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Daniel A. Mak; Sebastian Dunn; David Coombes; Carlo R. Carere; Jane R. Allison; Volker Nock; André O. Hudson; Renwick C. J. Dobson – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2024
Enzymes are nature's catalysts, mediating chemical processes in living systems. The study of enzyme function and mechanism includes defining the maximum catalytic rate and affinity for substrate/s (among other factors), referred to as enzyme kinetics. Enzyme kinetics is a staple of biochemistry curricula and other disciplines, from molecular and…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Kinetics, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Jennifer Xu; Monica Garfield – Information Systems Education Journal, 2024
There has been an increasing demand for healthcare analytics skills and competence by healthcare organizations. Although many universities have established programs and courses on healthcare analytics, most of these curricula have been designed for information systems (IS), information technology (IT), or analytics students. It is unclear how…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Data Analysis
Hougen, Martha C., Ed.; Smartt, Susan M., Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2020
Understand the science of reading and how to implement evidence-based instruction to increase the reading and writing achievement of pre-K-6 students, including those at risk for reading difficulties. Fully revised and updated, this core text covers the research base for structured literacy instruction and practical guidance on the essential…
Descriptors: Spelling, Evidence Based Practice, Reading Achievement, Writing Achievement
Villani, Susan; Mundry, Susan; Cobb, Velma; Henry, Susan; Schlanger, Phoebe; Shaffer, Susan; Basterra, Maria del Rosario – Center for Education Equity, Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium, 2021
This guide is designed to help teachers and administrators use data to continuously improve equity in schools. Educators can also use data to engage students, parents/guardians, the community, and others who want to make positive changes in schools to increase equity. The purposes of the guide are to: (1) Introduce MAEC's Equity Audit Tools as a…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Data Analysis, Audits (Verification), Educational Improvement
Office of Educational Technology, US Department of Education, 2017
The National Education Technology Plan (NETP) sets a national vision and plan for learning enabled by technology through building on the work of leading education researchers; district, school, and higher education leaders; classroom teachers; developers; entrepreneurs; and nonprofit organizations. The principles and examples provided in this…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Piety, Philip J. – Teachers College Press, 2013
For better or worse, many educational decisions that were once handled on a personal level by teachers or administrators now increasingly rely upon data and information. To be successful in this era, educators need to understand this broad sociotechnical revolution and how it is realigning traditional roles and responsibilities. In this book, the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Policy, Evidence, Information Systems
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Kekahio, Wendy; Baker, Myriam – Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific, 2013
Using data strategically to guide decisions and actions can have a positive effect on education practices and processes. This facilitation guide shows education data teams how to move beyond simply reporting data to applying data to direct strategic action. Using guiding questions, suggested activities, and activity forms, this guide provides…
Descriptors: Research Utilization, Data Analysis, Strategic Planning, Decision Making
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Conderman, Greg; Hedin, Laura – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2012
The accountability movement in education has caused school administrators and teachers to think differently about how they report, interpret, and use student assessment data. For example, legislative measures such as No Child Left Behind require school officials to report how all students are progressing toward established standards typically…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Instructional Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Feedback (Response)
Alkin, Marvin C. – Guilford Publications, 2010
Written in a refreshing conversational style, this text thoroughly prepares students, program administrators, and new evaluators to conduct evaluations or to use them in their work. The book's question-driven focus and clear discussions about the importance of fostering evaluation use by building collaborative relationships with stakeholders set…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Evaluation Methods, Stakeholders, Data Analysis
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Hoover, Krista M.; Curran, Mary Carla – Science and Children, 2010
In observation of Earth Day, third-grade students were invited to examine what they contribute to the landfill and learn new ways they could help protect the environment. In this lesson, students collected, evaluated, and displayed data comparing the trash generated by home-lunch versus school-lunch students. Students interpreted their findings…
Descriptors: Sanitation, Counties, Principals, Grade 3
Friedman, Daniel B. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2012
"The First-Year Seminar: Designing, Implementing, and Assessing Courses to Support Student Learning and Success," a five-volume series, is designed to assist educators who are interested in launching a first-year seminar or revamping an existing program. Each volume examines a different aspect of first-year seminar design or…
Descriptors: First Year Seminars, Instructional Design, Instructional Development, Curriculum Implementation
Stanley, Todd; Moore, Betsy – Eye on Education, 2011
The ideas and examples in this book help teachers successfully collaborate to raise student achievement through the use of formative assessments. Here, Todd Stanley and Betsy Moore, educators with over 40 years of combined experience, offer proven formative assessment strategies to teachers in a professional learning community. Contents include:…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Teacher Collaboration, Communities of Practice, Educational Assessment
Fisher, Douglas; Frey, Nancy – ASCD, 2010
Although Response to Intervention (RTI) is a necessity for all schools, the truth is that supplemental instruction can never compensate for inadequate core instruction. That's why you need this book's improved approach to RTI. Authors Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey introduce you to a strengthened model of RTI that emphasizes formative assessment…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Instructional Improvement, Intervention
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Jones-Held, Susan; Paoletti, Robert; Glick, David; Held, Michael E. – Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching, 2010
In this article we describe a multi-week investigative laboratory in microbial ecology/diversity and nitrogen cycling that we have used in our introductory biology course. This module encourages active student involvement in experimental design, using the scientific literature and quantitative analysis of large data sets. Students analyze soil…
Descriptors: Research Design, Laboratories, Ecology, Biology
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Bingaman, Deirdre; Eitel, Karla Bradley – Science and Children, 2010
Boulder Creek runs literally in the backyard of Donnelly Elementary School and happens to be on the EPA list of impaired water bodies. Therefore, a unique opportunity for problem solving opened the door to an exciting chance for students to become scientists, while also becoming active in their community. With the help of the Idaho Department of…
Descriptors: Grade 5, College Faculty, Inquiry, Active Learning
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