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Direct linkMorris, Daniel S.; Rooney, Megan P.; Wray, Ricardo J.; Kreuter, Matthew W. – Health Education & Behavior, 2009
Accurately measuring exposure is critical to all intervention studies. The present review examines the extent to which best practices in exposure assessment are adhered to in community-based prevention and education studies. A systematic literature review was conducted examining community-based studies testing communication interventions,…
Descriptors: Intervention, Prevention, Program Effectiveness, Best Practices
Brooks, Judi; Fox, Diane Poretta; Okagbue-Reaves, Janet; Lukomski, Angela – Educational Gerontology, 2009
In the interdisciplinary course, Aging to Infancy: A Life Course Retrospective, the Institute of Medicine's recommendations for education were embraced through the role modeling provided by faculty both across and between disciplines. Over the five years since its creation, the course has introduced students to aging in a positive manner,…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Best Practices, Aging (Individuals), Role Models
Download full textAnnenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University (NJ1), 2010
The College Pathways series grew out of the findings in "Beating the Odds," a study of thirteen high-performing New York City high schools by Carol Ascher and Cindy Maguire for the Annenberg Institute for School Reform. Each of the schools admitted ninth-graders with high poverty rates and far-below-average reading and math scores but produced…
Descriptors: High Schools, School Effectiveness, Best Practices, College Preparation
Uhalde, Ray; Kazis, Richard – Jobs for the Future, 2010
The new Community College and Career Training Grant Program to be launched this fall presents an important opportunity to help more American workers find better long-term employment more efficiently, through the promotion of innovative training and education programs that incorporate the best of what works for dislocated and unemployed adult…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Objectives, Vocational Rehabilitation, Grants
Vasumathi, T. – Online Submission, 2010
Teachers' professional development is not exclusively concerned with supporting teaching and knowledge. Support is required for teachers to reflect on their existing practice and adapt new knowledge and beliefs to their own teaching milieu. Therefore, design policies that support teachers are very vital for professional development. Knowledge on…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Teaching Methods, Instructional Design, Best Practices
National Forum on Education Statistics, 2010
Each and every day, educators collect and use data about students, staff, and schools. Some of these data originate in individual student and staff records that are confidential or otherwise sensitive. And even those data that are a matter of public record, such as aggregate school enrollment, need to be accessed, presented, and used in an…
Descriptors: Data, Data Collection, Student Records, Information Utilization
Kern, Bruce E. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The "theory of navigating" describes and explains the basic social process that school administrators experience as they perform and embrace their leadership roles. Grounded theory was used to analyze interviews with superintendents, assistant superintendents, principals, and vice principals, special facility leaders, and program administrators.…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Self Efficacy, Superintendents, Leadership
Kilburn, M. Rebecca; Maloney, Shannon I. – RAND Corporation, 2010
After an initial inventory of community indicators in its 2008 Shreveport-Bossier City "Community Counts" annual report, the Community Foundation of Shreveport-Bossier decided to focus existing funding related to children and families on the areas of education, health, and poverty, as well as develop new funds in these areas. These focal…
Descriptors: Investment, Private Financial Support, Community Organizations, Philanthropic Foundations
Bamberger, Rob; Brylawski, Sam – Council on Library and Information Resources, 2010
This is the first comprehensive, national-level study of the state of sound recording preservation ever conducted in the U.S. The authors have produced a study outlining the web of interlocking issues that now threaten the long-term survival of the sound recording history. This study tells everyone that major areas of America's recorded sound…
Descriptors: Nonprint Media, Preservation, Risk, Access to Information
Schalock, Robert L.; Borthwick-Duffy, Sharon A.; Bradley, Valerie J.; Buntinx, Wil H. E.; Coulter, David L.; Craig, Ellis M.; Gomez, Sharon C.; Lachapelle, Yves; Luckasson, Ruth; Reeve, Alya; Shogren, Karrie A.; Snell, Martha E.; Spreat, Scott; Tasse, Marc J.; Thompson, James R.; Verdugo-Alonso, Miguel A.; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Yeager, Mark H. – American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
This Manual contains the most current and authoritative information and knowledge on intellectual disability, including best practice guidelines on diagnosing and classifying intellectual disability and developing a system of supports for people living with an intellectual disability. Written by a committee of 18 experts, "Intellectual…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Classification, Definitions
Data Quality Campaign, 2010
Current state and federal reform initiatives rely heavily on the ability of multiple stakeholders to access and use information from statewide longitudinal data systems (SLDS) to improve student achievement. Policymakers believe that states are best positioned to achieve this by developing and implementing various policies impacting the educator…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Teacher Effectiveness, Program Effectiveness, Stakeholders
ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education), 2010
The European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA), in cooperation with the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA, UK), organised a seminar on theme "Internal Quality Assurance--Enhancing quality culture" which was held on 8-9 June, 2010 in London, United Kingdom. The seminar marked the fourth annual meeting of the ENQA…
Descriptors: Quality Control, Stakeholders, Management Systems, Foreign Countries
Education Commission of the States (NJ1), 2010
In recent years, criticism of high school graduates' lack of readiness for college and work has led a number of states to raise high school graduation requirements -- particularly in terms of the number and rigor of courses students must pass. Yet states have found that without a common end-of-
course measure, it is impossible to ensure that…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Exit Examinations, Graduation Requirements, High School Graduates
Schlueter, Heidi H. – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2010
First Children's Finance is a national nonprofit organization located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, whose work strives to break the cycle of poverty, starting with those who care for and educate the nation's youngest citizens--child care businesses. First Children's Finance asks the question: How do Americans talk about providing quality child care…
Descriptors: Nonprofit Organizations, Child Care, Child Care Centers, Educational Quality
Rossett, Allison; Marshall, James – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2010
An exploratory study of 954 mostly veteran workplace learning professionals sought to determine why respondents adopt e-learning. The results indicated that they see e-learning was most valuable for delivering instruction governing familiar company tasks, such as providing information about products, fulfilling compliance requirements, and…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Cultural Awareness, Training Methods, Staff Development
