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Davies, Nathanael; Rakib, Taslima; Zakaria, Anam – Teaching History, 2022
Nathanael Davies recognised that previous efforts to diversify the history taught at his school by weaving new stories into the curriculum had made little impression on his students' assumptions about what really counted as history. Planning a new enquiry on the creation of Bangladesh was intended both to bridge a divide between 'home' and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, History Instruction, Asian History, Teaching Methods
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Hetcherla,Narendra Kumar – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2022
A language 'test' is a systematic procedure for observing a person's behavior and describing it with the aid of a numerical scale or category system (Cronbach LJ 1971: 26). A test cannot be based on a selection of items chosen on linguistic grounds alone, and that to devise an effective test, it is necessary to specify how an examinee requires to…
Descriptors: Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
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Wilson, Wesley J.; Yun, Joonkoo; Kern, Ben D. – Elementary School Journal, 2022
This study explored the contribution of physical education and recess to children's physical activity (PA) behavior and examined whether they compensate for missed PA opportunities. Participants' (N = 115; age: 9.2 ± 0.6 years) PA was measured using accelerometry across multiple time periods, including data from school days and weekends. Data…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Recess Breaks, Habit Formation, Physical Activity Level
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Meyer, Laura A. – Journal of Student Affairs, New York University, 2021
This paper examines whether colleges and universities in the United States striving to diversify their student communities are creating an inclusive environment that will effectively support these students throughout their academic careers. Current research on the experiences of students who identify as minoritized members of college communities…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Colleges, Universities, College Students
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Doughty, Howard A. – International Journal of Adult Education and Technology, 2021
On October 16, 2017, over 12,000 faculty, librarians, and counsellors in 24 independent postsecondary colleges in Ontario, Canada went on strike for the fourth time since they organized in 1971 as members of the Civil Service Association of Ontario and won their first collective agreement the next year. Begun as an apolitical, self-consciously…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Strikes, Collective Bargaining
Dar, Shabir Ahmad; Majid, Ishfaq – Online Submission, 2022
The present study was conducted to explore the differential levels of scientific aptitude among the economically disadvantaged students of Jammu and Kashmir. The objectives of the study were to find out of the achievement in the subject science of economically disadvantaged secondary school students and the levels of scientific aptitude of…
Descriptors: Science Education, Academic Aptitude, Science Tests, Standardized Tests
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Poole, Alex H.; Agosto, Denise; Greenberg, Jane; Lin, Xia; Yan, Erjia – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2021
The field of LIS continues to face a vexing paradox. Its longstanding ideal of and concomitant commitment to serving diverse communities and users equally has failed to translate into diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the profession or in LIS education. This article analyzes efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in North…
Descriptors: Information Science Education, Library Science, Student Diversity, Equal Education
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Kvittingen, Lise; Sjursnes, Birte Johanne; Schmid, Rudolf – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
In organic chemistry textbooks (S)-(-)-limonene, (-)-limonene or l-limonene, is often given credit for the smell of lemons, while the R-analogue, (+)-limonene or d-limonene, is credited with that of oranges. Results from two odor tests revealed that few persons in the test associated (R)-(+)-limonene with oranges and (S)-(-)-limonene with lemons,…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Olfactory Perception, Textbooks, Science Instruction
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Rudd, David – Children's Literature in Education, 2020
This article explores the two film adaptations of Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory": Mel Stuart's 1971 "Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" and Tim Burton's ("Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," Warner Bros., Burbank, CA, 2005). It champions Robert Stam's approach to adaptation, which looks at the…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Authors, Films, Models
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Ojeda, Mónica; Espino, Esperanza; Elipe, Paz; Del-Rey, Rosario – Comunicar: Media Education Research Journal, 2023
Cyberbullying is a problem that is more prevalent and serious among LGBTQ+ people. Previous research has mostly analysed sexual orientation and homophobic cyberaggression. Hence, becomes necessary to consider sex-gender diversity as a whole and aggressions of a general nature. Moreover, existing prejudices underline the need to consider…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Bullying, Victims, LGBTQ People
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Tangen, Jodi L.; Borders, L. DiAnne – Counselor Education and Supervision, 2017
Although clinical supervision is an educational endeavor (Borders & Brown, [Borders, L. D., 2005]), many scholars neglect theories of learning in working with supervisees. The authors describe 1 learning theory--information processing theory (Atkinson & Shiffrin, 1968, 1971; Schunk, 2016)--and the ways its associated interventions may…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Supervision, Cognitive Processes, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship
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Abbas Sani Dahiru; Jibril Almustapha; Zainab Sambo – Online Submission, 2024
This study examined the relationship between effective educational planning and teaching staff performance among public secondary schools in Zamfara State, Nigeria. A research null hypothesis was established to guide the research work. The study adopted correlational survey design. The population of the study comprised 24 public secondary schools…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Educational Practices, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Thibodeaux, Jordan; Samson, Jennifer E. – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2021
College learning depends on belongingness and personal motivation. First-generation (FG) college students are at risk for lower belongingness and motivation compared to non-FG students. We examined self-reported belongingness with the Psychological Sense of School Membership scale, and intrinsic and extrinsic motivation with the Motivational…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Sense of Community, Goal Orientation, First Generation College Students
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Lavigne, Eric – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2021
As the "Canadian Journal of Higher Education" celebrates its fiftieth anniversary, this article takes the measure of the research published so far on higher education administration and reflects on future work. The study examined the 38 articles on higher education administration published by the "Journal" between 1971 and 2020…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Educational History, Higher Education
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Pribyl, Jill – Research in Dance Education, 2022
It has been almost twenty years since Namasagali College, a co-educational secondary school in Eastern Uganda, staged its last performance, yet the memory of these musical theater productions are recalled with the nostalgia of a lost renaissance. These transdisciplinary productions that utilized modern dance, acting and mimed songs transformed the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dance Education, Secondary School Students, Theater Arts
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