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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
Faculty and Administrator Data Use at Achieving the Dream Colleges: A Summary of Survey Findings. Culture of Evidence Series, Report No. 3
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Jenkins, Davis; Kerrigan, Monica Reid – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2009
This study examines what specific data college faculty and administrators use in their jobs and the extent to which they use data analysis to design and improve the impact of programs and services. The study is based on a survey on the use of student data by faculty and administrators at 41 community colleges participating in Achieving the Dream:…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Students, Academic Achievement, Leadership
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
A Basic Skills Instructional Improvement Program: An Overview.
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Helms, David C. – 1980
Research for Better Schools (RBS) is supporting improvement efforts in Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. One form of this support is RBS's participation in collaborative projects to develop a system-wide, research-utilization approach to the improvement of basic skills instruction. Educational systems following the approach employ a staff…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Change Strategies, Classroom Research