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Davidson, Cliff I.; Ambrose, Susan A. – 1994
This book is designed to help new faculty members in engineering and the sciences become effective teachers and researchers. Part 1 focuses on teaching, and includes six chapters which cover: characteristics of student learning, planning a course, conducting discussions and lectures, preparing examinations and assignments for students, and working…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, College Faculty, College Instruction, Course Organization
Gallaher, Irene; Daniel, Larry G. – 1989
The study sought to determine barriers that impede college of education faculty members' involvement in grant-related research activities. An initial questionnaire completed by 54 college of education faculty at a large public university was designed to determine faculty experience in applying for and/or obtaining external funding for research.…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Faculty, Faculty Promotion, Faculty Workload
Kaufman, Martin J. – 1988
The paper describes the perspective of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services on special education research. The process for reviewing research proposals is explained, along with procedures for selecting experts in the field for creating registers of reviewers. Also discussed are the number of points allocated to different…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Community Coll. System. – 1979
Since 1975, the Student Flow Project of the Hawaii community colleges, an ongoing longitudinal study, has examined the progress of students through the community college system. It complements enrollment data with information on non-continuing students and graduates. The Project consists of three basic components: (1) admissions, which deals with…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Community Colleges, Dropout Rate, Institutional Research
George Washington Univ., Alexandria, VA. Human Resources Research Office. – 1967
THE FISCAL YEAR 1968 WORK PROGRAM FOR THE HUMAN RESOURCES RESEARCH OFFICE (HUMRRO) OF GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY WILL PROVIDE FOR BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH, CONTINUATION OF A TECHNICAL ADVISORY SERVICE FOR HELPING TO SOLVE PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE HUMRRO MISSIONS, AND THE CAREFUL EXPLORATION OF AREAS LIKELY TO CONTAIN SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Cross Cultural Training, Educational Technology, Equipment Maintenance
Mohrman, Kathryn; And Others – 1977
Presented are some basic facts about the process of getting federal money for individual research projects, institutional activities, curriculum development, or other programs in higher education institutions. Some background is given on the purposes and history of federal grant monies, and steps in the proposal process are outlined: gathering…
Descriptors: Awards, Bibliographies, Curriculum Development, Federal Aid
Fudell, Stanley E. – 1967
The Handicapped Children Project (HCP) was established to ascertain the southern region's needs and resources in special education teacher training programs. It was intended to encourage inservice training, to assist in planning for cooperative use of training and research resources, to provide information to states, and to assist in planning…
Descriptors: Communications, Consultants, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs
State Fair Community Coll., Sedalia, MO. – 1978
The vocational-technical staff at State Fair Community College conducted a curriculum research project in which twenty-one previously developed modules were revised and updated and seventy-two new modules of individualized mediated instructional materials were developed in the occupational areas of (1) agribusiness, (2) business and office…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Business Education, Curriculum Development, Health Occupations
Friedlander, Bernard Z. – 1974
A research program is proposed which would establish a standard method of evaluating the effectiveness of educational television programs for elementary school students. Because of the rapid emergence of inexpensive video cassette recordings and cable television, and because research shows that children's comprehension and cognitive assimilation…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cable Television, Cognitive Processes, Communications
Lewinski, Austin J. – 1972
Empire State College is envisioned as an institution capable of providing new approaches for adult students. The establishment of an adult learning center as a bridge for older students who wish to re-enter Empire State College is discussed. Empire State should maintain an orientation toward material that is educationally relevant to the adult…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Adult Students
New Jersey Commission on Higher Education, 2005
The quality of institutional research, particularly at New Jersey's research universities, is critical to the competitiveness of both the institutions and the state. Strategic efforts to enhance the quality of research, expand the boundaries of knowledge, and increase the amount of research funding for colleges and universities in the state are…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Research, Research Administration, Research Needs
Bryant, Doug – 2000
This paper, titled "The Components of Emotional Intelligence and the Relationship to Sales Performance," presents two general approaches to studying emotional intelligence. The first is a broad model approach that considers abilities as well as a series of personality traits. The second is based on ability models. The possible correlation between…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Emotional Adjustment, Emotional Development, Emotional Intelligence
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Poole, Millicent; Swafford, Glenn – Research Studies in Music Education, 1993
Maintains that increasing competition for scarce public resource money combined with a redefinition of higher education as an instrument in economic recovery places a new and greater emphasis on research. Provides guidelines and suggestions for music research to operate and compete successfully within these parameters. Briefly discusses…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Faculty Promotion
National Inst. of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1977
In accordance with the Education Amendments of 1976 (P.L. 94-482), this document contains the plans proposed by the National Institute of Education (NIE) for undertaking a thorough evaluation and study of vocational education programs in the United States. Divided into four parts, the plan addresses four areas which were mandated by P.L. 94-482:…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Finance
De Witt, Kilby A. – 1981
Literature is reviewed and research is proposed on the supervision of teaching. The literature review on administrative theory in business and education reveals three periods of thought: a period when theories of supervision focused on the producer (the worker or teacher), a period when theories focused on the supervisor-producer relationship, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education
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