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Scaling CPD through Professional Learning Communities: Development of Teachers' Self-Efficacy in Relation to Collaboration
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Weißenrieder, Jochen; Roesken-Winter, Bettina; Schueler, Sven; Binner, Elke; Blömeke, Sigrid – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2015
Whereas much is known about designing effective continuous professional development (CPD) for teachers, little is known about spillover effects of CPD by fostering collegial interactions. In this respect, the self-efficacy expectancy of multipliers to spread CPD issues within their own school is an important predictor for scaling. Self-efficacy…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Professional Continuing Education, Self Efficacy, Teacher Collaboration
Do Less Effective Teachers Choose Professional Development Does It Matter?
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Barrett, Nathan; Butler, J. S.; Toma, Eugenia F. – Evaluation Review, 2012
Background: In an ongoing effort to improve teacher quality, most states require continuing education or professional development for their in-service teachers. Studies evaluating the effectiveness of various professional development programs have assumed a normal distribution of quality of teachers participating in the programs. Because…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Program Effectiveness, Faculty Development, Professional Continuing Education
The Male-Female Gap in Post-Baccalaureate Schooling
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Stevenson, Adam – ProQuest LLC, 2009
I investigate the nexus of gender, student ability, and post-baccalaureate (PB) program quality. This is the first general empirical study of graduate and professional educational investment to consider inter-field differences in quality and gender composition. A primary goal of this dissertation is to establish whether admissions policy can…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, College Graduates, Graduate Study, Graduate Students
Research on Program Quality.
Blackburn, Robert T.; Conrad, Clifton F. – 1982
Program evaluation research, including reputational studies and studies based on objective indicators, and research on the quantitative correlates of program quality are reviewed. Reputational studies, which have dominated research on program quality in higher education, emphasize peer evaluation. Some major reputational studies of graduate…
Descriptors: College Programs, Educational Quality, Evaluation Criteria, Graduate Study
Indicators of the Educational Effectiveness of Subspecialty Training Programs in Internal Medicine.
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Norcini, John J. – Academic Medicine, 1995
A study investigated the relationship of internal medicine fellowship program characteristics (n=140 programs) to their students' characteristics and performance on a cardiovascular disease licensing examination. Results show indicators such as fellow-to-faculty ratio, training length, and fellowship performance correlate with student knowledge…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cardiovascular System, Higher Education, Institutional Characteristics
Omicron Tau Theta Annual Professional Studies Seminar Proceedings (1st, Nashville, Tennessee, December 3, 1993).
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Craig, David G., Ed.; Kirby, Barbara M., Ed. – 1993
This proceedings includes the following papers: "The 'Thoughtful' Health Practitioner: A Study of a Theoretical Basis for Critical Inquiry Regarding Liberal Arts in Health Professions Curricula" (Mary Jo Belenski); "Secondary School Vocational Program Performance Standards and Measures: Virginia's System of Locally Directed…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Agricultural Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Black Students