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Using Research to Design Integrated Education and Training Programs
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Pappalardo, Michele; Schaffer, William R. – Journal of Research and Practice for Adult Literacy, Secondary, and Basic Education, 2016
With the passage of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) of 2014, Northampton Community College began the creation of Integrated Education and Training (IE&T) programs in October 2015. After a needs assessment was conducted with the partners, programs were created to address the needs in the hospitality and healthcare sectors.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Integrated Activities, Hospitality Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education
Research that Resonates: Influencing Stakeholders
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Kachel, Debra E. – School Library Monthly, 2013
In 2012, Keith Curry Lance and his associates completed a second school library impact study in Pennsylvania. The research conducted in Pennsylvania was the result of an Institute of Museums and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership grant that examined students' reading and writing scores with sub-groups of students (Hispanic, Black,…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Outcome Measures, Stakeholders, Advocacy
The Role of Treatment Fidelity on Outcomes during a Randomized Field Trial of an Autism Intervention
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Mandell, David S; Stahmer, Aubyn C; Shin, Sujie; Xie, Ming; Reisinger, Erica; Marcus, Steven C – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2013
This randomized field trial comparing Strategies for Teaching based on Autism Research and Structured Teaching enrolled educators in 33 kindergarten-through-second-grade autism support classrooms and 119 students, aged 5-8 years in the School District of Philadelphia. Students were assessed at the beginning and end of the academic year using the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Autism, Kindergarten, Primary Education
Mapping Practitioner Perceptions of "It's Research Based": Scientific Discourse, Speech Acts and the Use and Abuse of Research
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Nicholson-Goodman, Jovictoria; Garman, Noreen B. – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2007
Our goal is to deconstruct the text formed by practitioners' narratives about the use of the claim "It's research based" to understand both how this claim is used and received by practitioners and how it may impact on teachers' attitudes. We map a range of differences in these narratives about what is "real" (research versus…
Descriptors: Speech Acts, Educational Research, Research Utilization, Discourse Analysis
The Pennsylvania Action Research Network (PAARN): A Synopsis of Findings from Five Years of Practitioner Action Research in Pennsylvania.
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Kuhne, Gary William; Weirauch, Drucie – PAACE Journal of Adult Learning, 2001
Describes the action research model used by the Pennsylvania Action Research Network, summarizes impact evaluation results since 1995, and concludes that the network has had a major impact on the professional development of adult educators in the state. (SK)
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Educators, Faculty Development, Networks
Using Comparative Alumni Data for Policy Analysis and Institutional Assessment.
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McGuire, Michael D.; Casey, Jason P. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1999
Comparative alumni research data can be used by individual institutions and entire sectors of higher education to study, improve, and promote themselves. A large multi-institutional alumni study in Pennsylvania provides an example of the methods and benefits of such research. Aggregate findings in 11 key areas and specific key subgroup profiles…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Alumni, Comparative Analysis, Graduate Surveys