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Fulp, Sherri L.; Banilower, Eric R. – American Association of Physics Teachers (NJ1), 2005
This report summarizes the activities and findings of Horizon Research, Inc. (HRI) in its external evaluation of the American Association of Physic Teachers (APPT's) Rural Physics Teacher Resource Agents (PTRA) project. The report details HRI's work and findings since June 2004. The report is divided into five main sections. The first provides an…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Teachers, Rural Education, Institutes (Training Programs)
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Byrne, Alex – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2005
Australian librarians have participated in and contributed to international librarianship for over 125 years. Individual and collective practice is well regarded internationally since it is in dialogue with international concerns, is based on shared values and reaches high standards. Many are willing contributors to international initiatives,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Librarians, Participant Characteristics, Best Practices
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Hill, Robert J. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2004
This chapter explores how theory, activism, and practice around sexual orientation and gender identity come together, as viewed through the lens of queer critical postmodernism.
Descriptors: Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity, Homosexuality, Activism
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Hutchinson, Patricia – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 2002
The Children Designing & Engineering (CD&E) Project at the College of New Jersey is a collaborative effort of the College's Center for Design and Technology and the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce. The Project, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), has been charged to develop instructional materials for grades K-5. The twelve…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Instructional Materials, Teaching Methods, Science Education
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Ginsburg, Alan; Rhett, Nancy – American Journal of Evaluation, 2003
A useful evaluation of an education program is one that adds to the body of timely, relevant evidence to increase the likelihood that policy decisions improve program performance. This definition focuses on performance rather than change and recognizes that studies can't guarantee the use of their findings but can only increase the likelihood of…
Descriptors: Evaluation Utilization, Program Effectiveness, Inferences, Scientific Methodology
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Coffey, Janet E.; Sato, Mistilina; Thiebault, Matthew – Teacher Development, 2005
The Classroom Assessment Project to Improve Teaching and Learning (CAPITAL) examined teacher change and development with regard to classroom assessment. The National Science Foundation supported the four-year effort to study how teachers modify their practices to create the conditions for the kinds of assessment that foster learning. The authors…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques
Mutchler, Fred; Craig, W. J. – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1912
The part of the educational system that has received least attention in the immediate past is the rural school. Much good work has been and is now being done in the reorganization of courses of study, in training teachers, in planning for material equipment, and all the various details that help make an efficient school system. While these efforts…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Rural Schools, Preservice Teacher Education
Zeisel, William – Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2006
As the first of the baby boomers turn 60, public libraries are preparing to offer creative alternatives to retirement to a generation notorious for their idealism and activism. This report from the Americans for Libraries Council (ALC) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) offers guidelines, demographics, and examples of model…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Museums, Library Services, Baby Boomers
Studebaker, J. W.; Sheats, Paul, H.; Williams, Chester, S. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1937
This publication comes in answer to many requests for a brief study of forums which engage the interests of young people. It presents a summary of much material which has flowed into the Office of Education as a result of its sponsorship of community wide public forums. It is presented to educators and laymen in the hope that it will give valuable…
Descriptors: School Activities, Social Sciences, Out of School Youth, Citations (References)
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Snyder, Thomas D.; Dillow, Sally A. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2012
The 2011 edition of the "Digest of Education Statistics" is the 47th in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The "Digest" has been issued annually except for combined editions for the years 1977-78, 1983-84, and 1985-86. Its primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Secondary Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Andrews, Benjamin R. – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1915
In this portion of the report, there are presented statements showing how instruction in home economics is organized in various colleges and universities, such as the University of Chicago, with its department of household administration as a division of the university, and in addition in its, school of education a department of home economics and…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Vocational Education, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Colleges
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Dugdale, Julie; Pallamin, Nico; Pavard, Bernard – Simulation & Gaming, 2006
Training firefighters is a difficult process in which emotions and nonverbal behaviors play an important role. The authors have developed a mixed reality environment for training a small group of firefighters, which takes into account these aspects. The assessment of the environment was made up of three phases: assessing the virtual agents to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Decision Making, Training Methods, Experiential Learning
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Calvin, Henrietta W.; Lyford, Carrie A. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1918
For several years the Bureau of Education has been promoting home gardening under the direction of the schools in cities, towns, suburban communities, and industrial villages. The war and the consequent high prices of food have given a great impetus to this movement, and there are now many hundreds of thousands of children cultivating gardens in…
Descriptors: Gardening, Educational History, Educational Policy, Federal Programs
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Johnson, Keith V.; Watson, Elwood D. – Journal of Technology Studies, 2005
The Black scientist in America is historically an anomaly and currently a statistical rarity. In 1984 Blacks accounted for only 2.3%, or 90,500, of the 3,995,000 employed scientists and engineers (Kusmer, 1991) Even now, in the 21st century, Blacks were 11.3% of the labor force, but only 4.2% of natural scientists, 7.6% of math and computer…
Descriptors: Science Programs, Intellectual Property, Educational Technology, Scientists
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Forbes, Cory T. – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2004
In this study, the researchers examined the effectiveness of a reflective model of peer mentoring in the professional growth of early-career science teachers. The study was carried out over one academic year with three beginning secondary science teachers. The public school teachers in this study reported that participation in peer mentoring…
Descriptors: Mentors, Teacher Responsibility, Professional Development, Teaching Methods
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