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Direct linkLeming, Katie P. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Previous qualitative research on educational practices designed to improve critical thinking has relied on anecdotal or student self-reports of gains in critical thinking. Unfortunately, student self-report data have been found to be unreliable proxies for measuring critical thinking gains. Therefore, in the current interpretivist study, five…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods, Critical Thinking, Cognitive Tests
Hinds, Drew Samuel Wayne – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Alternative high schools serve some of the most vulnerable students and their programs present a significant challenge to evaluate. Determining the impact of an alternative high school that serves mostly at-risk students presented a significant research problem. Few studies exist that dig deeper into the characteristics and strategies of…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, High School Students, Program Effectiveness, At Risk Students
Hadfield, Timothy E.; Hutchison-Lupardus, Tammy R.; Snyder, Jennifer E. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This problem-based learning project addressed the need to improve the construction and implementation of value-added teacher evaluation policies and instruments. State officials are constructing value-added teacher evaluation models due to accountability initiatives, while ignoring the holes and problems in its implementation. The team's…
Descriptors: Scores, Educational Testing, Problem Based Learning, Teacher Evaluation
Hutchison-Lupardus, Tammy R.; Hatfield, Timothy E.; Snyder, Jennifer E. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This problem-based learning project addressed the need to improve the construction and implementation of value-added teacher evaluation policies and instruments. State officials are constructing value-added teacher evaluation models due to accountability initiatives, while ignoring the holes and problems in its implementation. The team's…
Descriptors: Scores, Educational Testing, Problem Based Learning, Teacher Evaluation
Snyder, Jennifer E.; Hadfield, Timothy E.; Hutchison-Lupardus, Tammy R. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This problem-based learning project addressed the need to improve the construction and implementation of value-added teacher evaluation policies and instruments. State officials are constructing value-added teacher evaluation models due to accountability initiatives, while ignoring the holes and problems in its implementation. The team's…
Descriptors: Scores, Educational Testing, Problem Based Learning, Teacher Evaluation
Mitchell-White, Kathleen – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Continued improvement of the training and preparation of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agents is critical to the organization's ability to protect the national security of the United States. Too little attention has been paid to the factors that improve new agent trainees' (NATs) ability to learn and succeed in their training…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, National Security, Problem Based Learning, Program Effectiveness
