various articles on the research on teachers’ instructional practices, perceptions of students and classroom experiences that contribute to motivating English Language Learners to pursue a college education. At the same time, the articles will be analyzed to identify correlated theories that can be use as guidelines for building the foundational framework for the proposed research study. Finally, the summary will discuss the potential contributions that such a proposed research study can contribute to
Investigation Sarah Woods Grand Canyon University EED 465 Curriculum, Methods, and Assessment: Social Studies Leah Barley December 8, 2011 Interview and Standards Investigation Social studies is a complicated subject for teachers to teach and for students to learn because it encompasses so many different disciplines. On top of that, society is characterized by increasingly rapid social and technological changes that affect what social studies content is being taught to students (NCSS, 1988). For
Professor Noonan, As I am prepared to graduate in the fall with a BA in Communication Studies, I have learned that Communication Studies at NEU is a major that emphasizes creativity and putting passion into practice. In most of my courses I have been able to develop and practice communication skills that have helped me look at the world in a new lens. Because of all our different identities and perspectives, we learn to adopt our own unique experience at NEU. I grew up with Vietnamese parents
Research-Based Best Practices in L2 Literacy Developing Reading Comprehension Skills for English Language Learners Infiernito Finca Escuela Honduras (2009) EDUC 5465 Introduction to ESL/Bilingual and Special Education Written by: Mia Ariela Allen May 2010 Research-Based Best Practices in L2 Literacy Developing Reading Comprehension Skills for English Language Learners Research guiding questions: * How should classroom reading instruction practices best meet the needs of
intended to: a. Provide a description of the most common problems in PBL implementation, which can impact on the achievement of PBL outcomes b. Construct a theoretical framework guiding the research process c. Provide a theoretical understanding to analyse the data emerged from the participants in the qualitative research stage. This chapter consists of 6 sections: introduction to the chapter, PBL review, self-regulated learning review, self-assessment review, theoretical framework and summary of the chapter
MODULE 5 Models in Curriculum Development INTRODUCTION Curriculum development is concerned with the drawing up of plans for teaching and learning activities in classroom situations that will bring about positive changes in the lives of the learners. It is based on the school’s mission and goals and identifies ways of translating these into a coherent and coordinated program of meaningful experiences and conditions eliciting responses that will lead to the transformation of the learners into
who believe the value of art education can and should be found in itself. Still other art advocates have found that the study of transfer has aided in gaining public support and garnering significant resources. Thus, transfer in the arts is a high interest and often heated topic. The intricate relationship between the arts and student learning has proven to be ripe with research but in demand of more (Catterall, 2002). The post No Child Left Behind (NCLB) era has left the art education field in a
Transformational Leadership principles towards change, process improvement and transformational efforts. As a result of observations taken of the Fresno, CA Urban renewal effort and transformational projects supported within the Department of Defense, the research provided in this project results in the first industry recognized Transformational Leadership and Process Improvement training and certification program. This dissertation project and training program leverages existing frameworks of the Management
without the potential benefits of the strategic planning, monitoring and thinking about learning processes. Metacognitive training is associated with promoting learner autonomy and allowing students greater control over managing their studies (Kangli, 2002). Sucesss and high proficiency in learning an additional language is contingent on the learner’s ability to prioritize, organize and evaluate strategies related to comprehension (Gu, 2008; Oxford, 2001; Anderson, 2002). Brown (2013) clearly defines
Introduction An ever changing world, lead by advances in technology has affected communication at the very core of its structural use as tool for socialization of younger generations. This paper examines the findings of multiple articles, surveys, and studies verifying the negative effects of technology on communication of young adults and their lack of traditional socialization. The availability of cell phones and computers with internet connectivity has generally been associated with a decline in communication