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Design-Based School Improvement: A Practical Guide for Education Leaders
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Mintrop, Rick – Harvard Education Press, 2016
At the heart of the effort to enact and scale up successful school reforms is the need for more robust links between research and practice. One promising approach is design development, a methodology widely used in other fields and only recently adapted to education, which offers a disciplined process for identifying practical problems, assessing…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Equal Education, Case Studies, Research and Development
Educational Accountability: A Qualitatively Driven Mixed-Methods Approach
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Hall, Jori N.; Ryan, Katherine E. – Qualitative Inquiry, 2011
This article discusses the importance of mixed-methods research, in particular the value of qualitatively driven mixed-methods research for quantitatively driven domains like educational accountability. The article demonstrates the merits of qualitative thinking by describing a mixed-methods study that focuses on a middle school's system of…
Descriptors: Methods Research, Evaluation Methods, Accountability, Case Studies
A Longitudinal Study of the Cost Effectiveness of Educating Students with Emotional or Behavioral Disorders in a Public School Setting.
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MacMillan, Robert C. – Behavioral Disorders, 1999
This study examines the pragmatic design and cost-effectiveness of the Marchus School's 1261 Project, a California program that serves elementary and middle school students with emotional or behavioral disorders within a public school setting. Case studies demonstrated that not only have costs been avoided but funds have also been saved.…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Education
A Blueprint for Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support: Implementation of Three Components.
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Turnbull, Ann; Edmonson, Hank; Griggs, Peter; Wickham, Donna; Sailor, Wayne; Freeman, Rachel; Guess, Doug; Lassen, Steve; McCart, Amy; Park, Jiyeon; Riffel, Laura; Turnbull, Rud; Warren, Jared – Exceptional Children, 2002
This article provides a case study (an eighth-grader with autism) within a case study (an urban middle school) in terms of the implementation of positive behavioral support (PBS). Information is provided on the characteristics of three key components of schoolwide PBS, universal support, group support, and individual support. (Contains…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Case Studies
Integrating English as a Second Language Instruction with the Regular Elementary and Middle School Curriculum: Can It Work?
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Jama, Virginia – 1992
A discussion of elementary and middle school curriculum design to meet the needs of students learning English as a Second Language (ESL) focuses on the ways in which ESL instruction can be incorporated into the curriculum. It begins with a brief review of statistics on the population of limited-English-proficient (LEP) students in the schools and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Design
Learning Science and English: How School Reform Advances Scientific Learning for Limited English Proficient Middle School Students. Educational Practice Report: 17.
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Minicucci, Catherine – 1996
Findings from a 4-year study of exemplary science and mathematics programs for middle school students with limited English proficiency (LEP) are presented. The four programs described here provide stimulating mathematics and science curricula through instruction in either the students' native language or in English using sheltered techniques.…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Case Studies, Change Strategies, Educational Change