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Direct linkMcCulloch, K.; McLaughlin, P.; Allison, P.; Edwards, V.; Tett, L. – Oxford Review of Education, 2010
This paper describes the process and findings of a multinational study of the characteristics of sail training for young people. The study used a structured qualitative method and involved "indigenous practitioner-researchers" who collected the majority of the data. Our findings show that participation provides an opportunity for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Aquatic Sports, Adventure Education, Interpersonal Competence
Soutar, Vicki; Parr, Rachael; Prescott, Ron; Di Iorio, Daniela – Science Teacher, 2010
In 2007 and 2008, three science teachers participated in research "cruises" to the Juan de Fuca Ridge off the coast of Washington. This opportunity was made possible by a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER grant awarded to Daniela Di Iorio, an oceanographer at the University of Georgia in Athens. The cruises helped renew their…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Teacher Researchers, Teacher Motivation
Download full textKamii, Constance – Defending the Early Years, 2015
The Common Core State Standards, standards in literacy and math for K-12 that have been adopted in more than forty states, are intensifying the academic pressures on young learners. In general, these standards do not reflect how young children learn and are not developmentally appropriate. The author of this essay shows that selected Common Core…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Elementary School Mathematics, Primary Education, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Desimone, Laura M.; Edgerton, Adam K.; Yang, Rui – Center on Standards, Alignment, Instruction, and Learning, 2017
The Center on Standards, Alignment, Instruction, and Learning (C-SAIL) examines how college- and career-readiness (CCR) standards are implemented, if they improve student learning, and what instructional tools measure and support their implementation. The Center studies elementary and high school math and English Language Arts (ELA) standards, and…
Descriptors: State Policy, College Readiness, Career Readiness, Academic Standards
Edgerton, Adam K.; Desimone, Laura M. – Center on Standards, Alignment, Instruction, and Learning, 2017
The Center on Standards, Alignment, Instruction, and Learning (C-SAIL) examines how college- and career-readiness (CCR) standards are implemented, if they improve student learning, and what instructional tools measure and support their implementation. The Center studies elementary and high school math and English Language Arts (ELA) standards, and…
Descriptors: State Policy, College Readiness, Career Readiness, Academic Standards
Omar, Zoharah; Krauss, Steven Eric; Sail, Rahim M.; Ismail, Ismi Arif – Education & Training, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore objective and subjective career success and to identify factors contributing to career success among a sample of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) "late bloomers" working in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach: Incorporating a mixed method design, the authors…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Technical Education, Graduates
Roemer, Kenneth M. – Studies in American Indian Literatures, 2012
In this essay, the author aims to further complicate the blurrings of Native poetry and autobiography and to make a plea. His general "complicating" genre claim is that an overlooked but absolutely essential form of Native identity expression--that is both preliterate and contemporary--is the traditional song, especially songs that from a…
Descriptors: Singing, American Indians, Autobiographies, Poetry
Henstock, Murray; Barker, Katrina; Knijnik, Jorge – Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 2013
It is difficult to provide disengaged youth, who are at risk of not fulfilling their potential, with the social support necessary to remain active contributors to society. They are more likely to fail and drop from education greatly reducing the prospect of becoming constructive, productive community members. Consequently strategies to promote…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Self Concept, Social Networks, Learner Engagement
Nodine, Thad R. – American Educator, 2011
In 2005, the Hidalgo Independent School District made an ambitious commitment. In partnership with nearby University of Texas-Pan American, the University of Texas System, the Communities Foundation of Texas/Texas High School Project, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the district promised that all of its students, not just a select…
Descriptors: High Schools, Private Schools, College Programs, College Credits
Lewin, Heather S.; Passonneau, Sarah M. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2012
This research provides the first review of publicly available assessment information found on Association of Research Libraries (ARL) members' websites. After providing an overarching review of benchmarking assessment data, and of professionally recommended assessment models, this paper examines if libraries contextualized their assessment…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Research Libraries, Institutional Evaluation, Models
Guner, Necdet – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2013
This study examines and classifies the metaphors that twelfth grade students formulated to describe the concept of "learning mathematics". The sample of the study consists of 669 twelfth grade students (317 female, 352 male) of two Anatolian and two vocational high schools located in the city center of Denizli. The following questions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 12, High School Students, Figurative Language
Mitts, Charles – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2013
The kite design activity described in this article is "hands-on" and provides students the opportunity to learn and apply STEM concepts in the process of building and flying a traditional diamond-shaped bowed kite from scratch. Important components of the activity are that students read and follow instructions and lessons about the…
Descriptors: Hands on Science, Design, Science Activities, Scientific Concepts
Fels, Lynn – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2008
Sailing, a harnessing of wind with canvas to propel a sailboat across distances of water, in winds shaped by landforms, airflow and temperature, requires constant renegotiation by skipper and crew in response to the wind's changeable presence. In a choreography of movement, sails secured by sheets are loosened or reined in by hand to allow wind…
Descriptors: Aquatic Sports, Foreign Countries, Environmental Education, Physical Environment
Beers, Kylene – Research in the Teaching of English, 2010
This article presents the text of the author's presidential address, delivered at the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Annual Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 22, 2009. For the author, the title of this president's address, "Sailing over the Edge: Navigating the Uncharted Waters of a World Gone Flat," calls to…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Instruction, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Educational Change
Midcap, Richard; Seitzer, Joan; Holliday, Randy; Childs, Amy; Bowser, Dana – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2008
Success and Interactive Learning's (SAIL) front-loaded retention activities and unique financial incentives have combined to improve retention, persistence, and success of first-time college students. Its effectiveness has been validated through a comparison of retention rates and aggregate quality-point averages of SAIL cohorts with those rates…
Descriptors: Incentives, School Holding Power, Academic Persistence, Academic Achievement
