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Porter, Andrew C.; Polikoff, Morgan S.; Goldring, Ellen; Murphy, Joseph; Elliott, Stephen N.; May, Henry – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2010
Research has consistently shown that principal leadership matters for successful schools. Evaluating principals on the behaviors shown to improve student learning should be an important leverage point for raising leadership quality. Yet principals are often evaluated with the use of instruments with no theoretical background and little, if any,…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Instructional Leadership, Principals, Test Construction
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Madson, Michael B.; Melchert, Timothy P.; Whipp, Joan L. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2004
A syllabus analysis instrument was developed to assist program evaluators, administrators and faculty in the identification of skills that students use as they complete their college coursework. While this instrument can be tailored for use with a variety of learning domains, we used it to assess students' use of and exposure to computer…
Descriptors: Computers, Course Descriptions, Program Evaluation, Reliability
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Cheney, Paul H.; Nelson, R. Ryan – Information Processing and Management, 1988
Discusses the need for a method to measure computer user abilities, and presents an instrument that identifies individuals' technical, modeling, and applications skills. An evaluation of the instrument in terms of validity and reliability is reported, and applications in user education research are suggested. (12 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Computer Literacy, Information Systems, Interviews
McMurray, Alan R.; Bentley, Ernest L., Jr. – 1987
To test a situational leadership model, this study sought to determine (1) whether, among a population of educational administrators in East Tennessee, individuals possessing high flexibility/high effectiveness leadership characteristics can be identified and (2) whether those leaders consciously apply Hersey and Blanchard's concept of maturity…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Age Differences, Decision Making, Educational Administration