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Owan, Valentine Joseph; Emanghe, Emmanuel E.; Denwigwe, Chiaka P.; Etudor-Eyo, Eno; Usoro, Abosede A.; Ebuara, Victor O.; Effiong, Charles; Ogar, Joseph O.; Bassey, Bassey A. – Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, 2022
This study used a partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) to estimate curriculum management's direct and indirect effects on university graduate programmes' viability. The study also examined the role of institutional effectiveness in mediating the nexus between the predictor and response variables. This is a correlational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Graduate Study, Curriculum Evaluation
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Cheng, Eric C. K. – International Journal of Educational Management, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present a model to assist school leaders in managing the professional development activities of teachers. The model illustrates the important role of principals in promoting continuing professional development (CPD), chiefly by cultivating a collaborative learning culture and formulating policy.…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Faculty Development, Models, Professional Continuing Education
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Huang, Chung-Kai; Lin, Chun-Yu; Lin, Zih-Cin; Wang, Cui; Lin, Chia-Jung – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2017
Due to the competitive and fast-changing nature of external business environments, university students should acquire knowledge of how to cooperate, share knowledge, and enhance team effectiveness and individual learning in the future workplace. Consequently, the redesign of business courses in higher education merits more discussion. Based on the…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination, Educational Technology
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Hatch, Deryl K.; Bohlig, E. Michael – Research in Higher Education, 2016
The definition and description of student success programs in the literature (e.g., orientation, first-year seminars, learning communities, etc.) suggest underlying programmatic similarities. Yet researchers to date typically depend on ambiguous labels to delimit studies, resulting in loosely related but separate research lines and few…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Students, Classification, First Year Seminars
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Cunha, Pedro; Lourenço, Abílio; Paiva, Maria Olímpia; Monteiro, Ana Paula – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2017
This research aimed to construct and validate the School Conflict Negotiation Effectiveness Questionnaire (SCNEQ). This objective is both based on the increasing relevance of the area of constructive conflict management in schools and also in the scarcity of instruments that try to measure these dimensions in the educational context. We used two…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Foreign Countries, Correlation, Conflict Resolution
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Fives, Allyn – Reading Psychology, 2016
The current article examines what factors explained the success of a reading program delivered by older adult volunteers to at-risk early readers. The article also examines the direction of the relationship over time (both direct and mediated) between reading achievement, frequency of reading at home, and academic self-beliefs. Two hundred and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Programs, Program Effectiveness, Early Reading
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Kern, Ben D.; Graber, Kim C. – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2017
Program satisfaction, self-efficacy to change, and willingness to change, are dispositions that influence physical education teacher change. The study purpose was to validate an instrument measuring program satisfaction, self-efficacy to change, and willingness to change relative to teachers' likelihood to change. A 15-item Teacher Change…
Descriptors: Physical Education Teachers, Test Validity, Questionnaires, Self Efficacy
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Pitan, Oluyomi Susan; Atiku, Sulaiman Olusegun – South African Journal of Education, 2017
At a time of continuous economic uncertainty and a highly competitive labour market, it is crucial for undergraduates to be more pro-active about their future careers. This study investigates the structural influence of career guidance activities on university students' employability in Nigeria. Data was collected from 600 final-year…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Career Guidance, Guidance Programs, Questionnaires
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Natale, Ruby R.; Camejo, Stephanie T.; Asfour, Lila; Uhlhorn, Susan B.; Delamater, Alan; Messiah, Sarah E. – Journal of Early Intervention, 2017
An extensive body of research demonstrates a higher prevalence of obesity among children with developmental delays (DD) versus children without delays. This analysis examined the effectiveness of a randomized controlled trial to promote healthy weight in a subsample of preschool-age children with DD (n = 71) on the adoption of quality nutrition…
Descriptors: Developmental Delays, Preschool Children, Body Weight, Randomized Controlled Trials
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Aljughaiman, Abdullah M.; Ayoub, Alaa Eldin A. – Cogent Education, 2017
The study aimed at identifying specific giftedness patterns that teachers discriminate against, and for, when nominating gifted students and focused on the identification of implicit theories adopted by teachers on the topics of intelligence, giftedness, and creativity in light of their specialization and experience. The study examined the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Semitic Languages, Talent Identification, Summer Programs
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Díaz-Gibson, Jordi; Civís-Zaragoza, Mireia; Guàrdia-Olmos, Joan – School Leadership & Management, 2014
Educational partnerships with area-based approaches comprise an increasingly well-grounded and internationally extended strategy for equitable improvement. However, literature shows a lack of focused inquiry on the assessment of these educational collaborative programmes. This article aims to develop and validate an instrument to assess these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Partnerships in Education, Integrated Services, Program Evaluation
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Flowers, Susan K.; Beyer, Katherine M.; Pérez, Maria; Jeffe, Donna B. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2016
Research apprenticeships offer opportunities for deep understanding of scientific practice, transparency about research careers, and possible transformational effects on precollege youth. We examined two consecutive field-based environmental biology apprenticeship programs designed to deliver realistic career exploration and connections to…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Environmental Education, Biology, Field Instruction
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Marsiglia, Flavio F.; Williams, Lela Rankin; Ayers, Stephanie L.; Booth, Jaime M. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2014
Objectives: This article reports the effects of a culturally grounded parenting intervention to strengthen positive parenting practices. Method: The intervention was designed and tested with primarily Mexican origin parents in a large urban setting of the southwestern United States using an ecodevelopmental approach. Parents (N = 393) were…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Parents, Mexican Americans, Culturally Relevant Education
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McIntosh, Kent; Mercer, Sterett H.; Hume, Amanda E.; Frank, Jennifer L.; Turri, Mary G.; Mathews, Susanna – Exceptional Children, 2013
The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with sustainability of school-based interventions and the relative contributions of those factors to predicting sustained implementation of Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support (SWPBS). Participants were respondents from 217 schools across 14 U.S. states. Sustainability factors were…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Intervention, Sustainability, Factor Analysis
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Clinton, Janet – American Journal of Evaluation, 2014
There is a growing call for evaluation capacity building (ECB); although the area currently lacks a rich research base, there are few robust methods and practice through which to define it. The argument in this article is that the impact of evaluation is mediated by program stakeholders' engagement in evaluation activities. This mediation provides…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Capacity Building, Stakeholders, Participation
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