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Educational Reform and Teachers' Decision Making: Relationship between the Intended and the Implemented Reading Curriculum in Dominican Primary Schools
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Scheker Mendoza, Ancell – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this dissertation is to characterize and analyze the specific implementation decisions made by teachers in Dominican primary schools. A new curriculum was developed in 1995 as part of a Ten-Year Plan to reform the educational system. Analyzing what teachers do and the factors that shape their instruction is relevant for improving…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Implementation, Reading Comprehension, Qualitative Research
Social Networks Derived from Affiliations and Friendships, Multi-Informant and Self-Reports: Stability, Concordance, Placement of Aggressive and Unpopular Children, and Centrality
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Rodkin, Philip C.; Ahn, Hai-Jeong – Social Development, 2009
This study compares three variations in how researchers construct middle childhood social networks: (1) with "friendships" or "affiliations" as a relational tie; (2) with children providing "self reports" of relationships, or in addition, "multi-informant reports" of relationships in which they are not involved; and (3) whether network computation…
Descriptors: Aggression, Friendship, Grade 5, Social Networks
School Finance Adequacy Litigation and Student Achievement: A Longitudinal Analysis
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Glenn, William J. – Journal of Education Finance, 2009
School finance adequacy litigation has become a widely-used means in the efforts to improve educational outcomes for children. This form of litigation has been attempted in nearly every state over the past two decades. Despite its prevalence, its effectiveness remains questionable due to a lack of study relating finance litigation to student…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Regression (Statistics)