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Golbeck, Susan L. – 2002
As teachers, researchers, and policy makers strive to ensure that all children enter school "ready to learn," no question is more pressing than: "What is the best approach for teaching young children?" This digest discusses the existing knowledge base on the differential effects of various approaches to early education. The…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Research, Models, Outcomes of Education
Golbeck, Susan L. – 2002
As teachers, researchers, and policymakers strive to ensure that all children enter school "ready to learn," no question is more pressing than: "What is the best approach for teaching young children?" This digest discusses the existing knowledge base on the differential effects of various approaches to early education. The…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Research, Models, Outcomes of Education
Heaney, Barbara – 1990
With the growing demand for accountability by legislators, outcomes assessment has become a much higher institutional priority for community colleges. According to a recent survey, two-thirds of the states have implemented formal assessment initiatives, compared to a very few states only 1 year earlier. Institutions, however, must be careful that…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Outcomes Assessment, College Planning, Community Colleges
Edington, Everett D.; Koehler, Lyle – 1987
Current educational research efforts are examining rural/urban differences in achievement, appropriateness of rural/urban achievement measures, effects of parents and community on the attainment of rural students, and how well rural students succeed in higher education. To accurately assess the small, rural school's impact on students, rural-urban…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research