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Weisbrod, Jonathan – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Many institutions of higher education offer research opportunities for undergraduates, but community college students often do not get to benefit from this high-impact educational practice. There are several reasons for this problem, including that community college faculty and students have limited time availability for research and the mission…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Community Colleges
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Cai, Qijie Vicky; Hong, Huili; McNary, Scot W.; Song, Liyan – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2023
To broaden participation in robotics education, a free, after-school robotics program has been designed and developed at a public university. As part of a longitudinal study, this paper reports the first iteration of the program, offered to 12 students from Grades 3 through 7 in spring 2022. Three preservice teachers were trained as…
Descriptors: Program Development, Robotics, Computation, Thinking Skills
Denise D. Smith – ProQuest LLC, 2023
"When a group of people come together to share a vision for an organization, each person brings a unique visualization of an amazing running institution and each shares a responsibility for the establishment to run effectively" Senge (2006). This dissertation in practice (DiP) was aimed at addressing a performance gap of low engagement…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, After School Programs, College Preparation, High School Students
Renee Rana Kazemipour Paquier – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study responds to a national conversation about the role that Career Technical Education (CTE) might play in meeting workforce demand for soft skills. It is challenging for CTE programs to offer soft skills for several reasons. Both educators and employers tend to associate CTE with hard skills, or technical skills and therefore the programs…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Soft Skills, Community Colleges, Public Colleges
Lindy Marie Messer – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Many departments seek to improve their equity, diversity, and inclusion using data-informed methods; however, not much is known about how closely department leadership aligns their review practices with appropriate theory. This dissertation seeks to explore four areas: 1) how are equity, diversity, and inclusion are being conceptualized (implied…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Diversity, Inclusion, Program Evaluation
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Stephen M. Ponisciak; Karen M. Morris – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2023
The Advanced Placement Teacher Investment Program in Indiana (AP-TIP IN) program trains teachers to prepare students for college with rigorous math, science, and English coursework using the College Board Advanced Placement Program®. The program's goals are to increase enrollment in math, science, and English Advanced Placement® courses, and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Faculty Development, Advanced Placement Programs, Enrollment
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Kirk Vanacore; Erin Ottmar; Alison Liu; Adam Sales – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2023
Background: Implementation quality is a significant factor in determining whether a program has its intended impact (Durlak and DuPre, 2008; List et al., 2021). Therefore, when studying a program's efficacy, researchers must ensure that the program is implemented as intended to estimate its impact. To evaluate whether a program is being…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Fidelity, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria
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Rachel Rennie; Leah Smart – International Journal of Nurture in Education, 2023
This article starts with an outline of how the core concepts of attachment, child development, neuroscience and the impact of trauma have influenced the educational landscape in Scotland. An account is provided of how key Scottish education policies promote nurturing relationships as beneficial for children and young people's wellbeing and healthy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Change, Caring
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Kathleen D. Dyer – Family Science Review, 2023
Outcomes assessment in an academic family science program led to the accidental discovery of grade inflation that was causing impaction problems in upper-division major courses. The current analysis evaluates the effectiveness of a policy intervention designed to improve academic rigor in previously grade-inflated classes. The new policy required…
Descriptors: Family and Consumer Sciences, Grade Inflation, Grading, Program Evaluation
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Kathy Dowell; Catherine Snyder – Grantee Submission, 2023
BoSTEM, implemented by United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley and Boston Afterschool and Beyond, is a network of STEM-focused after school programs in the Boston area that provide high-quality science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) opportunities to Boston middle school students. Through an innovative citywide coalition of…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Program Evaluation, Middle School Students, After School Programs
Christopher Vatland; Erin E. Barton; Lam Pham; Lise Fox; Mary Louise Hemmeter; Gary Henry – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2023
In recent years, there has been increased attention regarding systems-level implementation to support the sustained use of evidence-based interventions and supports in authentic early childhood settings. With this comes a need to accurately measure implementation fidelity of the critical features within a framework as well as individual practices.…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Program Implementation, Evidence Based Practice
Paul A. Curtis – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This program evaluation study used an objectives-oriented evaluation to determine the impact of professional development on effective communication to enhance leadership skills of school and district leaders in a southwestern Florida school district. Professional development is offered by the district to teachers, school leaders, district leaders,…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Faculty Development, Communication (Thought Transfer), Skill Development
Kerry G. Hofer; Wendy Wei – Abt Associates, 2023
The Massachusetts Early Childhood Support Organization (ECSO) initiative seeks to improve the quality of early education programs (EEPs) by supporting leaders to strengthen their organizational climate, provide job-embedded professional learning opportunities for educators, support the use of instructional curriculum and child assessments in their…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality, Educational Improvement
David S. Knight; Julia Duncheon; Kefi Anderson; Matthew Frizzell – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2023
As the transition point between middle school and high school, ninth grade can either set a student up for long-term success or diminish a student's likelihood of graduating high school altogether. Interventions that can help educators better meet the needs of students during this critical juncture represent powerful levers for driving school…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Grade 9, Program Evaluation, College Readiness
Lelys Dinarte-Diaz; Maria Marta Ferreyra; Sergio Urzua; Marina Bassi – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2023
Short-cycle higher education programs (SCPs) can play a central role in skill development and higher education expansion, yet their quality varies greatly within and among countries. In this paper we explore the relationship between programs' practices and inputs (quality determinants) and student academic and labor market outcomes. We design and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Quality, College Programs
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