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Bell, Courtney A.; Youngs, Peter – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2011
This case study investigates how several universities in the state of Connecticut (United States) responded to teacher education accreditation policy between 2002 and 2006. Using a cognitive perspective on policy implementation and a purposeful sample, we describe three common responses: articulation of a programme-wide conceptual framework,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Accreditation (Institutions), Schools of Education, Educational Policy
Kemerer, Richard W.; Schmid, Richard F. – Performance and Instruction, 1984
Describes the Adjusted Agreement Index, a strategy for analyzing collected data from questionnaires utilizing Likert-type scales. Steps involved in using this index and its strengths and weaknesses are outlined, and a case study illustrating how it was used to summarize data on a distance education course package is presented. (MBR)
Descriptors: Banking, Case Studies, Course Evaluation, Data Analysis
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Campbell, Todd – Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society, 2006
This research presents a case study of the first-time experience of the instructor-researcher in teaching an online class. Through thematic analysis and grounded metaphor, evolution was identified as the metaphor used to illuminate the emerging themes in creating a narrative. Advantageous and less-than-advantageous characteristics of online…
Descriptors: Evolution, Online Courses, Figurative Language, Distance Education