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Microcomputer-based laboratories and physics learning
Kenneth David Bradley Clarke
(1998) pp. 1–150
Education literature suggests that Microcomputer Based Laboratories (MBL) may indirectly enhance student physics achievement by offering several pedagogical and psychological advantages. Using data gathered from the Newfoundland Department of...
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Scaffolding and Metacognition
Derek Holton; David Clarke
International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology Vol. 37, No. 2 (Mar 15, 2006) pp. 127–143
This paper proposes an expanded conception of scaffolding with four key elements: (1) scaffolding agency--expert, reciprocal, and self-scaffolding; (2) scaffolding domain--conceptual and heuristic scaffolding; (3) the identification of self...
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Brunei Teachers' Perspectives on Questioning: Investigating the Opportunities to "Talk" in Mathematics Lessons
Masitah Shahrill; David J. Clarke
Online Submission Vol. 7, No. 7 (2014) pp. 1–18
A teachers' practice cannot be characterised by a single lesson, hence comparison is best made with lesson sequences that better sample the diversity of a teacher's practice. In this study, we video recorded lesson sequences in four Year 8...
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Framing Collaborative Behaviors: Listening and Speaking in Problem-Based Learning
Louisa Remedios; David Clarke; Lesleyanne Hawthorne
Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning Vol. 2, No. 1 (2008) pp. 1–20
PBL is described as small-group collaborative learning; however, literature on how collaboration is enacted in PBL contexts is limited. A two-year ethnographic study examined the experiences and responses of Asian students to the obligations of PBL...
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The Promise of Digital History in the Teaching of Local History
Guy Clarke; John Lee; David Pittman
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 4768–4772
To construct more meaningful experiences for history students and pre-service teachers, a local history class for high school students was developed. These students work in conjunction with social studies pre-service education students at Georgia...
Topics: Social Studies, Schools, Students, Teachers, Educational Technology
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Hybrid Task Design: Connecting Learning Opportunities Related to Critical Thinking and Statistical Thinking
Sebastian Kuntze; Einav Aizikovitsh-Udi; David Clarke
ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education Vol. 49, No. 6 (2017) pp. 923–935
Stimulating thinking related to mathematical content is the focus of many tasks in the mathematics classroom. Beyond such content-related thinking, promoting forms of higher order thinking is among the goals of mathematics instruction as well. So...
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CUTOFF: A FORTRAN Program for Establishing Thresholds for Screening Indices
Dean P. McKenzie; David M. Clarke
Educational and Psychological Measurement Vol. 52, No. 4 (1992) pp. 891–93
A FORTRAN program is described that aids in construction of screening tests by performing a type of Receiver Operating Characteristic analysis as well as calculating measures such as sensitivity and specificity. CUTOFF could be applied in any...
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Enactment of Scientific Inquiry: Observation of Two Cases at Different Grade Levels in China Mainland
Lei Wang; Ronghui Zhang; David Clarke; Weizhen Wang
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 23, No. 2 (April 2014) pp. 280–297
Enactment of scientific inquiry in classroom has attracted a great attention of science educators around the world. In this study, we examined two competent teachers' (one Grade 9 chemistry teacher and one Grade 4 science teacher) enactment of...
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Defining Useful Surrogates for User Participation in Online Medical Learning
Peter Beddy; Paul F. Ridgway; David Beddy; Eric Clarke; Oscar Traynor; Sean Tierney
Advances in Health Sciences Education Vol. 14, No. 4 (October 2009) pp. 567–574
"School for Surgeons" is a web-based distance learning program which provides online clinical-based tutorials to surgical trainees. Our aim was to determine surrogates of active participation and to assess the efficacy of methods to improve usage....
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Addressing the challenge of legitimate international comparisons of classroom practice
David Clarke; Carmel Mesiti; Catherine O’Keefe; Li Hua Xu; Eva Jablonka; Ida Ah Chee Mok; Yoshinori Shimizu
International Journal of Educational Research Vol. 46, No. 5 pp. 280–293
In this article, we address the choice of suitable instructional units that might serve as the basis for cross-cultural analyses of classroom practice. Our argument draws on analyses undertaken as part of the Learner's Perspective Study (LPS). The...
Language: English
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What's All the Clicking About? A Study of Classroom Response System Use at the University of Toronto
Jason Harlow; Lena Paulo Kushnir; Charly Bank; Scott Browning; Jim Clarke; Anne Cordon; David Harrison; Karen Ing; Cecilia Kutas; Ruxandra Serbanescu
Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching Vol. 2 (2009) pp. 114–121
Classroom response systems (clickers) are used in many courses at the University of Toronto (U of T), primarily to introduce interactive pedagogy and to engage students in lecture courses. We examined the use of clickers in various courses at U of T ...
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Anhedonia Predicts Poorer Recovery among Youth with Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Treatment-Resistant Depression
Dana L. McMakin; Thomas M. Olino; Giovanna Porta; Laura J. Dietz; Graham Emslie; Gregory Clarke; Karen Dineen Wagner; Joan R. Asarnow; Neal D. Ryan; Boris Birmaher; Wael Shamseddeen; Taryn Mayes; Betsy Kennard; Anthony Spirito; Martin Keller; Frances L. Lynch; John F. Dickerson; David A. Brent
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Vol. 51, No. 4 (April 2012) pp. 404–411
Objective: To identify symptom dimensions of depression that predict recovery among selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) treatment-resistant adolescents undergoing second-step treatment. Method: The Treatment of Resistant Depression in...