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Ward-Begnoche, Wendy L.; Gance-Cleveland, Bonnie; Harris, Margaret M.; Dean, Janice – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2008
This article describes the design and implementation of a school-based obesity prevention program, the successes associated with its implementation, and challenges with development and application of the program's curriculum base. The program is described, including purpose and goals, content and structure of the curriculum, type and training of…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Obesity, Participatory Research, Program Evaluation
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Halverson, Richard R.; Clifford, Matthew A. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2006
Purpose: The authors adapted distributed cognition theory to provide a detailed account of how school leaders use knowledge of the new programs, existing initiatives, and school contexts to guide policy implementation. Research Design: The study used distributed cognition theory to show how policy implementation studies provide an occasion to…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, School Policy, Case Studies, Program Effectiveness
Halverson, Richard; Prichett, Reid; Grigg, Jeffrey; Thomas, Chris – Wisconsin Center for Education Research (NJ1), 2005
The recent demand for schools to respond to external accountability measures challenges school leaders to create school instructional systems that use data to guide the practices of teaching and learning. This paper considers how local school leaders build data-driven instructional systems (DDIS) by developing new programs and using existing…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Data, Instructional Systems, Decision Making