9 articles in this issue
B. Jean Mandernach
Educational research increasingly highlights the importance of student engagement and its impact on retention, learning and persistence. Despite widespread agreement on the value of student engagement, assessing engagement in higher education remains a ch... see more
Lupu Costica
This article demonstrates the relevance of using heuristic problem-solving strategies in lessons of Mathematics, as a fundamental requirement with multiple valences in building thought operations, which leads to enhancing school performance. Our study aim... see more
Jamie Costley
As more and more institutions are using asynchronous forums as the main or only means for students to interact online, the need to understand the effects of instructor intervention on learner discourse has become more important. This study will desc... see more
Laura B. Kent
This article describes the changing practice of a seventh grade mathematics teacher as she participates in a professional development program that focused on how students think about and solve problems involving rational numbers. Data sources ... see more
Konstantina Koutrouba,Ioannis Christopoulos
The present questionnaire-based study examines 491 Greek secondary education teachers’ perceptions about and attitudes towards cooperative learning (CL) four years after the official introduction of CL in almost all teaching/learning procedures, in order ... see more
Siew Fong Lin
The main purpose of this study is to discover the impact of the use of peer tutoring in helping students to analyse business case studies in a Business English course. 10 Advanced Diploma in Financial Accounting students with mixed proficiency in English ... see more
Chun-Jung Chen,Sheng-Yi Wu
Because Facebook has become another site where students spend much of their time, more and more teachers and researchers conduct teaching activities on Facebook. As a result, teachers must understand the students’ interaction behaviors in Facebook groups ... see more
Brian Joseph Vassallo
Abstract. In this paper the author makes a case for an innovative and dynamic model for Culturally Responsive Educational Leadership. The paper starts by giving a socio-pedagogical account of Culturally Responsive Educational literature and the effect it ... see more
Hua Zhang,Jinhui Cheng,Xinyu Yuan,Ying Zhang
Classroom discussion was an effective method to cultivate students’ thinking ability, expressing ability and creativity. This study investigated the status of classroom discussion of 1228 middle school students by a self-compiled scale. The results showed... see more