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Chow, Jason C.; Hampton, Lauren H. – Remedial and Special Education, 2019
Interventions often require multiple decisions to improve outcomes for every student. Whether the decision to implement a practice, tailor an existing protocol, or change approaches, these decisions should be based on individual variables and outcomes via a sequence of treatment. To develop adaptive interventions that have sufficient evidence to…
Descriptors: Special Education, Intervention, Program Development, Program Evaluation
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Dwyer, Dave; Gruenwald, Mark; Stickles, Joe; Axtell, Mike – PRIMUS, 2018
Resequencing Calculus is a project that has reordered the typical delivery of Calculus material to better serve the needs of STEM majors. Funded twice by the National Science Foundation, this project has produced a three-semester textbook that has been piloted at numerous institutions, large and small, public and private. This paper describes the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, STEM Education, Majors (Students), Calculus
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Heilman, Savannah C.; Kennedy-Phillips, Lance – About Campus, 2011
The Organizational Effectiveness Model was originally developed by Lance Kennedy-Phillips and Ellen Meents-DeCaigny at DePaul University and has been adapted to address the needs of The Ohio State University. The model's purpose is to help organizations measure progress toward mission fulfillment and goal achievement. It cascades, with each step…
Descriptors: Organizational Effectiveness, Models, Achievement Need, Goal Orientation
Houston, W. Robert; And Others – 1975
The advantages and disadvantages of an extended planning period for implementing a Teacher Corps program are examined. A planning period of several months duration, four to six months for example, is deemed beneficial to the outcome of a project, while a longer period may possibly cause a loss of momentum and sense of goal. However, a planning…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Finance, Institutional Cooperation, Needs Assessment
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Miller, David N.; George, Michael P.; Fogt, Julie B. – Psychology in the Schools, 2005
There has recently been increased attention given to the widely perceived gap between research and practice in school psychology and education. The purpose of this article is to describe how Centennial School of Lehigh University, an alternative day school for students with emotional and behavioral disorders, was able to successfully implement and…
Descriptors: School Psychology, Behavior Development, Behavior Problems, Theory Practice Relationship
Ontario-Montclair School District, Ontario, CA. – 1981
A program description and sample program materials of a self-paced, individualized mathematics program designed to improve the achievement of junior high school students are presented. The usual daily activities of the students include a quiz, work in drillbooks, and work in the Basic Skill Levels curriculum--the heart of the program. Each of the…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Individualized Instruction, Junior High Schools, Mathematics Achievement
Education Service Center Region 10, Dallas, TX. – 1976
The design of the Phasing in Career Education Systematically (PICES) project was based on two data centered systems, sequencing and needs assessment. Four Texas independent school districts participated in the project which directly involved 986 students, 69 teachers, and 27 administrators. Some of the major activities conducted in each district…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Career Education, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Development
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. Div. of Special Education. – 1981
In 1980, a consortium composed of Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida, and the District of Columbia recommended a Staff Development Program for Modality Education to provide continuous and sequential educational experiences for all migrant children in participating states' schools. (Modality is defined as…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Legislation, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Curriculum Development. – 1981
This publication presents the foreign language profession's consensus on selected topics and is designed to address areas of interest to instructional leaders and practitioners who are concerned with developing and maintaining effective second language programs. The topics are grouped into four sections: "Preparing for the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education
California Univ., Los Angeles. Center for the Study of Evaluation. – 1976
Detailed program descriptions and discussion of research methodology are included in this independent evaluation of the Basic Skills Learning Centers (BSLC) Projects implemented by Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL) and Southwest Regional Laboratory (SWRL) and designed to improve basic reading and math instruction in nonurban…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Reading, Basic Skills, Bilingual Education