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OECD Publishing, 2016
Digitalisation, globalisation, demographic shifts and other changes in work organisation are constantly reshaping skill needs. This can lead to persistent skill shortages and mismatch which are costly for individuals, firms and society in terms of lost wages and lower productivity and growth. These costs can be reduced through better assessment…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Skill Analysis, Needs Assessment, Labor Market
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Peters, Martine; Weinberg, Alysse; Sarma, Nandini; Frankoff, Mary – CALICO Journal, 2011
This article presents student perceptions about different types of web-based activities used to seek information for French language learning. Group interviews were conducted with 71 students in five Canadian universities to elicit data on their use of the Internet for information-seeking activities. These students use the Web for three main…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Seeking, French, Learning Activities
Train, Russell E. – 1984
This report presents findings and recommendations from a 1-year study which identified corporate needs for resource information (particularly statistical information) and assessed the extent to which these needs are being met by various resource-information services, including those of the federal government. Chapter I discusses 11 types of…
Descriptors: Data, Decision Making, Federal Government, Industry
Lynch, Beverly P. – 1979
This report describes a four-day institute funded by the U.S. Office of Education to increase the utilization of government publications by extending the knowledge of academic reference librarians about them. Librarians from 25 universities attended the institute. Discussion of the use of government publications was divided into three broad…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Government Publications, Information Dissemination, Information Utilization
Jeffery, Peter L. – 1985
This document researched the utilization of SET: Research Information for Teachers, a package of articles presenting a smorgasbord of educational research information. Five case studies in New Zealand schools were presented; five institutional visits were described. The purpose of the school visits was to investigate what happened to SET…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Field Studies
Owen, John M.; Hall, Kevin C. – 1981
This interim report analyzes the dissemination and impact of "SET: Research Information for Teachers," a package of articles presenting educational research findings in a journalistic style for distribution to Australian and New Zealand schools and teachers. The report consists of four sections. The first section reviews recent…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Diffusion (Communication), Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Frankhouser, Willis M., Jr. – Research in Higher Education, 1984
Previous research on student ratings of teacher performance is criticized for design flaws in control of the purpose-of-evaluation variable, and a study of the salience of this variable is reported. Recommendations for design are made and faculty misconceptions about student ratings are discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Higher Education, Information Utilization, Literature Reviews
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Burns, Catherine M.; Vicente, Kim J. – Information Processing & Management, 1996
Describes an empirical evaluation that investigated the criteria by which designers of human-machine systems evaluate design information. Professional designers of nuclear power plant control rooms rated hypothetical information search questions in terms of relevance, importance, cost, and effort based on Rouse's model of information search…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Correlation, Costs, Designers
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Abrami, Philip C.; d'Apollonia, Sylvia – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1990
Multidimensional rating forms used for college student evaluation of faculty elicit information that can be used to evaluate the dimensions of instruction either separately or globally. Portions of the information may be useful for formative evaluation, but global items are best for making personnel decisions. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Decision Making, Educational Improvement, Employment Practices
Ozsogomonyan, Ardas – 1980
A follow-up study was conducted by Skyline College (SC) to determine the effectiveness of an "economically depressed area" project undertaken by the college in Spring 1979 to promote SC's programs among low income area residents and to provide information to this group on consumer-related issues and community service agencies. During the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Consumer Education, Course Descriptions, Economically Disadvantaged
Minnesota State Dept. of Education, St. Paul. Office of Planning and Evaluation. – 1979
The Local District Assessment Option (piggyback program) is an integral part of the Minnesota Statewide Educational Assessment Program, which provides the 162 participating local school districts with materials and procedures developed for the statewide program. Materials are available in reading, mathematics, social studies, and science for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Data Collection
Smith, M. Cecil; Sheehan-Holt, Janet K. – 2000
A study focused on researchers' use of the English-Language Background Questionnaire (EBQ) portion of the National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS), the results of which were released in 1993. Data were gathered by surveying NALS data users about how they have used the EBQ data, their perspectives on the strengths and weaknesses of the EBQ, and their…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Citizen Participation, Content Analysis
Bragg, Debra D.; And Others – 1981
A study examined the distribution, use, and effects of 30 research and development products to improve vocational education for handicapped learners. These research and development efforts were studied through a mail survey returned from 321 respondents, telephone interviews with 100 respondents, and case studies of seven sites where these…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Daily Living Skills, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities