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Arevalillo-Herráez, Miguel – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2014
Cooperative work is an effective strategy when team members are kept motivated and collaborate towards the achievement of a common goal. However, social loafing may significantly reduce educational gains. In this article, we analyse whether assessment-based reactive strategies that exploit existing emotional relationships between the team members…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Group Dynamics, Teamwork, Hypothesis Testing
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Caldecott, Marion; Emmioglu, Esma – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2017
Team-based learning (TBL) has been shown to improve many aspects of student learning, but no previous research has systematically examined the effects of group exams on English as an Additional Language (EAL) students in university classrooms. This study is a small-scale action research examining the role of students' English language status in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, English Language Learners, Second Language Learning
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Alnasser, Suliman Mohammed Nasser – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2018
Review of literature suggests that issues in English language policies (ELPs) in higher education foreign language department levels have not been addressed, and the relationship between beliefs about general notions of ELPs and gender has been disregarded. The current study investigates gender-related differences in beliefs on five main notions…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Beliefs, English (Second Language), Educational Policy
Bassok, Daphna; Dee, Thomas S.; Latham, Scott – Stanford Center for Education Policy Analysis, 2017
In an effort to enhance the quality of early childhood education (ECE) at scale, nearly all U.S. states have recently adopted Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS). These accountability systems give providers and parents information on program quality and create both reputational and financial incentives for program improvement. However,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Early Childhood Education, Quality Control, Program Effectiveness
Okunnu, Folakemi O. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the leadership behavior of principals and selected academic and non-academic institutional factors. The purpose was also to examine the predictability of principals' leadership behaviors using selected academic and non-academic institutional factors. More specifically, this study is…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Principals, Predictor Variables, Accountability
Blazar, David; Pollard, Cynthia – Educational Researcher, 2017
Critics of test-based accountability warn that test preparation has a negative influence on teachers' instruction due to a focus on procedural skills. Others advocate that the adoption of more rigorous assessments may be a way to incentivize more ambitious test preparation instruction. Drawing on classroom observations and teacher surveys, we do…
Descriptors: Test Preparation, Educational Quality, Accountability, Teacher Effectiveness
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Milliman, Scott – Journal of School Choice, 2016
Many policy analysts favor holding deficient public schools accountable: Either they should improve or else close. Hypotheses are developed which explore how school type (district, charter) and enrollment size influence these two accountability outcomes for deficient Arizona elementary campuses operating under two educational oversight regimes: No…
Descriptors: School Choice, Charter Schools, Enrollment, School Size
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Pit-ten Cate, Ineke M.; Krolak-Schwerdt, Sabine; Glock, Sabine – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2016
Bias in teachers' judgment formation and decision making has long been acknowledged. More specifically, studies have repeatedly demonstrated discrepancies between teacher ratings of minority and majority students with similar academic profiles. Studies have also demonstrated that increasing accountability reduced bias. Little is known, however,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Bias, Decision Making, Minority Group Students
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Alzahrani, Asma N.; Brigham, Frederick J. – International Journal of Special Education, 2017
The purpose of this study was to provide information about the effectiveness of the autism spectrum disorders (ASD) preparation program of Saudi universities from the perceptions of pre-service teachers that are currently studying in autism program. It was also to provide information about the number of Saudi universities that offer personal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation, Special Education, Special Education Teachers
Hoh, Thomas John – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Wisconsin school district superintendents faced with the need to fund capital improvement projects through a school finance bond referendum need support. Information regarding the factors related to a successful referendum in Wisconsin is limited. This mixed methods study examined the factors associated with successful bond referenda in Wisconsin…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Finance, Bond Issues, Voting
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Jyoti, Jeevan; Bhau, Sonia – International Journal of Educational Management, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the multi-layer effect of transformational leadership (TL) on employee-related outcomes, i.e. relational identification (RI) and satisfaction with leader (SWL). Further, role of leader member exchange (LMX) and the association period in between TL and RI as well as SWL shall also be examined. So,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Transformational Leadership, Higher Education, Outcomes of Education
Domina, Thurston; Hanselman, Paul; Hwang, NaYoung; McEachin, Andrew – Grantee Submission, 2016
Between 2003 and 2013, the proportion of California 8th graders enrolled in Algebra or a more advanced course nearly doubled to 65 percent. In this paper, we consider the organizational processes that accompanied this curricular intensification. Facing a complex set of accountability, institutional, technical/functional, and internal political…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Track System (Education), Student Placement, Mathematics
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von der Embse, Nathaniel P.; Sandilos, Lia E.; Pendergast, Laura; Mankin, Ariel – Grantee Submission, 2016
Educator stress has been linked to decreased job satisfaction, negative instructional practices, and poor student outcomes. However, it is unknown whether educators with high teaching efficacy may better cope with the test stress. As such, the primary purpose of the present investigation was to examine the complex relationship between teacher…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Teaching Conditions, Self Efficacy, Job Satisfaction
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Pietarinen, Janne; Pyhältö, Kirsi; Soini, Tiina – Curriculum Journal, 2017
The study aims to gain a better understanding of the national large-scale curriculum process in terms of the used implementation strategies, the function of the reform, and the curriculum coherence perceived by the stakeholders accountable in constructing the national core curriculum in Finland. A large body of school reform literature has shown…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Curriculum Implementation, Educational Strategies
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Chitpin, Stephanie – Open Review of Educational Research, 2016
Leadership is a highly complex activity, as leaders respond to increasing diversity and external accountability. Additionally, there is increased recognition that leadership is deeply contextual, sensitive to macro-politics of systems and micro-politics of individual schools. In Ontario, Canada, the school improvement effort is focused on raising…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Improvement, Educational Theories, Principals
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