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Charlene Sanders – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Between 2013 and 2014, 25.2% of 10th grade algebra students who worked with 870,000 adult volunteers in after-school programs in the United States met their goals of improved math proficiency scores. A gap exists involving volunteer training strategies for after-school programs that are effective in improving math proficiency of 10th grade math…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Volunteers, Volunteer Training, Grade 10
Chandra Shekar Karnati – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this study was to examine the presence of gender and ELL Differential Item Functioning (DIF) in a teacher-created mathematics benchmark test in one public charter school district in Northeast Georgia. DIF occurs when an item behaves differently in different subgroups, rather than measuring a test taker's true ability. The geometry…
Descriptors: Mathematics Tests, Delphi Technique, Test Items, Test Construction
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Katsioloudis, Petros – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 2010
It is widely known that the use of visual technology enhances learning by providing a better understanding of the topic as well as motivating students. If all visual-based learning materials (tables, figures, photos, etc.) were equally effective in facilitating student achievement of all kinds of educational objectives, there would virtually be no…
Descriptors: Technology Education, Instructional Materials, Visual Aids, Identification
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Lundie, David – British Journal of Religious Education, 2010
Possibly the largest qualitative study in RE policy and practice in many years, the AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society project "Does RE work? An analysis of the aims, practices and models of effectiveness in religious education in the UK", headed by the University of Glasgow, seeks to map the complex processes of curriculum formation as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Religious Education, Qualitative Research, Ethnography
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Childress, Vincent; Rhodes, Craig – Technology Teacher, 2008
In the fall of 2004, the National Center for Engineering and Technology Education (NCETE) secured funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in order to infuse engineering design into the schools through technology education. As a basic step in reaching this goal, the researchers, in cooperation with NCETE, designed a study to answer the…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, High School Students, Technology Education, Outcomes of Education
Childress, Vincent; Rhodes, Craig – National Center for Engineering and Technology Education, 2006
This research study was conducted during the 2005-2006 academic year. Its purpose is to help the National Center for Engineering and Technology Education determine those engineering outcomes that should be studied in high school when the high school student intends to pursue engineering in college. The results of the study will also be used to…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Engineering, Technology Education, Expertise