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Kimbrel, Laurie – Administrative Issues Journal: Connecting Education, Practice, and Research, 2019
Student success is dependent on teacher quality; therefore, it is imperative that principals hire the teachers most likely to experience success as measured by the impact on student outcomes. This study investigated teacher hiring processes to determine the extent to which practices that are supported by selection science and teacher quality…
Descriptors: Teacher Selection, Best Practices, Evidence Based Practice, Principals
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Martin, Troy; Kimmons, Royce – Open Praxis, 2020
The cost of textbooks has continued to increase with significant financial effects on students in higher education. Although many faculty express a desire and willingness to adopt and create open textbooks (and OER generally), few actually do. To better understand this gap between attitudes and practices, this phenomenological study builds upon…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Open Educational Resources, Research Universities, Adoption (Ideas)
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Nelson, Kristin L.; Watkins, Naomi M. – Reading Improvement, 2019
This study surveyed 649 secondary middle and high school English teachers from two U.S. states on their vocabulary instructional practices and on the professional development they had received to do so. The results showed that teachers are likely not selecting enough words of which to explicitly teach the meanings and that their methods of…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, High School Teachers, English Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Nixon, Andy; Packard, Abbot; Dam, Margaret – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2016
This quantitative study investigated the relationship between teacher dispositions, subject content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, and reasons that school principals recommend non-renewal of teachers' contracts. Nearly 2,000 school principals in 13 states completed an emailed survey. In deciding whether to non-renew a teacher contract,…
Descriptors: Teacher Dismissal, Contracts, Principals, Administrator Attitudes
Stevens, Karl B. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine the experiences of instructional designers and professors during the online course development process and to determine if their experiences had an effect on the process itself. To gain an understanding of their experiences, open-ended interviews were conducted, seeking descriptions of…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Online Courses, Best Practices, Data Analysis
Fletcher, Geoffrey; Schaffhauser, Dian; Levin, Douglas – State Educational Technology Directors Association, 2012
Technological innovation is driving fundamental changes in all aspects of our lives. This is especially true of digital content, as our use of e-books, downloadable music, streaming television and movies, and online social networks has exploded. However, the explosive growth in our use of digital content seems so far to have eluded many of the 50…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Educational Technology, Electronic Publishing, Open Source Technology
Shumway, Steven; Wright, Geoff – National Center for Engineering and Technology Education, 2009
Using a case study format, the authors' objective was to collect data related to the following research questions: (1) What criteria do teachers and districts use when selecting engineering design experiences for infusion into high school classes and which of these criteria are most effective?; and (2) What issues, opportunities, and constraints…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Academic Standards, Observation, Selection Criteria