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Carneiro, Roberto, Ed. – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (NJ1), 2011
The New Opportunities Initiative (NOI) is a Portuguese flagship programme to recognise and accredit prior learning (RPL, APL) and to endow low-skilled adults with upper secondary qualifications, which is defined as the minimum entry threshold to the exercise of a full citizenship in a knowledge-rich society. NOI's major achievement has been its…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Prior Learning, Program Effectiveness, Certification
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Sarup, Gian – Social Behavior and Personality, 1981
Contrasted three major theories on attitude change: cognitive dissonance, incentive, and social judgment. Results from student questionnaires provided little support for cognitive dissonance. Also provided credible, though overlapping, evidence for incentive and social judgment theories. Improvised role playing produced more change than did…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Theories, Cognitive Processes, College Students
Alkin, Marvin; And Others – 1984
After outlining the 1984 activities and results of the Center for the Study of Evaluation's (CSE's) Evaluation Productivity Project, this monograph presents three reports. The first, "The Administrator's Role in Evaluation Use," by James Burry, Marvin C. Alkin, and Joan A. Ruskus, describes the factors influencing an evaluation's use…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Cost Effectiveness, Cost Estimates
Ryan, Bruce A., Ed.; And Others – 1995
The nature of the relationships among contemporary family variables and school achievement is examined in this collection of articles. Divided into two parts, the collection examines related processes and issues. In the first part, the chapters and authors are: (1) "The Family-School Relationships Model" (Bruce A. Ryan and Gerald R.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Community Influence, Elementary Secondary Education
American Council on Education, Washington, DC. National Center for Academic Achievement and Transfer. – 1993
Presenting results of transfer research undertaken between 1989 and 1992, this book examines three different dimensions of student transfer from two- to four-year institutions. Following an introduction by Judith S. Eaton, the first chapter, "The Total Community College Curriculum," by Arthur M. Cohen and Jan M. Ignash, presents results…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Planning, College Role, College Transfer Students
Horsfall, Chris, Ed. – 2001
This document contains five papers examining the meaning and operation of leadership as a variable affecting student achievement in further education colleges in the United Kingdom. "Introduction" (Chris Horsfall) discusses school effectiveness studies' findings regarding the relationship between leadership and effective schools,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role
2001
This document contains three papers on distance learning and human resource development (HRD). "An Exploration of Perceived Differences in Teaching Roles between On-Site and On-line Instruction" (James J. Kirk) reports on a study in which 144 online instructors at selected institutions across the United States were asked to share their…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Students