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Vlachou, Maria A. – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2015
Assessment for Learning (AfL) has influenced the assessment policy of many countries around the world because a range of research studies have shown the effectiveness of AfL on student learning. In the English context, although significant AfL developments have taken place in schools, its implementation seems not to have produced significant and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Learning
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Johnson, Jerry; Howley, Craig B. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2015
This article focuses on contemporary federal education policy as it manifests in rural schools. Rural schools differ appreciably from nonrural schools in terms of organizational systems, structures, and culture. Federal policies that drive school improvement initiatives (e.g., those regulating the functioning of schools and those managing the…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Federal Government, Rural Schools, Policy Analysis
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Lee, John; Swan, Kathy; Grant, S. G. – Social Education, 2015
The implementation of the C3 Framework has unfolded unlike any previous standards project. A grassroots movement rather than a top-down mandate, the C3 effort calls on teachers to be at the forefront of social studies reform. In New York State, the C3 Framework provided context and inspiration for the New York Social Studies Toolkit Project.…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Educational Change, Teacher Role, Teacher Empowerment
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Kielblock, Stephan – International Journal for Research on Extended Education, 2015
During the past decade, many schools in Germany have added extracurricular time to their regular curricular classes. This raises questions about the successful implementation of extracurricular programs and what makes them effective. The aim of this study is to illuminate the connection between these two questions. The theoretical and conceptual…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness, Extracurricular Activities, Student Attitudes
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Becker, Katherine; Miller, Libbi – SoJo Journal: Educational Foundations and Social Justice Education, 2015
Family literacy initiatives are historically rooted in positivism. In relationship to family literacy, the positivist paradigm is dangerous, as it strips the participants of power and removes their opportunities for voice. In response, a socially just approach to family literacy intervention is offered here. This approach embraces the context of…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Social Justice, Intervention, Power Structure
Michalopoulos, Charles; Lee, Helen; Duggan, Anne; Lundquist, Erika; Tso, Ada; Crowne, Sarah Shea; Burrell, Lori; Somers, Jennifer; Filene, Jill H.; Knox, Virginia – Administration for Children & Families, 2015
"The Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation: Early Findings on the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program--A Report to Congress" presents the first findings from the Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation (MIHOPE), the legislatively mandated national evaluation of the Maternal, Infant, and…
Descriptors: Home Visits, Program Evaluation, Mothers, Infants
Hossain, Farhana; Terwelp, Emily – MDRC, 2015
In 2008, New York City's Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO) launched the Young Adult Literacy (YAL) program to improve the academic and work-readiness skills of youth who are not in school, do not have a job, and have very low literacy skills. The YAL program targets 16- to 24-year-old young adults who read at the fourth-through eighth-grade…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Urban Education
Children Now, 2015
Today's students are preparing to enter a world in which higher education and the workforce are demanding higher-level skills than ever before. To ensure all students are ready for success after high school, the Common Core State Standards establish a set of learning goals that work grade-by-grade, step-by-step, to prepare them to meet challenges…
Descriptors: State Standards, Alignment (Education), Achievement Tests, English
American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), 2015
The American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) initiated a series of surveys designed to capture member institutional practice snapshots in 60 seconds or less. The December 2014 "AACRAO 60 Second Survey" asked respondents to indicate their institutions' credit for prior learning practices (CPL). To…
Descriptors: College Credits, Prior Learning, Surveys, Adult Learning
Mooney, Angela; Prins, Esther – Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy, 2015
This practitioner's guide discusses what digital storytelling (DST) is and reasons for using it in family literacy (FL) programs. Examples of FL programs using DST effectively are provided, along with concrete steps for implementation. The guide concludes with important considerations for educators and a list of resources.
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Family Programs, Story Telling, Multimedia Materials
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da Silva Marques Ribeiro, Andrea; Rodrigues Oliveira, Esequiel; Fortes Mello, Rodrigo – Open Praxis, 2017
Blended learning, the combination of face-to-face teaching with a virtual learning environment (VLE), is the theme of this study that aims at describing and analyzing the implementation of a VLE in the Institute of Application Fernando Rodrigues da Silveira, an academic unit of the State University of Rio de Janeiro. This study's main contribution…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Virtual Classrooms, Educational Environment, Blended Learning
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Imbriale, Ryan; Schiner, Nicholas; Elmendorf, Douglas – Computers in the Schools, 2017
Baltimore County Public Schools is in the midst of a transformation of teaching and learning; the goal being the creation of student-centered classrooms supported by a one-to-one computer for every student. This transformation, known as Students and Teachers Accessing Tomorrow, began in 2014 and is now in its third academic year. We present this…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Computer Uses in Education, Access to Computers, Educational Technology
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Calkins, Susanna; Harris, Muveddet – Journal of Faculty Development, 2017
For many faculty, critical reflection on teaching and learning requires space and time that is not readily available. For fifteen years, we have run a substantial year-long faculty development program designed to help participants: (1) reflect critically on their teaching and their students' learning; and (2) develop a project related to their…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Sustainability
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Cheok, Mei Lick; Wong, Su Luan; Ayub, Ahmad Fauzi; Mahmud, Rosnaini – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2017
Malaysian teachers are constantly challenged with many new technologies that are believed to enable them to perform their job better. In 2013, they have been given access to an online learning space known as the FROG VLE. However, initial evidence has shown poor adoption of the e-learning. As schools are becoming increasingly disconnected from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Electronic Learning
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Sen, Ceylan; Güler, Gürsel – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Sciences, 2017
The study was conducted to reveal the effects of the instruction of different problem-solving strategies on the proportional reasoning skills of students in solving proportional problems in the 6th grade math's class. Quasi-experimental research model with pretest-posttest control group was employed in the study. For eight class hours, the…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Learning Strategies, Educational Strategies, Problem Solving
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