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Duncan, Charles A.; Kern, Ben – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2020
Competition is a ubiquitous component of American culture and in many US physical education programs. In this article, five myths associated with competition are dispelled: (1) Everyone likes competition, (2) Competition is motivational, (3) Competition is fun, (4) Competition promotes physical activity, and (5) Competition prepares children for…
Descriptors: Competition, Physical Education, Misconceptions, Student Motivation
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Pierce, Dennis – Community College Journal, 2018
Community college leaders would be hard pressed to find a federal statute that has had such a tremendous impact, yet is as widely misunderstood--even reviled--as Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Simply put, the law states that any educational program or activity receiving federal funding cannot discriminate on the basis of gender.…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Gender Discrimination, Federal Legislation, Sex Fairness
Bindas, Michael, Ed.; Hodges, David, Ed.; Keller, Tim, Ed. – Institute for Justice, 2021
Educational choice programs--defined broadly as programs that provide parents with financial aid to help their children opt out of the traditional public school system--are a hallmark of meaningful educational reform. Yet despite widespread news coverage of such programs, polls show most Americans are unfamiliar with how educational choice…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, School Choice, Private Schools, Public Schools
Keller, Tim, Ed.; Hodges, David, Ed. – Institute for Justice, 2019
Educational choice programs--defined broadly as programs that provide parents with financial aid to help their children opt out of the traditional public school system--are a hallmark of meaningful educational reform. Yet despite widespread news coverage of such programs, polls show most Americans are unfamiliar with how educational choice…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, School Choice, Private Schools, Public Schools
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Cheng, Hwee-Ming; Durairajanayagam, Damayanthi – Advances in Physiology Education, 2012
The annual Intermedical School Physiology Quiz (IMSPQ), initiated in 2003, is now an event that attracts a unique, large gathering of selected medical students from medical schools across the globe. The 8th IMSPQ, in 2010, hosted by the Department of Physiology, University of Malaya, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, had 200 students representing 41…
Descriptors: Tests, Student Evaluation, Physiology, Foreign Countries
Keller, Tim, Ed. – Institute for Justice, 2017
Educational choice programs--defined broadly as programs that provide parents financial aid to opt their children out of the traditional public school system--have been a topic of significant public discussion and debate in recent months. Despite the increasing news coverage, however, polls show that most Americans are unfamiliar with educational…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, School Choice, Knowledge Level, Public Schools
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Kai, Jiang – Chinese Education and Society, 2012
At present in mainland China, competition in education has become excessive; competition has been increasing, and a competitive mentality is on the rise. The formative causes of excess competition in education are complex; with both practical and conceptual causes. Its roots can be traced to intensifying social competition, a one-sided…
Descriptors: Competition, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Educational Practices
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Eisenkraft, Arthur – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2011
Current instructional and learning models insist that when teachers prepare lessons for their technology and engineering classes, they must begin with a sense of what students already know. In preparing lessons, many teachers use their years of classroom experience as data to inform them about students' prior knowledge and about student…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Prior Learning, Competition
Pulley, John – CURRENTS, 2009
Coordinating advancement functions of units and divisions accustomed to independent operation and discretionary budgets isn't easy. Market research can help bridge those divides. And at a time of limited financial resources, institutions are eager to make smart choices with their marketing dollars. Market research can cut through misperceptions…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Marketing, Budgets, Research
Truscheit, Tori – ConnCAN, 2010
In recent years, public charter schools in Connecticut and around the United States have proven that students living in poverty are capable of high achievement. President Obama said in a July 2009 interview, "Charters, which are within the public school system, force the kind of experimentation and innovation that helps to drive excellence in…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Policy, State Policy, School Law
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Zhang, Housheng; Liu, Xiaoping – International Education Studies, 2008
Because some teachers and the leaders as well as many sports theorists have some conceptual misunderstanding of competitive sports conducted by school, there're some differences of opinions about competitive sports in physical education field, it would have a negative effect on the development of competitive sports in school. This essay is mainly…
Descriptors: Competition, Physical Education, Physical Activities, Athletics
Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, 2013
The Advisory Committee was created by Congress in the "Higher Education Amendments of 1986" to be an independent and nonpartisan source of knowledge, advice, and counsel to Congress and the Secretary of Education on federal, state, and institutional postsecondary student assistance. One of the most important analytical directives in the…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Low Income Groups, College Graduates, Graduation Rate
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Baumann, Eddie K. – International Journal of Social Education, 1997
Summarizes the results of a study of 40 high school students with grade point averages of 2.5 or greater who had never received formal training in economics. The students worked on problems involving basic economic concepts including productivity, profits, opportunity costs, and supply and demand. Discusses their misconceptions. (MJP)
Descriptors: Competition, Consumer Economics, Costs, Economics