Cognitive psychology’s case for teaching higher order thinking
This article examines the value of including a focus on higher order thinking in classroom instruction.
View ArticleThe test that makes teachers: One year into the edTPA.
This article examines how the edTPA reflects teacher preparation.
View ArticleTeacher Perceptions of the Common Core Performance Standards
The Common Core State Standards were implemented in the state of Georgia in the 2012/2013 school year replacing NCLB. Previous studies indicated that teachers and administrators viewed NCLB...
View ArticleAn Examination of Educators' Attitudes Toward Inclusion
:Educators responded to the Principals and Inclusion Survey, measuring the experiences, training, attitudes of educators toward inclusion, and beliefs about the most appropriate placement of students...
View ArticleThe Effects of Inquiry Project-Based Learning on Student Reading Motivation...
Inquiry-based learning approaches have been promoted as an instructional method for students at all levels. An inquiry approach requires students to discover or construct knowledge through relevant...
View ArticleStudent Achievement: Perspectives, Assessment and Improvement Strategies
This study explored the relationship between theories of intelligence and academic achievement in middle school students taking a science course (N = 87). Analyses of covariance revealed that an...
View ArticleAn Examination of the Testing and Spacing Effects in a Middle Grades Social...
This study investigates the relation between review spacing and question format on student retention. Participants in an 8th grade Georgia Studies class reviewed previously learned material either in...
View ArticleMobile Learning and its Effects on Academic Achievement and Student...
This experimental research investigates the academic achievement and motivation of 104 sixth grade social studies students when incorporating mobile devices into the classroom. Specifically, this...
View Article"The Importance of Automaticity Development in Mathematics
This study examined whether students were reaching automaticity with single digit multiplication facts. A fourteen question interview was used to collect data. The first three questions asked the...
View ArticleA Study on Science Achievement and Motivation Using Computer-based...
This study was conducted to investigate whether or not computer-based simulations had a greater impact on science achievement compared to traditional hands-on methods for middle school students in an...
View ArticleThe Psychological Processes and Consequences of Fundamentalist Indoctrination.
This paper explores the psychological processes and consequences of fundamentalist indoctrination.
View ArticleImproving Secondary Students’ Reading Comprehension Through the Use of...
This study examined an instructional method that combined scaffolding and Schema Theory to address the reading comprehension of 105 urban high school students. Participants in the treatment condition...
View ArticleAn examination of the effect of customized reading modules on diverse...
This research sought to add to a body of knowledge that is severely underrepresented in the scientific literature, the effects of technological tools on reading comprehension and reading motivation in...
View ArticleA reflection on belief.
This paper explores the phenomenon in which, for many people, subjective personal belief is viewed as a more accurate representation of reality than objective scientific knowledge developed over the...
View ArticleApplied Cognition: Testing the Effects of Independent Silent Reading on...
This study implemented an independent silent reading (ISR) program with 145 10th grade students. Students were measured on total reading ability, vocabulary, reading comprehension, a state-mandated...
View ArticleDesigning customizable reading modules for a high school literature classroom.
This design case follows an ongoing collaboration between an instructional technologist and a high school literature teacher promoting reading comprehension through modules that provide visually...
View ArticleHispanic acculturation in the U.S.: Examining the relationship between...
This research sought to gauge Americans’ ethnocentricity in regard to Hispanic immigrants and correlated those levels of bias with education levels. A new instrument was developed for measuring...
View ArticleIs learning styles-based instruction effective? A comprehensive analysis of...
In an influential publication in 2009, a group of cognitive psychologists revealed that there was a lack of empirical evidence supporting the concept of learning styles-based instruction and provided...
View ArticleAn analysis of current evidence supporting two alternate learning models:...
This paper examines the research evidence behind two alternate and mutually exclusive learning models- learning styles and dual coding. The most common incarnation of each model is based on learning...
View ArticleVisual and Auditory Learning: Differentiating Instruction via Sensory...
Differentiated instruction has come to dominate the field of public education, and with that development teachers and teacher education programs have attempted to identify methods that may be used in...
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