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Measures of Student Growth
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Texas Education Agency, 2016
Beginning in the 2017-2018 school year, appraisal systems in Texas, whether the state-recommended system or a locally developed system, will need to include a measure of student growth at the individual teacher level. Student growth measures how much a student progresses academically during his or her time with a particular teacher. It takes into…
Descriptors: Growth Models, Outcome Measures, Academic Achievement, Portfolio Assessment
Teaching Note--Integrating Prevention Content into Clinical Social Work Practice Courses
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Rishel, Carrie W. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2014
Rapid changes in health care services and delivery suggest an upcoming paradigm shift in the field of mental health. Recent national reports, health care policy changes, and growing evidence support a shift toward prevention-focused mental health care. The social work profession is uniquely positioned to act as leaders in this shift as the…
Descriptors: Social Work, Masters Programs, Masters Degrees, Mental Health
Opinion Building on a Socio-Scientific Issue: The Case of Genetically Modified Plants
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Ekborg, Margareta – Journal of Biological Education, 2008
This paper presents results from a study with the following research questions: (a) are pupils' opinions on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) influenced by biology teaching; and (b) what is important for the opinion pupils hold and how does knowledge work together with other parameters such as values? 64 pupils in an upper secondary school…
Descriptors: Opinions, Genetics, Biology, Questionnaires
Impact of Citizenship Education on the Civic Consciousness of Nigerian Youth
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Iyamu, Ede O. S.; Obiunu, Jude J. – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2005
Nigeria is currently facing the problem of youth incivility and immorality. The need has arisen to seek informal approaches to the inculcation of desirable values and civic consciousness in the young people in view of the apparent failure of the formal school system to inculcate desirable values. This study was about holiday citizenship education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship Education, Civics, Youth
It?s All in Their Heads: Reflective Abstraction as an Alternative to the Moral Discussion Group
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Binfet,Ty – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2004
This study examined two distinct moral reasoning interventions: an interindividual intervention, in which students discussed moral dilemmas, and an intraindividual intervention, in which students individually reflected on moral dilemmas. Ninety-seven 6th- and 7th-grade students were administered pre- and posttest measures of the Sociomoral…
Descriptors: Intervention, Experimental Groups, Discussion Groups, Moral Issues
Developing and Disseminating an Activity-Based Learning Experience Booklet for Student Self-Development in Career Orientation. Final Report. Project Number: E79-4.
Childers, John H., Jr.; Rolloff, John A. – 1982
A project was undertaken to develop and disseminate an activity-based learning experience booklet to enhance student self-development in career orientation classes at the junior high school level. Included among the major project activities were the following: identification of an appropriate needs assessment instrument; administration of a needs…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Decision Making, Educational Needs, Information Dissemination