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Allen, Patricia J.; Brown, Zoe; Noam, Gil G. – International Journal for Research on Extended Education, 2020
An innovative system-building initiative known as the STEM Learning Ecosystems Community of Practice (SLECoP) is transforming U.S. STEM education through cross-sector partnerships between schools, afterschool and summer programs, libraries, museums, and businesses, among others. Although logic models exist to describe how SLEs can make positive…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Learning Processes, Ecology, Communities of Practice
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Peurach, Donald J.; Glazer, Joshua L.; Winchell Lenhoff, Sarah – Educational Policy, 2016
The national education reform agenda has rapidly expanded to include attention to continuous improvement research in education. The purpose of this analysis is to propose a new approach to "developmental evaluation" aimed at building a foundation for continuous improvement in large-scale school improvement networks, on the argument that…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Educational Improvement, Networks, Network Analysis
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Tremblay, Marie-Claude; Richard, Lucie; Brousselle, Astrid; Chiocchio, François; Beaudet, Nicole – Studies in Continuing Education, 2017
The health promotion laboratory (HPL-Canada) is a public health professional development program building on a collaborative learning approach in order to support long-term practice change in local health services teams. This study aims to analyse the collaborative learning processes of two teams involved in the program during the first year of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Health, Professional Development, Cooperative Learning
Phillips, Rob; McNaught, Carmel; Kennedy, Gregor – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
How can the average educator who teaches online, without experience in evaluating emerging technologies, build on what is successful and modify what is not? Written for educators who feel ill-prepared when required to evaluate e-learning initiatives, "Evaluating e-Learning" offers step-by-step guidance for conducting an evaluation plan of…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Educational Research, Online Courses, Web Based Instruction
Song, Youngsook – Online Submission, 2004
This study examines key theoretical principles of learning-oriented evaluation for HRD programs. Practical guidelines for the implementation of learning-oriented evaluation are also developed based on the related literature. This study suggests that evaluation should be a learning process in which information and knowledge are socially constructed…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Labor Force Development, Human Resources, Program Evaluation
Wight, Albert R.; Doxsey, James R. – 1972
General concerns and considerations regarding measurement in affective education, primarily, measurement to support the student in his learning program and the teacher as a facilitator of learning, are explored. The following topics are discussed: (1) Accountability (of the schools for achievement of affective goals of education), (2) Purpose of…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Data Collection, Learning Processes, Measurement Instruments
Isserlis, Janet – TESL Talk, 1990
Describes an action research project on English-as-a-Second-Language literacy evaluation and assessment and presents an evaluation grid as one means of quantifying qualitative information through attentive listening and observation. The grid provides a tangible piece of a holistic approach to practitioner-based research into how learners learn and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Data Collection, Educational Assessment, English (Second Language)
Gilbaugh, John W. – Thrust for Educational Leadership, 1977
In terms of group averages, growth in achievement by an experimental class was 8.56 (856 percent) greater than the growth generated by the control group in a teaching strategy experiment conducted at San Jose State University. Details of the ORPA (Organization, Research, Presentation, Accountability) Teaching Strategy versus the…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Experimental Teaching, Learning Processes, Lecture Method
Lanning, Frank W. – Illinois School Research, 1976
Compares academic results of teaching an experimental class of sophomores using a methodology of dyadic mode learning with a control class of sophomores and examines the potential uses and characteristics of the group relationships in dyadic mode learning for university level work in a full semester's courses. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Control Groups, Educational Research, Experimental Groups, Learning Experience
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Moore, J. William; And Others – Journal of Experimental Education, 1975
While a previous study has shown that requiring a criterion of mastery in a hierarchically related discipline, i.e., Physics, leads to improved transfer, it is not known whether a greater knowledge of prerequisites in a less hierarchically related discipline, i.e., Religion, leads to improved transfer. Article investigated the differences in…
Descriptors: Continuous Progress Plan, Educational Objectives, Educational Research, Learning Processes
DeBolt, Susan – 1972
This study was initiated in order to assess the effectiveness of an innovative social studies curriculum, "Man: A Course of Study" (MACOS). The introduction presents an overview of MACOS, the major hypotheses tested, and the design and function of the observation instrument. Chapter 2 reviews the literature on MACOS, emphasizing the…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Data Analysis, Educational Innovation, Educational Research
Gorman, Anna M.; Manning, Doris E. – 1971
A total of 168 research studies, published since 1962 and using data collection instruments suitable for home economics research, were selected through a computer search of Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) publications and a manual search of non-ERIC publications. Entries are organized according to these categories: (1) Manpower…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Curriculum Development, Data Collection, Educational Administration
Cranton, Patricia – 2000
This book integrates what is known about how adults learn and the principles of instructional design into a practical, yet theoretically based guide for planning instruction. The following are among the specific topics discussed: (1) the theoretical framework of instructional design in adult education (lifelong and experiential learning;…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students