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Hume, Kara; Regan, Tara; Megronigle, Laura; Rhinehalt, Charlene – Grantee Submission, 2016
Ms. Bellamy was a beloved high school teacher serving students on the autism spectrum, as well as a highly visible staff member on her campus, where she was the varsity tennis coach. Her unexpected death affected everyone on campus and across the broader community, none more so than the eight students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with whom…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Grief, Coping
Thomas, Hannah; Jefferson, Anna – Abt Associates, 2022
The Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) Program provided education and occupational training to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients and other adults with low incomes. HPOG training is for healthcare occupations that pay well and may experience labor shortages or be in high demand. This report details common themes…
Descriptors: Health Occupations, Grants, Low Income Groups, Allied Health Occupations Education
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Nedungadi, Prema P.; Menon, Rajani; Gutjahr, Georg; Erickson, Lynnea; Raman, Raghu – Education & Training, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to illustrate an Inclusive Digital Literacy Framework for vulnerable populations in rural areas under the Digital India program. Key challenges include addressing multiple literacies such as health literacy, financial literacy and eSafety for low-literate learners in low-resource settings with low internet…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technological Literacy, Integrated Curriculum, Handheld Devices
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Rutherford, Marion; Burns, Morag; Gray, Duncan; Bremner, Lynne; Clegg, Sarah; Russell, Lucy; Smith, Charlie; O'Hare, Anne – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
The 'autism diagnosis crisis' and long waiting times for assessment are as yet unresolved, leading to undue stress and limiting access to effective support. There is therefore a significant need for evidence to support practitioners in the development of efficient services, delivering acceptable waiting times and effectively meeting guideline…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Efficiency
Education Resource Strategies, 2020
Everyone agrees that school in the fall cannot look the same as it did before the pandemic. Education leaders must organize people, time, and money to make up for learning losses, help students reconnect with schooling, support students' increased social and emotional needs, respond to physical distancing and sanitation requirements, and provide…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Models, School Districts, Administrator Role
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Regional Educational Laboratory Central, 2020
These are the appendixes for the report, "How Legacy High School Students Use Their Flexible Time." The study examined whether students with different demographic characteristics and academic achievement levels use their flex-time differently. The study found that, on average over the school year, students had approximately 80 minutes of…
Descriptors: High School Students, Flexible Scheduling, Decision Making, Time Management
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Walker, Ruth V.; Zelin, Alexandra I.; Behrman, Carolyn; Strnad, Rachel – NACADA Journal, 2017
University-based academic advising at a large, Great Lakes state institution was designed to support first-year students' transition to college. We conducted individual interviews and facilitated story circles with 162 students to determine their perceived effectiveness of advising. Analyses revealed four overarching themes: student difficulty…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Attitudes, Academic Advising, Faculty Advisers
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Steenbeek, Henderien; van Vondel, Sabine; van Geert, Paul – Complicity: An International Journal of Complexity and Education, 2017
This article concentrates on the question what kind of model--conceptual and statistical--can serve as a good working model for the study of learning and teaching processes qua processes. We claim that a good way of answering this question is to begin by observing a teaching and learning process as, where, and when it occurs. In addition, a…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Learning Processes, Group Dynamics, Models
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Rehn, Nicole; Maor, Dorit; McConney, Andrew – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2017
The purpose of this research is to unpack and learn from the experiences of teachers who deliver courses to remote secondary school students by videoconference. School districts are using videoconferencing to connect students and teachers who are separated geographically through regular live, real-time conferences. Previous studies have shown the…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Videoconferencing, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Stange, Mathew; Smyth, Jolene D.; Olson, Kristen – Field Methods, 2016
Although researchers can easily select probability samples of addresses using the U.S. Postal Service's Delivery Sequence File, randomly selecting respondents within households for surveys remains challenging. Researchers often place within-household selection instructions, such as the next or last birthday methods, in survey cover letters to…
Descriptors: Mail Surveys, Research Methodology, Family (Sociological Unit), Community Surveys
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Bugge, Liv Susanne; Wikan, Gerd – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2016
Many countries face a challenge in recruiting teachers. At the same time, the labour market is changing and the demand for re-education is increasing. In this situation, lifelong learning is seen as relevant and higher education institutions are asked to offer flexible and decentralised study programmes in order to accommodate the need for formal…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Student Participation, Student Characteristics, Flexible Scheduling
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Christensen, Steven S.; Howell, Scott L.; Hall, C. Giles – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2016
This article is a follow-up to a previous article, "Six Ways to Increase Enrollments at an Extended Campus," published in this journal (vol. 17, no. 4, winter 2015), wherein a seventh best practice to increase course offerings and increase enrollments at an extended campus is presented. This best practice seeks to identify those areas of…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Enrollment, Higher Education, Universities
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Christensen, Steven S.; Howell, Scott L.; Christensen, Jordan – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2015
This is a "best practices" article focused on sharing six new academic scheduling strategies recently employed by the BYU Salt Lake Center to optimize course offerings and increase enrollments. These strategies are generalizable to other academic programs that help extend academic programs at a distance, including online courses. The…
Descriptors: Scheduling, Higher Education, Extension Education, Campuses
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Gunawan, Heri; Daud, Afrianto – English Language Teaching Educational Journal, 2018
This study aims to document how 2103 curriculum has been implemented by English teachers in a high school located in a rural area in Riau province. This research in particular investigates the implementation of Scientific Approach by English teachers in Bunga Raya Siak regency. The study is specifically aimed at investigating two research…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Curriculum Implementation
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Duemmler, Kerstin; Felder, Alexandra; Caprani, Isabelle – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2018
This article investigates how Swiss retail apprentices construct their occupational identities under modern workplace affordances. The Swiss retail sector has become more competitive in recent decades; as a consequence, retail businesses look for skilled and responsible employees who are flexible in regard to work tasks and schedules. The article…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Identity, Identification (Psychology), Retailing
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