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Direct linkAdlof, Lauren; Kim, Minkyoung; Crawley, William – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2023
Undergraduate student retention is considered a critical issue in higher education, due to its impact on student success, degree completion, and the financial health of universities (Cataldi et al., 2018; Cornelius & Cavanaugh, 2016; Hermes, "Community College Journal," 82(4), 26, 2012; Tinto, "NACADA Journal," 19(2), 5-9,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, School Holding Power, Performance Technology, Academic Achievement
Stone, Ron Drew – Performance Improvement, 2009
Working with clients to deliver solutions provides ample opportunity for success as well as failure. This article focuses on how to address three shortcomings that often contribute to performance solutions missing the mark. These shortcomings include (a) the "framework" used to view, discuss, and analyze performance is too narrow; (b) performance…
Descriptors: Performance Technology, Needs Assessment, Intervention, Reinforcement
Download full textCenter for American Progress, 2011
School principals are second only to teachers among school-based factors that influence student achievement and they are critical to attracting and retaining effective teachers and other school staff. Yet in the past, federal policymakers haven't given school leadership much attention. This reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Leadership Effectiveness, Principals, Instructional Leadership
Jerald, Craig D.; Van Hook, Kristan – National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, 2011
Teacher evaluation has emerged as a major focus for reform at the highest levels of education policymaking, and for good reason. Most evaluations are based on scant evidence of actual effectiveness, produce inflated ratings, and provide teachers with little useful feedback. This paper offers policymakers and practitioners important "lessons…
Descriptors: Evidence, Feedback (Response), Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation
Salas, Grace; Alexander, Julie S. – New Directions for Student Services, 2008
Regardless of whether an institution is a reluctant passenger on the racing technology train or itching to throw another shovel of coal on the fire, continuing advancements in technology make it a formidable factor in life on college campuses today. While students are updating their most recent social networking sites, faculty, staff, and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Achievement, Student Personnel Services, Technology Uses in Education
Voyles, Bennett – Campus Technology, 2006
Most of the time, technology in the classroom is a "we" or "they" issue: On one side are the people who deploy and operate the systems, on the other, the academics and staffers who use them. But, typically, on both sides, everyone is so busy trying to prepare for the next class or the next term that there's little opportunity…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Deans, Electronic Learning, Virtual Classrooms
Edyburn, Dave L. – Learning & Leading with Technology, 2006
The "achievement gap" is a well-documented problem in schools. Evidence of an academic performance problem requires that educators respond quickly and differently to signs of academic failure. As the lessons of the achievement gap suggest that historical decisions about when to intervene with performance support are flawed, performance…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Academic Achievement, Educational Innovation, Appropriate Technology
