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Hur, Eun Hye; Glassman, Michael; Kim, Yunhwan – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2013
This paper developed a Democratic Classroom Survey to measure students' perceived democratic environment of the classroom. Perceived democratic environment is one of the most important variables for understanding classroom activity and indeed any type of group activity, but actually measuring perceptions in an objective manner has been…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Test Construction, Program Validation, Democratic Values
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George, Gene; Erwin, Tom; Barnes, Briony – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2009
In April 2007 Butler Community College made learning spaces one of its five strategic priorities. The college had just completed a major renovation of the work spaces for the IT division and had started a project to build a student union and create informal learning spaces at the Andover campus. With learning spaces becoming a strategic priority,…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Facilities Design, Facility Guidelines, Strategic Planning
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Vandergrift, Larry; Goh, Christine C. M.; Mareschal, Catherine J.; Tafaghodtari, Marzieh H. – Language Learning, 2006
This article describes the development and validation of a listening questionnaire designed to assess second language (L2) listeners' metacognitive awareness and perceived use of strategies while listening to oral texts. The process of instrument development and validation is described, along with a review of the relevant literature related to…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Second Language Learning, Metacognition, Learning Strategies
Wong, Angela F. L.; Quek, Choon-Lang; Divaharan, Shanti; Liu, Woon-Chia; Peer, Jarina; Williams, Michael D. – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2006
The computer-supported Project Work classroom learning environment discussed in this paper represents a paradigm shift from teacher-centered to student-centered teaching and learning in Singapore schools. Besides the face-to-face weekly lessons in existing Project Work classrooms, the students engaged in computer-supported online forum…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Environment, Student Attitudes, Test Validity
Associated Educational Consultants, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA. – 1977
Evaluation of the Cabell County's (West Virginia) Program was based upon a list of program objectives directed toward improving student and community attitudes toward career education through a program of career exploration. Focus was on helping tenth grade students explore occupational interests and abilities in a school setting and at four…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Planning
Far West Lab. for Educational Research and Development, San Francisco, CA. – 1977
Patterned after the Appalachia Educational Laboratory program model, the experience-based career education (EBCE) Project EXCEL was evaluated for its effectiveness after one semester of implementation. Project EXCEL (Experienced-Based Career Education and Learning Program) was implemented in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and was designed to provide an…
Descriptors: Business, Career Development, Career Exploration, Cooperative Programs
Conecuh County Board of Education, Evergreen, AL. – 1977
The Conecuh County, Alabama, Experienced Based Career Education (EBCE) project, based on the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL) model, was evaluated for the period of October 1, 1976 to September 30, 1977. Assessment instruments gathered data in the areas of basic skills, career development skills, and life skills from twenty-three…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Business, Career Development, Career Education
Parkway School District, Chesterfield, MO. – 1977
An evaluation was conducted on the first year operations of the three-year Parkway, Missouri, Experienced Based Career Education (EBCE) program, which offered a one-year alternative educational experience for selected grade 11 and 12 students. The ten overall program goals evaluated follow those developed by the Northwest Regional Educational…
Descriptors: Business, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration
Stead, Floyd L.; And Others – 1977
A third party evaluation was conducted of the first phase, 1976-77, of the three-year Appalachian Maryland Experienced Based Career Education Project (EBCE). During this year, the project provided combined learning activities outside and within the classroom for twenty-four twelfth grade students. These experimental students and twenty-three…
Descriptors: Business, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education
Cromwell, Jannice J. – 1977
Evaluation was conducted of the Colorado Experience Based Career Education Model (CEBCEM) established in four subsites to formulate experience-based components, strategies, and objectives which fit the needs of students in grades 7 through 10. Focus of project activities during tne first year was on identifying and pilot testing selected…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration
Creative Research Associates, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. – 1977
An evaluation of the Experience Based Career Education (EBCE) Program of the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCEBCE) for summer, 1977, was conducted to provide preliminary information for the three-year program effort to use in program planning and decision making for the 1977-78 school year. DCEBCE was evaluated using the Context, Input,…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration
Wasdyke, Raymond G. – 1977
This report of the first-year operations of project REAL (Relevant Experiences for Alternative Learning), an experience based career education (EBCE) project based on the EBCE model developed by Northwest Regional Educational Laboratories, is presented in four parts. (The three broad characteristics of Project REAL follow: student-centered and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administration, Advisory Committees, Basic Skills
Fayette County Public Schools, Lexington, KY. – 1977
An evaluation was conducted of the Fayette County, Kentucky, implementation of the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory Experience Based Career Education (NWREL/EBCE) program model, which allowed for the provision of community educational experiences for eleventh and twelfth grade students. Individualized learning plans served as a basis for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Business, Career Development, Career Education
Pioneer Cooperative Educational Service Agency, Cleveland, GA. – 1977
The Pioneer Cooperative Educational Service Agency (CESA) first-year (1976-77) activities were reviewed. The project was intended to implement the Far West Laboratory (FWL) version of experience based career education (EBCE) in three Hall County, Georgia, high schools, and to prepare for second-year (school year) implementation of the program in…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Basic Skills, Career Development, Career Education