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Hutchins, Shaun D.; Schmitt, Lisa – Online Submission, 2015
Austin Independent School District (AISD) teacher appraisal results from 2014-2015 were used to identify areas of need for professional development in 2015-2016. Results from the Professional Development and Appraisal System and Professional Pathways for Teachers (PPfT) were included. A separate executive summary also was published. [For the…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Evaluation, Student Centered Learning, Teaching Methods
Kankaraš, Miloš; Montt, Guillermo; Paccagnella, Marco; Quintini, Glenda; Thorn, William – OECD Publishing, 2016
In the wake of the technological revolution that began in the last decades of the 20th century, labour market demand for information-processing and other high-level cognitive and interpersonal skills is growing substantially. The "Survey of Adult Skills," a product of the OECD Programme for the International Assessment of Adult…
Descriptors: Adults, Surveys, International Assessment, Literacy
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McLeod, Nancy S.; Wright, Cheryl – Early Childhood Education Journal, 1996
Proposes using a developmentally appropriate practice framework to determine if a sexual abuse prevention program takes into consideration the unique learning abilities of preschool children. Reviews definition of and statistics related to sexual abuse. Compares appropriate and inappropriate teaching practices in child sexual abuse prevention…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Abuse, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Individual Development
Chiu, Ming Ming – 1998
Eighty ninth graders who solved an algebra problem in groups of four showed status effects at the individual level. The students had filled out preactivity questionnaires about mathematical status and social status and a postactivity leadership questionnaire. Hierarchical regressions and path analyses show that, at the group level, solution score…
Descriptors: Algebra, Chinese, Cooperative Learning, Criticism