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Cochran-Smith, Marilyn; Maria Villegas, Ana – European Educational Research Journal, 2015
This article argues that research on teacher preparation over the last 100 years can be understood in terms of the major questions that researchers examined. The analysis is guided by the framework of "research as historically situated social practice," which emphasizes that researchers' interests, commitments, and social experiences…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Teacher Education Programs, Experimenter Characteristics, Teacher Effectiveness
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Tompkins, Tanya L.; Witt, Jody; Abraibesh, Nadia – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2009
The current study sought to evaluate the suicide prevention gatekeeper training program QPR (Question, Persuade, and Refer) among school personnel using a non-equivalent control group design. Substantial gains were demonstrated from pre- to post-test for attitudes, knowledge, and beliefs regarding suicide and suicide prevention. Exploratory…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Research Design, Self Efficacy, Prevention
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Ridgeway, Cecilia L.; Correll, Shelley J. – Social Forces, 2006
We develop a new status construction theory argument that apparently valid social realities in which a salient social difference is consistently linked to signs of status and competence induce participants to form status beliefs. Supporting this social validity account, an experiment showed that when an influence hierarchy developed between…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Social Differences, Social Status, Computer Simulation