BACKGROUND A core difficulty for individuals with autism is making friends and successfully engaging and interacting with peers. The majority of measures to assess peer interactions are observations in a school setting or self-report. The present study examined the convergent validity of using a teacher rating scale, the Penn Interactive Peer Play Scale (PIPPS), for collecting information about...

Sociocultural theory (SCT) is a powerful basis for exploring and guiding L2 (second/foreign language) learner development. For the most part, however, focus of classroom SCT-L2 has been on single activities, example, teacher mediation learners’ writing process or peer scaffolding. In this paper, we expand these studies, building Vygotsky’s (1997) metaphor as creator We propose how activities (1...

Biology is becoming more quantitative. If we are to support the future of quantitative biology, then next generation biologists must be prepared consistently integrate reasoning into subject matter that has traditionally been considered through a qualitative lens. We introduce framework and discuss importance modeling in biology. The includes Quantitative Act as for Modeling Interpretation. QM ...

US schools have traditionally been characterized by teacher privacy and independence, yet theory and empirical work suggest that peer observation and support – or " de-privatized instruction " – can help improve pedagogical practice. In this randomized controlled trial, we investigate whether the introduction of video technology into a school, through a video-based teacher evaluation system cal...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of a preventative intervention in Jamaican basic schools on child behaviour and parent-teacher contacts. DESIGN AND METHODS Five basic schools in Kingston, Jamaica, were randomly assigned to an intervention (n = 3) or control (n = 2) condition. Intervention involved seven whole-day teacher workshops using the Incredible Years Teacher Training Programme supplem...

This paper considers the potential for scaffolding learning in openended learning environments using a robotic tutor and an open learner model. While we expect this approach to be more broadly applicable, we here illustrate with a map-reading activity in geography and/or environmental sciences. The paper presents issues raised in open-ended teacher interviews, which suggest real possibilities f...

This paper estimates peer effects on student achievement using a panel data set obtained from a middle school in China. Two unique features of the organization of Chinese middle schools (Grades 7 to 9) and the panel data allow us to identify peer effects at classroom level; in particular, we are able to overcome difficulties that have hindered the separation of peer effects from omitted individ...

Science is not only about facts and concepts, but also involves a scientific way of thinking reasoning. The ability reasoning in science consists explaining the problem (claim), connecting these with related concepts (evidence), scientifically (reasoning). Scientific crucial prospective teacher. results observations at Islamic Primary School Teacher Education UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang fo...