This review provides a comprehensive examination of the literature surrounding the current state of K-12 distance education. The growth in K-12 distance education follows in the footsteps of expanded learning opportunities at all levels of public education and training in corporate environments. Implementation has been accomplished with a limited research base, often drawing from studies in adult distance education and policies adapted from traditional learning environments. This review of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Education, Distance Education, Literature...
With this review, we explore the practices of arts-based educational research as documented in dissertations created and written over one decade in the Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia. We compile and describe more than thirty dissertations across methodologies and methods of inquiry, and identify three pillars of arts-based practice--literary, visual, and performative. In this review, we trace the beginnings of a new stream of practice that is interwoven in some of these...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Educational Practices, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational...
Indoor tanning continues to grow in popularity even though empirical investigations denounce the behavior. Various reports have illustrated the detrimental health effects of ultraviolet (UV) exposure including increased risk for skin cancer. According to some physicians, the risk may be especially high for adolescents whose skin cells are dividing and changing rapidly. Persistent use of tanning facilities has become especially apparent within adolescent female populations. The purpose of this...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Investigations, Risk, Cancer, Etiology, Adolescents, Females, Health Behavior,...
Best practices in the identification of the twice-exceptional point to the use of multidimensional assessment that outlines specific areas of strength and concern. Students who are twice-exceptional remain a misunderstood population in schools, thus making identification that much more difficult. The purpose of this study was to review the extant literature in the field of twice-exceptional studies and to design a plan for identification to be used by school districts. This article reports on...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Disproportionate Representation, Academically Gifted, Underachievement, Scores,...
The United States faces an economic-influenced educational crisis. According to the U.S. Department of Commence, Census Bureau data (2002) the difference in household earnings between the upper and lower quintiles has worsened over the last forty years. Future generations possess suspect knowledge to properly manage this income, as youth possess very low financial literacy levels. Determining benchmarks relevant to all societal dimensions presents a challenge to developing financial education...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Federal Legislation, Economics Education, Incentives, Consumer Education, Economic...
This review of literature on progress monitoring was designed to examine the full array of curriculum-based measures (CBMs) in mathematics for students from preschool to secondary schools. We organized the article around two primary concerns: the approach used to develop the measures (curriculum sampling or robust indicators) and the type of research necessary to establish the viability of the tasks. Our review addressed the technical adequacy of the measures as indicators of performance and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Teaching Methods, Predictive Validity, Curriculum Based Assessment, Academic...
In this article, the authors review the research on curriculum-based measurement (CBM) in reading published since the time of Marston's 1989 review. They focus on the technical adequacy of CBM related to measures, materials, and representation of growth. The authors conclude by discussing issues to be addressed in future research, and they raise the possibility of the development of a seamless and flexible system of progress monitoring that can be used to monitor students' progress across...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Curriculum Based Assessment, Literature Reviews, Reading Achievement, Reading...
This article reviews research examining technical features of curriculum-based measurement (CBM) in written expression. Twenty-eight technical reports and published articles are included in this review. Studies examining the development and technical adequacy of measures of written expression are summarized, beginning with research conducted at the Institute for Research on Learning Disabilities at the University of Minnesota and followed by extensions of this work. Differences in technical...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Scoring, Learning Disabilities, Curriculum Based Assessment, Writing Instruction,...
Given the implementation of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, one might reasonably assume that the research literature on the effects of standardized testing would have been exposed, made widely familiar, and meticulously analyzed in the early 2000s. But just the opposite happened. As belief in the research literature's nonexistence has spread, efforts to reference it have become less thorough or casually dismissed. After all, why bother to search a literature you believe does not exist? As...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Federal Legislation, Literature, Standardized Tests, Educational Policy, Literature...
This article presents a systematic review of the research evidence on the effects of the characteristics of typefaces on the legibility of text for adult readers with low vision. The review revealed that research has not produced consistent findings and thus that there is a need to develop standards and guidelines that are informed by evidence. (Contains 1 table.)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Partial Vision, Written Language, Printing, Visual Impairments, Sensory Aids, Printed...
This review presents an overview of selected articles on the leniency hypothesis: the idea that students give higher evaluations to instructors who grade more leniently. Such articles comprise a small subset of the voluminous research on student evaluations of teaching (SETs). In this diverse literature, research methods and aims have frequently affected the outcomes and conclusions, since SETs are typically context-specific instruments whose results, in isolated instances, do not generalize...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Research Methodology, Meta Analysis,...
Service-learning is a wide-spread educational strategy in K-16 education. Currently 64% of all public schools and 83% of public high schools have community service. Researchers have proclaimed the many benefits of service learning in terms of student empowerment, but does it have the power to create a counter-hegemony that provides an alternative worldview to transform society? In this literature review, the author examines the effectiveness and limitations of service-learning practices and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Strategies, Student Empowerment, Multicultural Education, Citizenship...
In 1991, Lawrence Grossman wrote that "a new political system is taking shape in the United States. As we approach the twenty-first century, America is turning into an electronic republic, a democratic system that is vastly increasing the people's day-to-day influence on decisions of state." Grossman's forecast implied a sea change in the way citizens would interact with, and participate in, their representative government; a revamping of the way Americans would "do"...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Political Science, Citizenship, Voting, Citizenship Education, Information Seeking,...
To investigate issues in transition to kindergarten for children with special needs, we explored several sources of information (peer-reviewed literature, government websites, parent surveys, and interviews with professionals). We found that administrative issues like lack of integration and the evaluation of services available to children and families, and parent support issues like promoting advocacy were recurring themes in all sources. Although some barriers are very clear, more systematic...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Disabilities, Kindergarten, Special Needs Students, Student Adjustment, School...
The issue of research dissemination via websites is part of the larger research utilization question, and the authors begin with a review of literature on the theory and best practices in dissemination. The second part of the study involves an exploratory examination of the websites and dissemination practices of 30 research centers focusing on the field of family-school partnership issues. Using the literature review as a guide to look at the websites, the researchers rate each website and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Research Utilization, Family School Relationship, Web Sites, Literature Reviews,...
Coaching is a dynamic field in which many forms of health promotion occur directly and indirectly on a daily basis. It would therefore be of interest to determine the extent to which research-based data has been collected pertaining to health promotion and its influence throughout coaching. Thus, the purpose of this study was to inductively analyze research-based data pertaining to health promotion in coaching to discover the major topics and the extent to which research has been performed in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Health Promotion, Athletes, Well Being, Meta Analysis, Literature Reviews,...
This paper concerns the experiences and effects of a tertiary entrance program from two perspectives: that of a former student now engaged in her Honours program and of her enabling lecturer. The main aim of the paper is to present a literature review of published studies about mature women's engagement with tertiary study at the entry level. The authors utilise their enabling education biographies to connect the review of literature to lived experiences. The study asks: how far does the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Research Needs, Biographies, Postsecondary Education, Higher Education, Literature...
The poor performance of the education sector in Nigeria has become very worrisome. What is the problem? Is the educational policy faulty or is it the implementation that is faulty? What are the implications for national development? These are the issues explored in this paper, based on a literature review approach. The findings blame the distortions in the educational system on the ineffective implementation engendered primarily by lack of political will, lack of continuity of programs, and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Program Implementation, Performance Factors,...
This paper explores how play as an educational tool can enhance social capital for adult learners in institutional settings. Framed by conceptualisations of social capital (Putnam 1993, 2000) and play (Melamed 1987, Meares 2005, Vygotsky 1978) and supported by research literature on play in adult learning, our action research in our adult education classes focuses on cooperative forms of play in which pretend, role-play, improvisation, playful activities and a playful mindset were key...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Play, Action Research, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Social Capital,...
Diabetes is a condition where high amounts of glucose are found in the bloodstream due to impaired secretion of insulin. The hormone insulin was discovered by two physicians, Fredrick Banting and James Mcleod in 1921. Individuals with severe diabetes typically controlled their glucose level with multiple daily injections of insulin. Recently the insulin pump has gained popularity with individuals with Type I diabetes. A comprehensive review of the research literature is presented with...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Diabetes, Literature Reviews, Equipment, Medical Services, Children, Adolescents,...
This article offers the opportunity to consider elements necessary to create an overseas student teaching program (OST), beginning with the research into effectiveness of such initiatives and the literature on institutional change. In the second part of the article, engaging the compatibility and commitment necessary for institutional change is considered from a critical perspective as related to the options and objections encountered in setting up an OST program. These include context, program...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Student Teaching, International Educational Exchange, Teacher Educator Education,...
In an article published in the "International Education Journal" entitled "Beyond Educational Tourism: Lessons Learned While Student Teaching Abroad," Quezada (2005) provides an overview of the literature regarding student teaching abroad experiences. This article summarizes his literature review and applies the findings to a study conducted by Alfaro (2003) about the experiences of four biliteracy teachers who participated in an international student teaching abroad program...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Student Teaching, Foreign Students, International Education, Global Approach, Foreign...
This article introduces the physical education, recreation, and health practitioner to the relevant practical and theoretical information pertaining to sportsmanship in youth sports. It discusses four key areas related to sportsmanship: (1) constructs, (2) underlying theories, (3) empirical evidence, and (4) application and education. It also presents an integrated review of the sportsmanship literature and current research regarding the definitions, benefits of moral education, and the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Ethical Instruction, Physical Education, Athletics, Sportsmanship, Sport Psychology,...
This study is a systematic review of the Alameda County study findings and their importance in establishing a link between lifestyle and health outcomes. A systematic review of literature was performed and data indicating important links between lifestyle and health were synthesized. Although initial studies focused on the associations between health outcomes and personal health habits known as the "Alameda 7," subsequent studies focused on the relationships between social variables,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Health Promotion, Life Style, Living Standards, Social Indicators, Quality of Life,...
This integrative review of literature on online educational best practices is intended to provide a quick reference for those interested in designing online business courses and programs. Primarily American in its perspective, this review may be helpful for business schools seeking optimal online course designs that foster quality learning experiences comparable in outcomes to traditional methods. Paramount in this review is the emphasis on consistency, cohesiveness, and assessment. (Contains 2...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Online Courses, Business Administration Education, Literature Reviews, Instructional...
Findings from two research syntheses of the relationship between caregiver sensitivity and secure infant attachment and one research synthesis of factors associated with increased caregiver use of a sensitive interactional style are presented. The main focus of analysis was the extent to which different measures of caregiver contingent social responsiveness were important determinants of attachment outcomes. Results showed that caregiver interactional behavior that included some aspect of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Infants, Intervention, Attachment Behavior, Caregiver Child Relationship,...
Social skill development is one of the primary areas of intervention for young children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). The purpose of this article was to conduct a retrospective review of social skills intervention research for preschool children with ASD. A review of 17 single-subject design studies from twelve journals (1999-2006) was conducted. We assessed information concerning the features of social skills interventions, the elements of single subject designs utilized across...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Intervention, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Preschool Children, Skill...
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT; Hayes, Strosahl, & Wilson, 1999) has been found effective in treating a wide number of psychological conditions affecting adults. To date, however, little research has been done on the use of ACT with youth and parents. Few efforts have been made at summarizing the literature that does exist. This article, therefore, is a review of empirical and theoretical work with these populations. Online databases, ACT-related websites, and personal communication...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Counseling Techniques, Therapy, Counseling Effectiveness, Youth, Parents, Literature...
The application of functional behavioral assessment (FBA) procedures for the purposes of developing interventions for students with emotional and behavioral disorders (E/BD) has received considerable attention since the 1997 reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The purpose of this paper is to review the literature addressing the use of FBA with E/BD students in school settings and to discuss implications for a "state of the art" model that...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Behavior Disorders, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Student Evaluation, Evaluation...
According to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) (1989, 2000), students at all levels should be exposed to geometry and measurement topics. Standards documents have identified the importance of primary school students selecting appropriate units for measurements in one- and two-dimensional space (NCTM 1989, 2000). This paper provides teachers with an overview of the research regarding students' understanding of one- and two-dimensional units and presents an activity that will...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Geometry, Measurement, Academic...
Optimal therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) follows logically from an understanding of etiological models describing the development and maintenance of the disorder. Accordingly, the present article provides a brief overview of PTSD with particular attention paid to etiology. Exposure-based interventions have consistently been shown to promote superior posttraumatic adjustment relative to alternate treatment approaches. In addition to describing exposure therapy for PTSD, we...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Etiology, Therapy, Misconceptions, Models,...
The Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA) and Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) are both highly effective and empirically validated psychosocial approaches to the treatment of addictions whose unique designs may help achieve certain public health objectives. Literature will be reviewed to examine the potential impact of CRA and CRAFT on the dissemination of evidenced-based practice at a public policy level. Through developing relationships with one another, practitioners,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Public Health, Reinforcement, Public Policy, Theory Practice Relationship, Research...
Resurgence refers to the recovery of previously extinguished responding when a recently reinforced response is extinguished. Although the topic of resurgence has received limited experimental attention, there recently have been an increased number of investigations involving the topic. This increased experimental attention also has been accompanied by conceptual analysis. This increased interest in resurgence by both basic and applied behavior analysts is noteworthy because the topic relates to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Investigations, Behavior Modification, Communication Disorders, Reinforcement,...
This survey paper explores the interdisciplinary literature of performance theory and critical performative pedagogy in an attempt to consider metaphorical applications of performance to pedagogy. This exploration involves looking at teaching as performance in the broadest cultural sense of the word--interested more in "efficacy of communication and mutual empathetic understanding"--than in the more commonly-held economic, technological and political senses of performance which are...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Figurative Language, Critical Theory, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Teaching...
In our attempts to track changes in geological practice over time and to isolate the source of these changes, we have found that they are largely connected with the germination of new geologic subdisciplines. We use keyword and title data from articles in 68 geology journals to track the changes in influence of each subdiscipline on geology over all. Geological research has shifted emphasis over the study period, moving away from economic geology and petroleum geology, towards physics- and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Geology, Scientific Research, Scientific Methodology, Trend Analysis, Bibliometrics,...
Many students experience considerable difficulties when they learn and then attempt to construct and communicate proofs of conjectures using the principle of mathematical induction. Although research on the pedagogy of mathematical induction has gained only occasional attention since the 1970s, there has been an increasing interest in this field of study in the past 10 years. In order to facilitate pedagogical research on the principle of mathematical induction and its place in the curriculum,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Logical Thinking, Mathematical Logic, Literature Reviews, Educational Research,...
Educational design for networked learning is becoming more complex but also more inclusive, with teachers and learners playing more active roles in the design of tasks and of the learning environment. This paper connects emerging research on the use of design patterns and pattern languages with a conception of educational design as a conversation between theory and praxis. We illustrate the argument by drawing on recent empirical research and literature reviews from the field of networked...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Instructional Design, Literature Reviews, Theory Practice Relationship, Pattern...
The purpose of this study was to determine pre-service teachers' perceptions regarding the management of behaviours in inclusive classrooms. An additional purpose was to gather data on the relationships between the teacher candidates' demographic information and their beliefs about managing misbehaviours in inclusive school environments. Survey research was chosen to acquire the pre-service teachers' perceptions. The population for this study was pre-service teachers in the Bachelor of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Inclusive Schools, Teacher Burnout, Foreign Countries, Stress Variables, Predictor...
A current empirical review of the treatment efficacy of Multisystemic Therapy (MST) for adolescent conduct problems (CP) was conducted. Conclusions based on this review suggest that MST can be a very powerful alternative to the usual legal and social service approaches (e.g. justice system, day treatment programs) used in the treatment of adolescent CP. Assessment of the overall quality of this body of research identified strengths in the provision of MST across various treatment locations, the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Quality Control, Adolescents, Therapy, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification,...
An empirical investigation of international research relating to special educational needs is reported. Two international arenas were identified: a North American and a British/European. Articles from 2004 were analysed with regard to 1) sex of authors, 2) country of institutional affiliation of authors, 3) themes and 4) perspectives. The analyses suggest that, to a large extent, research is still nationally oriented. Female authors were most common in 11 of the 12 journals. The thematic...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Needs, Investigations, Research Methodology, Special Education,...
Attachment is of key importance in childhood development. The quality of attachment relationship between the child and parent/primary caregiver may have an effect on the child and future relationships and social success (Rubin, Bukowski, & Parker, 1998). When a child fails to bond with a caring adult, attachment becomes disordered and children may not be able to bond appropriately or at all with other people. This inability to relate and connect with others may disrupt or arrest not only...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Intervention, Attachment Behavior, Social Development, Counseling Techniques, Parent...
This study examines a unique educational program designed for youth with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder [FASD] in Alberta, Canada. Care was taken to include the participants' voice in this case study resulting in key insights and strategies for working with youth and/or students struggling with FASD. Using observation notes, survey and interview responses, and literature reviews, participants' perceptions were used as a lens to describe characteristics, experiences and learning needs of this...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Feedback (Response), Student Attitudes, Learning Disabilities, Literature Reviews,...
Skill/competency approaches to workplace-based policy seek to assess and train for discrete individual competencies with the goal of increasing employability and productivity. These approaches have become increasingly prominent across a range of advanced capitalist countries. A substantial critique has emerged over this same period regarding issues of instrumentality and social control, as well as the failure of skill/competency approaches to articulate a meaningful understanding of human...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Competence, Comparative Education,...
In spite of the expectations that exist regarding efforts to develop competence and in spite of the large amounts of resources devoted to it, there is a marked lack of empirically-based research on competence development in companies and other organizations. The purpose of this article is to present a review of research on strategies for competence development in organizations, their prerequisites and effects. More specifically, the following three questions will be addressed: (i) Why do...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Competence, Skill Development, Concept Formation, Learning Strategies, Literature...
The purpose of this study is to review the main perspectives or issues dealt with in the research on considered to be key competences, in order to develop a fuller understanding of how human competence functions. As a result of this review, two themes considered as having important implications for the actual practices can be identified: that there exists an holistic nature with different aspects of a given competence and that influences of a contextual and cultural nature are factors which...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Business Education, Competence,...
An analysis of gifted education and multicultural education journals was performed to identify the number of multicultural education articles in gifted education journals and the number of gifted education articles in multicultural education journals. Journals reviewed were "Multicultural Education", "Multicultural Perspectives," "Urban Education," "Gifted Child Quarterly,," "Journal for the Education of the Gifted," and "Roeper...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Multicultural Education, Academically Gifted, Urban Education, Periodicals,...
This basic interpretive study addressed the reasons why parents seek a differential diagnosis for their child who has a developmental disability. Fourteen parents were interviewed about why they sought a label for the disabilities of their child. Participants included six parents of children with identified genetic conditions, three parents of children with diagnosed autism spectrum disorders, and five parents of children with unidentified developmental disabilities. Parents described searching...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Parents, Parent Attitudes, Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification, Children,...
This report summarizes the results of a survey on attitudes toward inclusion, which was conducted in a middle school in a large school district in the Southeast. The survey was given prior to the beginning of the school year, and immediately prior to the implementation of full inclusion. Respondents were general and special educators, para-professionals, and administrators. Results of the survey revealed that, although the majority (98.2%) of respondents were willing to make needed...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Inclusive Schools, Disabilities, Educational Practices, Special Education Teachers,...
Research suggests effective classroom ICT integration occurs through needs-based, collaborative professional development (Chandra-Handa, 2001; Cuttance, 2001; Figg, 2000; Gibson, Oberg, & Pelz, 1999; Gross, 2000; Haughey, 2002). A community of practice (CoP) (Wenger, 1998; Wenger, McDermott, & Snyder, 2002) can be an effective mode of such collaborative professional development. A synthesis of the literature enabled the construction of the concept that a CoP, investigated through a...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Research Methodology, Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Professional...
In recent years, the author relates how she had been on a journey to explore the role of art education in fostering ecological literacy. While she had tracked discussions about eco-art education back over three decades in the literature, the author relates how she was still working through exactly what eco-art education is and how it contributes to developing learners' ecological literacy. She had previously reported on a pilot study in this area and had began mapping her journey into this...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Art Education, Pilot Projects, Concept Mapping, Ecology, Environmental Education,...