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Zoblotsky, Todd; Ransford-Kaldon, Carolyn; Morrison, Donald M. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
The present paper describes the recruitment and site selection process that has been underway since January 2011, with particular emphasis on the use of Mahalanobis distance score to determine matched pairs of sites prior to randomization to treatment and control groups. Through a systematic winnowing process, the authors found that they could…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Educational Change, Research Methodology, Site Selection
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Lawson, Anton E. – Science Education, 1990
Described are the results of a formal reasoning test taken by both Japanese and American students. The most likely reasons for the difference between test score results are discussed. Japan's "hands-on" and group inquiry-oriented curriculum approach is cited as one difference. (KR)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Education, Curriculum Design, Elementary Education
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Hounshell, Paul B. – Science Education, 1985
Outlines initial work of the "Science Education Information Network" which employs a rapid response procedure for science teachers throughout North Carolina. This work includes collecting and analyzing educational problems and salary concerns. Indicates that the network is feasible and provides information for decision making at the…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Information Networks, Salaries
Elks, Ann Pharr – 1987
This practicum was designed to increase and expand the use of an environmental education center available in the Bladen Lakes State Forest in Elizabethtown, North Carolina. The immediate goal was to provide teachers with a new awareness of the offerings and availability of the site to increase the likelihood of participation with students. The…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Conservation (Environment), Ecology, Elementary Education
Whitaker, Beth Elise – Social Science Research Council, 2004
This report, the most recent of several SSRC projects related to knowledge production, research networks and capacity building in sub-Saharan Africa, concerns the state of collaboration between U.S. and South African higher education institutions around social science research and other areas linked to the extraordinary changes that have (and are)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Science Research, Higher Education, Intercollegiate Cooperation
Miller, Greg, Ed. – 2000
These proceedings contain 48 presentations and 15 poster abstracts. Papers include "Computer Tasks Required in Selected Undergraduate Agriculture Courses" (Johnson, Ferguson, Vokinnns, Lester); "College of Agriculture Faculty Perceptions of Electronic Technologies in Teaching" (Dooley, Murphy); "Steering Through Turbulent…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Sciences