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Student Success and Perceptions of Course Satisfaction in Face-to-Face, Hybrid, and Online Sections of Introductory Biology Classes at Three, Open Enrollment, Two-Year Colleges in Southern Missouri
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Hill, Joyce Diane – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Introductory biology courses at two-year, open enrollment colleges in America are presented in a variety of different course delivery formats. Traditionally, most students have enrolled in seated or face-to-face (F2F) lectures and laboratories. There is increased demand for courses presented online or in a hybrid format, although some studies…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Perception, Synchronous Communication, Biology
Examining the Feasibility and Effect of Transitioning GED Tests to Computer
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Higgins, Jennifer; Patterson, Margaret Becker; Bozman, Martha; Katz, Michael – Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment, 2010
This study examined the feasibility of administering GED Tests using a computer based testing system with embedded accessibility tools and the impact on test scores and test-taker experience when GED Tests are transitioned from paper to computer. Nineteen test centers across five states successfully installed the computer based testing program,…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Testing, Computer Uses in Education, Mathematics Tests
Why Do They Stay? Elementary Teachers' Perceptions of Job Satisfaction and Retention
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Perrachione, Beverly A.; Rosser, Vicki J.; Petersen, George J. – Professional Educator, 2008
The purpose of this study was to identify intrinsic and extrinsic variables that influence teacher job satisfaction and retention. A survey was sent to 300 randomly selected Missouri public elementary school teachers in grades K-5 having 5 or more years of teaching experience. The results from 201 respondents suggest that three intrinsic…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Multiple Regression Analysis, Teaching Experience, Predictor Variables
Plus 50: Year One Evaluation Report
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American Association of Community Colleges (NJ1), 2009
The American Association of Community Colleges' (AACC) Plus 50 Initiative is a three-year initiative launched in June 2008 and funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies. It was created to support a pilot group of two-year institutions to develop or expand campus programs that engage plus 50 learners. The initiative focuses on three types of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Participant Satisfaction, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness
Possible Factors in Matching Student Teachers with Cooperating Teachers
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Kitchel, Tracy; Torres, Robert M. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2007
One common thread throughout the research in agricultural education is that cooperating teachers have been identified as being important and influential to the student teachers' success. If the interaction between student teacher and cooperating teacher is important to the student teaching process, then the matching of a student teacher with a…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Student Teachers, Mentors, Agricultural Education
The Plus 50 Initiative: Executive Summary of the Year One Evaluation Report
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American Association of Community Colleges (NJ1), 2009
The American Association of Community Colleges' (AACC) Plus 50 Initiative is a three-year initiative launched in June 2008 and funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies. It was created to support a pilot group of two-year institutions to develop or expand campus programs that engage plus 50 learners. The initiative focuses on three types of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Participant Satisfaction, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness