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Esther Prins; Mary Juzwik; Gonca Acaray – Review of Education, Pedagogy & Cultural Studies, 2025
Public school board elections have become cultural battlegrounds as groups with opposing views on education, politics, religion, and social and cultural issues vie to shape public education, their communities, and the nation. To date, little research has examined White Christian nationalism as a political force shaping these elections. This paper…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Board of Education Role, Board Candidates, Nationalism
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Mansolf, Maxwell; Vreeker, Annabel; Reise, Steven P.; Freimer, Nelson B.; Glahn, David C.; Gur, Raquel E.; Moore, Tyler M.; Pato, Carlos N.; Pato, Michele T.; Palotie, Aarno; Holm, Minna; Suvisaari, Jaana; Partonen, Timo; Kieseppä, Tuula; Paunio, Tiina; Boks, Marco; Kahn, René; Ophoff, Roel A.; Bearden, Carrie E.; Loohuis, Loes Olde; Teshiba, Terri; deGeorge, Daniella; Bilder, Robert M. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2020
Large-scale studies spanning diverse project sites, populations, languages, and measurements are increasingly important to relate psychological to biological variables. National and international consortia already are collecting and executing mega-analyses on aggregated data from individuals, with different measures on each person. In this…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Data Analysis, Measurement, Validity
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Neelima Bhatnagar; Victoria Causer; Michael J. Lucci; Michael Pry; Dorothy M. Zilic – Information Systems Education Journal, 2024
Data analytics is a rapidly growing field that plays a crucial role in extracting valuable insights from large volumes of data. A data analytics practicum course provides students with hands-on experience in applying data analytics techniques and tools to real-world scenarios. This practicum is intended to serve as a bridge between the student's…
Descriptors: Statistics Education, Data Analysis, Practicums, Education Work Relationship
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Danielle J. Malone; J. B. Firestone; J. A. Morrison; S. N. Newcomer; L. K. Lightner – Science Activities: Projects and Curriculum Ideas in STEM Classrooms, 2024
This paper describes the integration of geographic information system (GIS) technology in a high school environmental science classroom, specifically examining the impact of GIS technology on student engagement, critical thinking, and interdisciplinary learning for Education for Sustainability (EfS). This environmental science classroom utilized…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Environmental Education, Geographic Information Systems, High Schools
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Thompson, Hilary H.; Smith, Austin; Ostos, Manuel; Gardinier, Lisa – College & Research Libraries, 2019
Inspired by the 2017 Big Ten Academic Alliance Library Conference's collective collection theme, the authors undertook a study to better understand the consortium's resource-sharing needs for Spanish and Portuguese materials published in Latin America. The authors employed multiple technologies to expedite gathering, reconciling, and analyzing…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Library Materials, Library Services
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Boulton, Kelly; Pallant, Eric; Bradshaw-Wilson, Casey; Choate, Beth; Carbone, Ian – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2017
Purpose: Approximately 700 colleges and universities have committed to climate neutrality, which will require significant reductions in energy consumption. This paper aims to explore the effectiveness of an Annual Energy Challenge in curtailing electricity use by changing consumption behaviors at one liberal arts college.…
Descriptors: Energy Conservation, Energy Management, Energy Education, Climate
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Aasheim, Cheryl L.; Williams, Susan; Rutner, Paige; Gardiner, Adrian – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2015
The rate at which data is produced and accumulated today is greater than at any point in history with little prospect of slowing. As organizations attempt to collect and analyze this data, there is a tremendous unmet demand for appropriately skilled knowledge workers. In response, universities are developing degree programs in data science and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Course Descriptions, College Programs, Data Analysis
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Elias, Ryan J.; Hopfer, Helene; Hofstaedter, Amanda N.; Hayes, John E. – Journal of Food Science Education, 2017
The human nose is a very sensitive detector and is able to detect potent aroma compounds down to low ng/L levels. These levels are often below detection limits of analytical instrumentation. The following laboratory exercise is designed to compare instrumental and human methods for the detection of volatile odor active compounds. Reference…
Descriptors: Olfactory Perception, Human Body, Science Laboratories, Laboratory Procedures
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Ryan, Wendy L.; St. Iago-McRae, Ezry – Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching, 2016
Experimentation is the foundation of science and an important process for students to understand and experience. However, it can be difficult to teach some aspects of experimentation within the time and resource constraints of an academic semester. Interactive models can be a useful tool in bridging this gap. This freely accessible simulation…
Descriptors: Research Design, Simulation, Animals, Animal Behavior
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Ankrum, Julie; Genest, Maria; Morewood, Aimee – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2017
The purpose of this article is to provide a description of contrasting discourse patterns during small-group reading instruction. The authors report on case studies conducted in two 1st-grade classrooms in different school districts in Pennsylvania. Small-group reading instruction was observed over the course of one year in each classroom, and…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Individualized Instruction, Reading Instruction, Small Group Instruction
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Lawrence, Randee Lipson – International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, 2017
This article offers a reflective analysis on how the author came to a deeper understanding of transformative learning while collaborating on a research project with Patricia Cranton from 2012- 2014, resulting in "A Novel Idea: Researching Transformative Learning in Fiction," published by Sense Publishers in 2015. They read six…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Fiction, Dialogs (Language), Literary Devices
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Davis, Gary Alan; Woratschek, Charles R. – Information Systems Education Journal, 2015
Business Intelligence (BI) and Business Analytics (BA) Software has been included in many Information Systems (IS) curricula. This study surveyed current and past undergraduate and graduate students to evaluate various BI/BA tools. Specifically, this study compared several software tools from two of the major software providers in the BI/BA field.…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Information Systems, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
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Neely, Stephen R.; Diebold, Jeffrey – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2016
The relationship between public education expenditures and student outcomes remains an important concern for policy analysts, educational administrators, and the public at large. While previous studies have failed to identify a consistent relationship between public investments in education and positive student outcomes, most analyses have not…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Public Education, Productivity, Outcomes of Education
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Hollands, Fiona M.; Kieffer, Michael J.; Shand, Robert; Pan, Yilin; Cheng, Henan; Levin, Henry M. – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
We review the value of cost-effectiveness analysis for evaluation and decision making with respect to educational programs and discuss its application to early reading interventions. We describe the conditions for a rigorous cost-effectiveness analysis and illustrate the challenges of applying the method in practice, providing examples of programs…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Early Reading, Reading Programs, Reading Instruction
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Craft, Christy Moran; Augustine-Shaw, Donna; Fairbanks, Amanda; Adams-Wright, Gayla – NACADA Journal, 2016
Because almost one half of students enrolled in American doctoral programs do not complete their degrees, the factors that lead to doctoral student attrition need to be identified. Research suggests that the nature of the advisor-advisee relationship contributes to the persistence levels of doctoral students. In this study, we conducted a content…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Faculty Advisers, Academic Advising
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