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Bardar, Erin M. – Astronomy Education Review, 2008
This article presents results from a two-semester field test of the Light and Spectroscopy Concept Inventory (LSCI). Statistical analysis indicates that the LSCI has the sensitivity to measure statistically significant changes in students' understanding of light-related topics due to instruction in introductory astronomy courses and to distinguish…
Descriptors: Spectroscopy, Field Tests, Astronomy, Statistical Analysis
Virginia Beach City Public Schools, VA. – 1994
In 1993 teachers in the Virginia Beach (Virginia) public schools asked parents what they think about classroom practices as part of a client satisfaction project. A questionnaire called the Parent Perception Survey was mailed to more than 40,000 homes to ask about parent satisfaction with the teaching their children were receiving. A teacher task…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Practices, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
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Ebmeier, Howard; Ng, Jennifer – Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, 2005
Employment interviews are widely used in the selection of quality teachers, and indeed research confirms administrators' belief in the validity of the procedure. However, many key recommendations for improving the general reliability of interviews including selecting questions that are job-related and research grounded, including well designed…
Descriptors: Field Tests, Teacher Selection, Urban Schools, Employment Interviews
Ball, Donald W.; Ostrander, Laura R. – 1993
In 1992-93 a client satisfaction plan for teachers was developed and implemented in the Virginia Beach (Virginia) public school system. This report describes the processes of design and implementation as well as preliminary findings from the field test of a survey soliciting parent perceptions of teacher performance. Although students were…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Practices, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education