The purpose of this dissertation was two-fold: 1) to examine the teaching practices of paraprofessionals or teachers who have had ABA training and those who have not, and 2) to examine the differences in teaching practices between professionally trained RBTs and paraprofessionals or teachers who have had no ABA training. A case study was performed…

The purpose of this Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis study was to understand how mid-level professionals in student affairs experience their own capacity for and training experiences in minimizing burnout from stressors related to the COVID-19 pandemic at colleges and universities in New England. Herzberg's two factor theory of motivation…

This basic qualitative study contributes to what is known about mentoring in higher education: the mentoring experiences of minority women leading in academic and student affairs at Pacific Island community colleges (PICC). This study examined the mentoring experiences of these minority women leaders and related mentorship to their leadership…

Purpose: The purpose of this journal-ready dissertation was to determine the degree to which diagnostic assessments and school efforts were provided at different school levels, factors may have limited school personnel in their efforts to provide mental health services to students, and staff was provided training in regard to mental health. In the…

This paper presents an insight on the pedagogy and strategic design of the organization of the four experimental subjects of the Chemical Engineering Degree Curricula at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (GIQ-ETSII-UPM). Outcome-based learning is applied, focused on the student's work, centering explicitly in Experimental Design outcomes.…

The laboratory course in organic chemistry for preservice chemistry teachers has been designed anew. For the course, only 2 weeks (8 h a day) are available. Therefore, we wanted to use this time effectively, which led to the following main goals: the students should achieve practical skills, understand the practical procedures they had to conduct,…

Discrete trial training is a popular teaching method for individuals with autism, but is not easily implemented with fidelity due to its complexity. This is the first meta-analysis of single-case experimental design studies to quantify the impact of behavioral skills training on individuals' ability to implement discrete trials with fidelity.…

Discrete trial training is a popular teaching method for individuals with autism, but it is not easily implemented with fidelity due to its complexity. This is the first meta-analysis of single-case experimental design studies to quantify the impact of behavioral skills training on individuals' ability to implement discrete trials with fidelity.…

Effective leadership preparation includes meaningful, experiential opportunities. This article details an effort to provide these opportunities through a school-university partnership. Through involvement in a semester-long action research project, a cohort of teacher leaders increased academic growth for selected students at their middle school…

We study the short-run effects of a gamified online entrepreneurship training offered to high school students in Rwanda during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a randomized controlled trial, we estimate sizeable effects of the 6-week training on entrepreneurial activity. One month after the training, participants in schools offered the training were…

The primary goal of job training programs is to improve employment and earning outcomes of participants. However, effective job training programs may have potential secondary benefits, including in the form of reduced arrests. In this paper, we evaluate the impact of a job training program in New Orleans that was implemented using a randomized…

This chapter focuses on the Association for Overseas Technical Cooperation and Sustainable Partnerships (AOTS), which has carried out training projects through public-private partnerships to meet the human resource development needs of private businesses investing overseas. This chapter compares AOTS with the Japan International Cooperation Agency…

This paper argues that The National Coordination of Forcibly Contracted Teachers (NCFCT) [Arabic characters omitted] is a social justice movement that goes beyond the demands for better employment benefits and educational justice through schools that communities deserve to resisting philosophies that make use of their 'relegated' status as an…

Emergency response services are vital for enhancing public safety by safeguarding the environment, property, and human lives. As frontline members of these services, 9-1-1 dispatchers have a direct impact on response times and the overall effectiveness of emergency operations. However, traditional dispatcher training methods, which rely on…

The following article discusses Syracuse University's process to overhaul advising practices to better serve students. The initiative included improving advisor training and coordinating advising across all schools and colleges as well as integrating advising with career services. The process engaged theuniversity's strategic plan goals of serving…