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Direct linkBarriga, Alvaro Q.; Cooper, Eric K.; Gawelek, Mary Ann; Butela, Kristin; Johnson, Elizabeth – College Teaching, 2008
This investigation documents an intervention that successfully counteracted a grade inflation trend at a small, Catholic, liberal arts university in the eastern United States. The intervention produced a significant drop in grades awarded by full-time faculty, but not by adjunct faculty who were not yet included in the intervention. Institutional…
Descriptors: Intervention, Grade Inflation, Liberal Arts, Investigations
Stalker, Kirsten Ogilvie; Malloch, Margaret; Barry, Monica Anne; Watson, June Ann – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2008
This paper reports the findings of a study commissioned by the Scottish Executive which examined the introduction and implementation of local area co-ordination (LAC) in Scotland. A questionnaire about their posts was completed by 44 local area co-ordinators, interviews were conducted with 35 local area co-ordinators and 14 managers and case…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Interviews
D'Avanzo, Charlene; Morris, Deborah – Academe, 2008
Over the last decade or so, faculty in a wide range of disciplines have become more interested in and open to the scholarship of teaching and learning. That scholarship has taken many forms, including personal accounts of experimentation and change, descriptions of recommended practices, and quantitative research on students' gains. In this…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Improvement Programs, Scholarship, Ecology
Stapleton, Drue T.; Taliaferro, Andrea R.; Bulger, Sean M. – Quest, 2017
Physical education programs in colleges/universities have been called on to provide students with opportunities to develop an appreciation for, and increase participation in, lifetime physical activity. Higher Education Physical Activity Programs (HEPAPs) have evolved over the past 100 years in response to changing societal and institutional…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Higher Education, Physical Activities, Youth Programs
Download full textAltmisdort, Gonca – English Language Teaching, 2016
The main aim of this study is to analyze and discuss the similarities and the differences between English language teacher educational programs at universities in Turkey, and to identify the undergraduate students' ideas about their current curriculum. In addition to this, the study aims to compare the education of English language teacher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction
Pereus, Steven C. – School Business Affairs, 2012
For most districts, budgeting has become a cost-cutting exercise designed to close the gap between revenues and expenses. During this process, decision makers inherently assume that existing operations are efficient and effective--an assumption that is rarely validated by facts. Cutting programs and services balances budgets but does not…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Strategic Planning, Efficiency, Cost Effectiveness
Morris, Michael – New Directions for Evaluation, 2012
The author explores the challenges encountered when organizations attempt to facilitate evaluation and improvement through policy statements of professional associations. The American Evaluation Association (AEA) is used as an example. Various AEA statements are described as general and avoiding particular value preferences. The author concludes…
Descriptors: Ethics, Professional Associations, Position Papers, Program Improvement
Civil Service Commission, Washington, DC. Communications and Office Skills Training Center. – 1971
The document is designed as a refresher course to help clerical-secretarial employees who take Gregg Shorthand Simplified or Diamond Jubilee work toward higher speed and accuracy. Its particular objectives are: to increase the secretary's ability to meet dictation requirements; to build an awareness of the importance of correspondence procedures,…
Descriptors: Guides, Improvement Programs, Refresher Courses, Shorthand
Peer reviewedO'Hanlon, James; Wood, Fred H. – Educational Leadership, 1972
Describes the role of a curriculum specialist in working with curriculum committees. (GB)
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Curriculum Development, Improvement Programs, Specialists
Fossen, Arnold Van – Training Bus Ind, 1970
The Crouse-Hinds project provided training in new skills for employees over 40 years of age to aid them to advance in position and in salary. (NL)
Descriptors: Improvement Programs, Industrial Training, Retraining, Skill Development
Rich, Leslie – Amer Educ, 1970
A program in which inner-city children discuss community needs and find ways to go about meeting these needs is discussed. (CK)
Descriptors: Grade 8, Improvement Programs, Urban Youth, Violence
Peer reviewedRibich, Thomas i. – NASSP Bulletin, 1971
The worth of educational programs in relation to their economic effect on the poor is analyzed. (CK)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Finance, Improvement Programs, Poverty
Peer reviewedWallace, Guy W. – Performance Improvement, 2003
Discussion of human performance technology (HPT) emphasizes the key variable, which is the human variable. Highlights include the Ishikawa Diagram; human performance as one variable of process performance; collaborating with other improvement approaches; value propositions; and benefits to stakeholders, including real return on investments. (LRW)
Descriptors: Improvement Programs, Performance Technology, Stakeholders, Value Judgment
Zaslow, Martha, Ed.; Martinez-Beck, Ivelisse, Ed.; Tout, Kathryn, Ed.; Halle, Tamara, Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2011
What constitutes quality in early childhood settings, and how can it best be measured with today's widely used tools and promising new approaches? Find authoritative answers in this book, a must-have for high-level administrators and policymakers as more and more states adopt early childhood Quality Rating and Improvement Systems. The most…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Early Childhood Education, Disabilities, Toddlers
Margolin, Jonathan; Kleidon, Briana; Williams, Ryan; Schmidt, Michele Cranwell – American Institutes for Research, 2011
American Institutes for Research (AIR) conducted an external evaluation of Vermont's Ed-Tech Program from January 2010-June 2011. The purpose of the evaluation was to provide feedback on the implementation and outcomes of the competitive grant programs that were active during this time. The findings of the evaluation are intended to help VTDOE…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Student Projects, Teacher Collaboration, Active Learning
