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Castillo, Jose M. – Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 2020
Systems-level consultation and implementation science research has resulted in increased understanding of how to facilitate large-scale use of evidence-based practices. This article aims to build upon what has been learned to-date by calling for consultation researchers to focus more on the human interactions within change processes. The rationale…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Consultation Programs, Interaction, Change Strategies
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Porta, Carolyn M.; Mann, Erin M.; Amiri, Rohina; Avery, Melissa D.; Azim, Sheba; Conway-Klaassen, Janice M.; Golzareh, Parvin; Joya, Mahdawi; Mwikarago, Emil Ivan; Nejabi, Mohammad Bashir; Olejniczak, Megan; Radhakrishnan, Raghu; Tengera, Olive; Thomas, Manuel S.; Weinkauf, Julia L.; Wiesner, Stephen M. – International Journal of Higher Education, 2020
Despite ongoing insecurity, Afghanistan has demonstrated improvement in health outcomes. Reasons for this success include a strategic public-private health service delivery model and investment in Afghan health care workforce development. Afghan universities have the primary responsibility for ensuring that an adequate health care workforce is…
Descriptors: Health Services, Public Health, Delivery Systems, Labor Force Development
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Secret, Mary; Bryant, Nita L.; Cummings, Cory R. – Journal of Educators Online, 2017
Our paper describes the design and delivery of an online interdisciplinary social science research methods course (ISRM) for graduate students in sociology, education, social work, and public administration. Collaborative activities and learning took place in two types of computer-mediated learning environments: a closed Blackboard course…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Interdisciplinary Approach, Graduate Study, Social Science Research
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Hoadley, Susan; Wood, Leigh N.; Tickle, Leonie; Kyng, Tim – Education & Training, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate and identify threshold concepts that are the essential conceptual content of finance programmes. Design/Methodology/Approach: Conducted in three stages with finance academics and students, the study uses threshold concepts as both a theoretical framework and a research methodology. Findings: The…
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Financial Services, Fundamental Concepts, Curriculum Design
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Lobelo, Felipe; Garcia de Quevedo, Isabel; Holub, Christina K.; Nagle, Brian J.; Arredondo, Elva M.; Barquera, Simon; Elder, John P. – Journal of School Health, 2013
Background: Rapidly rising childhood obesity rates constitute a public health priority in Latin America which makes it imperative to develop evidence-based strategies. Schools are a promising setting but to date it is unclear how many school-based obesity interventions have been documented in Latin America and what level of evidence can be…
Descriptors: Comprehensive School Health Education, Obesity, Prevention, Body Weight
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Sylvester, Allan; Tate, Mary; Johnstone, David – Behaviour & Information Technology, 2013
This article examines the nature, role and function of the literature review in academic discourse. Researchers in information systems (IS) are often advised to espouse a neutral viewpoint and adapt the goal of synthesising previous literature when conducting a literature review. However, since research literature in many areas of IS is diverse…
Descriptors: Synthesis, Literature Reviews, Educational Research, Academic Discourse
Pearson, Margot; Evans, Terry; Macauley, Peter – Australian Association for Research in Education (NJ1), 2012
Exploring the nexus between doctoral education and research, and developments in how research is organised and funded is of significance as doctoral education is both part of the higher education system for teaching and learning, and part of the research enterprise. Doctoral candidates are both students and effectively early career researchers.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Programs, Research Methodology, Delivery Systems
MacSuga-Gage, Ashley S.; Simonsen, Brandi – Education and Treatment of Children, 2015
Research indicates that increasing teacher-directed opportunities to respond (TD-OTR) positively impacts student outcomes. Prior reviews of the empirical literature focused on outcomes for students with emotional behavioral disorders or on TD-OTRs as one of many classroom-management practices; however, prior reviews did not examine effects of…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
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Albright, Kendra; Petrulis, Robert; Vasconcelos, Ana; Wood, Jamie – Education for Information, 2012
This paper presents the results of a project that aimed at restructuring the delivery of research methods training at the Information School at the University of Sheffield, UK, based on an Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL) approach. The purpose of this research was to implement inquiry-based learning that would allow customization of research methods…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Research Methodology, Inquiry, Active Learning
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Foster, E. Michael; Wiley-Exley, Elizabeth; Bickman, Leonard – Evaluation Review, 2009
Findings from an evaluation of a model system for delivering mental health services to youth were reassessed to determine the robustness of key findings to the use of methodologies unavailable to the original analysts. These analyses address a key concern about earlier findings--that the quasi-experimental design involved the comparison of two…
Descriptors: Mental Health Programs, Health Services, Youth, Delivery Systems
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Pedder, David; Opfer, V. Darleen; McCormick, Robert; Storey, Anne – Curriculum Journal, 2010
This article introduces the "Schools and Continuing Professional Development State of the Nation" study (SoNS). Discussion of English policy together with an account of the study's aims and research design provide a context for the other articles included in this special issue. A key assumption behind the research, and the prevailing CPD…
Descriptors: Research Design, Qualitative Research, Foreign Countries, Data Analysis
OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2012
The "PISA 2009 Technical Report" describes the methodology underlying the PISA 2009 survey. It examines additional features related to the implementation of the project at a level of detail that allows researchers to understand and replicate its analyses. The reader will find a wealth of information on the test and sample design,…
Descriptors: Quality Control, Research Reports, Research Methodology, Evaluation Criteria
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McBeath, Bowen; Meezan, William – Research on Social Work Practice, 2008
Objective: This study examines in-agency and out-of-agency service provision to a sample of 243 foster children and their families. Method: Data come from a longitudinal study of 243 foster children and families served by non-profit agencies that were operating under either a performance-based, managed care purchase-of-service contract or a…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Program Effectiveness, Foster Care, Longitudinal Studies
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Weaver, Frances M.; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1993
Effectiveness of a new 72-hour delivery system (USXPRESS) for pharmaceuticals purchased by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from VA depots was evaluated by comparing 33 test sites with 11 matched sites using a pretest posttest quasiexperimental design. The USXPRESS system reduced inventory, decreased space needs, and satisfied service…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems, Pharmacy
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Cox, Richard – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2007
Determining the potential of educational information and communications technology for enhancing teaching and learning is the subject of a great deal of research activity. This paper argues that the technologies employed to enhance learning can also be exploited for the enhancement of research. Recorded learner-system interactions, dynamically…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Research Design, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology
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