[PDF] Top 20 Year: 2013 Volume: 1 Number: 2

... McPherson and Nunes (2004) mentioned that, among the four roles of an e-tutor (i.e., pedagogical, social, managerial, and technical), the technical roles are for academics the most daunting and challenging. We propose ... See full document

... second year chemistry course at a midwestern high school in the USA was interviewed about their conceptions of states of matter, melting, evaporation, condensation, boiling, and vapor ... See full document

... groups. 1– Heroic science stories: science hero single-handedly contributed to the development of ...science. 2 – Discovery science stories: scientific information that was discovered as a result of an ... See full document

... follows: 1- discipline specific integration in which two or more subcategories of science and mathematics are combined through an instructional activity, 2- content specific integration, in which some ... See full document

...  Consistency and validity of the scientific knowledge: In order to show the consistency and validity of the scientific knowledge, there are many ways. For instance, verification, documentation, testing, description, ... See full document

... This article reports results from a study of mechanisms of transfer of learning (e.g., Haskell, 2011; Cormier & Hagman, 1987; Thorndike & Woodworth, 1901; Thorndike, 1923) across mathematics, science, and reading ... See full document

... investigate: 1) how specific features and elements of preservice programs impact science teacher beliefs and practices (Luft, 2007); 2) what teachers learn about content and pedagogy and how this learning ... See full document

... figure 1 is closely examined, it is seen that peoples’ social behaviours are under control of certain factors, they stem from some certain causes and they come out in a planned way (Erten, 2000, 2002; Karademir, ... See full document

... Türel (2012) researched the negative approaches, needs and problems of teachers regarding interactive whiteboards; it was noted that interactive whiteboards make teachers an[r] ... See full document

... All this can be facilitated through concerted and continued professional development efforts designed to promote science teachers’ understanding of NOS and scientific inquiry, [r] ... See full document

... numbers, number relationships, patterns, operations, and place value” (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics [NCTM], 2000, ...involving number sense ...of number sense, such as magnitude ... See full document

... Inc., 2013; NRC ...NSES, 1) to better explain the bases and importance of the teaching standard and specific less/more emphasis indicators found in the Changing Emphasis table in the teaching standards, ... See full document

... Goals 2, 3, and 4. The other three goals from the Standards focus on experiences in school science that affect the daily lives of students, helping them to make better scientific and societal decisions and leading ... See full document

... Café A housed over 70 computer stations with a 2048 Kb/s speed ADSL internet connection which was the fastest one offered by the Internet Service Providers (ISP) in the city at that time. The cost for using the stations ... See full document

... the number of alternatives from pre to posttest, students in all three groups generated a relatively small number of alternatives (2 to 3 alternatives) for each open-ended question on both pre and ... See full document

... Theme 1: “I am wearing multiple hats here” Two themes were found from the data for HDG the matched mentees and mentors using handheld devices to interact via what is commonly known as video- ... See full document

... Historically at the undergraduate level, more interest has been focused on the level of teaching rather than the level of ¡earning of students. A focus toward learning must be developed and applied by collaboration among ... See full document

... Goodman (1986) argues that young children view themselves as writers and willingly produce writing by drawing or making scribble forms, letter-like symbols, or letters. The children in this class clearly viewed ... See full document

... The present study focuses on portions of the classroom observations that were previously coded as uptake (correct answers, incorrect answers, questions, or comments) according to a priori coding categories in a classroom ... See full document

... second year of SWH ...Teacher 1 was a low implementer, Teachers 2 and 3 were a medium and a high implementer, ...Figure 2 summarizes language function frequencies tallied during one class ... See full document