Recently added articles from Academic Exchange Quarterly:
Editorial.
Jun 22, 2007; ... Teaching Leadership and Teaching Leaders The key topic of "Leadership" was designed from the onset to provide a forum for scholars to discuss their research related to the understanding of leading and leadership and the performance or practice of leading and leadership. In this third ...
"This I Believe:" students on leadership.(Report)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Abstract Many educators note that understanding student beliefs is a critical component in teaching leadership. In order to challenge and advance student leadership philosophies, teachers should first understand their students' entering assumptions and beliefs. The This I ...
Teacher "quality" and social justice leadership.(Essay)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Abstract This essay presents a notion of social justice--and leadership-oriented teacher "quality" upon which urban teacher preparation might be founded. Few current definitions and assessments of teacher quality consider the goals the authors identify as most important: ...
Cross-cultural motivation & self-regulation.(Report)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Abstract To find out whether motivational orientation and self-regulatory strategies to learn have a cross-cultural significance, this study used the MSLQ scale to investigate 143 pre-service teachers from India and 200 pre-service teachers from the US. It studied the ...
The role of communication in student achievement.(Report)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Abstract The primary focus of the institution of public education is student achievement. As a result, a significant amount of resources have been allocated to studying the student learning process. This paper continues to examine student achievement through a communicative lens ...
The "power" to change multicultural attitudes.(Report)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Abstract Linguistically and culturally diverse students continue to increase in our nation's schools. Pre-service teachers need to examine their multicultural attitudes and become sensitive and knowledgeable about multicultural issues in the classroom and curriculum. Using a ...
Process pedagogy, engaging mathematics.(Report)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Abstract A process-orientated pedagogy was used in a learning community to engage first-year college students as writers and mathematicians. Students were involved in exploring and experiencing how writers and mathematicians work. Emphasis was on the processes used by ...
An academic dishonesty dilemma: a case study.(Case study)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Abstract One problem all instructors face is that at some point they will discover a student who plagiarizes. Occasionally, one student will take another student's work. In this case study, one student stole the work of another on the capstone project required to receive the ...
Relations of Care when teaching mathematics.(Report)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Abstract Teachers can draw on their care for students to promote more positive attitudes toward mathematics. Persistence in simultaneously caring for students and ideas holds generative possibility for challenging negative attitudes. This paper considers one teacher's ...
Pre-service teachers' ICT competency in Thailand.(Information and Communication Technology)(Report)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Abstract There is increasing pressure for teachers in Thailand to achieve a comfort level integrating technology in classrooms. Pre-service teachers' competency levels in computer technology knowledge and skills were examined, using a self-rating survey instrument. The results ...
Teaching visual imagery for vocabulary learning.(Report)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Abstract Research validated strategies learned in teacher education programs are frequently not translated into practice. This study investigated whether teachers and teacher candidates personally used and taught a research supported strategy (visual imagery) for learning new ...
Effective modeling of authentic leadership.(Report)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Abstract This study of role models focuses on the attributes most likely to be imitated by followers. Results suggest that publicly recognized charismatic leaders are ignored in favor of more proximal exemplars including professors and coaches. Respondents chose models who ...
Sustainability education and teaching leadership.(Report)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Abstract Leadership development within higher education can be a catalyst for creating a more sustainable world, as engaged learners are prepared to seek and solve complex problems through critical analysis, collaboration, and service to their communities. The authors show how ...
Utilization of concept maps in teaching leadership.(Report)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Abstract The process of leadership is a complex phenomenon that is difficult for beginning leadership students to express and even harder for them to define. Concept maps are an advantageous pedogological activity for instructors to employ in leadership education. Concept maps ...
Teaching leaders to lead committees.(Case study)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Abstract Using three qualitative case studies, this article applies findings regarding the importance of committee composition and superintendents' roles on committees to the preparation of education leaders. The superintendents in each case placed individuals on committees in ...
Parenting and mathematical development.(Report)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Abstract Students from the U.S. have scored more poorly than students from other industrialized countries in mathematics assessments for many years. The home environment is a potent influence on the learning and behavior of young children. We were interested in whether the ...
Mentoring: gains in teaching and leadership.(Report)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Abstract The majority of faculty who work in higher education have extensive preparation in their disciplines and little education in how to teach. In addition, faculty have limited opportunities to develop leadership skills. Since we work in an environment with a mission of ...
Curriculum & cognition: a study on math problems.(Report)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Abstract Analyzing textbook problem provides a unique opportunity for exploring students' problem-solving experience, as textbook problems embody cognitive expectations for students in a specific system. In this study, we examined mathematical problems in algebra chapters of ...
Achieving immediacy with written cues.(Report)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Abstract Research indicates non-verbal teacher immediacy influences student motivation and affective learning. Verbal immediacy has also been studied but generally as a parallel channel to nonverbal immediacy. One question remains: Can immediacy be achieved via written cues? The ...
Adapting the one-minute paper for active learning.(Report)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Abstract This paper suggests a simple exercise that facilitates active learning by embedding regular opportunities for student participation within the structure of an undergraduate course. This exercise involves the use of in-class participation assignments, which are ...