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National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), 2006
This seminar guide was created by the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) to assist program administrators in accessing, understanding, judging, and using research for themselves and for their staff. Professional developers may want to use this seminar in place of a regularly scheduled meeting, such as a statewide…
Descriptors: Seminars, Educational Research, Program Administration, Adult Learning
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Derrick, Jay; Gawn, Judith; Ecclestone, Kathryn – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2008
Research and development on formative assessment has paid little attention to part-time adult basic education in informal community-based settings. A three-year project funded by the Nuffield Foundation, the National Research Development Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy, and the Quality Improvement Agency addresses that gap in vocational and…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Formative Evaluation, Numeracy, Adult Basic Education
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Penuel, William R.; Boscardin, Christy Kim; Masyn, Katherine; Crawford, Valerie M. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2007
This study examined how 498 elementary and secondary educators use student response systems in their instruction. The teachers all completed an online questionnaire designed to learn about their goals for using response systems, the instructional strategies they employ when using the system, and the perceived effects of response systems.…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Student Reaction, Feedback (Response)
St. John, Mark; Helms, Jenifer V.; Castori, Pam; Hirabayashi, Judy; Lopez, Laurie; Phillips, Michelle – Inverness Research, 2009
The documents enclosed in this report provide a comprehensive and systematic review of the progress made in developing a network organization capable of supporting nanoscience education for the public on a national scale. There is a logic to the studies that were done and to the reports that are included in this notebook. The following are the…
Descriptors: Workshops, Leadership, Administrators, Scientists