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MOOCs as a Research Agenda: Changes over Time
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Zhang, Shunan; Che, ShaoPeng; Nan, Dongyan; Kim, Jang Hyun – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2022
MOOCs (massive open online courses) have attracted considerable attention from researchers. Fueled by constant change and developments in educational technology, the trends of MOOCs have varied greatly over the years. To detect and visualize the developments and changes in MOOC research, 4,652 articles published between 2009 and 2021 were…
Descriptors: MOOCs, Educational Research, Citation Analysis, Publications
Improving Quality for Child Care Centers in Greater Philadelphia: An Evaluation of Success by 6®. Final Report. Publication #2016-07
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Warner-Richter, Mallory; Lowe, Claire; Tout, Kathryn; Epstein, Dale; Li, Weilin – Child Trends, 2016
The Success By 6® (SB6) initiative is designed to support early care and education centers in improving and sustaining quality in Pennsylvania's Keystone STARS Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS). This SB6 evaluation report examines implementation and outcomes. The findings have implications for SB6 continous quality improvement process…
Descriptors: Success, Research Reports, Child Care Centers, Educational Improvement
Improving Quality for Child Care Centers in Greater Philadelphia: An Evaluation of Success by 6®. Executive Summary. Publication #2016-07A
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Warner-Richter, Mallory; Lowe, Claire; Tout, Kathryn; Epstein, Dale; Li, Weilin – Child Trends, 2016
The Success By 6® (SB6) initiative is designed to support early care and education centers in improving and sustaining quality in Pennsylvania's Keystone STARS Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS). The SB6 evaluation report examines implementation and outcomes. The findings have implications for SB6 continous quality improvement process…
Descriptors: Success, Research Reports, Child Care Centers, Educational Improvement
Mathematics Attitudes and Mathematics Outcomes of U.S. and Belarusian Middle School Students
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Lipnevich, Anastasiya A.; MacCann, Carolyn; Krumm, Stefan; Burrus, Jeremy; Roberts, Richard D. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2011
Two multivariate studies examined the applicability of the theory of planned behavior in gauging students' attitudes toward mathematics, as well as the predictive power of mathematics attitudes in explaining students' grades in mathematics. Middle-school students from the United States (N = 382) and Belarus (N = 339) participated. Confirmatory…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Grades (Scholastic), Scoring
Value-Added Assessment of Teacher Preparation: An Illustration of Emerging Technology
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Noell, George H.; Burns, Jeanne L. – Journal of Teacher Education, 2006
Broad-based empirical outcomes assessment is an increasingly evident part of governmental services and this trend is particularly apparent in education. The clearest manifestation of this trend in education has been the advent of high-stakes broad-based testing and accountability programs in K-12 education. Although this assessment regime has not…
Descriptors: Research Needs, Accountability, Teacher Education, Multivariate Analysis
Solutions for Missing Data in Structural Equation Modeling
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Carter, Rufus Lynn – Research & Practice in Assessment, 2006
Many times in both educational and social science research it is impossible to collect data that is complete. When administering a survey, for example, people may answer some questions and not others. This missing data causes a problem for researchers using structural equation modeling (SEM) techniques for data analyses. Because SEM and…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Error of Measurement, Data, Change Strategies