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Use of Point-of-Service Systems in School Nutrition Programs: Types, Challenges, and Employee Training
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Lee, Yee Ming; Kwon, Junehee; Park, Eunhye; Wang, Yujia; Rushing, Keith – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2017
Purpose/Objectives: This study investigated the use of electronic and paper-based point-of-service (POS) systems in school nutrition programs (SNPs), including associated challenges and the desired skills and existing training practices for personnel handling such systems. Methods: A questionnaire was developed based on interviews with 25 SNP…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Health Programs, Questionnaires, Administrators
Age-Related Differences in Technology Usage among Community College Faculty
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van der Kaay, Christopher D.; Young, William H. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2012
This study focused on technology usage among community college faculty. Overall technology use among older faculty was slightly less than younger faculty; older faculty were no less likely than younger respondents to use technology. Both age groups used similar technologies and reported equivalent degrees of perceived skill with those…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Data Analysis, College Faculty, Age Differences
Affect and Acceptability: Exploring Teachers' Technology-Related Risk Perceptions
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Howard, Sarah K. – Educational Media International, 2011
Educational change, such as technology integration, involves risk. Teachers are encouraged to "take risks", but what risks they are asked to take and how do they perceive these risks? Developing an understanding of teachers' technology-related risk perceptions can help explain their choices and behaviours. This paper presents a way to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Integration, Risk, Educational Change
Navigating Access and Maintaining Established Practice: Social Studies Teachers' Technology Integration at Three Florida Middle Schools
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Sheffield, Caroline – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2011
This mixed methods multiple case study explored middle school social studies teachers' instructional use of digital technology at three suburban middle schools This mixed methods, multiple-case study explored middle school social studies teachers' instructional use of digital technology at three suburban middle schools in a large Florida school…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Technology Integration, Social Studies, Barriers
College Experiences Survey: Methodological Summary. Final Report
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DesRoches, David; Hall, John; Santos, Betsy – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2009
In an effort to better understand the factors associated with college persistence and attrition, the Survey Research Center at Princeton University, with funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is conducting the College Student Attrition Project. As part of that project, Mathematica Policy Research conducted the College Experiences Survey.…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Academic Persistence, Data Collection, Student Attrition
Technology & Distance Learning Survey.
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Florida Human Resources Development, Inc., Gainesville. – 1999
A survey was conducted to assess the current state of technology and distance learning awareness and usage in Florida's adult education and community-based programs. Data were gathered through a survey of 350 adult practitioners, literacy providers, community-based organizations and libraries throughout the state (125 responses [36 percent return…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning