The main research question of this article is concerned with the combined estimation of the effects of educational systems, school composition, track level, and country of origin on the educational achievement of 15-year-old migrant students. The authors focus specifically on the effects of socioeconomic and ethnic background on achievement scores…

The purpose of this paper is threefold: to describe grounded theory research strategies, to present a summary of several studies in education that have followed this approach, and to explore the potential uses of the grounded theory techniques in curriculum theory generation. The paper is arranged into six parts. In the first and second parts of…

This paper presents a model for continuous, systematic evaluation of ongoing programs and specifies data needed for decisionmaking in the areas of program adoption, curtailment, or expansion. These data give the decisionmaker the necessary information for program planning in today's sophisticated educational environment. (Author/RA)

WRITTEN FOR ADMINISTRATORS AND PLANNERS, THIS ANTHOLOGY IS CONCERNED WITH INFORMATION PRINCIPLES, EFFECTS, DESIGN, AND INTEGRATION OF SYSTEMS. CONCENTRATING ON THE CONSTRAINTS ON AUTOMATION AND ITS IMPACT ON EDUCATION, THE DOCUMENT CONSIDERS NEW USES FOR COMPUTERS IN REPORTING STATISTICS, SCHOOL CENSUS, ATTENDANCE COUNTING, GRADING, SCHEDULING,…

PLANNING-PROGRAMMING-BUDGETING SYSTEMS (PPBS) ARE INTENDED TO FACILITATE THE KINDS OF INFORMATION AND DATA ANALYSIS WHICH FURNISH ADMINISTRATORS WITH A MORE COMPLETE BASIS FOR RATIONAL CHOICE. NEUTRAL ON THE ISSUES OF COST REDUCTION, PPBS IS DESIGNED TO FOSTER ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY. ADVANTAGES WHICH IT OFFERS OVER TRADITIONAL PRACTICES INCLUDE--(1)…

The report is a study of the utility of social reinforcement for improving Air Force training. It was conducted through a field evaluation of social incentive instructional systems which would serve to improve student motivation, classroom performance, and attitudes. The participants included a total of 300 trainees from two Air Force bases; 25…

Patterns of problem-solving activity in one middle-class urban high school are examined and a problem solving model rooted in a conceptual framework of contingency theory is presented. Contingency theory stresses that as political, economic, and social conditions in an organization's environment become problematic, the internal structures of the…

The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…