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Pasnik, Shelley; Llorente, Carlin – Education Development Center, Inc., 2012
The 2012 Preschool Pilot Study of PBS KIDS Transmedia Mathematics Content (Preschool Pilot) is an important part of the authors' multiyear "Ready To Learn" (RTL) summative evaluation initiative. Through this initiative funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), it was the responsibility…
Descriptors: Public Television, Educational Television, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Blair, Julia – California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2011
This report lists positions on bills adopted by the California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC) at its March 2 meeting. It also lists other bills that CPEC staff are tracking. Many of these are spot bills at this point--introduced with little substantive content and may be developed during the session. Staff will continue to track bills…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Postsecondary Education, State Legislation
Castro, Ruben – Online Submission, 2010
This study evaluated the effectiveness of Total Physical Response Storytelling (TPRS[TM]) compared to the Grammar-Translation approach for acquiring and retaining new vocabulary in an English as a Second Language (ESL) class. The subjects were adult Hispanic learners with limited literacy. An experimental design approach was used to gather…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Vocabulary Development, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language)
Hoffman, Allan M., Ed.; Spangehl, Stephen D., Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011
Rising costs and increasing global competition press institutions to do more with less. At the same time, deep budget cuts and a general social and political impatience have revived calls for reform in educational affordability, curriculum, and outcome measurement. Yet within this environment, a myriad of success stories are being forged among…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Pilot Projects, Colleges
Haynes, Mariana – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2011
This policy brief examines standards-based approaches that hold promise for shaping a common vision of skilled teaching commensurate with the national goal of preparing all students for college and careers. Numerous studies confirm that teachers are the most significant school-based factor in improving student achievement, particularly for the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Human Capital, High Schools, Teaching (Occupation)
Michelle Eckstein – Gifted Child Today, 2009
The Gifted Kids Network is a Web-based, supplemental, gifted and talented programming model that includes standards-based classes, enrichment clusters, and affective programming. Students are encouraged to think critically and creatively and to question the material that is presented to them in order to meaningfully integrate topics covered into…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Pilot Projects, Online Courses, Rural Areas
Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Spector, J. Michael, Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
These proceedings contain the papers of the 13th International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2016), October 28-30, 2016, which has been organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS), co-organized by the University of Mannheim, Germany, and endorsed by the…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Technological Advancement
Schwartz, Renee S.; Gess-Newsome, Julie – Science Educator, 2008
The authors report an empirical pilot study of current models of elementary science instruction that utilize science specialists, and make a call for the participation of schools and districts that use a specialist model to assist in collecting the descriptive data needed to create the foundation for future research on the use and impact of…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Models, Elementary School Science, Science Instruction
Riggs, Matthew L.; Verdi, Michael P.; Arlin, Patricia K. – Issues in Teacher Education, 2009
In 1998, the California legislature passed Senate Bill SB 2042 which replaced the previous teacher certification legislation. The new law required that all elementary and secondary teacher certification programs in the State of California align their programs with new teaching standards. These standards included Teacher Performance Expectations…
Descriptors: Credentials, Performance Based Assessment, Performance Tests, Program Effectiveness
Johnson, Laurence F.; Smith, Rachel S.; Smythe, J. Troy; Varon, Rachel K. – New Media Consortium, 2009
Study after study documents the skills the American workforce needs to stay competitive in a global marketplace, yet increasingly employers are compelled to look overseas for those skills. The authors advocate for a different manner of thinking, focused on engaging students in work that is relevant to the world they see, encouraging them to take…
Descriptors: Homework, World Problems, Pilot Projects, War
Toby, Megan; Ma, Boya; Lai, Garrett; Lin, Li; Jaciw, Andrew – Empirical Education Inc., 2012
In spring 2010, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) began planning a pilot of an application for the Apple iPad, "HMH Fuse: Algebra 1," which was then in development. The application was to be piloted in four California school districts during the 2010-2011 school year. HMH contracted with Empirical Education Inc. to conduct a one-year…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Statistical Analysis, Inservice Teacher Education, Outcome Measures
Blair, Julia – California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2011
This report updates the status of bills that the California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC) is tracking. It has positions as adopted by the Commission at its June 14, 2011 and earlier meetings. A matrix of bills tracked by CPEC staff is included.
Descriptors: State Legislation, Educational Legislation, Postsecondary Education, Community Colleges
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Robertson, Lisa – Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 2007
In this article, the author shares her journey with evidence-based reading instruction. Her experience with evidence-based reading instruction (as the adult basic education coordinator at Windham Adult Education in Windham, Maine) has been a journey of change both professionally and programmatically, and the students at Windham Adult Education are…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Pilot Projects, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education
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Knudson, Ruth E.; Zitzer-Comfort, Carol; Quirk, Matthew; Alexander, Pia – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2008
The California State University (CSU) requires entering freshmen to be proficient in English reading and writing, as demonstrated on proficiency measures. Currently, approximately 46 percent of incoming college freshmen need remediation in English reading and writing. To assist these students, CSU instituted an Early Assessment Program (EAP),…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Grade 12
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Somerville, Jerry – Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 2008
The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify critically important factors that affect the meaningful assessment of student learning outcomes and study why these factors were critically important. A three-round Delphi process was used to solicit the opinions of individuals who were actively involved in student learning outcomes assessment…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Communication Strategies, Student Evaluation, Community Colleges
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