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Description:: This dissertation addresses the process-pathways running between immigrant adolescents' life experiences and their engagement in school by providing an ecocultural perspective on self-regulation. While the role of social context, such as stress and resources, has been identified as critical in its influence on different dimensions of adolescent development, research on...
Keyword:: Development, Problem Solving, Adolescence, Stress, Self-Regulation, and Culture
Subject:: Education and Social Policy - Learning Sciences
Creator:: Helen Julia Eksner
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 06/25/2018
Date Modified:: 06/25/2018
Date Created:: 2007-05-15
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Description:: The purpose of this dissertation study was to build on scholarly work in the area of critical mathematics by such scholars as Gutstein (2003) and Gutierrez (2002). Critical pedagogy is designed to foster political agency and critical consciousness in students (Freire, 1971). That is the aim of critical mathematics in...
Keyword:: Teacher Beliefs, Discourse Analysis, Curriculum Analysis, Urban Education, Practitioner Research, and Critical Mathematics
Subject:: Education and Social Policy - Learning Sciences
Creator:: Andrew Morgan Brantliger
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 05/22/2018
Date Modified:: 05/22/2018
Date Created:: 2007-05-02
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Description:: A Socratic ASK System: Helping educators provide a Web-based Socratic mentor for learners. An important role an educator can play in a learning environment is making learners aware of issues, nuances, and problems through Socratic questioning. Prior research has shown the potential of Socratic dialogue for increasing reflection and learning....
Keyword:: educational software, intelligent tutoring systems, reflection, computer assisted instruction, metacognition, and mentoring
Subject:: Education and Social Policy - Learning Sciences
Creator:: Baba Kofi Adam Cooper Puryear Adam Cooper Puryear
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 05/09/2018
Date Modified:: 05/09/2018
Date Created:: 2006-12-25
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Description:: Research shows that the most effective way to teach learners targeted skills is to put them in the kinds of situations in which they need to use them and to provide experts who are able to advise learners when necessary (Schank & Cleary, 1995). Through this process, learners come to...
Keyword:: role play, simulation, case-based, Goal-Based Scenario, and instructional design
Subject:: Education and Social Policy - Learning Sciences
Creator:: Kimberli Aiko Macpherson
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 05/07/2018
Date Modified:: 05/07/2018
Date Created:: 2006-06-28
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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