This case study, based on qualitative research, aims to examine the doctoral dissertation abstracts written between 2010-2017. Therefore, in education, 3463 doctoral dissertations abstracts were accessed through Turkey's National Thesis Center website. The researchers developed an abstract review form. Each dissertation abstract was examined…

Introduction: The increased availability of mobile sensing technologies is creating a paradigm shift for health research by creating new opportunities for measuring and monitoring behavior. For example, researchers can now collect objective information about a participant's daily activity using wearable devices that have: 1- Global Positioning…

Discrete trial instruction or naturalistic, incidental teaching: How do you choose which approach to use with young children with autism? Now there's no need to "pick a side"--this groundbreaking book helps professionals skillfully blend the best of both behavioral approaches to respond to "each child's individual needs". Developed by one of the…

THE CASE STUDY IS ASSUMING AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT ROLE AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL DEVICE IN PRESERVICE AND INSERVICE PREPARATION OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATORS. THIS DOCUMENT PRESENTS OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES TO ASSIST THE WRITER IN PREPARING CASE MATERIALS. FIVE KINDS OF INSTRUCTIONAL CASE STUDIES--CONCEPT, INCIDENT, DILEMMA, RELATIONSHIP, AND…

Methodology for input evaluation, as defined by Daniel L. Stufflebeam, is relatively nonexistent. Advocate teams have recently become a popular means of generating and assessing alternative strategies for a set of objectives. This study was undertaken to develop and evaluate methodology for advocate team use in input evaluation. Steps taken…

This book is the third in a series aiming to promote international exchange of ideas, experiences, and studies relating to technical and vocational education. Intended to assist educators in the evaluation of vocational education curricula, the guide is designed for both experienced evaluators and novices. Section I describes the purpose,…

The problems, procedures, and benefits of case-study program evaluation are investigated. An evaluation plan that included several data collection methods (document review, interview, content analysis, attitude questionnaire survey, sociogram analysis) and emphasized the role of the evaluator as participant-observer, collector and synthesizer of…

Increased demands for colleges and universities to engage in outcomes assessment for accountability purposes have accelerated the need to bridge the gap between higher education practice and the fields of measurement, assessment, and evaluation. The "Handbook on Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation in Higher Education" provides higher…

The primary purpose of this volume is to serve as a "how to" manual for individuals interested in replicating or expanding the data collected by the Studies. Two introductory sections discuss the development of the methodology and the organization of the methodology description. The three subsequent chapters, which constitute the body of…

This guide, one of four, is a product of the Project on Social Architecture in Education, initiated to find out what it takes to develop a program and a working social system for a new school. The project began with interviews with school planners and consultants, then moved to the study of six new innovative public schools for a two-and-a-half…