NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 8 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Wales, Charles E.; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1986
Defines education's new paradigm as schooling based on decision making, the critical thinking skills serving it, and the knowledge base supporting it. Outlines a model decision-making process using a hypothetical breakfast problem; a late riser chooses goals, generates ideas, develops an action plan, and implements and evaluates it. (4 references)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Decision Making Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
Smith, Wilma F. – 1981
This paper focuses upon the perceptions and the actions of the elementary school principal in the change process. Perceptions of change itself, of control, of the school system, and of the school staff are critical to his/her effectiveness in implementing change. To create an institutional climate that supports change, the principal must provide…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Change Agents, Educational Change
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Quellmalz, Edys S. – Educational Leadership, 1985
Recent advances in theory and research provide a basis for defining higher-order thinking skills and for designing tests of such skills. (MCG)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests, Elementary Secondary Education
Cox, Pat L.; And Others – 1987
Drawing on research conclusions about the process of educational change, this report seeks to demonstrate the importance of understanding the diverse factors that inhibit or enable school improvement efforts. The report focuses on leadership and support in achieving successful change and stresses that principals are but one of several players who…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cooperation, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Sternberg, Robert J.; Baron, Joan B. – Educational Leadership, 1985
The state of Connecticut has introduced a fourth-grade mastery test that assesses thinking skills. The test was developed cooperatively by the state's Department of Education, a testing corporation, and several cognitive psychologists; several alternative models of thinking were synthesized to produce a theoretical foundation for the test. (MCG)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Tests
Sprenger, Marilee – 1999
Based on the assumption that the more teachers know about brain science, the better prepared they will be to make instructional decisions, this book presents information on current research regarding learning and memory, and applies the research to situations that educators face daily. Chapter 1 examines the structure of the brain and its…
Descriptors: Attention, Brain, Classroom Environment, Educational Practices
Koehoorn, Mieke; Lowe, Graham S.; Rondeau, Kent V.; Schellenberg, Grant; Wagar, Terry H. – 2002
Insights from a variety of research streams were synthesized to identify the key ingredients of a high-quality work environment in Canada's health care sector and ways of achieving high-quality workplaces in the sector. The following sets of interacting factors were considered: (1) the work environment and the human resource practices that shape…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cooperative Planning, Educational Research, Employer Employee Relationship
McMullen, Kathryn; Schellenberg, Grant – 2003
The quality of jobs in nonprofit organizations in Canada was examined through a review of data from Canada's Workplace and Employer Survey, which collected data from a nationally representative sample of Canadian workplaces and paid employees in those workplaces. Key findings of the analysis were as follows: (1) overall, compared to the for-profit…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Compensation (Remuneration)