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Montoneri, Bernard; Lin, Tyrone T.; Lee, Chia-Chi; Huang, Shio-Ling – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2012
This paper applies data envelopment analysis (DEA) to explore the quantitative relative efficiency of 18 classes of freshmen students studying a course of English conversation in a university of Taiwan from the academic year 2004-2006. A diagram of teaching performance improvement mechanism is designed to identify key performance indicators for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Performance Technology, English (Second Language), College Freshmen
Oded, Yaniv; Su, Bude – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2010
Performance at the Defense Language Institute was examined through the prism of human performance technology and the strategic impact model. This examination revealed performance deficiencies in the administrative realm that required mainly a noninstructional intervention. A systematic analysis showed that digitizing administrative procedures…
Descriptors: Performance Technology, Models, Intervention, Employees
Tucker, Bill – Education Sector, 2009
This report is a product of Education Sector's Next Generation of Accountability initiative. The initiative seeks to strengthen public education by examining key elements of accountability, for instance, who should be responsible for student success and how they should be held responsible. The author of this report argues that technology has the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Research Projects, Information Technology, Accountability
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Duchastel, Philippe; Lang, Joyce – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 1996
Considers how performance support systems (PSSs) fit within a business training framework with its own ideal training principles and examines what theoretical principles of learning underlie learning with PSSs. Presents a formal model of learning support that maps out current implementations of this class of system, enabling discussion of its role…
Descriptors: Business, Information Technology, Learning Theories, Models
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Foshay, Wellesley R. – Performance Improvement, 1998
Examines the concept of human capital, including how it is linked to strategic analysis and how it relates to four alternative models for return-on-investment (ROI). Discusses how to choose the best model for ROI justification of training or other human performance technology (HPT) interventions. (AEF)
Descriptors: Human Capital, Human Resources, Information Technology, Investment
Okurowski, Mary Ellen; Clark, Ruth – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2001
Discussion of information technology training focuses on an evaluative study at the Department of Defense that investigated whether new information technology training could improve job performance. Highlights include determining training effectiveness; job transfer evaluation; return on investment; use of software features; and the impact of…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Evaluation Methods, Industrial Training, Information Technology