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Ruediger, Dylan – ITHAKA S+R, 2021
Ithaka S+R's Research Support Services program's most recent project, "Supporting Big Data Research," focused specifically on the rapidly emerging use of big data in research across disciplines and fields. As part of this study, they partnered with librarians from more than 20 colleges and universities, who then conducted over 200…
Descriptors: Colleges, Universities, Data Analysis, Data Collection
James Lewis Sellers – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this study was to explore how district funding for 4 years of PSAT administrations for all students in Grades 8-11 impacted Hispanic students at a North Texas school district. Using college admissions data from the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC), the researcher examined overall district-wide college admissions percentages for…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, High Schools, College Entrance Examinations, Testing
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Lewis, Tyson E.; Thurman, James – Art Education, 2019
Although attempts are currently being made to understand the connections and differences between art and design education (Zwirn & Zande, 2015), there is little reflection on a key problematic that binds them together: the relationship between form and function. In this article, authors Tyson Lewis and James Thurman briefly share a three-part…
Descriptors: Art Education, Design, Art Products, Manipulative Materials
Barham, James Lewis – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This research examined the experiences and attitudes of community college students toward using collaboration in online courses, as guided by four research questions: 1) What do community college students report as their experiences with collaboration in online courses regarding types and frequency of collaboration tools used? 2) What is the level…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Student Attitudes, Online Courses
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Okun, Morris Alan; Berlin, Anna; Hanrahan, Jeanne; Lewis, James; Johnson, Kathryn – Educational Psychology, 2015
Supplemental instruction (SI) is a small-group, peer-mentored programme which is compatible with the learning preferences of American Indian students. We tested the hypothesis that SI is a compensatory strategy that reduces the differences in the grades earned in introduction to psychology by Euro-American and American Indian students. The sample…
Descriptors: American Indian Students, White Students, Small Group Instruction, Mentors
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Ream, Robert K.; Lewis, James L.; Echeverria, Begoña; Page, Reba N. – Teachers College Record, 2014
Background: How do we account for the persistent difficulty the U.S. community of science has in educating larger numbers of talented and diverse undergraduates? We posit that the problem lies in the community's unremitting focus on scientific subject matter knowledge and students' ability to learn, to the neglect of interpersonal social…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Mentors, Science Education, Interpersonal Relationship
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Neider, Xyanthe N.; Stanton, Julie Dangremond; Gallegos, Isaura J.; Torres, Jonathan; Lewis, James; Clark, Nicole – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
The purpose of the current study was to explore the role of agency and self-efficacy after these students encountered metacognitive regulation assignments.
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Metacognition, Assignments, STEM Education
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Li, Yeping, Ed.; Howe, Roger E., Ed.; Lewis, W. James, Ed.; Madden, James J., Ed. – Advances in STEM Education, 2021
The need to improve the mathematical proficiency of elementary teachers is well recognized, and it has long been of interest to educators and researchers in the U.S. and many other countries. But the specific proficiencies that elementary teachers need and the process of developing and improving them remain only partially conceptualized and not…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Teachers
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Li, Yeping, Ed.; Lewis, W. James, Ed.; Madden, James J., Ed. – Advances in STEM Education, 2018
This book is inspired by Roger E. Howe's contributions to the international communities of mathematics and mathematics education. Renowned for his research contributions in the fields of representation theory, automorphic forms, harmonic analysis, and invariant theory, Dr. Howe has also fundamentally deepened our understanding of the mathematics…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Educational Research, Mathematics Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Drysdale, Timothy D.; Kelley, Simon; Scott, Anne-Marie; Dishon, Victoria; Weightman, Andrew; Lewis, Richard James; Watts, Stephen – Higher Education Pedagogies, 2020
Traditional practical work for higher education in STEM subjects is under pressure from rising student numbers and a desired increase in active learning. Investing in more buildings and staff is financially challenging, while stretching existing resources affects outcomes, health, and participation. A more pragmatic approach is to embrace a less…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, STEM Education, Higher Education, Foreign Countries
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Talkington, William J.; Donai, Jeremy; Kadner, Alexandra S.; Layne, Molly L.; Forino, Andrew; Wen, Sijin; Gao, Si; Gray, Margeaux M.; Ashraf, Alexandria J.; Valencia, Gabriela N.; Smith, Brandon D.; Khoo, Stephanie K.; Gray, Stephen J.; Lass, Norman; Brefczynski-Lewis, Julie A.; Engdahl, Susannah; Graham, David; Frum, Chris A.; Lewis, James W. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: From an anthropological perspective of hominin communication, the human auditory system likely evolved to enable special sensitivity to sounds produced by the vocal tracts of human conspecifics whether attended or passively heard. While numerous electrophysiological studies have used stereotypical human-produced verbal (speech voice and…
Descriptors: Imitation, Acoustics, Auditory Discrimination, Reaction Time
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Kutaka, Traci Shizu; Smith, Wendy M.; Albano, Anthony D.; Edwards, Carolyn Pope; Ren, Lixin; Beattie, Heidi Lynn; Lewis, W. James; Heaton, Ruth M.; Stroup, Walter W. – Journal of Teacher Education, 2017
The present study investigated the effects of "Primarily Math", an inservice elementary mathematics specialist program. "Primarily Math" sought to augment the mathematical knowledge for teaching of kindergarten through third-grade teachers using a longitudinal multiple cohort design. Two sets of analyses were conducted. The…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Teachers, Faculty Development, Mathematics Achievement