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Klinzing, Hans Gerhard; Rupp, Andreas – Online Submission, 2008
Based on literature and research on discussion and on educational techniques to improve discussion moderators behaviors, a training program was developed for pre- and in-service teacher educators, business and industry executives and university professors (23 to 28 hours, three and a half days). This program was tested for its effectiveness with…
Descriptors: Inferences, Teacher Educators, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Foreign Countries
Byrd, Jimmy K.; Williams, Cynthia L. – Online Submission, 2006
The purpose of the study was to advance a model for evaluating educational administrator preparation programs at the individual course level in a Texas university. Results indicated that, of the two preprogram and seven program core principal preparation courses examined, only two had a significant impact on the pass rate on the TExES Principal…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, School Law, Administrator Education, Principals
Stamman, David – 1981
The report highlights evaluations from the 1979-80 school year of 18 deaf/blind programs in Texas. Two previous years' findings are noted. Analysis of teacher and administrator questionnaires indicated an increase in the trend toward more uniform structuring of individualized education programs (IEPs). Programs were not as successful as the…
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Education Programs, Program Effectiveness
Horm-Wingerd, Diane M.; And Others – 1996
The Head Start Teaching Center is a federally funded national demonstration project designed to test the efficacy of participatory training for staff in all components of Head Start services. The New England Teaching Center is designed to provide intensive training during a 3- to 5-day period of residence. Each Teaching Center conducts a regular…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Quality, Inservice Education, Preschool Education
Packard, Richard D.; Fargo, Steve – 1987
Northern Arizona University's Arizona Career Ladder Research & Evaluation Project for teachers implements a procedure for rewarding teachers based on performance levels rather than on years of teaching experience and college credits. Research data is collected each spring, analyzed and fed back to the districts for improvement of key program…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Peer Evaluation
Haenn, Joseph F. – 2002
The Reading Recovery Program, designed to help low-achieving first graders learn to use effective reading strategies, was fully implemented in the Durham, North Carolina, public schools in the 1994-1995 school year. An evaluation was conducted to assess the effects of the program over time through the achievement of students in the 1994-1995…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 1, High Risk Students, Longitudinal Studies
Tennessee State Board of Regents, Nashville. – 1997
The Tennessee Board of Regents systemwide report card and individual report cards for each of the 14 community colleges are presented. The purpose of developing this report card was to respond to the public's increased calls for accountability in higher education. The report cards--47 in all, one for the system and one for each of the 46…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Faculty, College Role, Educational Assessment
Fenster, Mark J.; Kingsley, David C. – 1998
An 18-member Collaborative of Michigan educational organizations and agencies was formed in October 1994. The Collaborative was committed to systemic reform that included inclusive relationships, challenging ideas, and changed practice to ensure better teaching and learning for all students. The Collaborative made the assumption that it would take…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Hennings, Sara Strouss – 1990
In 1988, opinion surveys were administered to 5 different respondent groups at each of the 15 pilot sites participating in North Carolina's Career Development Program (CDP) for educators. Five separate questionnaires were developed for the following respondent groups: (1) teachers; (2) principals and assistant principals; (3) central office staff…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Attitude Measures, Career Development
King, Richard L. – 1990
A statewide sustained effort to improve student learning in Missouri by adopting and adapting promising research-based educational practices is described. The concept of an Instructional Management System (IMS) with desired learner outcomes determining both instruction and testing was suggested to local school districts beginning in 1980. In 1985,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Lussie, Richard A.; And Others – 1979
The study was undertaken to investigate the post high school status of 76 mildly retarded graduates (1974-78) of the work/study programs of the eastern and central zones of the Heartland Area Education Agency. Interviews of the Ss yielded data which were analyzed in four main categories: social adjustment, community resources, vocational…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Economic Status, Exceptional Child Research, Graduate Surveys
Romero, Patricia L. – 1979
Field testing of learning materials developed by the Counselors Expanding Career Options (CECO) Project, specifically The Whole Person Book, was conducted during the 1977-1978 school year in 72 secondary schools in Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, and Colorado. The field test design established three comparison groups of secondary counselors and teachers.…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Instructional Materials
Norris, Deborah; Schumacker, Randall E. – 1998
In March 1996, the Region XI Education Service Center, Fort Worth (Texas), was designated to continue a project implemented in 1990 by the Texas Education Agency to study the overall effectiveness of special education programs. The 1996 project was extended in 1997. This paper reports on the first of three newly planned study components, the…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Disabilities, High School Graduates, High School Students
Steel, Lauri; Schubert, Jane G. – 1983
The effectiveness of Upward Bound (UB), a federally funded program to assist high-ability disadvantaged youth in completing programs in higher education, is addressed in this study. The study sought to determine if participation in UB enhances high school performance and participation in postsecondary education, especially in comparison to non-UB…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Bound Students, College Preparation, Disadvantaged Youth
Yap, Kim Onn – 1979
The accuracy with which regression models estimate treatment effects is dependent upon a number of conditions. The stability of the regression line (a function of sample size and correlation between pretest and posttest) is said to be the most important of these conditions. The utility of regression models is proportional to the size of the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Data Analysis, Educational Testing, Evaluation Methods
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