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Foubert, John D. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
Rape prevention programmers and researchers have long struggled to select the most appropriate theoretical models to frame their work. Questions abound regarding appropriate standards of evidence for success of program interventions. The present article provides an alternative point of view to the one put forward by seven staff members from the…
Descriptors: Rape, Models, Prevention, Evidence
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Barrett, Richard – Higher Education Review, 2011
In an Editorial in "Times Higher Education" (2009) extensive comment was given on the work of Furedi (2009) on the culture of complaint and the application to higher education of the consumer model. The discussion included many apparently strong criticisms of this use of the consumer model. "Higher Education Review" has itself published articles…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Logical Thinking, Models, Purchasing
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Schooler, Jonathan W. – Psychological Bulletin, 2011
Fox, Ericsson, and Best's (2011) thoughtful justification of the use of think-aloud protocols for revealing the stream of consciousness comes on the centennial of the death of William James, history's greatest practitioner and advocate of introspection. This confluence naturally invites speculation about how James might have responded to the…
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, Psychology, Cognitive Processes, Meta Analysis
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Goldman, Susan R. – Learning and Instruction, 2011
This commentary highlights important contributions of four empirical investigations of how people sort through the masses of information that are now available to them and find what they need to solve some problem or make some decision. These studies demonstrate the impact of differences among information sources and the role that these…
Descriptors: Research Needs, Investigations, Information Sources, Credibility
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Bickmore, Lisa; Christiansen, Ron – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2010
Multimodal writing is considered as a "new" way of composing, or, somewhat cynically, as a strategy for adding relevance or interest to a required composition course. Jody Shipka's "A Multimodal Task-Based Framework for Composing" suggests that "students' uptakes of a much wider, richer repertoire of semiotic resources,…
Descriptors: Freshman Composition, Rhetoric, Writing Assignments, Student Projects
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Sullivan, Sherry E.; Baruch, Yehuda; Schepmyer, Hazlon – Journal of Management Education, 2010
Reviewing has long been recognized as a critical part of the academic process of knowledge creation, development, and dissemination. However, as evidenced by recent findings from focus groups and an international survey, the relative lack of effective formal training in management PhD programs on how to review is surprising given the impact that…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Focus Groups, Doctoral Programs, Educational Needs
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American Journal of Evaluation, 2010
Over the past 7 years, the Oral History Project Team has conducted interviews with individuals who have made signal contributions to evaluation theory and practice, tracing their professional development and contextualizing their work within the social and political climates of the time. By capturing the professional evolution of those who have…
Descriptors: Oral History, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Professional Development
Wei, Ruth Chung; Pecheone, Raymond L.; Wilczak, Katherine L. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2015
Since the passage of No Child Left Behind, large-scale assessments have come to play a central role in federal and state education accountability systems. Teachers and parents have expressed a number of concerns about their state testing programs, such as too much time devoted to testing and the high-stakes use of testing for teacher evaluation.…
Descriptors: State Programs, Testing Programs, State Standards, Testing Problems
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Scherrer, Jimmy – Educational Researcher, 2014
Much ink has been spilled debating the role of the intellectual. William Tierney's article "Beyond the Ivory Tower: The Role of the Intellectual in Eliminating Poverty" in the August/September 2013 issue of "Educational Researcher" adds to this literature. In his article, Tierney presents recommendations to the education…
Descriptors: Poverty, Educational Change, Outcomes of Education, College Preparation
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Papay, John P. – Harvard Educational Review, 2012
In this article, John Papay argues that teacher evaluation tools should be assessed not only on their ability to measure teacher performance accurately, but also on how well they inform and support ongoing teacher development. He looks at two major approaches to teacher evaluation reform: value-added measures and standards-based evaluations. Papay…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Faculty Development, Teacher Effectiveness, Academic Achievement
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Heath, Linda; DeHoek, Adam; Locatelli, Sara House – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2012
Evaluators frequently make use of indirect measures of participant learning or skill mastery, with participants either being asked if they have learned material or mastered a skill or being asked to indicate how confident they are that they know the material or can perform the task in question. Unfortunately, myriad research in social psychology…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Validity, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Learning
Hartley, James – Psychology Teaching Review, 2012
This article presents the author's response to peer commentary on his article entitled "Reflections on 50 years of teaching psychology." The author is pleased that most of them share some of his concerns about the lack of progress in the teaching of psychology over the last 50 years, and he welcomes the fact that they then go on to raise…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Psychology, Reflective Teaching, Teaching Methods
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Langhout, Regina – Journal of Community Psychology, 2012
The author has been asked to discuss the relevance, or lack of relevance, for "The Creation of Settings and the Future Societies" (Sarason, 1972) for community psychology today. She appreciates this assignment, as one of the first books she read in graduate school was "The Creation of Settings and the Future Societies." After that, she was exposed…
Descriptors: Psychology, Educational Research, Textbook Evaluation, Book Reviews
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Bailey, Thomas; Jaggars, Shanna Smith; Scott-Clayton, Judith – Journal of Developmental Education, 2013
Research conducted by the Community College Research Center (CCRC) and others was criticized in an article by Alexandros M. Goudas and Hunter R. Boylan (2012) published in the "Journal of Developmental Education," Volume 36, Issue 1. They raise specific contentions related to the methodology applied in the CCRC studies, the review of…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Remedial Programs, Prerequisites, Program Effectiveness
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Van Auken, Paul – Teaching Sociology, 2013
This teaching note describes my multiyear experience with interventions designed to enhance student engagement and learning through various teaching techniques, most notably active and collaborative learning through local case studies. While other aspects of this course had been successful, I was disappointed in the level of engagement--the…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Active Learning, Cooperative Learning, Intervention
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