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Rethinking Models of Professional Learning as Tools: A Conceptual Analysis to Inform Research and Practice
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Boylan, Mark; Coldwell, Mike; Maxwell, Bronwen; Jordan, Julie – Professional Development in Education, 2018
One approach to designing, researching or evaluating professional learning experiences is to use models of learning processes. Here we analyse and critique five significant contemporary analytical models: three variations on path models, proposed by Guskey, by Desimone and by Clarke and Hollingsworth; a model using a systemic conceptualisation of…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Learning Processes, Models, Path Analysis
Evaluating the Implementation of a School-Based Emotional Well-Being Programme: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of Zippy's Friends for Children in Disadvantaged Primary Schools
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Clarke, Aleisha M.; Bunting, Brendan; Barry, Margaret M. – Health Education Research, 2014
Schools are recognized as one of the most important settings for promoting social and emotional well-being among children and adolescents. This clustered randomized controlled trial evaluated Zippy's Friends, an international school-based emotional well-being programme, with 766 children from designated disadvantaged schools. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Well Being, Disadvantaged Schools, Elementary School Students, Program Evaluation
Assessing the Impact of the National Science Foundation's Urban Systematic Initiative on Student Achievement: Closing the Gap in Four USI Sites.
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Borman, Kathryn; Boydston, Theodore; Kang, Ellen; Katzenmeyer, William G.; Kersiant, Gladis; Lee, Reginald; Mehta, Nikhil; Moriarty, Karen O. – 2002
This paper describes the data sources and method used in conducting a 3-year evaluation of the Urban Systemic Initiative (USI) of the National Science Foundation in four cities. The paper also provides a discussion of two approaches to analyzing the evaluation results: structural equation modeling (SEM) and a complementary analysis of the…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Achievement, Path Analysis
A Conceptual and Analytic Framework for Doing Applied, Policy Relevant Rural Sociology.
Miller, Michael K. – 1985
This report for researchers in rural sociology develops a conceptual and analytic framework for evaluating policies or programs through interrelated models. Three models--structural analysis, control programming, and simulation--allow researchers to assess policy/program impact, determine why expected impacts did or did not occur, and modify…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Factor Analysis, Models, Path Analysis
A Conceptual and Analytic Framework for Applied Policy and Evaluation Research.
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Miller, Michael K. – Rural Sociology, 1986
Develops a conceptual and analytic framework for rural sociologists to document program results and consequences and to aid policy and program decisions. Addresses program/policy evaluation from perspectives of structural analysis, control programming, and simulation. Emphasizes dynamic, nonrecursive nature of evaluation processes. (LFL)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Factor Analysis, Models, Path Analysis
Building Academic Quality in Distance Higher Education. A Monograph in Higher Education Evaluation and Policy.
Chacon-Duque, Fabio J. – 1985
The factors that determine course completion and achievement in college distance education were investigated using a sample of 25 courses offered through the Independent Learning Program at the Pennsylvania State University. The main objective was to develop a multivariate model to explain and predict outcomes of distance education. Additional…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Programs, Distance Education