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Labban, Jeffrey D.; Etnier, Jennifer L. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2011
In this study, we tested the effect of acute exercise on long-term memory, specifically the timing of exercise relative to the memory challenge. We assessed memory via paragraph recall, in which participants listened to two paragraphs (exposure) and recounted them following a 35-min delay. Participants (n = 48) were randomly assigned to one of…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Exercise Physiology, Long Term Memory, Sport Psychology
Paeplow, Colleen – Wake County Public School System, 2011
In 2010-11, Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) was in district-wide improvement as a result of failing to meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in mathematics at the district level for the second consecutive year. This report examines student outcomes in 2010-11 as well as overall teacher outcomes and longitudinal results for schools targeted…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Improvement, Improvement Programs, Program Effectiveness
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Shattuck, Dominick; Corbell, Kristen A.; Osbourne, Jason W.; Knezek, Gerald; Christensen, Rhonda; Grable, Lisa Leonor – Computers in the Schools, 2011
In this article the authors present a confirmatory factor analysis of the Teachers' Attitudes Toward Computers (TAC) and the Teachers' Attitudes Toward Information Technology (TAT) scales by Christensen and Knezek (1996, 1998) using large samples from three states. The TAC was reduced from 98 items and nine factors to 35 items and eight factors,…
Descriptors: Computer Attitudes, Information Technology, Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education
Corn, Jenifer; Tingen, Jennifer; Argueta, Rodolfo; Patel, Ruchi; Stanhope, Daniel – Online Submission, 2010
Laptops have been shown to improve 21st century skills such as life and career skills, learning and innovation skills, and group collaboration, but how does this ever-present technology affect the thinking of today's "screenager"? Through an analysis of focus groups and surveys with students in 1:1 initiatives across North Carolina,…
Descriptors: High Schools, Focus Groups, Laptop Computers, Educational Technology
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Rouse, William A., Jr. – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2008
The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, founded in 1987, serves as a clearinghouse for National Board Teacher Certification whereby individuals must demonstrate competence and professional teaching excellence through a two-part process. Accordingly, this particular advanced level of teacher certification has perpetuated the…
Descriptors: National Standards, Teacher Certification, Professional Associations, Accreditation (Institutions)