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Olivia C. Caillouet; Amy Harder – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2021
In Extension, understanding trends has ramifications when working with external audiences, internal audiences, and even preparing future Extension professionals. This research sought to assess the applicability of several national trends to Florida so that the Florida Cooperative Extension Service (CES) could more accurately plan to meet the needs…
Descriptors: Rural Extension, Trend Analysis, Futures (of Society), Organizational Change
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Fouh, Eric; Farghally, Mohammed; Hamouda, Sally; Koh, Kyu Han; Shaffer, Clifford A. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2016
We present an analysis of log data from a semester's use of the OpenDSA eTextbook system with the goal of determining the most difficult course topics in a data structures course. While experienced instructors can identify which topics students most struggle with, this often comes only after much time and effort, and does not provide real-time…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Data Analysis, Mathematics, Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Jenkins, Davis; Lahr, Hana; Fink, John; Ganga, Elizabeth – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2018
Since the publication of "Redesigning America's Community Colleges" (Thomas Bailey, Shanna Smith Jaggars, and Davis Jenkins) in 2015, guided pathways reform has become a national movement in community colleges. As of spring 2018, more than 250 community colleges have committed to undertaking large-scale guided pathways reforms as part of…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Community Colleges, Educational Change, Models
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Pressley, Tim; Roehrig, Alysia D.; Turner, Jeannine E. – Teacher Educator, 2018
This qualitative case study focused on 13 elementary teachers' perceptions of their evaluations. Using multiple schools (5) and teachers (13) we explored the impact of evaluations on instruction. Informed by Pekrun's control-value theory, our analysis focused on teachers' motivations and emotions. Teachers did not value or feel in control of their…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Evaluation, Educational Change, Evaluation Methods
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Torres, Kelly Moore; Turner, Jeannine E. – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2017
The number of heritage language learners in American universities is increasing each year. Similar to monolingual students, this subgroup of learners is required to complete university level "foreign language" coursework, which can be a source of anxiety. Particularly, this subgroup of learners may experience high levels of anxiety due…
Descriptors: Heritage Education, Spanish, Language Maintenance, Second Language Learning
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Westhoff, Wayne W.; Cohen, Cynthia F.; Cooper, Elizabeth Elliott; Corvin, Jaime; McDermott, Robert J. – American Journal of Health Education, 2012
In this paper, we use game theory to understand decisions to cooperate or to compete in the delivery of public health services. Health care is a quasi-public good that is often associated with altruistic behavior, yet it operates in an increasingly competitive environment. With mounting health care regulation and changes in privatization,…
Descriptors: Health Education, Game Theory, Decision Making, Behavior
Foorman, Barbara R.; Petscher, Yaacov; Schatschneider, Chris – Florida Center for Reading Research, 2015
The Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) Reading Assessment (FRA) consists of computer-adaptive reading comprehension and oral language screening tasks that provide measures to track growth over time, as well as a Probability of Literacy Success (PLS) linked to grade-level performance (i.e., the 50th percentile) on the reading comprehension…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, High School Students, Written Language
Keaveny, Stacy M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Federal and state guidelines for school reform dominate the landscape of public education. Florida and its school districts, as a Race to the Top state, are in the process of fully implementing a value-added model of teacher evaluation. Effective school leaders are calling upon the theoretical framework of transformational, visionary and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Public Education, Instructional Leadership, Value Added Models
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Li, Feiming; Cohen, Allan S.; Kim, Seock-Ho; Cho, Sun-Joo – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2009
This study examines model selection indices for use with dichotomous mixture item response theory (IRT) models. Five indices are considered: Akaike's information coefficient (AIC), Bayesian information coefficient (BIC), deviance information coefficient (DIC), pseudo-Bayes factor (PsBF), and posterior predictive model checks (PPMC). The five…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Models, Selection, Methods
McPherson, Rhonda Kay – ProQuest LLC, 2008
Florida Virtual School (FLVS) was established in 1997 as an online education alternative for the residents of Florida. The purpose of this study was to identify policy changes at the organizational, state, and federal levels that had the propensity to impact student success (as measured by student's final letter grade) at FLVS. In addition, this…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Online Courses, Program Effectiveness, Educational Change
Scigliano, John Anthony – 1971
A study was conducted to (1) Analyze the context, structure, and performance of two community junior colleges in Florida, and (2) Determine the extent that the relationships established were consistent with Hage's axiomatic theory of organizations and Pugh's multivariate analysis of 52 organizations. A survey of authoritative literature and…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
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Oja, Sharon Nodie – Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, 1993
The articles of this special issue are summarized. A new model for schooling is calling for a change in which adults in schools can inquire into and reflect on their own and their students' skills and on dispositions that need to be developed as well as on adult development. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Child Development, Collegiality, Developmental Stages
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Orey, Michael, Ed.; McClendon, V. J., Ed.; Branch, Robert Maribe, Ed. – Educational Media and Technology Yearbook, 2009
The "Educational Media and Technology Yearbook" is dedicated to theoretical, empirical and practical approaches to educational media development. All chapters are invited and selected based on a variety of strategies to determine current trends and issues in the field. The 2009 edition will highlight innovative Trends and Issues in…
Descriptors: Educational Media, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Information Science
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Gold, Helene E. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2005
Adult learners have unique developmental and social characteristics as compared to their traditional counterparts in higher education. Library instruction models used for traditional learners are not always effective when teaching adults. The author examines adult learner characteristics and adult learning theory and also uses personal…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Social Characteristics, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning
Szapocznik, Jose; And Others – 1980
The Life Enhancement Counseling Model was developed specifically for the treatment of the problems of meaninglessness and purposelessness among depressed Cuban elders. The model is based on psychosocial development and ecological theoretical orientations. A life review approach is used to help the depressed individuals complete unfinished business…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Aging (Individuals), Counseling Services, Counseling Theories
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