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The study reviewed in this paper examined the effects of "mastery learning" and "student team learning" on the math achievement of high school students. The analysis included 588 ninth-grade students in 16 urban Philadelphia high schools. The study assessed the effectiveness of the different conditions after one year by…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Mastery Learning, Outcome Measures, Experiments
Lebda, James J. – 1990
Despite a growing body of literature on the school superintendency, little is known about the role, influence, and satisfaction of district superintendents when school boards make compensation decisions for principals. This exploratory study, which reported findings from a sample of 215 Pennsylvania superintendents, attempted to identify and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
Direct linkKovaleski, Joseph F.; Glew, Michael C. – Remedial and Special Education, 2006
The statewide implementation of instructional support teams (ISTs) in Pennsylvania is analyzed in terms of the challenge of bringing team-based problem-solving models to scale. The history of the phase-in of ISTs in more than 1,700 elementary schools is presented, and the salient research conducted on ISTs is reviewed. The results indicate that…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Measures (Individuals), Problem Solving, Teamwork
Supovitz, Jonathan A.; Christman, Jolley Bruce – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2003
Over the past several years, education reformers have increasingly invested in the development of communities within schools as a central strategy to improve teaching and student learning. These communities come in various guises, including small schools, small learning communities, and teacher teams. Two assumptions about how these communities…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Instructional Improvement, Teacher Collaboration, Discourse Communities
Peer reviewedRice, Don; Zigmond, Naomi – Learning Disabilities: Research & Practice, 2000
Interviews with, and classroom observations of, 17 teachers in Queensland (Australia) and Pennsylvania examined co-teaching approaches to provide support to students with disabilities in inclusive secondary classrooms. Co-teaching partnerships in both countries were dominated by content subject teachers with special educators in…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Foreign Countries, Inclusive Schools, Instructional Effectiveness
Melnick, Steven A.; Schubert, Marie B. – 1997
Through a Pennsylvania statewide curriculum integration project involving 11 school districts, this research examines the curriculum reform process and determines which factors, or combination of factors, are absolutely essential for successful curriculum reform. Comparing programs and their respective levels of success makes it clear that only a…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Curriculum Development, Educational Administration, Educational Change
