Providing Bottom-Up Support to Middle School Science Teachers’ Reform Efforts in Using Inquiry-Based Kits     

Mark T. Jones  Charles J. Eick 《Journal of Science Teacher Education》2007,18(6):913-934

Middle grades science teachers need professional support in practice as they implement new inquiry-based science. Professional development schools can provide this bottom-up support through connecting preservice and inservice teacher education programs in classroom practice. In this study, coteaching arrangements with secondary science education majors provided additional teachers in the classroom to support a materials-rich curriculum and the needed associated pedagogies. Science education majors provided needed assistance in troubleshooting difficulties with the new curriculum. They also provided needed content knowledge to support inquiry, along with creating moments and space for teachers to reflect on inquiry practice. Ongoing assistance by preservice teachers allowed inservice teachers to progress from logistical concerns in implementing kit curriculum to concerns regarding student learning and the supporting professional development.

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Realms of the viruses online     

Liu D 《CBE life sciences education》2007,6(4):266-270

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Scaffolding learning of language structures with visual-syntactic text formatting     

Youngmin Park  Ying Xu  Penelope Collins  George Farkas  Mark Warschauer 《British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology》2019,50(4):1896-1912

The current study examines the effects of digital scaffolding on the English literacy of fourth- and sixth-grade students. A total of 1085 native English-speaking and language minority students from 25 treatment classes and 20 control classes across three school districts participated in this study for one school year. Treatment students read their English language arts and social studies text in visual-syntactic text format (VSTF) on their laptops and control students read the regular block format of the textbook either on their laptops or in print. Observations and interviews revealed that VSTF reading facilitated instruction processes and student learning in reading activities. The results of California Standard Tests (CST) before and after the treatment revealed that sixth-graders who received syntactic scaffolding outperformed control students on the composite CST score. In particular, reading in VSTF benefited the treatment students in three CST sub-categories: word analysis, written conventions and writing strategies. This study suggests that future research should investigate instructional strategies that support reading and writing development of adolescents, including at-risk students, using syntactic scaffolding.  相似文献   

Brief Report on PROSPER Academic Outcomes: Extended Model of Crossover Effects on Young Adult College Success     

Richard Spoth  Linda Trudeau  Cleve Redmond  Chungyeol Shin  Mark E. Feinberg  Mark T. Greenberg 《Child development》2019,90(6):1847-1855

This study examines crossover effects of adolescent substance misuse preventive interventions on academic success in college. It evaluates pathways of influence on college grades, via effects on school engagement, problem-solving skills, and substance misuse in high school. Data were collected as part of an Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) evaluating a multicomponent intervention conducted in 28 school districts with middle school students. At age 19, study participants (N = 1,488) enrolled in college reported on college grades. The model fit the data, supporting hypothesized pathways of intervention impacts. Inclusion of a significant direct effect on college grades further improved model fit. Results support the potential for universal substance misuse preventive interventions delivered by community partnerships during middle school to yield effects on long-term academic success.  相似文献   

International Council of Associations for Science Education     

Dennis G. Chisman 《Studies in Science Education》2013,49(1):150-155

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Reflections on “teaching discrete skills to students with moderate mental retardation in small‐group instructional arrangements”     

Mark Wolery  Patricia Munson Doyle  Melinda Jones Ault  David L. Gast 《Exceptionality》2013,21(4):265-270

Several response‐prompting strategies exist for teaching students with disabilities (Wolery, Ault, & Doyle, 1992). With these strategies, prompts are provided to ensure that students perform the target behaviors in the presence of the target stimuli. However, to transfer stimulus control from the prompts to the target stimuli (i.e., to establish independent and appropriate responding), the prompts must be faded. Often, the various strategies differ on the manner in which prompts are faded.  相似文献   

Connecting Video Segments to Collaborative Learning Activities     

Dennis Adams 《Educational Media International》2013,50(3):158-163

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The article discusses how sections of a video can best be used in the instructional process by activating the minds of students and using their reactions to viewing to produce intellectual action. It gives some suggested schemes for this activity and shows how technological forces can become energies of change.  相似文献   

Shared Governance in the Modern University     

Mark Taylor 《Higher Education Quarterly》2013,67(1):80-94

A governance model is developed in which university governance is shared between the academic and governing bodies and is coordinated by the university executive. Viewing the university as a professional service organisation, and noting the importance of developing a flexible culture within a shifting, marketised external environment, it is argued that a degree of shared governance is necessary for the success of the modern university. Although the discussion is couched largely within the context and evolution of UK university governance over the past sixty years, it also draws on the US evidence and experience and the conclusions drawn are general.  相似文献   

How the special need brain learns (third edition)     

Mark Hancock 《Educational Psychology in Practice》2017,33(1)

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Extreme Democracy. Edited by Jon Lebkowsky and Mitch Ratcliffe. Retrieved August 15, 2006, from: http://extremedemocracy.com. 371 pp.     

Reviewed by Mark Longaker 《Technical Communication Quarterly》2013,22(3):353-359

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