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Download full textKenney, Jane L.; Roberts, Jane M. E. – 1985
This report provides the results of a comprehensive 4-year study of a statewide instructional improvement effort in Maryland; presents the characteristics of successful staff development for each of four implementation strategies (active teaching, mastery learning, student team learning, and teaching variables); and identifies the relationships…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Demonstration Programs, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Kenney, Jane L.; Roberts, Jane M. E. – 1986
All 24 of Maryland's county school systems participated in a voluntary school improvement program that involved the adoption and implementation of one or more of four research-based, instructional processes: Active Teaching, Mastery Learning, Student Team Learning, and Teaching Variables. A 5-year study of this program produced findings on a…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
Roberts, Jane M. E.; Kenney, Jane L. – 1984
The impact of the School Improvement Through Instructional Process (SITIP) program in Maryland schools was studied. The program encouraged application of research on planned change to implement one or more of four instructional models: Active Teaching, Mastery Learning, Student Team Learning, and Teaching Variables of "content" and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Improvement Programs, Inservice Teacher Education
Kenney, Jane L.; Roberts, Jane M. E. – 1984
This study examined the roles, functions, and effectiveness of a group of teachers who became Instructional Leaders (ILs), assuming major responsibility for assuring the implementation of a voluntary school improvement program within their respective schools. The program, called SITIP (School Improvement Through Instructional Process), and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Innovation, Interpersonal Competence, Leaders
Roberts, Jane M. E.; Kenney, Jane L. – 1984
Maryland's School Improvement Through Instructional Process (SITIP) program involved 24 local education agencies (LEAs) in implementing one or more research-based instructional models: Active Teaching, Mastery Learning, Student Team Teaching, and Teaching Variables. A summary is presented of: (1) descriptions of each of the instructional models;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Agents, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education
Roberts, Jane M. E.; Kenney, Jane L. – 1983
This study provides a description of a program initiated in 1980 by the Maryland State Education Agency (SEA). The School Improvement through Instructional Process (SITIP) program presents data for a study involving educators in 19 of 24 local education agencies. The SITIP design includes nine areas of activity: (1) SEA preparation; (2) building…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Improvement Programs
Roberts, Jane M. E.; Kenney, Jane L. – 1984
The School Improvement Through Instructional Process (SITIP) Program, initiated in Maryland in 1980, was concerned with improving classroom and school activities through the application of process-product research on classroom and school effectiveness. All 24 local education agencies voluntarily implemented one or more of four research-based…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Mastery Learning
Roberts, Jane M. E.; Kenney, Jane L. – 1983
This paper summarizes the first 18 months of Maryland's School Improvement through Instructional Process (SITIP) program, begun in fall 1980. Four general methods of data collection were used for the project: observation, interviews, questionnaires, and document analysis. Of Maryland's 24 local education agencies (LEAs)--Baltimore City plus 23…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Data Collection, Demonstration Programs, Educational Responsibility
Roberts, Jane M. E.; And Others – 1982
The School Improvement Through Instructional Process (SITIP), an initiative undertaken by the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE), is described, and an evaluation of its progress from December 1980 through June 1982 is provided. Innovative teaching methods introduced by the SITIP project are described: (1) active teaching; (2) mastery…
Descriptors: Action Research, Classroom Techniques, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation
Roberts, Jane M. E.; Kenney, Jane L. – 1984
The impact of the School Improvement Through Instructional Process (SITIP) program in Maryland schools was evaluated. The program encourages application of research on planned change to implement one or more of four instructional models: (1) Active Teaching--emphasis on direct instruction, review and discussion of homework, individually supervised…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Improvement Programs
Roberts, Jane M. E.; And Others – 1982
In 1980, the Maryland State Education Agency initiated a statewide effort, School Improvement Through Instructional Process (SITIP), to put into practice the results of research on classroom management and school effectiveness. SITIP was intended to provide training and technical support to all local education agencies (LEA's) during the adoption…
Descriptors: Action Research, Change Strategies, Classroom Techniques, Educational Improvement
