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Wang, Claudia; Seo, Dong-Chul; Geib, Roy W – Health Education Journal, 2017
Objective: To describe the process of developing a Health Qigong programme for stressed children using a formative evaluation approach. Methods: A multi-step formative evaluation method was utilised. These steps included (1) identifying programme content and drafting the curriculum, (2) synthesising effective and age-appropriate pedagogies, (3)…
Descriptors: Health Programs, Exercise, Children, Anxiety
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Anderson, Erin; Winn, Kathleen M.; Young, Michelle D.; Groth, Cori; Korach, Susan; Pounder, Diana; Rorrer, Andrea K. – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2018
This study uses data from the "Initiative for Systemic Program Improvement through Research in Educational Leadership (INSPIRE) Preparation Program Features Survey" to respond to national critiques of university-based principal preparation programs. The findings provide insight into the program content and relevancy, personnel, and…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Instructional Leadership, Program Improvement, Principals
Kearney, Karen; Mattson, Heather; Cheung, Rebecca; Makkonen, Reino – California Comprehensive Center at WestEd, 2018
For the past six years, California has been revising its preparation system for school and district administrators, including developing the California Administrator Performance Assessment (CalAPA), the first required performance assessment for preliminary administrator certification. In this study, researchers from the California Comprehensive…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, State Policy, School Administration, Educational Change
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Aycinena, Ana Corina; Jennings, Kerri-Ann; Gaffney, Ann Ogden; Koch, Pamela A.; Contento, Isobel R.; Gonzalez, Monica; Guidon, Ela; Karmally, Wahida; Hershman, Dawn; Greenlee, Heather – Health Education & Behavior, 2017
We developed a theory-based dietary change curriculum for Hispanic breast cancer survivors with the goal of testing the effects of the intervention on change in dietary intake of fruits/vegetables and fat in a randomized, clinical trial. Social cognitive theory and the transtheoretical model were used as theoretical frameworks to structure…
Descriptors: Nutrition Instruction, Cancer, Health Promotion, Curriculum Development
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Calfee, Robert; Wilson, Kathleen M.; Flannery, Brian; Kapinus, Barbara A. – Teachers College Record, 2014
Background/Context: As implementation of the Common Core Literacy Standards moves ahead, teachers, students, and schools are discovering that the standards demand a great deal of them in order to achieve the vision of college, career, and citizenship in the global-digital world outlined in the standards. To accomplish the goals and high…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Literacy, State Standards, Models
Halverson, Richard; Prichett, Reid; Grigg, Jeffrey; Thomas, Chris – Wisconsin Center for Education Research (NJ1), 2005
The recent demand for schools to respond to external accountability measures challenges school leaders to create school instructional systems that use data to guide the practices of teaching and learning. This paper considers how local school leaders build data-driven instructional systems (DDIS) by developing new programs and using existing…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Data, Instructional Systems, Decision Making