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Schumaker, Jean B. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2022
The purpose of this article is to describe a 40+ year journey during which researchers have endeavored to design and evaluate an integrated, empirically based reading intervention for secondary students and to chronicle the lessons learned as well as suggest future directions for this type of work. Initial development of the intervention began in…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Program Development, Reading Instruction, Educational Development
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Dubey, Amlendu; Mehndiratta, Amit; Sagar, Mahim; Kashiramka, Smita – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2019
In this paper, we identify factors which improve the quality of technical education using the data from World Bank's Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) in India. We evaluate the success of TEQIP in improving the quality of technical education in the country. Our findings show significant impact of this intervention on the…
Descriptors: International Organizations, Banking, Technical Education, Economic Development
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Wheeler, Lindsay B.; Bach, Dorothe – International Journal for Academic Development, 2021
This study explored three US educational development (ED) programs: a weeklong course design institute, a new faculty learning community (NFLC), and a STEM learning community (STEM-LC). We compared observed instruction and student achievement for 239 STEM undergraduate courses taught by instructors who had or had not engaged in ED. Courses taught…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Evaluation, Faculty Development, STEM Education
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Smith, Thomas M. – Teachers College Record, 2016
There has been a proliferation of high school reform models and interventions over the past few decades aimed at improving the nation's high schools, including increasing graduation requirements, introducing technology to classrooms, grouping ninth-grade students into their own "academies," reorienting the curriculum toward particular…
Descriptors: High Schools, Educational Change, Educational Development, Program Design
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Jeevanath Devkota; Devid Kumar Basyal – International Education Studies, 2024
The deficiency in providing quality education is a significant challenge across many developing nations. This study examines the connection between the education system and the level of socioeconomic issues in the context of Nepal. The main argument is that Nepal's gender-related issues, the training gap among its populace concerning…
Descriptors: Intervention, Social Change, Economic Development, Foreign Countries
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Asada, Yuka; Lieberman, Lisa D.; Neubauer, Leah C.; Hanneke, Rosie; Fagen, Michael C. – Health Education & Behavior, 2018
Structural change approaches--also known as policy and environmental changes--are becoming increasingly common in health promotion, yet our understanding of how to evaluate them is still limited. An exploratory scoping review of the literature was conducted to understand approaches and methods used to evaluate structural change interventions in…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Literature Reviews, Public Health, Intervention
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Pant, Hema – Asian Journal of Distance Education, 2019
The North East Region of the country is unique due to its socio-cultural features, geopolitical factors, and abundant untapped natural resources. However, despite being endowed with such uniqueness, the region remains underdeveloped, backward and alienated from the mainland. Since its inception, Indira Gandhi National Open University registered…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Foreign Countries, Geographic Regions, Developing Nations
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van Schalkwyk, Susan; Cilliers, Francois; Adendorff, Hanelie; Cattell, Karin; Herman, Nicoline – International Journal for Academic Development, 2013
This article foregrounds the iterative journey of a group of educational development (ED) practitioners at a research-led university towards an enhanced understanding of the ED opportunities we offer. Reflecting on the intention of our interventions to facilitate academics' professional learning, we developed a framework within which the range of…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Professional Development, Intervention, Foreign Countries
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Buica, Cristian B. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2018
Sense International Romania (SIR) was established in 2001 as a local branch of Sense International UK. Until 1999, little has been done for children with dual sensory loss or multiple sensory impairments. Ms. Cristiana Salomie, the director of SIR, and Dr. Cristian B. Buica describe how things have been changing since then, highlighting SIR's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Deaf Blind, Children, Sensory Training
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Jenson, Jeffrey M. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2014
Intervention research is an important, yet often neglected, focus of social work scholars and investigators. The purpose of this article is to review significant milestones and recent advances in intervention research. Methodological and analytical developments in intervention research are discussed in the context of science and social work.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Social Work, Social Science Research, Research Methodology
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Walsh, Mary E.; Backe, Sarah – Peabody Journal of Education, 2013
Universities and schools have a long history of partnering with one another to achieve a range of educational goals in America's schools. For many years, the needs of the universities were the primary impetus for partnership. Universities needed practicum sites for student teachers and other educational professionals, as well as participants…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, College School Cooperation, Reflection, Educational Opportunities
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Semela, Tesfaye – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2014
The purpose of this article is to provide a more comprehensive picture of teacher preparation in Ethiopia on top of a closer scrutiny of current teacher education reforms. In particular, it presents teacher education within the context of policy implementation over the last six decades by highlighting key reforms and how these reforms impacted the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Change, Educational Policy
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Solberg, V. Scott; Phelps, L. Allen; Haakenson, Kristin A.; Durham, Julie F.; Timmons, Joe – Journal of Career Development, 2012
Individualized learning plans (ILPs) are being implemented in high schools throughout the United States as strategic planning tools that help students align course plans with career aspirations and often include the development of postsecondary plans. Initial indications are that ILPs may be an important method for helping students achieve both…
Descriptors: Intervention, Teaching Methods, Career Counseling, Strategic Planning
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Rothwell, David W.; Lach, Lucyana; Blumenthal, Anne; Akesson, Bree – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2015
The first social work doctoral program in Canada began in 1952. Relatively recently, the number of programs has grown rapidly, doubling in the past 10 years to 14 programs. Despite the expansion there is no systematic understanding of the patterns and trends in doctoral research. In this study we review 248 publicly available dissertations from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Dissertations, Social Work, Educational Practices
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Roesken-Winter, Bettina; Hoyles, Celia; Blömeke, Sigrid – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2015
In this survey paper we approach the challenge of scaling CPD from four perspectives. First, we elaborate on crucial aspects of teacher learning and what taking the learning of these crucial aspects entails. Second, we focus on different CPD frameworks to showcase developments in CPD research and practice over the last 40 years and the influences…
Descriptors: Evidence, Sustainability, Intervention, Educational Development
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