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Kinnebrew, John S.; Loretz, Kirk M.; Biswas, Gautam – Journal of Educational Data Mining, 2013
Computer-based learning environments can produce a wealth of data on student learning interactions. This paper presents an exploratory data mining methodology for assessing and comparing students' learning behaviors from these interaction traces. The core algorithm employs a novel combination of sequence mining techniques to identify deferentially…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Middle School Students, Information Retrieval, Student Behavior
Isabel, Lesley A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to determine the impact professional development has on student achievement. Specifically, the study was to examine the impact of teachers' professional development activities on student achievement. This was carried out by quantitatively examining the amounts of professional development (number of activities and…
Descriptors: Research Needs, Language Arts, Mathematics Achievement, Academic Achievement
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Greco, Laurie A.; Lambert, Warren; Baer, Ruth A. – Psychological Assessment, 2008
The authors describe the development and validation of the Avoidance and Fusion Questionnaire for Youth (AFQ-Y), a child-report measure of psychological inflexibility engendered by high levels of cognitive fusion and experiential avoidance. Consistent with the theory underlying acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), items converged into a…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Validity, Measures (Individuals), Item Analysis
Rush, Donald E.; Fifer, Fred L. – 1973
The impact which program evaluation and subsequent short-term in-service education efforts had upon the curricular programs of two distinctly different school settings was assessed. In addition, the appropriateness of the Kunkel-McElhinney model of curriculum evaluation, as perceived by professional school personnel, was examined and assessed. The…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Data Collection, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
Deaver, Frank – 1971
Results are presented of an analytical study of journalism instruction in Alabama junior colleges, senior colleges and universities, State junior colleges in neighboring States; of student publications, their staffs and advisors on all Alabama campuses; and of regional and national norms for junior college journalism education as a pattern for…
Descriptors: Colleges, Curriculum Research, Institutional Research, Journalism
Jayaramaiah, Karagada M.; And Others – 1972
A study was conducted to identify, examine and suggest a set of broad principles effective in the development of 4-H club programs in the United States and Tennessee. Eighty principles of successful 4-H Club work gleaned from related literature were tested in terms of: their acceptance as principles by two panels of experts; panel agreement to the…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Extension Agents, Guides, Interviews
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Handler, Janet R. – 1981
This study was designed to determine parent and student perspectives on school discipline in Tennessee schools and is parallel to an earlier study that examined the opinions towards discipline of teachers, administrators, and other school personnel. The sample includes nearly 1,300 students from three districts representing rural, small city, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Discipline, Discipline Problems, Elementary Secondary Education
Bellon, Jerry J.; And Others – 1979
A questionnaire was developed, pilot tested, and then administered to approximately 4,000 Tennessee teachers, administrators, and other school personnel to determine their views on which discipline problems seem most significant, the conditions or influences related to the problems, the most appropriate approaches for solving discipline problems,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Behavior Problems, Discipline, Discipline Problems
Shively, Joe E.; O'Donnell, Phyllis – 1982
As part of a continuing assessment of educational needs in a seven-state region, researchers conducted a verification study to check the validity of educational needs first identified in fiscal year (FY) 1980. The seven states comprise Alabama, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. This report describes assessment…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Needs Assessment
Cleland, Charles L. – 1990
Crime and vandalism on farms is possibly a symptom of rural youth delinquency and of concern to rural educators. This study of experience of Tennessee farmers with crime and vandalism is intended to provide a measure of the present social condition of rural society. Questionnaires were mailed to a weighted sample of farm operators in all Tennessee…
Descriptors: Crime, Farmers, Mail Surveys, Opinions
Haines, Jenny M.; And Others – 1985
This study analyzes the cost effectiveness of a telephone survey, using data collected from a survey of 110 Tennessee public school superintendents. The subject of the survey was the status and need for elementary guidance. A telephone survey approach was selected based on time and cost factors, since information had to be completed in the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection
Petry, John R.; Ball, Anna Kathryn – 1980
In February 1980, personnel from WKNO-TV and the College of Education at Memphis State University conducted a study to determine the usage and effectiveness of the 1979-80 in-school programming and future needs for instructional television services provided by the Memphis Community Television Foundation and broadcast through WKNO-TV, Memphis, and…
Descriptors: Educational Television, Elementary Secondary Education, Needs Assessment, Program Evaluation
McGatha, Maggie; Bush, William S.; Thorn, Dustin – Appalachian Collaborative Center for Learning, Assessment, and Instruction in Mathematics (ACCLAIM), 2005
This study describes (a) potential mathematics education leaders' professional development experiences, awareness, beliefs, and attitudes and (b) the subsequent changes in these constructs as they participated in a leadership development program. The context of the professional development was a three-week institute and a year-long follow-up. The…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Elementary Secondary Education, Statistical Significance, Mathematics Education
Fletcher, Richard K., Jr.; And Others – 1976
The purpose of this study was to determine the attitudes toward collective bargaining of teachers, principals, central office staff, and superintendents employed by Tennessee's public school systems. A 10-item opinionnaire was completed by personnel in 160 Tennessee schools. The results of this attitude questionnaire indicated that, as a whole,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Collective Bargaining, Educational Research
Dutton, Donnie; And Others – 1972
The overall effectiveness of the educational experiences provided at three Middle Tennessee ABE workshops was determined. Two instruments were used to collect data from approximately 300 adult basic education personnel from all counties in Middle Tennessee; these instruments were a questionnaire and an evaluation scale. The participants' responses…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Participant Satisfaction
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