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Haydarov, Rustam; Moxley, Virginia; Anderson, Dawn – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2013
This article examines definitions, rationales, and calculations associated with higher education performance measures: persistence, retention rate, attrition rate, drop-out rate, and graduation rate. Strengths and limitations of these measures are scrutinized relative to online master's programs. Outcomes of a sample of students (N = 96) enrolled…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Graduate Students, Online Courses, Masters Programs
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Leech, Nancy L.; Haug, Carolyn A.; Robinson, Ellen Hill – Research in the Schools, 2011
In response to the dearth of research agendas that connect teacher education and teaching in the field and to the call for more programmatic research, the purpose of this paper is to present the Agenda for Researching Teaching (ART). The ART is a visual research agenda that spans the time from a teacher candidate learning to teach to impacting…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Research
Orsi, Rebecca – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this methodological study is to explore how well a process called "concept mapping" (Trochim, 1989) can articulate the theory which underlies a social program. Articulation of a program's theory is a key step in completing a sound theory based evaluation (Weiss, 1997a). In this study, concept mapping is used to…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Articulation (Education), Community Organizations, Program Development
Lance, Keith Curry – School Library Media Quarterly, 1994
Discusses the major findings of the 1988-89 study that investigated the impact of school library media centers on academic achievement in Colorado public schools. Highlights include research methodology; the effects of staff size, collection variety, funding, and library media specialists' instructional role; and suggestions for further research.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Elementary Secondary Education, Factor Analysis