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Graham, Edmund; McCambly, Heather – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2016
One of the driving forces behind the design of the Pathways to Results (PTR) initiative is to dismantle and redesign systems to produce equitable outcomes. This notion of systems producing the exact outcomes for which they were designed can also be applied to the Pathways to Results methodology itself. After five years of leading PTR initiatives…
Descriptors: Interviews, Focus Groups, Teamwork, Partnerships in Education
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Vieyra, Rebecca E.; Vieyra, Chrystian – Physics Teacher, 2014
Mobile device accelerometers are a simple and easy way for students to collect accurate and detailed data on an amusement park ride. The resulting data can be graphed to assist in the creation of force diagrams to help students explain their physical sensations while on the ride. This type of activity can help students overcome some of the…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education, Recreational Activities, Parks
Carter, Catherine A.; Hill, Betty Jo – Illinois Teacher of Home Economics, 1976
The article cites data collection instruments and summarizes findings reported by IBEX, Inc., a firm under contract with Illinois' Office of Education, vocational division, to evaluate secondary consumer and homemaking education programs in Illinois in 1975. Found to be generally successful, each program's strengths, weaknesses, and most effective…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Data Collection, Home Economics Education, Home Management
IBEX, Inc., Durham, NC. – 1975
Covered in the assessment are 128 school systems having contracts for Consumer and Homemaking Education with the Division of Vocational and Technical Education (Illinois) and meeting at least one of four criteria for qualifying as disadvantaged. The evaluation followed the guidelines of the Information Based Evaluation Model (IBE) which addresses…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Consumer Education, Data Collection