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Direct linkJohnson, Carla C. – School Science and Mathematics, 2012
This is a case study of the implementation of state STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) policy over the period of the first 18 months of building a regional STEM partnership. Fullan's change theory is the framework used to determine progress and associated challenges with building a regional STEM educational partnership and…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Focus Groups, Partnerships in Education, Educational Change
Kruse, Nathan B. – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2012
The purpose of this study was to explore middle school and high school band students' perceptions of two ongoing school-university partnerships. Interviews and focus group interviews were conducted with school students to capture their unique perspectives and to support the tenets of formative and action research designs. Findings indicated that…
Descriptors: Action Research, Student Attitudes, Feedback (Response), Musicians
Download full textBurns, Mary; Pierson, Elizabeth; Reddy, Shylaja – International Journal of Instruction, 2014
Active Learning in Maths and Science (ALMS) was a six-month face-to-face professional development program for middle school maths and science teachers carried out between June and November, 2010 in two Indian states. ALMS's theory of action is grounded in the belief that collaborative learning serves as a "gateway" to learner-centered…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Professional Development, Middle School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers
Benjamin, Steve – Phi Delta Kappan, 2014
According to this author, when it comes to data-based decision making, many educators are looking in the wrong place. This is one reason why this potentially powerful practice has too often under-delivered. Many schools rush headlong into analyzing data without considering if the data they are reviewing is worth the effort, if other data might…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Data, Evidence, Action Research
Brown, Brentt; Vargo, Merrill – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2014
California has embarked on a major new wave of curriculum reform with the adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), the new English Language Development (ELD) standards, and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The adoption of the CCSS builds a legacy of standards-based education reform in California that began with the…
Descriptors: State Standards, Program Implementation, Educational Practices, Educational Strategies
Bikson, Tora K.; Kalra, Nidhi; Galway, Lionel A.; Agnew, Grace – RAND Corporation, 2011
The National Science Foundation's (NSF) National Science Digital Library/Distributed Learning (NSDL) program turned 10 years old in 2010. This report presents results of a preliminary program evaluation carried out by RAND and is organized around three principal goals: (1) Provide an initial evaluation of NSDL based on existing information…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, STEM Education, Program Evaluation, Formative Evaluation
Baker, Eva L. – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2011
The POWERSOURCE[C] intervention is intended as a generalizable and powerful formative assessment strategy that can be integrated with any on-going mathematics curriculum to improve teachers' knowledge and practice and, in turn, student learning. Combining theory and research in cognition, assessment and learning (for both adults and students) with…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Student Evaluation, Mathematics Education, Intervention
Stecker, Pamela M.; Lembke, Erica S. – National Center on Student Progress Monitoring, 2011
Progress monitoring refers to a system of ongoing data collection on academic skills of interest. Short samples of student performance are collected on a regular basis, and the scores from these short samples of performance are graphed to create a picture of student progress. Teachers can use the graphed student performance as they make…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Reading, Formative Evaluation, Student Evaluation
Chaney, Sandra Lynne – Online Submission, 2011
Background: An elementary teacher study group supports each other in a year-long journey as they learn how to work through writer's workshop curriculum in order to implement Units of Study by Lucy Calkins at a K-6 school. Time spent in writing instruction has been largely neglected, and a teacher-researcher wants to document the support found from…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Writing Workshops, Emergent Literacy, Writing Instruction
Phelan, Julia; Vendlinski, Terry; Choi, Kilchan; Herman, Joan; Baker, Eva L. – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2011
The POWERSOURCE[c] intervention is a generalizable and powerful formative assessment-based strategy that can be integrated with any ongoing mathematics curriculum to improve teachers' knowledge and practice and, in turn, student learning. Our primary research objectives are based on our hypotheses that as a result of POWERSOURCE[c], teachers will…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Computer Managed Instruction, Intervention, Formative Evaluation
Parker, Jason L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This dissertation was designed to examine and assess the effectiveness of the ClassScape formative assessment tool on the planning, implementation, and evaluation of instruction at a rural middle school in western North Carolina. The teachers had the ClassScape program for 3 years, but were not using the program to plan future instruction. The…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Focus Groups, Teacher Surveys, Student Surveys
González, Kenneth P.; Arámbula-Turner, Tracy L. – American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education, 2011
In this essay, the authors accomplish three tasks: (1) identify common limitations of programs designed to increase the success rates of Latina/o college students, (2) describe the common characteristics of programs that exhibit effective practice, and (3) provide a framework to guide colleges and universities in designing effective program…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, College Students, Graduation, Higher Education
Tsegai, Samuel Kifle – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of the study was to investigate the nature of the preservice teachers' (PSTs) reflections on their practices in the context of the Iterative Model Building (IMB) approach. Participants were elementary PSTs enrolled in a field experience course in the spring of 2009. The field experience included formative assessment interviews,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Video Technology, Formative Evaluation, Preservice Teachers
Benton, Stephen L.; Gross, Amy B.; Pallett, William H.; Song, Jihyun; Webster, Russell; Guo, Meixi – IDEA Center, Inc., 2011
The IDEA Feedback for Administrators system provides feedback to academic administrators about their performance of relevant administrative responsibilities and their leadership style and interpersonal characteristics. The system is based on a model of reflective practice, which is consistent with The IDEA Center's longstanding approach to…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Administrators, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Evaluation
Stohlmann, Micah; Moore, Tamara J.; McClelland, J.; Roehrig, Gillian H. – Middle School Journal (J3), 2011
This article describes the experiences of one Minnesota middle school that implemented a year-long integrated STEM program with the cooperation of graduate student fellows from a local university. The authors, two of whom were among the graduate students involved in the project, describe their impressions of the program, share some lessons they…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, STEM Education, Integrated Curriculum, College School Cooperation
