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Sharp, Laurie A. – Journal of College Academic Support Programs, 2022
DE programming in higher education should be designed to increase student success, and well-designed corequisite models have shown great potential as an accelerated option for completion of the first college-level course in math. With the support of a Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board grant, Tarleton State University, a member institution…
Descriptors: Models, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Program Design
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Kim, Younhee – Teaching Public Administration, 2017
A capstone experience, as an exit degree requirement, allows Master of Public Administration (MPA) students to build quasi-experimental practices by applying learned knowledge and skills throughout their curriculum in the United States. Accredited MPA programs have implemented their capstone courses differently to achieve required standards. Small…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Public Administration Education, Program Design, Professional Education
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Palmer, Dusty L.; Almager, Irma L.; Valle, Fernando – School Leadership Review, 2022
The purpose of this qualitative content analysis was to explore the impact of the instructional coaching model that was conducted over three years during a job-embedded principal preparation residency program. This study revealed how instructional coaching relationships used culturally responsive leadership to improve teaching practices and…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Principals, Administrator Education, Disadvantaged
Cash, Paul E. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In a North Texas school district, students taking online courses in a variety of subject areas were not successfully completing courses at the district's expected levels. The district pays for courses and student support while remaining financially responsible to the community and programmatically to students' online success. Students'…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Qualitative Research, High School Students, Computer Simulation
Springer, Matthew G.; Lewis, Jessica L.; Ehlert, Mark W.; Podgursky, Michael J.; Crader, Gary D.; Taylor, Lori L.; Gronberg, Timothy J.; Jansen, Dennis W.; Lopez, Omar S.; Stuit, David A. – National Center on Performance Incentives, 2010
District Awards for Teacher Excellence (D.A.T.E.) is a state-funded program in Texas that provides grants to districts for the implementation of locally-designed incentive pay plans. All districts in the state are eligible to receive grants, but participation is voluntary. D.A.T.E. incentive pay plans were first implemented in Texas districts…
Descriptors: Program Design, Awards, Program Evaluation, Incentives
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Lavy, Victor – Future of Children, 2007
Tying teachers' pay to their classroom performance should, says Victor Lavy, improve the current educational system both by clarifying teaching goals and by attracting and retaining the most productive teachers. But implementing pay for performance poses many practical challenges, because measuring individual teachers' performance is difficult.…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, Incentives, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
Garza, Nora R.; Gibbs, Linda – 1994
Findings of two doctoral research studies analyzing the organizational and instructional characteristics of successful reading and mathematics developmental programs in Texas community colleges are presented in this report. The first paper describes a 1989-90 analysis of developmental reading test scores to determine the characteristics of the…
Descriptors: Black Students, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Hispanic American Students
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1989
The Texas framework for modern and classical language programs in the elementary and secondary schools is intended to (1) establish a philosophy for a proficiency-based sequential language program; (2) outline the overall language program as specified in state rules and legislative mandates; and (3) describe expected student proficiency levels and…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Class Size, Classical Languages, Cognitive Processes