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Reflective Practice: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. The CEET Faculty Development Program on Teaching and Learning. Second Edition: 2009 College Portfolio. Volumes I-IV
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Scarborough, Jule Dee – Online Submission, 2009
"2009 Portfolio: The Second Edition of the College of Engineering's Portfolio" presents the 2009 Faculty Development Program on Teaching & Learning (TL) new content, modified models, new process and procedures, especially the new Instructional Analysis and Design Process Map, new PowerPoint presentations, modified teaching and…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Portfolios (Background Materials), Research and Development, Program Content
Diagnostic Value Resulting from the IRT Modeling of IGAP Reading Data: Using A Graded Response Model To Retrieve and Utilize More Information.
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Evans, John Andrew; Ackerman, Terry – 1994
The strengths of item-response theory (IRT) are used to examine the degree of information individual test items provide, as well as to investigate how the individual item types contribute to the overall measurement accuracy of the Illinois Goal Assessment Program (IGAP) reading test. Using the graded-response model of Samejima (1969), the amount…
Descriptors: Ability, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Assessing the Needs of Adult Learners: Methods and Models. Marketing Studies Series, Vol. I.
Johnson, Lynn G., Ed. – 1980
This volume deals specifically with needs assessment as a systematic effort to understand the educational needs and interests of adults. It is introduced by Lynn G. Johnson, who provides an overview of resources and issues in needs assessment and summarizes briefly the papers which follow. In Part 1, K. Patricia Cross describes the kinds of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Adults, Annotated Bibliographies
Calculating Transfer Rates: Examining Two National Models in Illinois.
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Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1994
Two predominant methodologies for calculating community college student transfer rates have emerged nationally. The Center for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) has developed a methodology for tracking an entering student cohort, while the National Effectiveness Transfer Consortium (NETC) tracks an exiting student cohort. A study was…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, College Outcomes Assessment, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Using Qualitative Evaluation Methods to Identify Exemplary Practices in Early Childhood Education.
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DeStefano, Lizanne; And Others – Early Education and Development, 1992
Describes an alternative method for identifying exemplary practices in early childhood education programs. In this approach, parents and practitioners identify exemplary practices after coming to know the practices and the context in which they operate through observation, interview, and document review. Discusses methodological issues raised by…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods
Reemployment Bonuses in the Unemployment Insurance System: Evidence from Three Field Experiments.
Robins, Philip K., Ed.; Spiegelman, Robert G., Ed. – 2001
This book contains eight papers examining the evidence from three field experiences in Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Washington that were conducted to identify the impact of reemployment bonuses on the following indicators characterizing the unemployment insurance (UI) program: weeks of UI receipt during the benefit year; dollars of UI received…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Definitions
State Enterprise Zone Programs: Have They Worked?
Peters, Alan H.; Fisher, Peter S. – 2002
The effectiveness of state enterprise zone programs was examined by using a hypothetical-firm model called the Tax and Incentives Model-Enterprise Zones (TAIM-ez) model to analyze the value of enterprise zone incentives to businesses across the United States and especially in the 13 states that had substantial enterprise zone programs by 1990. The…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Corporations, Cost Effectiveness, Definitions