a l’infant en el seu desenvolupament i contribuir a l’adquisició plena de la seva autonomia. Des d’aquesta perspectiva, la Història podria contribuir a aquest desenvolupament ja que és una Ciència amb altres potencialitats didàctiques. Però… els infants d’infantil poden aprendre Història? Podria la Història ajudar a superar l’egocentrisme infantil que caracteritza als infants d’aquestes edats? Des d’aquest plantejament, s’ha elaborat un estudi basat en la microetnogràfia educativa en una aula de vint-i-set infants de p4 al districte de Nou Barris de la ciutat de Barcelona a partir de l’experimentació d’una unitat didàctica sobre la Prehistòria basada en els plantejaments de la Teoria Crítica i el Socioconstructivisme i dissenyada a partir d’estratègies i metodologies que engloben l’Arqueologia dels sentits, el mètode dialògic i el joc simbòlic. L’anàlisi de les dades s’ha efectuat mitjançant un anàlisi temàtic i un cross-case analysis, fet que ha permès extreure uns patrons que descriuen, no només els resultats d’aprenentatge efectuats que permeten validar les hipòtesis; sinó tot el procés mitjançant el qual aquests aprenentatges han estat assolits: factors condicionants i factors determinants.
Prehistory, Early Childhood and Cognitive Developement is a qualitative research based on the idea that Early Childhood is a stage of education that has to promove the child in its development and contribute to the acquisition of full autonomy. From this perspective, History could contribute to this development as it is a science with a big educational potential. But... Can children learn History? History could help children overcome the egocentrism that characterizes them on this age? From this approach, we have developed a microetnography study in a classroom of twenty-seven four-year-old children from Nou Barris in Barcelona. We have experimented a unit based on Prehistory based on the approaches of Critical Theory and Socioconstrutivism and designed with strategies and methodologies that include Archeology of the senses, the dialogical method and symbolic play. The data analysis has been done through a thematic analysis and cross-case analysis, which allowed to extract patterns that describe not only learning outcomes that allow validate the hypothesis; but also the processes by which these knowledges have been achieved: conditioning factors and determinants.

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Lyons, Renee' C. "Contribution as Method: A Book Talk for Foreign-Born American Patriots: Sixteen Volunteer Leaders in the Revolutionary War." Digital Commons@Georgia Southern, 2014. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cssc/2014/2014/10.

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Constituting a proposal for a book talk associated with the scholarly title Foreign-Born American Patriots: Sixteen Volunteer Leaders of the Revolutionary War, the presenter of this session (and author of the book) will introduce the scholarly work to participants for the purpose of highlighting research based in contribution, rather than interpretation. The author will detail the means by which the investigation of human experience and work product, storylines/patterns, and social cause may provide the context for creative scholarly works. The author will also reveal the unique contribution of Foreign Born American Patriots to historical and Southern Studies discourse, the book serving, up through the date of this proposal, as the only collective work regarding those foreigners who helped the newly formed United States defeat the British Army (many battles fought in the Southern States).

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Crabill, Thomas V. "Teaching Methods of a Successful College Soccer Coach." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1399642117.

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Thomas-Tate, Shurita. "Comparing two methods of teaching phonological awareness to low-income African American first-graders /." The Ohio State University, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1486402544591357.

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