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National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2014
This document covers the data terms used in publications sourced from the National VET Provider Collection and their associated data tables. The primary purpose of this document is to assist users of the publication to understand the specific data terms used within them. Terms that appear in the publications and data items are listed in…
Descriptors: Definitions, Vocabulary, Publications, Databases
Povis, Kaleen E. – Online Submission, 2011
There are over two dozen schools in the United States with the word "museum" in their names. However, the philosophy and pedagogy that tie these schools together is unclear. A consistent definition, criteria for classification, and a unifying curriculum to guide museum- schools is lacking. Yet, museum-schools continue to open across the country.…
Descriptors: Museums, Databases, Curriculum Design, Charter Schools
Russell, Keith W., Comp. – 1982
A meeting was held to explore critical issues and problems related to subject access to online bibliographic records of monographic literature. The 23 researchers, practitioners, and policymakers who attended represented national and research libraries, bibliographic utilities, database vendors, library schools, indexing and abstracting services,…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Databases, Definitions
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Sandieson, Robert – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1998
Three databases were analyzed to investigate the range and frequency of terms in the field of mental retardation/developmental disabilities. The most prevalent term over the last 15 years was "mentally retarded." The terms "cognitive impairment" and "developmental disabilities" have been used more frequently in the last five years. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Classification, Databases
Malitz, Gerald; And Others – 1995
Presents an "infobase" version of "A Pilot Standard National Course Classification System for Secondary Education" to allow users to browse, search, annotate, print, and export information electronically. This publication is the culmination of a major effort to help establish common terminology, descriptions, and a coding…
Descriptors: Classification, Coding, Course Evaluation, Courses
Wittebols, James H. – 1986
Recommendations designed to assist states in the creation of meaningful definitions of types of schools and students for use in the Council of Chief State School Officers' Education Data Improvement Project are presented. The Project's goals are to promote and facilitate the reform and refinement of the National Center for Education Statistics'…
Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Databases
Chevalier, Guy – 1972
A scheme which classifies the instructional applications of computers is designed to overcome the confusion created by the imprecision and equivocation associated with computer terminology. The classification is restricted to instructional applications, allows that some applications could apply to more than one category, and reflects a continuum…
Descriptors: Classification, Computation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers
Barker, Bruce – 1985
Information available on rural education remains startlingly inadequate--partly because of the great diversity of rural areas, because agencies responsible for data collection disagree on the definition of small/rural schools, and because large metropolitan schools have received far more than their share of attention, research, and financial…
Descriptors: Classification, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Databases