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Burke, Susan K.; Snead, John T. – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2014
Library and Information Studies (LIS) faculty members responded to a survey of their opinions on the use, advantages, and disadvantages of a variety of end of program assessments (EPAs) in LIS master's programs. Portfolio was the most widely preferred top choice for EPAs, but opinions ranged from preference for no EPA to preference for a…
Descriptors: Masters Degrees, Teacher Attitudes, Evaluation Methods, Use Studies
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Pynoo, Bram; Tondeur, Jo; van Braak, Johan; Duyck, Wouter; Sijnave, Bart; Duyck, Philippe – Computers & Education, 2012
In this study, teachers' acceptance and use of an educational portal is assessed based on data from two sources: usage data (number of logins, downloads, uploads, reactions and pages viewed) and an online acceptance questionnaire. The usage data is extracted on two occasions from the portal's database: at survey completion (T1) and twenty-two…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Intention, Secondary School Teachers, Adoption (Ideas)
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Cowie, Bronwen; Jones, Alister; Harlow, Ann – Teacher Development, 2011
The Laptops for Teachers scheme in New Zealand provides teachers whose schools opt into the scheme access to a laptop for their exclusive use. This paper reports on the findings of the three-year evaluation of the impact of the laptops on secondary teachers' work. The findings indicate that school leadership has been pivotal to the provision of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Practices
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Linn, Genie Bingham; Gill, Peggy; Sherman, Ross; Vaughn, Vance; Mixon, Jason – Professional Development in Education, 2010
The requirement in the USA of the No Child Left Behind Act (2002) that every classroom has a highly qualified teacher, coupled with the current high-stakes testing environment, creates the need for all principals to be knowledgeable about quality staff development systems. One aspect of effective staff development is whether teachers adopt the…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Staff Development, Professional Development, Use Studies
Fry, Michelle L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Until recently, few K-12 teachers outside of social studies have integrated primary sources in classroom instruction. Integrating primary sources in educational practice does require an uncommon pedagogical understanding. Addressing this K-12 educator need is the Library of Congress. Recently, the Library implemented a national educator…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Practices, Primary Sources, Professional Development
Kimpel, Lucina – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This research was comprised of a case study conducted at Grand View University to determine faculty perceptions and perspectives of outcomes related to a Title III grant-funded, professional development program. The conceptual framework for the study was based on a systematic process called the logic model (W. K. Kellogg Foundation, 2004). A…
Descriptors: Models, Interviews, Professional Development, School Holding Power
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Sherman, Greg; Byers, Al; Rapp, Steve – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2008
This report presents pilot-test results for a science professional development program featuring online, on-demand materials developed by the National Science Teachers Association. During the spring 2006 semester, 45 middle school teachers from three different school districts across the United States participated in a professional development…
Descriptors: School Districts, Instructional Materials, Science Teachers, Middle School Teachers
DuVall, Charles R. – 1982
Analyzed are the results of individual interviews with participants in the Indiana Global Education Program, which developed teacher in-service training sessions, dissemination networks, materials, and resource centers to strengthen global education in Indiana schools. This is the second phase of the evaluation study. In phase 1 questionnaires…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Elementary Secondary Education, Global Approach, Information Utilization
DuVall, Charles R. – 1981
This report describes and evaluates the Indiana Global Education Program which developed teacher in-service training sessions, dissemination networks, materials, and resource centers to strengthen global education in Indiana Schools. The emphasis in this report is on how elementary and secondary Indiana teachers used the ideas and materials which…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Elementary Secondary Education, Global Approach, Information Utilization
Greenberg, Barry; Fain, Stephen – 1981
The Character Education Program which was implemented in 52 elementary schools in 1979-80 in the Dade County public school system is evaluated. Objectives of the evaluation were: (1) to determine how much the character-building materials were used and how the teachers valued the materials; (2) to determine attitudes of students toward the use and…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Elementary Education, Measurement Techniques
Sanders, Dawn; White, Kerensa; Sharp, Caroline; Taggart, Geoff – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2005
On behalf of the National Education Research Forum (NERF), the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) commissioned two issues of an evidence-based bulletin for practitioners, aimed to provide a conduit for research to reach teaching communities across England. The effectiveness of the Bulletin was evaluated by obtaining a representative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Teaching Guides, Research Reports
Dorr-Bremme, Donald W. – 1986
The Center for the Study of Evaluation at the University of California, Los Angeles, collaborated with school site personnel in an attempt to build an on-going, comprehensive, school-based information system useful in instructional decision making and general school renewal. Conducted at a suburban senior high school over an 18-month period, the…
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Data Collection, Demography, High Schools
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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Scott, Terrance M.; McIntyre, Julianna; Liaupsin, Carl; Nelson, C. Michael; Conroy, Maureen; Payne, Linda Donica – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2005
Although functional behavior assessment (FBA) is widely advocated as best practice in developing effective behavior intervention plans for students with challenging behaviors, there is no compelling evidence supporting the ability of school-based personnel to use the outcomes of FBA to develop effective interventions. In this study, selected staff…
Descriptors: Intervention, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Theory Practice Relationship, Use Studies
Hinrichs, Roy S. – 1977
An evaluation of curriculum materials (four publications) disseminated to Mississippi industrial arts teachers during the 1976-77 school year was conducted. Four questionnaires were prepared and mailed to all of the state's 242 industrial arts teachers. The objectives of the evaluation were to determine the following: (1) number of teachers using…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Curriculum Evaluation, Industrial Arts Teachers, Industrial Education
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