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Lima Fogaca, Janaina; Lee, Saemi; Joseph, Courtney; Clifford, Dawn E.; Papini, Natalie; Lee, Jonathan S. – Health Education Journal, 2023
Introduction: Peer-led health coaching is a realistic and sustainable way to support health behaviour change on university campuses. Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an effective framework to guide behaviour change conversations in peer health coaching sessions. However, research on the perceptions of peer coaches who provide health coaching…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Health Promotion, Motivation Techniques, Phenomenology
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John Bowser; Amy Bellmore; Jim Larson – International Journal of Bullying Prevention, 2020
The Wisconsin School Violence and Bullying Prevention Study, funded by the National Institutes of Justice (NIJ), was a two-year case-control study in 24 Wisconsin middle schools (11 experimental; 13 control) seeking to understand the impact of a comprehensive bullying prevention program on bullying victimization rates. Participating schools'…
Descriptors: Prevention, Bullying, Middle School Students, Program Evaluation
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Stavridis, Pavlos; Papadopoulou, Vasiliki – Educational Process: International Journal, 2022
Background/purpose: Teaching practice is an essential and integral part of preservice teacher training. In this study, we investigated its role in guiding and supporting student work, and whether or not it contributed to their successful completion of a teacher education program. Materials/methods: Evaluation was conducted by preservice teachers,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Foreign Countries
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Adams, Cindy L.; Brinthaupt, Thomas M. – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2019
Because funding for many higher education institutions is based on student persistence and graduation rates, and because competition for online student enrollments is fierce among public and private institutions, quality and competitiveness in online course development, instruction, and administration is imperative. Additionally, because distance…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Higher Education, Educational Finance, Consortia
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Kaplan, Carolyn Shemwell; Brownstein, Erica M.; Graham-Day, Kristall J. – SAGE Open, 2017
The Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) Standards requires educator preparation programs (EPPs) to ensure instruments used to assess their candidates are both valid and reliable. Due to size and limited financial resources, this task may be challenging for some EPPs. In an effort to address CAEP's expectations, 26 EPPs in…
Descriptors: Institutional Cooperation, Accreditation (Institutions), Standards, Teacher Education Programs
Auspos, Patricia – Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2017
An integrated data system (IDS) that links information from separate administrative data systems offers policymakers, program administrators and researchers a powerful tool to analyze interactive effects across systems and make more informed decisions to improve outcomes for vulnerable families. This case study discusses how two states (Washington…
Descriptors: Data Use, Child Welfare, Foster Care, Family Programs
Spencer, Mary Louise – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This study was an evaluation of the career services component of TRIO Student Support Services at a Midwestern university. The problem in the local setting was the absence of empirical evidence demonstrating compliance of TRIO career services with the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) Professional Standards for College and…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Student Personnel Services, College Students, Qualitative Research
Simpson, Terri Ann Land – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The Partnership for Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) and the National Governor's Association formed a coalition to present common standards for all grade levels across all states (PARCC, 2012). Louisiana was one of the initial state participants who agreed to create a specific timeline for implementation. The purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Implementation, Common Core State Standards, Fidelity
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Chen, Ken-Zen; Lowenthal, Patrick R.; Bauer, Christine; Heaps, Allan; Nielsen, Crystal – Online Learning, 2017
Institutions of higher education are struggling to meet the growing demand for online courses and programs, partly because many faculty lack experience teaching online. The eCampus Quality Instruction Program (eQIP) is an online faculty development program developed to train faculty to design and teach fully online courses. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Development, Online Courses, Case Studies
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Zeller-Berkman, Sarah; Muñoz-Proto, Carolina; Torre, María Elena – Afterschool Matters, 2015
Across the U.S., youth development approaches are being tested in out-of-school time programs as a strategy to combat the growing opportunity gap between privileged and underprivileged youth (Gardner, Roth, & Brooks-Gunn, 2009). Along with increased recognition of the value of youth development programming has come increased financial support…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Participatory Research, Action Research, Community Organizations
Boktor, Hanna – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Many universities have instituted global education programs to prepare their students for the demands of living in a global society; yet, little information exists about the effectiveness of these programs from the participants' perspectives. At the local level, a liberal arts university has not undertaken an assessment of its global learning…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Core Curriculum, Global Education
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Priest, Kerry L.; Donley, Sarah – Journal of Leadership Education, 2014
This application brief describes the exploratory assessment of a mentoring program between current students and alumni of a leadership studies minor program. We connect leadership education research and practice in two ways: first, we describe a process of qualitative program evaluation to inform program best practices and improvement. In doing…
Descriptors: Alumni, Mentors, Leadership Training, Qualitative Research
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Yap, Christine; Ryan, Suzanne; Yong, Jackie – Accounting Education, 2014
Aligning curricula and assessment with the skills required by employers and, more recently, government standards is easier said than done. Through detailing a case study in failure to incorporate required graduate attributes into a postgraduate accounting programme, we explore the tensions among competing interests within Australian universities…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accounting, Alignment (Education), Commercialization
Shugerman, Susan Robin – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Closing the achievement gap has been a national conversation for several decades and a priority for educators and researchers. By looking closely at one school which is showing exceptional success with closing the achievement gap for low income students and English language learners, this study seeks to understand how school personnel and parents…
Descriptors: Case Studies, After School Programs, Achievement Gap, Effective Schools Research
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O'Neill, Marnie – Higher Education Studies, 2012
This case study of a Doctor of Education program in a transnational setting is contextualized in Australian national policies for international higher education and influences of regionalization and globalization. The doctorate was designed to meet aspirations of professional practitioners in Australia and South East Asia where the School had…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Doctoral Programs, Professional Education, Partnerships in Education
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