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Schumaker, Jean B. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2022
The purpose of this article is to describe a 40+ year journey during which researchers have endeavored to design and evaluate an integrated, empirically based reading intervention for secondary students and to chronicle the lessons learned as well as suggest future directions for this type of work. Initial development of the intervention began in…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Program Development, Reading Instruction, Educational Development
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Perlaza, Adriana Morales; Tardif, Maurice – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2016
This text proposes a comparative analysis of the inter-provincial developments of the professionalization of teacher education in Canada, and focuses on two issues: governance of teacher education and the development of new training programs. More specifically, based on a literature review, we analyse how current comparative research brings an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Educational Research, Comparative Analysis
Baskas, Richard S. – Online Submission, 2011
This paper will examine the differences and similarities between two program planning models, Tyler and Caffarella, to reveal their strengths and weaknesses. When adults are involved in training sessions, there are various program planning models that can be used, depending on the goal of the training session. Researchers developed these models…
Descriptors: Training, Program Development, Comparative Analysis, Models
Nolan, Edwin J.; Paradise, Louis V. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1979
Forces responsible for the emergence of the community college are discussed indicating the uniqueness of its role and mission in higher education. A rationale for counseling in this setting is provided. The implication is made that counseling and student development programs should be complementary to the educational process. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Counseling
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Ewell, Peter T. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1985
Successful outcomes assessment programs have many common characteristics. Institutional researchers should examine these signs of success and use them as guides for developing their own campus programs. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
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Putnam, Rosemary Werner – Comparative Education, 1979
This paper is designed to help our understanding of the incidence and distribution of special education programs throughout the world. There are huge differences among countries. In one country, one of every 5,000 elementary and secondary pupils receives special education; in the United States, it is one in 20. (KC)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
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Inzer, Lonnie D.; Crawford, C. B. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2005
This paper reviews the literature of formal mentoring programs in organizational settings. Additionally, the components of mentoring, how it works, and how it can be implemented in an organization is addressed. Further this paper also proposes that formal mentoring is possible in organizations. Formal mentoring will be shown to be less effective…
Descriptors: Mentors, Informal Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Comparative Analysis
Puleo, Vincent T. – Spectrum, 1986
Summarizes research on recent developments in the trend toward full-day kindergarten programs. Topics covered include (1) full-day and half-day differential gains, (2) the nature of gains produced by full-day kindergarten, (3) the lack of causal relations among program components, (4) enduring effects, (5) differential student effects, and (6)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Change
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Committee for Scientific and Technical Personnel. – 1982
A study analyzed the policies of 20 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries pertaining to small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Aims of the study were to assess the current role of SMEs as generators and users of innovations, to analyze the components of a favorable climate for innovation in SMEs, and to…
Descriptors: Business, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Competition
Thompson, J. – 1985
This report is intended to assist curriculum developers, administrators, and teachers in the Technical and Further Education (TAFE) system in deciding if and when it is appropriate to introduce individualized systems of instruction in their programs. The first section explains what individualized instruction is and examines the reasons for the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Educational Benefits, Feasibility Studies
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Crandall, David P.; And Others – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1986
Presents findings from studies that provide guidelines to policymakers and administrators on a range of issues related to school improvement. The first set of issues deals with deciding upon the nature of the desired changes. The second set deals with planning how to proceed. One hundred twenty-eight footnotes are appended. (IW)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Morabito, Margaret Gorts – 1997
The foundations, development, and delivery of distance education were examined through a literature review and first-hand experience in administration and teaching in an international online school. The evolution of distance education was traced from the 1800s, when it was a print-based method of instruction conducted at a distance, through the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Education, Comparative Analysis, Computer Uses in Education
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1983
One of the committees of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) examined the vocational education and training policies of its member countries. The committee identified a number of significant policy directions that are emerging in OECD countries. Among these are an enhanced political commitment to providing vocational…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Economic Development, Educational Finance, Educational Needs
Parks, Gail Armstrong – 1979
Case studies of local development projects in Scotland, Norway, Australia, and the United States (Minnesota) indicate that federal education programs of a "generative" nature (those linking educational improvement to other improvement efforts, emphasizing process, and stimulating grass-roots participation) are most likely to promote…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Development, Community Involvement, Community Services
Vincent, Murray; Drane, J. Wanzer; Joshi, Praphul; Shankarnarayan, Saikiran; Nimmons, Michelle – American Journal of Health Education, 2004
The resident population of Bamberg County, SC, has been exposed to multiples of public health information and education interventions since October 1982 with the intent to reduce the occurrence of unintended pregnancies among unmarried adolescents. Data analyses were conducted to compare 20 years of pregnancy rates among girls aged 14-17 years for…
Descriptors: Community Education, Public Health, Community Programs, Pregnancy
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