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Villalon, Christina Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Although coaching has a long history guided in the apprenticeship or mentorship model (Taylor & Garratt, 2013), research has primarily focused on the athlete, rarely on the coach, and almost never on whom the coach is serving as an apprentice to, or being mentored or supported by. Internationally, this role has been termed a 'coach developer,'…
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, Team Sports, Delphi Technique, Mentors
Hafner, Florian – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study investigated English phonological awareness in adult native speakers of English (L1) and in relation to their phonological awareness skills and proficiency in their German (L2). Most research in L1 phonological awareness focuses on younger children, their phonological awareness development, the relationship between reading and…
Descriptors: Phonological Awareness, Second Language Learning, Native Language, Adults
Blair, Lisa – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The field of expertise studies offers several models from which to develop training programs that accelerate the development of novice performers in a variety of domains. This research study implemented two methods of expertise-based training in a course to develop undergraduate peer academic coaches through a ten-week program. An existing…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Training Methods, Acceleration (Education), Peer Teaching
Ory, Justin Hull – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Two leading theories regarding the neurocognitive basis of attentional disorders are the executive dysfunction theory and the state regulation theory. The executive dysfunction theory takes a top-down approach, explaining the symptoms of ADHD as a byproduct of general deficits in executive functioning--particularly disinhibition. The state…
Descriptors: Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Task Analysis, Prediction
Huls, Simone – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Nonword repetition (NWR) tasks represent one assessment tool for Specific Language Impairment (SLI). The use of such tasks has been established and verified for monolingual children. However, the diagnostic accuracy of NWR tasks for bilingual children has had variable results and must address several unique characteristics of this population. Gaps…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Task Analysis, Language Impairments, Accuracy
Christine Renee Russell – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Given the prevalent use of sight-reading in the classroom, at music festivals, and in audition procedures, it is important to know the most effective practices in preparing students to sight-read musical excerpts. Previous studies suggest that rhythm accuracy is a significant indicator of sight-reading ability. However, others have observed a…
Descriptors: Priming, Accuracy, Task Analysis, Music Reading
Jeffery, Jeremy Owen – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Requiring teachers to complete a performance-based assessment in the form of a teacher performance assessment is becoming a common way for initial teacher licensure or advancing a license. While some traditionally- and alternatively-licensed teachers from all content areas may have to complete some type of performance-based assessment for initial…
Descriptors: Career Education, Technical Education, Summative Evaluation, Alternative Teacher Certification
Phillips, Sharon A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Selecting appropriate performance improvement interventions is a critical component of a comprehensive model of performance improvement. Intervention selection is an interconnected process involving analysis of an organization's environment, definition of the performance problem, and identification of a performance gap and identification of causal…
Descriptors: Performance Technology, Technology Integration, Library Services, Catalogs
Kondisko, Joseph E. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Using de-identified data, this study investigated the relationship between racial categories with curriculum-based early writing measures (CBM-W), which included word dictation, picture word sentence writing, and story prompt tasks for over 300 participants in Grades 1, 2, and 3. Words written, words spelled correctly, correct letter sequences,…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Emergent Literacy, Curriculum Based Assessment, Outcome Based Education
Pham, Thuong T. M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This dissertation investigates L2 student language production, task-based instruction, and teachers' scaffolding strategies in two special EFL classes in a Vietnamese university. Two English teachers and 73 students were studied as they participated in a nationwide educational project known as the Advanced Curriculum (AC), an initiative launched…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Nichols, Bryan E. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to explore task-based variability in children's singing accuracy performance. The research questions were: Does children's singing accuracy vary based on the nature of the singing assessment employed? Is there a hierarchy of difficulty and discrimination ability among singing assessment tasks? What is the…
Descriptors: Music Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Singing
Carhart, Elliot D. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This applied dissertation investigated the effect of crew resource management (CRM) training on medical errors in a simulated prehospital setting. Specific areas addressed by this program included situational awareness, decision making, task management, teamwork, and communication. This study is believed to be the first investigation of CRM…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Performance Technology, Simulation, Improvement Programs
Johnson, Matthew Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In this study, the researcher explored collegiate faculty use and perception of learning- centered strategies to assess student performance on various learning tasks. Through this study, the researcher identified the assessment strategies that faculty participants most frequently used, as well as the strategies that they perceived to be most…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Strategies, Performance Based Assessment
Lim, Gad S. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Performance assessments have become the norm for evaluating language learners' writing abilities in international examinations of English proficiency. Two aspects of these assessments are usually systematically varied: test takers respond to different prompts, and their responses are read by different raters. This raises the possibility of undue…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Language Tests, Performance Tests, Test Validity
Gudi, Arvind – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Natural and man-made disasters have gained attention at all levels of policy-making in recent years. Emergency management tasks are inherently complex and unpredictable, and often require coordination among multiple organizations across different levels and locations. Effectively managing various knowledge areas and the organizations involved has…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Program Effectiveness, Efficiency, Surveys
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