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van Halem, Nicolette; Cornelisz, Ilja; Daly, Alan; van Klaveren, Chris – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2023
In educational contexts where many domains subject to improvement are interdependent and causal evidence is frequently lacking it is difficult, if not impossible, for policymakers and educational practitioners to decide which domain should be invested in. This paper proposes a new method that uses Conditional Mean Independent Correlations (CMIC)…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Evaluation Methods, Decision Making, Growth Models
Wang, Victor C. X.; Bain, Bernice; Hope, John; Hansman, Catherine A. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2016
This book is intended for students, leaders and managers who wish to explore the personal relevance and conceptual bases of educational leadership and organizational management and to develop their expertise in this field. It is a book written for both scholars and practitioners. The general public will also appreciate the accessible language in…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Organizational Theories, Institutional Administration, Theory Practice Relationship
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Edwards, D. Brent, Jr. – Policy Futures in Education, 2010
Recent decades have witnessed the rise in popularity of a handful of related yet distinct approaches to governance and decision-making in many different contexts that either relocate the level and location at which decisions are made or how they are made, or both. True for developing as well as developed countries, and for both the public and…
Descriptors: Governance, Decision Making, Democracy, Educational Policy
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Beyth-Marom, Ruth; Fidler, Fiona; Cumming, Geoff – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2008
Practitioners and teachers should be able to justify their chosen techniques by taking into account research results: This is evidence-based practice (EBP). We argue that, specifically, statistical practice and statistics education should be guided by evidence, and we propose statistical cognition (SC) as an integration of theory, research, and…
Descriptors: Statistics, Instruction, Evidence, Research Reports
American Psychological Association, 2008
The American Bar Association-American Psychological Association (ABA-APA) Working Group on the Assessment of Capacity in Older Adults was established in 2003 under the auspices of the Task Force on Facilitating ABA-APA Relations. This handbook is designed for psychologists evaluating civil capacities of older adults. Contemporary probate law…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Cognitive Processes, Psychological Evaluation
Katz, Karyn Bobkoff – Journal of Childhood Communication Disorders, 1990
This paper uses an ethnographic orientation to contrast trainer-oriented intervention practices with more client-centered or naturalistic practices in speech therapy. Specific ways that control is established and sustained are outlined. Use of an ethnographic perspective is recommended to create intervention contexts that allow children to be…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Ethnography, Intervention, Learner Controlled Instruction
Schmidtlein, Frank A.; Milton, Toby H. – 1990
This literature review seeks to provide an assessment of the current status of formal, institution-wide planning in higher education. It offers an overview of the roots and assumptions underlying the conduct of planning; summarizes higher education's experience with formal planning; and offers insights into factors that may limit its…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Planning, Higher Education, Influences
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Maital, Shlomo – Journal of Economic Education, 1992
Presents results of a survey on the usefulness of economic concepts to graduates of a management of technology program. Reports that the students judge microeconomics to be more useful than macroeconomics in providing tools for decision making. Concludes that concepts should be taught by stressing relevant applications. (DK)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Economics, Economics Education, Educational Research
Savage, Grant T. – 1985
Intended for researchers and teachers of the small group process, decision making, and negotiation, this paper offers a review and critique of J. Habermas's theory of universal pragmatics. The first section of this paper retraces Habermas's theory, which seeks to free social action from false consciousness (that is, political ideologies) that…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer), Conflict Resolution, Decision Making
Smith, Carl, Comp. – 1990
Originally developed for the Department of Defense Schools (DoDDS) system, this learning package on developing a decision-making plan for the reading teacher is designed for teachers who wish to upgrade or expand their teaching skills on their own. The package includes a comprehensive search of the ERIC database; a lecture giving an overview on…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Distance Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Cooper, Mark R. – 2000
The need for accountability in school psychological services is receiving increased attention. School psychologists are now being asked to demonstrate the effectiveness of their services. Data collection procedures can improve services to clients and systems, enhance the delivery system's psychological services program, validate the need for…
Descriptors: Accountability, Change Strategies, Counseling Effectiveness, Data Collection
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Berger, Joseph B.; Braxton, John M. – Research in Higher Education, 1998
A study used theory elaboration to help revise Tinto's interactionalist theory of individual student departure from college to include the effects of organizational attributes on student withdrawal. Results provide strong support for including concepts from organizational theory and suggest future research should use theory elaboration to look for…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Environment, College Students, Decision Making
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Hamilton, Doug – Educational Planning, 1987
Explores ideology's role in linking thought and action in the planning process. Understanding our ideologies and those of our coworkers and colleagues promotes planning as a social and moral activity, as well as a technical function--a view obviating overdependence on computer "objectivity." Includes 22 references. (MLH)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Decision Making, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Rodd, Jillian – 1994
The product of nearly 20 years experience in the early childhood field, this book gives current and intending practitioners a better understanding of the nature of leadership in the early childhood profession and its effect on the professionalization of the field. It explores who is or can become a leader and why early childhood leaders are in a…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Early Childhood Education
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Kyle, William C.; And Others – Science and Children, 1988
Reports on the progress of the "Science Through Discovery" program of the Richardson (Texas) Independent School District. Results of a study into the program indicate that students have improved their attitudes about science, as well as their decision-making skills regarding technological issues. (TW)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Process Education
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