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An Exploratory Product Evaluation of the Manchester Motor Skills Programme
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Lodal, Katherine; Bond, Caroline – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2017
This study is an exploratory product evaluation of the Manchester Motor Skills Programme (MMSP). A mixed methodology was used to explore intended, unintended, positive and negative outcomes for four Key Stage 2 (KS2) children with motor skills difficulties who participated in the MMSP. The children's motor skills, social skills and self-esteem…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Program Evaluation, Mixed Methods Research, Program Effectiveness
Teacher Candidates' Opinions on Erasmus Student Exchange Program
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Unlu, Ihsan – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2015
This study contains teacher candidates' opinions who spent a portion of their educational career abroad as participants in the Erasmus Program regarding the academic, cultural, and personal gains of the program. Using the Quantitative Research Method, this study focuses on phenomena that researchers are aware of, but on which they do not have…
Descriptors: Student Exchange Programs, Student Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Opinions
An Expert Performance Approach to the Study of Individual Differences in Self-Regulated Learning Activities in Upper-Level College Students
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Nandagopal, Kiruthiga; Ericsson, K. Anders – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
One of the hallmarks of adolescent and adult development of expert performance is its self regulation. This paper reviews different approaches to assessing the use of self-regulated learning (SRL) strategies in high-school and college students and their ability to predict academic performance. The current study assesses the use of SRL strategies…
Descriptors: Adult Development, College Students, Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement
Assessment of Early Childcare Programs in Jordan
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Al-Omari, Aieman A.; Ihmeideh, Fathi M.; Al-Dababneh, Khouloud A. – Early Education and Development, 2011
Research Findings: Forty-five child caregivers and 120 parents participated in this study to examine perceptions of childcare programs in Jordan. The researchers developed a questionnaire that consisted of 6 dimensions: health, education, parent-caregiver relationship, facilities, building/landscape, and playground. Moreover, interviews with 10…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Care, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Evaluation
E-Learning in Context: An Assessment of Student Inequalities in a University Outreach Program
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Crawford, Nicole; McKenzie, Lara – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
E-learning technologies are often seen as a driving force in the democratisation of contemporary education. However, few researchers have focused on inequalities in online learners' access to technologies or their abilities to use them. In 2009, we assessed The University of Western Australia's "SmARTS" outreach program, investigating…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Outreach Programs, Web Based Instruction, Online Courses
Data Tables for FACES 2006: A Second Year in Head Start Report. ACF-OPRE Report
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Moiduddin, Emily; Aikens, Nikki; Tarullo, Louisa; West, Jerry – Administration for Children & Families, 2010
The Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) was first launched in 1997 as a periodic longitudinal study of program performance. Successive nationally representative samples of Head Start children, their families, classrooms, and programs provide descriptive information on the population served; staff qualifications, credentials,…
Descriptors: Family Life, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness