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Doherty, Gillian; Ferguson, Tammy McCormick; Ressler, Glory; Lomotey, Jonathan – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2015
Although considerable evidence confirms that a director with good leadership and administrative skills is vital for developing and sustaining a high quality child care program, many directors assume the role with little management experience or training. This paper reports on a training program in Canada that combined a formal curriculum to…
Descriptors: Child Care, Mentors, Educational Quality, Collegiality
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Stoeger, Heidrun; Ziegler, Albert – Metacognition and Learning, 2008
A study on classroom based training of self-regulated learning was conducted with fourth grade pupils attending German public schools. The participating classes were assigned randomly to either a training group or a control group. The pupils in the training group received 5 weeks of training, as depicted by Zimmerman, Bonner, & Kovach…
Descriptors: Matched Groups, Homework, Self Efficacy, Time Management
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Truesdale-Kennedy, Maria; McConkey, Roy; Ferguson, Pauline; Roberts, Paul – Child Care in Practice, 2006
Services for families caring for a child with a learning disability are changing to become more family-centred, focusing not only on the child's needs but on those of the whole family. An evaluation of a newly developed Families Project in one Health and Social Service Trust area in Northern Ireland aimed to identify the impact on parents and ways…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Parent Education, Foreign Countries, Social Services
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Smith, Nicholas; Monk, Martin – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2005
This paper reports a survey of the progress of participants in a year in industry scheme for A' level graduates in the UK typically aged 18/19. The scheme involves spending a supervised year in industry prior to a degree programme in engineering. The evidence shows that the year in industry: has a beneficial effect on the degree classification of…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Engineering, Field Experience Programs, Experiential Learning
Rudd, Peter; Wade, Pauline – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2006
In 2005-6 a team from the NFER carried out an evaluation of the implementation of Renaissance Learning mathematics and reading programs in selected Specialist (secondary) and feeder (primary) schools in London. The research involved matching schools implementing the programs (14 "treatment" schools) with 7 similar schools where the…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Research Reports, Educational Research, Research and Development Centers