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Dyson, Ben; Wright, Paul M.; Amis, John; Ferry, Hugh; Vardaman, James M. – Policy Futures in Education, 2011
The purpose of this study was to explore the production, communication, interpretation and contestation of new physical education (PE) and physical activity (PA) policy initiatives introduced in Mississippi and Tennessee for the academic year 2006-2007. These states provide a relevant context to study such issues, since Mississippi has the highest…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, High Schools, Physical Education, Public Policy
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Kern, Lee; Evans, Steven W.; Lewis, Timothy J. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2011
Recent efforts to improve American educational practices have focused on determining the efficacy of interventions and instructional practices via randomized controlled trials. Aligned with this effort, the Institute for Education Sciences (IES), the primary funding agency for experimental research in education, has organized grant funding into…
Descriptors: Intervention, Educational Practices, Interpersonal Competence, Teaching Methods
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Lee, Debra; Paulus, Trena M.; Loboda, Iryna; Phipps, Gina; Wyatt, Tami H.; Myers, Carole R.; Mixer, Sandra J. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2010
As the College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville prepared to move their graduate programs online, a nursing faculty grass-roots movement led to the implementation of a faculty development program. This instructional design portfolio describes the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of this program, with the goal…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Faculty Development, College Faculty, College Instruction
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Wu, Jing-Jyi; Albanese, Dale – Thinking Skills and Creativity, 2010
This commentary looks at the contributions and future research implications of the four articles in this Special Issue of "Thinking Skills and Creativity" to the fields of creativity and creativity education, both in culture-specific and culture-general terms. The articles included in this Special Issue draw attention to issues of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Creativity, Program Development, Program Implementation
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VanSickle, Jennifer; Hancher-Rauch, Heidi; Hicks, Lisa – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2010
Health and physical education departments across the United States often face perception and reputation problems on campus and a general misunderstanding of the nature of their academic work. One solution is to offer a faculty-and-staff fitness program that showcases the academic and leadership skills of the faculty, opens doors for collaboration…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Reputation, Physical Fitness, Physical Activities
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de Witt, Marike W. – Early Child Development and Care, 2010
The backlog in terms of readiness for formal learning structures of children in low-income countries necessitates intervention programmes to alleviate the disadvantage. In these low-income countries, it is unlikely that the state will provide facilities or programmes for preschool children, as resources are just not available. Therefore, as an…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Program Implementation, Predictor Variables, Performance Factors
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Popescu, E. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2010
Personalized instruction is seen as a desideratum of today's e-learning systems. The focus of this paper is on those platforms that use learning styles as personalization criterion called learning style-based adaptive educational systems. The paper presents an innovative approach based on an integrative set of learning preferences that alleviates…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Undergraduate Students, Cognitive Style, Individualized Instruction
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Jurkowski, Odin; Kerr, Shantia – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2010
The Educational Innovation Incubator is an electronic classroom designed to evolve at the University of Central Missouri. This newly enacted endeavor is a place for faculty and students to combine the scholarship of teaching and learning into their courses by experimenting with the latest technologies in education. This paper describes the process…
Descriptors: Scholarship, Educational Innovation, College Faculty, College Students
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Babu, Suresh Chandra; Ferguson, Jenna; Parsai, Nilam; Almoguera, Rose – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2013
This paper documents the experience and lessons from implementing an e-learning program aimed at creating research capacity for gender, crisis prevention, and recovery. It presents a case study of bringing together a multidisciplinary group of women professionals through both online and face-to-face interactions to learn the skills needed to be a…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Technology, Females, Research Skills
Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2013
Making Connections was the Annie E. Casey Foundation's signature place-based, community-change initiative of the 2000s. It sought to build on previous work and launch an effort focused firmly on the framework of family strengthening. The Foundation started Making Connections in 22 places, focusing eventually on first 10, then seven sites. It…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Change Strategies, Program Development, Program Implementation
Dowding, Sharla Kay – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The overarching purpose of this qualitative study is to explore the patterns of development and implementation of Body of Evidence (BOE) science systems throughout the state of Wyoming, using an emerging and relatively open mixed methods design. BOEs were first launched throughout Wyoming a decade ago, and are ongoing today. Through interviews…
Descriptors: Evidence, Alternative Assessment, Science Tests, Program Effectiveness
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Komosa-Hawkins, Karen – Child & Youth Services, 2009
Mentoring is a promising approach to promote healthy development and prevent poor youth outcomes; however, bad mentoring experiences have yielded negative results. Thus, it is critical that youth service providers take heed of the current research and resources for establishing an effective youth mentoring program. Given the increased interest in…
Descriptors: Mentors, Program Evaluation, Adolescents, Program Development
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Parthenis, Christos – Intercultural Education, 2010
The development and implementation of the program "Inclusion of Repatriated Greek and Foreign Immigrant Students in School Education" (referred to as the "Program") by the University of Athens, in collaboration with the National Ministry of Education, initially formed an innovative, external support initiative to schools in the…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Educational Practices, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Change
Data for Action, 2011
Nearly every high-priority item in national, federal, state, and local discussions about education--and policy proposals across the political spectrum--requires high-quality longitudinal data to inform its design, implementation, and evaluation. This factsheet shares Data Quality Campaign's (DQC's) analysis of what "Data for Action 2011:…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Policy, Data, Data Analysis
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Mauser, Kevin; Sours, John; Banks, Julianna; Newbrough, Randy; Janke, Tom; Shuck, Lorie; Zhu, Lin; Ammerman, Gina; Varma-Nelson, Pratibha – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2011
The type and amount of student interaction with major socializing agents on campus--faculty and their peers--determine the impact of college on students. Much of the research on postsecondary education links the quality of peer interactions directly to student learning outcomes and satisfaction with the college experience, and Alexander Astin went…
Descriptors: College Students, Active Learning, Program Effectiveness, Interaction
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