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Hraha, Sarah D. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The following is a pilot study examining the impact of the Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE) program on a group of pre-school and elementary school teachers (n = 11). CARE is a professional development program that utilizes mindfulness practices and emotional awareness skills designed to reduce stress and improve teaching…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Metacognition, Attention Control, Resilience (Psychology)
Li, Sissi L. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
At the university level, introductory science courses usually have high student to teacher ratios which increases the challenge to meaningfully connect with students. Various curricula have been developed in physics education to actively engage students in learning through social interactions with peers and instructors in class. This learning…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Physics, Self Efficacy, Statistical Analysis
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Pluye, Pierre; Grad, Roland; Granikov, Vera; Theriault, Guylene; Fremont, Pierre; Burnand, Bernard; Mercer, Jay; Marlow, Bernard; Arroll, Bruce; Luconi, Francesca; Legare, France; Labrecque, Michel; Ladouceur, Roger; Bouthillier, France; Sridhar, Soumya Bindiganavile; Moscovici, Jonathan – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2012
Introduction: Systematic literature reviews provide best evidence, but are underused by clinicians. Thus, integrating Cochrane reviews into continuing medical education (CME) is challenging. We designed a pilot CME program where summaries of Cochrane reviews ("Courriels Cochrane") were disseminated by e-mail. Program participants…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evidence, Medical Education, Physicians
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Borden, Allison M.; Preskill, Stephen L.; DeMoss, Karen – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2012
Aspiring leaders in preparation programs need up-to-date research applied in real-life situations. University faculty need to change their understandings of what it means to effectively promote leadership development through university programs. This article presents understandings on how exploratory, field-based coursework offered through a…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Course Evaluation, College School Cooperation, Leadership
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Kelly, Aine; Ghalaieny, Theresa; Devitt, Catherine – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2012
In low-income rural communities, access to early intervention and support services is restricted and resources needed to support children and families are limited. The aim of this study was to explore the role of local nonprofessional women, recruited as community home visitors (CHVs), to assist trained professionals in supporting parents with…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Early Intervention, Mental Retardation, Foreign Countries
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Lixun, Wang – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2013
Since 2008, Outcome-Based Learning (OBL), a student-centred strategy aiming to enhance the quality of teaching and learning, has been launched as a major initiative among higher education institutions in Hong Kong. When adopting OBL at course level, other than designing the OBL framework, it is also very important to evaluate the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
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Evans, Nina; Ziaian, Tahereh; Sawyer, Janet; Gillham, David – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2013
A pilot study was conducted in a regional university setting to promote awareness of the value of affective teaching and learning amongst staff and students. Academic staff and students from diverse disciplines at University of South Australia's (UniSA) Centre for Regional Engagement (CRE) were recruited to the study. The research investigated…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Regional Characteristics, Pilot Projects, Regional Schools
Murphy, Robert L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
African American males consistently perform at significantly lower academic levels, than their peers, at every age level and on almost every national assessment (Lewis, Simon, Uzzell, Horwitz, & Casserly, 2010; Harvey, 2010; Tsoi-A-Fatt, 2010; Fergus & Noguera, 2010), and of all racial/ethnic and gender groups, African American males…
Descriptors: Single Sex Schools, Public Schools, African American Students, Males
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Terrazas-Arellanes, Fatima E.; Knox, Carolyn; Walden, Emily – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2015
The 2006 National Science Board called for new strategies and instructional materials for teachers to better serve English Learners' (EL) needs. Bilingual Collaborative Online Projects in science were created to assist ELs' construction of science knowledge, facilitate academic English acquisition, and improve science learning. Two bilingual…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, English Language Learners, Science Instruction, Bilingual Education
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Owolabi, Henry O.; Onuka, Adams O. U. – African Higher Education Review, 2010
This study obtained basic information from teachers and students on the challenges and prospects of implementing continuous assessment (CA) in the Nigerian school system. Secondary Schools in Ilorin, the capital city of Kwara State, located in the central region of Nigeria were sampled for use in the study. It employed survey research design…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Pilot Projects, Educational Assessment
Hoffer, Thomas B.; Hedberg, E. C.; Brown, Kevin L.; Halverson, Marie L.; McDonald, Sarah-Kathryn – US Department of Education, 2010
The Growth Model Pilot Project (GMPP) was initiated to allow states to experiment with adjustments to the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) status accountability system in order to improve the validity of AYP determinations by giving schools credit for students who are making significant growth. The pilot allowed states, districts, and schools to…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Pilot Projects, Educational Improvement
Hare, Courtney; Eaton, Sarah – Online Submission, 2010
Background: iCCAN (Innovative Communities Connecting and Networking) is a not-for-profit provincial network of videoconferencing sites creating unprecedented learning opportunities and greater access to training and professional development for all Albertans, regardless of where they live. Led by a partnership of Community Learning Network,…
Descriptors: Literacy, Pilot Projects, Foreign Countries, Tutors
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Gordon, Dan – T.H.E. Journal, 2010
From her first encounter with stereoscopic 3D technology designed for classroom instruction, Megan Timme, principal at Hamilton Park Pacesetter Magnet School in Dallas, sensed it could be transformative. Last spring, when she began pilot-testing 3D content in her third-, fourth- and fifth-grade classrooms, Timme wasn't disappointed. Students…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Geometric Concepts, Visual Perception, Visual Aids
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Berquam, Lori; Bischof, Mo Noonan; Brower, Aaron; Klein, Elaine M.; Lloyd, Ann Groves; Milner, Jocelyn; Ryan, Rebecca; Singer, Wren; Taylor, Jolanda Vanderwal; Wade, Argyle; Westphal-Johnson, Nancy – Liberal Education, 2010
For many years, the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) has been working with other institutions in the University of Wisconsin System to change the conversation about higher education in the state. In the spring of 2006, these partners participated in a systemwide advisory group convened to promote better understanding of liberal…
Descriptors: Higher Education, General Education, Pilot Projects, Program Descriptions
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Moseley, Christine; Desjean-Perrotta, Blanche; Utley, Julianna – Environmental Education Research, 2010
The use of drawings as representations of personal mental models or images is one method of analyzing personal beliefs. This article discusses the development of the Draw-An-Environment Test and Rubric (DAET-R) for assessing the mental models or images of the environment held by pre-service teachers. It also provides results of preliminary…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Scoring Rubrics, Preservice Teachers, Beliefs
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