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Wilkins, Elizabeth A.; Young, Alice; Sterner, Sarah – Action in Teacher Education, 2009
Owing to national emphasis on accountability, teacher education programs are under close scrutiny by federal and state-level entities to justify their purpose and usefulness in preparing future teachers. Accrediting agencies have set high standards, which ask for systematic assessment of teacher education programs and their candidates. The purpose…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Teacher Education Programs, Program Improvement, Program Effectiveness
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Julian, Frank H.; And Others – PS: Political Science and Politics, 1991
Reports results of a study that examines (1) the extent to which colleges have institutional policies requiring collection of outcome assessment data; (2) which outcomes measures are being collected; (3) which measures are considered most useful in political science departments; and (4) future institutional plans. Concludes that all measures are…
Descriptors: Accountability, Colleges, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Research
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Gregorowicz, Philip; Hegji, Charles E. – Journal of Economic Education, 1998
Presents the results of a survey of the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business on the role of economics courses in MBA programs. Discovers a slight five-year decline in the number of economics courses. Discusses the relationship between economic course work and the focus of an MBA program. (MJP)
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Research, Economics
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Longfield, Judith – Science and Children, 2007
This article presents how Developmental Approaches in Science, Health and Technology (DASH) summer institute sparks the author to try and succeed in using inquiry with her young students. It is a program created by the Curriculum Research and Development Group, University of Hawaii, and funded in part by the National Science Foundation. DASH is an…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Test Results, Sequential Approach