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Zachary R. Dane – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this Action Research study was to understand and enhance the perceived efficacy of micro-credentialing and digital badging for K-12 educators within a large urban school district. Cycle 1 of this research engaged over 150 educators and included 14 semi-structured interviews, seeking to identify the primary reasons for engaging…
Descriptors: Microcredentials, Recognition (Achievement), Program Evaluation, Elementary School Teachers
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Camou-Guerrero, Andrés; Rodríguez Sánchez, Armando; Ruiz-Mallén, Isabel; Estrada-Torres, Arturo; Martínez Gómez, Margarita – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2021
This article analyzes the knowledge and attitudes of high school students regarding the temperate mountain forest of La Malinche National Park, Tlaxcala, Mexico, before and after the implementation of the science communication program called "Los Tesoros de La Malinche" (The Treasures of La Malinche). The assessment included drawings,…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Communication Strategies, Science Education, Foreign Countries
Reyna, Ryan – Council of Chief State School Officers, 2018
Developing and releasing a user-friendly school report card site is a process for ongoing engagement and improvement. This report describes the continuous improvement efforts of three states--Georgia, Illinois, and Virginia--to make their school and district report cards more user-friendly. The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) has…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Achievement Rating, Accountability
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Bouse, Jim – College and University, 2016
Relationships are key to the success of everything higher education hopes to accomplish, from recruiting the next class to retaining them, guiding them to graduation, creating successful alumni, and fostering satisfied donors. Creation of those relationships can be engaged and facilitated by the technology, communications tools, and ideas…
Descriptors: Enrollment Management, Strategic Planning, Public Relations, Mass Media Use
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Dennis, Matt; Masthoff, Judith; Mellish, Chris – International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2016
As feedback is an important part of learning and motivation, we investigate how to adapt the feedback of a conversational agent to learner personality (as well as to learner performance, as we expect an interaction effect between personality and performance on feedback). We investigate two aspects of feedback. Firstly, we investigate whether the…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Personality Traits, Academic Achievement, Literary Styles
Norman, Alexis Cienfuegos – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this study was to understand the decisions elementary principals have made during the Common Core State Standards reform. Specifically, (a) what decisions principals have made to support Common Core implementation, (b) what strategies elementary principals have employed to communicate with stakeholders about Common Core State…
Descriptors: Principals, Elementary Schools, Common Core State Standards, Administrator Role
Vandivere, Sharon; Malm, Karin – Child Trends, 2015
One factor that may facilitate a successful reunification of children in foster care with their parents--or failing that, provide an alternate route to permanency through adoption or guardianship--is children's connections with extended family. However, because foster care frequently disrupts social connections, practitioners may need to take…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Barriers, Family Relationship, Child Welfare
Vandivere, Sharon; Malm, Karin – Child Trends, 2015
This document was produced by the authors based on their research for the report, "Family Finding Evaluations: A Summary of Recent Findings. Publication #2015-01," and is an added resource for further information. The report reviews the results from 13 evaluations of Family Finding. The Family Finding model provides child welfare…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Barriers, Family Relationship, Child Welfare
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Sass, Margaret S.; Coll, Ken – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
This study discusses the implementation of a service learning component in community college communication 101 level courses. Through the execution of a service learning component in communication classes at a community college, students' communicative competency and attitude toward community service is assessed. Using two different delivery…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Students, Service Learning, Curriculum Implementation
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Orellana, Lorena M.; Martínez-Sanchis, Sonia; Silvestre, Francisco J. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
The specific neuropsychological and sensory profile found in persons with autism spectrum disorders complicate dental procedures and as a result of this, most are treated under general anesthesia or unnecessary sedation. The main goal of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a short treatment and education of autistic and related…
Descriptors: Training Methods, Adults, Children, Autism
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Maresh-Fuehrer, Michelle M. – Communication Teacher, 2015
The purpose of this study was to revisit Coombs' suggestions for teaching the crisis communication course using service-learning as a framework. The author sought to assess the effectiveness of using this method in terms of the benefits to both students and the partnering organization and students' perceptions of whether they met the learning…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Communication Skills, Communication Strategies, Teaching Methods
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Chung, Yun-Ching; Douglas, Karen H. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2014
Students who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) represent a heterogonous group with complex communication needs. AAC--including aided communication means (e.g., pictures, devices) and unaided (e.g., signs, gestures)--is often used to support students who have difficulties with speech production, language comprehension, and…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Assistive Technology, Student Needs
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Rouchouse, Marine; Faysse, Nicolas; De Romemont, Aurelle; Moumouni, Ismail; Faure, Guy – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2015
Purpose: Approaches to build farmers' analytical capacities are said to trigger wide-ranging changes. This article reports on the communication process between participants and non-participants in one such approach, related to the technical and management skills learned by participants and the changes these participants subsequently made, and the…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Farm Management, Social Change, Management Development
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Koegel, Robert L.; Bradshaw, Jessica L.; Ashbaugh, Kristen; Koegel, Lynn Kern – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
Social initiations make up a core deficit for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In particular, initiated questions during social interactions are often minimal or absent in this population. In the context of a multiple baseline design, the efficacy of using the motivational procedures of Pivotal Response Treatment to increase social…
Descriptors: Questioning Techniques, Young Children, Autism, Communication Skills
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Hamshire, Claire; Cullen, W. Rod – International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 2014
The transition to higher education can be problematic for some students as they adapt to institutional procedures and degree level working at the same time as developing new social networks. To help facilitate these complex transitions institutions are increasingly turning towards digital technologies to provide both flexible access to resources…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Higher Education, Student Adjustment
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