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Cody, Scott; Perez-Johnson, Irma; Joyce, Kristen – American Journal of Evaluation, 2015
Administrative experiments are increasingly available for public programs with high-quality administrative data to identify what changes make programs and services more effective. Program administrators can run short-term experiments to test improvements in programs and have causally valid impact estimates within a year. Administrative experiments…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Experiments, Data, Veterans
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Brinkhuis, Matthieu J. S.; Bakker, Marjan; Maris, Gunter – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2015
The amount of data available in the context of educational measurement has vastly increased in recent years. Such data are often incomplete, involve tests administered at different time points and during the course of many years, and can therefore be quite challenging to model. In addition, intermediate results like grades or report cards being…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Measures (Individuals), Data, Robustness (Statistics)
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Hou, Chung-Yi – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2015
With the proliferation of digital technologies, scientists are exploring various methods for the integration of data to produce scientific discoveries. To maximize the potential of data for science advancement, proper stewardship must be provided to ensure data integrity and usability both for the short- and the long-term. In order to assist…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Information Management, Educational Needs, Data
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Bougnol, Marie-Laure; Dulá, Jose H. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2015
Academicians, experts, and other stakeholders have contributed extensively to the literature on university rankings also known as "league tables". Often the tone is critical usually focused on the subjective aspects of the process; e.g., the list of the universities' attributes used in the rankings, their respective weights, and the size…
Descriptors: Universities, Achievement Rating, Institutional Characteristics, Data Interpretation
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Manly, Catherine A.; Wells, Ryan S. – Research in Higher Education, 2015
Higher education researchers using survey data often face decisions about handling missing data. Multiple imputation (MI) is considered by many statisticians to be the most appropriate technique for addressing missing data in many circumstances. In particular, it has been shown to be preferable to listwise deletion, which has historically been a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Research, Surveys, Data
Office of English Language Acquisition, US Department of Education, 2015
The Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) has synthesized key data on English learners (ELs) into two-page PDF sheets, by topic, with graphics, plus key contacts. The maps presented depict the EL population by county--changes in their numbers from SY 2000-01 to SY 2011-12, and the total number and percentage of all students identified as…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Maps, Counties, Statistical Data
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Nieuwenhuis, F. J. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2015
Although the number of qualitative research studies has boomed in recent years, close observation reveals that often the research designs and methodological considerations and approaches have developed a type of configuration that does not adhere to purist definitions of the labels attached. Very often so called interpretivist studies are not…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Researchers, Research Methodology, Coding
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Hirata, Yoko; Thompson, Paul – ELT Journal, 2022
With the development of language corpora, linguists have been able to identify how often specific words, phrases, and expressions are used, and in which contexts. However, applications of corpora in the wider domain of language teaching have remained limited. This article presents an approach to utilizing corpora, combining principles from…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Teaching Methods, Action Research, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Bauder, Julia, Ed. – ALA Editions, 2022
Armed with this guide's strategies and concrete examples, subject librarians, data services librarians, and scholarly communication librarians will be inspired to roll up their sleeves and get involved with teaching research data management competencies to students and faculty. The usefulness of research data management skills bridges numerous…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Academic Libraries, Library Services, Librarian Teacher Cooperation
Pennington, Robert, Ed.; Ault, Melinda, Ed.; Courtade, Ginevra, Ed.; Jameson, J. Matt, Ed.; Ruppar, Andrea, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022
Building on the formative work of "High Leverage Practices (HLP) for Inclusive Classrooms," this critical companion explores how HLP can be applied to the education of students with extensive support needs (ESN). Each chapter walks readers through a different HLP, exploring its implications for students with ESN and aligning it with…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Students with Disabilities, Access to Education, Educational Practices
McBrien, Jody; Rutigliano, Alexandre; Sticca, Adam – OECD Publishing, 2022
Students who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex or somewhere else on the gender/sexuality spectrum (LGBTQI+) are among the diverse student groups in need of extra support and protection in order to succeed in education and reach their full potential. Because they belong to a minority that is often excluded by…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Inclusion, Student Diversity, At Risk Students
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Erin C. Yang; Robby Divine; Christine S. Kang; Sidney Chan; Elijah Arenas; Zoe Subol; Peter Tinker; Hayden Manninen; Alicia Feichtenbiner; Talal Mustafa; Julia Hallowell; Isiac Orr; Hugh Haddox; Brian Koepnick; Jacob O'Connor; Ian C. Haydon; Karla-Luise Herpoldt; Kandise Van Wormer; Celine Abell; David Baker; Alena Khmelinskaia; Neil P. King – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
Undergraduate research experiences can improve student success in graduate education and STEM careers. During the COVID-19 pandemic, undergraduate researchers at our institution and many others lost their work-study research positions due to interruption of in-person research activities. This imposed a financial burden on the students and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Teaching Methods, COVID-19, Pandemics
National Science Foundation, 2018
"Science and Engineering Indicators" ("Indicators") is a biennial congressionally mandated report that provides high-quality quantitative information on the U.S. and international science and engineering enterprise. The report employs a variety of presentation styles--such as narrative text, data tables and figures--to make the…
Descriptors: Science Education, Engineering Education, Educational Indicators, Information Sources
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Winchatz, Michaela R.; Sprain, Leah; Poutiainen, Saila; Ho, Evelyn Y. – Communication Education, 2023
In this article, we use grounded practical theory to develop a practical theory for using "difficult data" in Language and Social Interaction university classes. "Difficult data" are transcribed, audio/video-recorded data that contain language and ideologies that could be offensive, bigoted, or otherwise disturbing. We provide…
Descriptors: Speech Acts, Student Attitudes, Classroom Communication, Audio Equipment
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Charlotte N. Gunawardena; Yan Chen; Nick Flor; Damien Sánchez – Online Learning, 2023
Gunawardena et al.'s (1997) Interaction Analysis Model (IAM) is one of the most frequently employed frameworks to guide the qualitative analysis of social construction of knowledge online. However, qualitative analysis is time consuming, and precludes immediate feedback to revise online courses while being delivered. To expedite analysis with a…
Descriptors: Models, Learning Processes, Knowledge Level, Online Courses
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