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Direct linkBlau, Gary; Gibson, Greg; Bentley, Melissa; Chapman, Susan – International Journal of Training and Development, 2012
We tested the incremental impact of a job-related set of variables for explaining a utility judgment training effectiveness variable, that is, course completion skill preparedness, beyond background and course-related variables. Our respondents were two different emergency medical service samples, 415 basics and 742 paramedics, from the 2008 US…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Emergency Medical Technicians, Program Effectiveness, Predictor Variables
Thomas, Hywel; Qiu, Tian – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2012
Purpose: Within the context of policies on developing the workforce of the government health sector in England, this paper aims to investigate participation in work-related continuing education and training (WRCET), its pedagogy and effectiveness. Individual and organizational characteristics associated with effective WRCET are examined.…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Educational Change
Lundahl, Brad W.; Kunz, Chelsea; Brownell, Cyndi; Harris, Norma; Van Vleet, Russ – Research on Social Work Practice, 2009
Objective: To examine the results of prison privatization. Method: In an effort to provide an empirical base from which decisions about privatization might be made, we conducted a meta-analysis of reports on head-to-head comparisons between an identifiable privately managed and publicly managed prison(s). Results: Our search identified 12 studies.…
Descriptors: Privatization, Correctional Institutions, Economic Impact, Institutionalized Persons
Spere, Katherine; Evans, Mary Ann – Infant and Child Development, 2009
The present study assessed 89 children in a short-term longitudinal study from Junior Kindergarten (age 4-5 years) through Grade 1 (age 6-7 years) using a variety of tests of emergent literacy. Children were assessed for reading skill (a composite of word recognition, decoding, and letter-sound knowledge), phonological awareness, and oral language…
Descriptors: Shyness, Oral Language, Phonological Awareness, Young Children
Download full textFersterer, Josef; Pischke, Jorn-Steffen; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf – Centre for the Economics of Education (NJ1), 2008
Little is known about the payoffs to apprenticeship training in the German speaking countries for the participants. OLS estimates suggest that the returns are similar to those of other types of schooling. However, there is a lot of heterogeneity in the types of apprenticeships offered, and institutional descriptions suggest that there might be an…
Descriptors: Evidence, Apprenticeships, Foreign Countries, Experiential Learning
