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Bucey, Janet C.; Provident, Ingrid M. – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2018
This article evaluates a peer mentoring experience for school-based practitioners and its effect on collaborative consultation practices. Best practice and public school policy promote the use of collaborative consultation services but school-based practitioners report significant barriers in achieving effective collaborative consultation…
Descriptors: Occupational Therapy, Peer Groups, Mentors, Pretests Posttests
Davis, James Kenny – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This dissertation was a quantitative, correlational study that examined the impact of the mentor component of a mentor-based induction program on three factors of new teacher development and support. The focus of this study was on beginning teachers participating in a district-supported mentoring program designed to support and acclimate teachers…
Descriptors: Correlation, Beginning Teacher Induction, Mentors, Teacher Orientation
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Zehetmeier, Stefan; Andreitz, Irina; Erlacher, Willibald; Rauch, Franz – Educational Action Research, 2015
This paper deals with the topic of professional development programmes' impact. Concepts and ideas of action research, constructivism, and systems theory are used as a theoretical framework and are combined to describe and analyse an exemplary professional development programme in Austria. Empirical findings from both quantitative and qualitative…
Descriptors: Action Research, Constructivism (Learning), Faculty Development, Qualitative Research
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Wheeler, Erin R.; Wischusen, Sheri M. – Electronic Journal of Science Education, 2014
The Louisiana State University Biology Intensive Orientation for Students (BIOS) Program has been found to be an effective retention initiative for freshman Biological Science majors (S. M. Wischusen, Wischusen, & Pomarico, 2010; S. M. Wischusen, Wischusen, W. E., 2007). Students who attended the five-day camp out-perform their non-participant…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Metacognition, Learning Strategies
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Mendelson, A. D.; McCullough, C.; Chan, A. – Health Education Research, 2011
The Program for Arthritis Control through Education and Exercise, PACE-Ex[TM}, is an arthritis self-management program incorporating principles and practice of self-management, goal setting and warm water exercise. The purpose of this program review is to examine the impact of PACE-Ex on participants' self-efficacy for condition management,…
Descriptors: Self Management, Self Efficacy, Diseases, Scaling
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van Zyl, A.; Blaauw, P. – Africa Education Review, 2012
Student academic success is an important issue in South African (SA) higher education (HE). The transition from school to HE is a critical time that a student must successfully negotiate in order ultimately to succeed at university. Tinto (1993) identified the first phase of the transition process as the separation phase during which the student…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Academic Achievement, Feedback (Response), Student Attitudes
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Bobilya, Andrew J.; Akey, Lynn D.; Mitchell, Donald, Jr. – Journal of Experiential Education, 2011
Higher education often supports new student transition through various orientation programs. Recently a greater focus on student spiritual growth has emerged as an important aspect. The wilderness orientation program in this study is unique because of its length (12-14 days) and its focus on students' spiritual development. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Spiritual Development, Outdoor Education, College Students, Questionnaires
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1977
At the request of the Pennsylvania State University Library, the Office of Management Studies surveyed Association of Research Libraries (ARL) members requesting information and documentation illustrating the organization, nature, and level of the library instruction function at their institutions. A review of the responses from 64 of the 94 ARL…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrative Organization, Centralization, Decentralization
O'Dell, Frank; And Others – 1973
This project was designed to use group process techniques in meeting the career development needs of girls and in dealing with the limiting aspects of female stereotyping. The project consisted of 10 one-hours sessions. The objectives were to give high-school girls an opportunity to get to know themselves better, develop an understanding of the…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Education, Course Organization, Curriculum Guides
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1981
This set of materials on staff development in research libraries, assembled by the Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), focuses on programs and activities designed to provide general skills training related to the work performed in a research library. Contents of the set include: (1)…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Libraries, Guidelines, Higher Education
Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins. – 1989
Presented is a discussion of an intercultural orientation seminar for foreign and U.S. university students at Colorado State University. This 1-day retreat is held each semester at a lodge in the Rocky Mountains. It is designed to bring together the students and community people to experience an international environment where the goal is to…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), College Students, Cultural Awareness, Foreign Students
Harris, Rayford L. – 1968
The purpose of this pilot program was to test a method of orienting and recruiting high school seniors as prospective industrial arts teachers. Students in grade 11 were identified by contacting administrators, guidance personnel, and industrial arts teachers in 35 Virginia high schools. From these contacts 48 students from 13 schools were…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Experimental Programs
Voegel, George H.; Lucas, John A. – 1977
In order to assess the effectiveness of the faculty development program for full-time instructors and the orientation program for part-time instructors at William Rainey Harper College, a questionnaire was mailed to all 67 lead teachers, coordinators, and academic administrators; 23 (34%) responded. Half of the respondents indicated that the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Full Time Faculty, Institutional Research
Collins, Owen – 1974
The first 27 pages of this report summarize the efforts to develop a favorable climate toward career education in the schools of an eight-county area of Kentucky. The area is beset by occupatioanl, housing, educational, and geographical problems. Orientation meetings were held for superintendents and directors, career education coordinators,…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Attitudes, Disadvantaged Environment, Educational Programs
Lamont, Ken; Rice, Naomi – 1975
The project, designed to prepare both students and parents for a productive high school experience, had the following goals: increasing decision-making ability and goal formulation at the sophomore level, expanding the guidance program to include the parent and home situation, increasing community support for school programs, and providing a model…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Decision Making Skills, Grade 10, Guidance Programs
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