NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing 4,876 to 4,890 of 5,771 results Save | Export
Dorn, Randy; Came, Deb – Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2012
The Comprehensive Education Data and Research System (CEDARS) is a longitudinal data system managed by the Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) to collect, store and report data related to students, courses, and teachers in order to meet state and federal reporting requirements, and to help educators and policy…
Descriptors: Information Centers, Annual Reports, Statistical Data, State Surveys
Dorn, Randy; Came, Deb – Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2012
The Comprehensive Education Data and Research System (CEDARS) is a longitudinal data system that will allow Washington's Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) to collect, store and report data related to students, courses, and teachers in order to meet state and federal reporting requirements and to help educators and policy makers…
Descriptors: Information Centers, Annual Reports, Statistical Data, State Surveys
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Doren, Bonnie; Flannery, K. Brigid; Lombardi, Allison R.; Kato, Mimi McGrath – Remedial and Special Education, 2013
This study examined (a) the main effects of professional development on the quality of postsecondary goals in employment and postsecondary education/training, (b) the main effects of student and teacher characteristics on goal quality, and (c) whether professional development moderated the relationship between the impact of these characteristics…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teacher Characteristics, Student Characteristics, Individualized Education Programs
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Mair, Patrick; von Eye, Alexander – Psychological Methods, 2007
In this article, the authors have 2 aims. First, hierarchical, nonhierarchical, and nonstandard log-linear models are defined. Second, application scenarios are presented for nonhierarchical and nonstandard models, with illustrations of where these scenarios can occur. Parameters can be interpreted in regard to their formal meaning and in regard…
Descriptors: Hypothesis Testing, Causal Models, Matrices, Coding
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Wang, Dong-Yuan Debbie; Procter, Robert W.; Pick, David F. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2007
Four experiments investigated influences of irrelevant action effects on response selection in Simon tasks for which tone pitch was relevant and location irrelevant, and responses were clockwise-counterclockwise wheel rotations. When the wheel controlled left-right movement of a cursor in a direction opposite an instructed left-right hand-movement…
Descriptors: Experiments, Motion, Coding, Responses
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Minnaar, A. – Africa Education Review, 2011
E-learning includes the use of the internet for accessing learning materials, interacting with learning content and with instructors and students to obtain support during the learning process in order to gain knowledge and personal meaning and to grow. It occurs when students have electronic access to resources and where they are in regular online…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Internet
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Schwab, Charles V.; Freeman, Steven A. – Journal of Extension, 2011
An important component of the safe operation of agricultural equipment is the ability to read and understand universal symbols. The Internet educational module is designed to help participants recognize these symbols. The impact of using it was evaluated using a field trial study. Assessment consisted of pre- and post-tests. Youth who had access…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Instructional Materials, Internet, Agricultural Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Sengupta, Arijit – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2009
Programming courses have always been a difficult part of an Information Systems curriculum. While we do not train Information Systems students to be developers, understanding how to build a system always gives students an added perspective to improve their system design and analysis skills. This teaching tip presents CFC (Comment-First-Coding)--a…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Information Systems, Programming, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Baudouin, Alexia; Clarys, David; Vanneste, Sandrine; Isingrini, Michel – Brain and Cognition, 2009
The aim of the present study was to examine executive dysfunctioning and decreased processing speed as potential mediators of age-related differences in episodic memory. We compared the performances of young and elderly adults in a free-recall task. Participants were also given tests to measure executive functions and perceptual processing speed…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Memory, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Smith, Bryan; Sauro, Shannon – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2009
The research on text-based synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC), while generally acknowledging the potential benefits afforded by the medium's capacity for extensive self-repair, has done little in the way of exploration of the nature of such text. Indeed, until quite recently, output logs have been favored almost exclusively at the…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Sargeant, Lynn M. – History of Education Quarterly, 2009
In this article, the author compares the music education in the United States and the Russian Empire at the turn of the twentieth century. In both countries, music educators struggled to secure a permanent role for vocal music in the school. By comparing Russian music instruction to that in the United States, educators can better understand not…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Education, Music Teachers, Music
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Ktori, Maria; Pitchford, Nicola J. – Journal of Research in Reading, 2009
This study investigated the relative extent to which developing readers (6- and 9-year-olds) of English (deep) or Greek (transparent) orthography exhibit serial and exterior letter effects in letter position encoding. Participants were given a visual search task that required detection of a pre-specified target letter within a random five-letter…
Descriptors: Spelling, Orthographic Symbols, Reading Processes, Visual Stimuli
Scott, Julia Kay – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Orff Schulwerk is defined by its practitioners as an approach to teaching music to children through the Orff media: speech, singing, movement, and playing instruments. The approach is often best known for use of the "Orff instruments," and some music educators criticize Orff-based instruction, claiming that singing is overlooked or…
Descriptors: Music Education, Teaching Methods, Music Teachers, Teacher Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Paquette, Daniel; Bigras, Marc – Early Child Development and Care, 2010
Initial validation data are presented for the Risky Situation (RS), a 20-minute observational procedure designed to assess the father-child activation relationship with children aged 12-18 months. The coding grid, which is simple and easy to use, allows parent-child dyads to be classified into three categories and provides an activation score. By…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Fathers, Risk, Validity
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Sirna, K.; Tinning, R.; Rossi, T. – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2010
This paper examines Initial Teacher Education students' experiences of participation in health and physical education (HPE) subject department offices and the impact on their understandings and identity formation. Pierre Bourdieu's concepts of habitus, field, and practice along with Wenger's communities of practice form the theoretical frame used…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Health Education, Surveys
Pages: 1  |  ...  |  322  |  323  |  324  |  325  |  326  |  327  |  328  |  329  |  330  |  ...  |  385