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Siggard, Reagan; Dupin-Bryant, Pamela A.; Mills, Robert J.; Olsen, David H. – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2022
The SQL-Explore Learning Module detailed in this teaching tip provides an opportunity for students to apply database course knowledge beyond solving traditional pre-determined Structured Query Language (SQL) coding questions. In this unique constructivist activity using the apropos 5E Instructional Model, students explore tables to locate data…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Databases, Coding, Tables (Data)
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Ubilla, Francisca M.; Gorgorió, Núria – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2021
Statistical data is used in the media and on online platforms, often with an interpretation that serves some commercial or political purpose. Primary preservice teachers must be able to understand statistical data and analyze it critically. Only in this way will they be able to contribute as future teachers to the development of a critical spirit…
Descriptors: Statistical Data, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Data Analysis
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Pazzaglia, Angela M.; Stafford, Erin T.; Rodriguez, Sheila M. – Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands, 2016
This guide describes a five-step collaborative process that educators can use with other educators, researchers, and content experts to write or adapt questions and develop surveys for education contexts. This process allows educators to leverage the expertise of individuals within and outside of their organization to ensure a high-quality survey…
Descriptors: Surveys, Data Analysis, Response Rates (Questionnaires), Statistics
Rolleston, Rob; Howe, Richard; Sprague, Mary Ann – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2015
The field of education is undergoing fundamental change with the growing use of data. Fine-scale data collection at the item-response level is now possible. Xerox has developed a system that bridges the paper-to-digital divide by providing the well-established and easy-to-use paper interface to students, but digitizes the responses for scoring,…
Descriptors: Reports, Data, Computer Uses in Education, User Needs (Information)
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Snyder, Thomas D.; Dillow, Sally A. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2013
The 2012 edition of the "Digest of Education Statistics" is the 48th in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The "Digest" has been issued annually except for combined editions for the years 1977-78, 1983-84, and 1985-86. Its primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field…
Descriptors: School Statistics, Definitions, Tables (Data), Longitudinal Studies
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Miller, Jane E. – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2007
Tables and charts are efficient tools for organizing numbers, but many people give little consideration to the order in which they present the data. This article illustrates the strengths and weaknesses of four criteria for organizing data--empirical, theoretical, alphabetical and a standardized reporting scheme.
Descriptors: Tables (Data), Charts, Data Analysis, Organization
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Snyder, Thomas D.; Dillow, Sally A. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2012
The 2011 edition of the "Digest of Education Statistics" is the 47th in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The "Digest" has been issued annually except for combined editions for the years 1977-78, 1983-84, and 1985-86. Its primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Data Collection, Data Analysis, Error Patterns
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Atkinson, Maxine P.; Wills, Jeremiah B.; McClure, Amy I. – Teaching Sociology, 2008
The debate defining thinking, critical thinking, and higher-level thinking is expansive. Geersteen (2003) provides an excellent review of this literature and suggests that one way to distinguish between lower- and higher-level thinking is based on the level of abstraction. In this article, the authors focus on analysis and synthesis or…
Descriptors: Evidence, Tables (Data), Heuristics, Data Analysis
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, US Department of Education, 2009
This 2006 or "28th Annual Report to Congress" follows the 2005 or "27th Annual Report to Congress" in sequence. Volume 1 focuses on the children and students being served under "IDEA" and provides profiles of individual states' special education environments. Volume 2 of the "2006 Annual Report to Congress"…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Disabilities, Data Analysis, Special Education
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Hudson, Pamela J.; Shupe, Marcia; Vasquez, Eleazazr; Miller, Susan P. – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2008
Teaching students to collect data to answer questions is an important life skill that will serve them well throughout their adult lives. The purpose of this manuscript is to describe the implementation of an action research project in a fifth grade resource classroom. Students with mild disabilities were taught how to conduct surveys using three…
Descriptors: Action Research, Mild Disabilities, Data Analysis, Grade 5
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Berkner, Lutz; Choy, Susan – National Center for Education Statistics, 2008
This report provides a description of the student characteristics, persistence, and degree attainment of a nationally representative sample of students who began postsecondary education for the first time during the 2003-04 academic year. The report describes the background, academic preparation, and experience of these beginning students over 3…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Legislators, Statistical Significance, Tables (Data)
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Turner, David – Oxford Review of Education, 2005
This paper examines the practice of benchmarking universities using a "league table" approach. Taking the example of the "Sunday Times University League Table", the author reanalyses the descriptive data on UK universities. Using a linear programming technique, data envelope analysis (DEA), the author uses the re-analysis to…
Descriptors: Programming, Mathematical Applications, Benchmarking, Foreign Countries
Drewes, D. W.; And Others – 1976
Detailed descriptions of the data analysis procedures used in Project EDNEED (Empirical Determination of Nationally Essential Educational Data) are contained in this volume, the last of a five-volume final report. Results of the application of procedures and a narrative interpretation of the results are included. Priority rankings of 323 questions…
Descriptors: Classification, Data Analysis, Information Processing, Information Systems
Desruisseaux, Paul – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1999
Presents analysis, graphs, and tables on trends in enrollment of foreign students at U.S. higher education institutions, noting a 2 percent increase last year. Identifies institutions with the largest number of foreign students, top countries of student origin, student characteristics, and number of foreign students by state. Notes the need for a…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Policy, Enrollment Trends, Foreign Students
Hall, Richard B. – Library Journal, 1996
Presents and interprets data concerning United States library referenda held in fiscal year 1995. Out of 45 capital fund elections, 39 (87%) were successful; and 52 out of 70 (74%) operating fund referenda passed. The article and six tables provide information on voting totals, funding levels, election specifications, and ballot competition. Nine…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Capital, Data Analysis, Elections
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