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Kassab, Omar; Mutz, Rüdiger; Daniel, Hans-Dieter – Research Evaluation, 2020
With the growing complexity of societal and scientific problems, research centers have emerged to facilitate the conduct of research beyond disciplinary and institutional boundaries. While they have become firmly established in the global university landscape, research centers raise some critical questions for research evaluation. Existing…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Research and Development Centers, Evaluation Methods, Quasiexperimental Design
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Komalasari, Kokom; Saripudin, Didin – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
This study aims to develop and examine a civic education textbook model based on living values education in order to foster the development of junior high school students' characters. This research employs Research and Development approach with an explorative method being used at model development stage and experiment method at model testing…
Descriptors: Civics, Citizenship Education, Values Education, Foreign Countries
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Mardis, Marcia A.; Kimmel, Sue C.; Pasquini, Laura A. – Knowledge Quest, 2018
The Colorado Study (Lance, Wellborn, and Hamilton-Pennell 1993) and its many replications in other states have demonstrated that when educators and learners had access to a qualified school librarian in the context of a thoughtfully built, adequately resourced, technology rich, and widely accessible school library, learners tended to flourish on…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Library Science, Research and Development, Theory Practice Relationship
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Jesson, Rebecca; McNaughton, Stuart; Wilson, Aaron; Zhu, Tong; Cockle, Victoria – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2018
This present study reports the impact of a research-practice partnership among nine collaborating schools and researchers in Auckland, New Zealand. The goals of the partnership were to refine digital instruction in ways that would result in improved learning processes and achievement. The partners employed a design-based research approach to…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Theory Practice Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Foreign Countries
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Freedman, Matthew – Journal of Human Resources, 2013
This paper uses a regression discontinuity design to examine the effects of geographically targeted business incentives on local labor markets. Unlike elsewhere in the United States, enterprise zone (EZ) designations in Texas are determined in part by a cutoff rule based on census block group poverty rates. Exploiting this discontinuity as a…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Personnel Selection, Incentives, Poverty
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Ferguson, W. Ker – Industry and Higher Education, 2011
This empirical study investigates the hypothesized relationship between US federally funded university research and development (R&D) and its resulting economic impact, as measured by the level of licensing revenue generated by US universities. The author also examines the key operating statistics of the top-ten licensing income-producing…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Research and Development, Income, Technology Transfer
Makela, Julia Panke – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study was motivated by concerns regarding the difficult academic and career choices facing today's college students as they navigate higher education and encounter career barriers along their paths. Using Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT; Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 1994) as a primary framework, the study sought to understand the role that…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Control Groups, College Students, Quasiexperimental Design