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Duggan, Molly H.; Williams, Mitchell R. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2011
This study explores student success courses from the student perspective to answer three questions: What topics do students find the most useful? What teaching methods do the students find most helpful? How can these courses be customized to better serve the students? The purpose of this study is to interview students from a number of community…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Action Research
Ee, Jessie; Seng, Tan Oon; Kwang, Ng Aik – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2007
Kirton (1976) described two creative styles, namely adaptors and innovators. Adaptors prefer to "do things better" whilst, innovators prefer to "do things differently". This study explored the relationship between two creative styles (adaptor and innovator) and the Big Five personality traits (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness,…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Creativity, Self Concept, Risk
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Grossnickle, Donald R.; Layne, Donald J. – NASSP Bulletin, 1991
Staff development planning must consider the local environment and unique staff culture, along with intended goals. Effective staff development vision components include people philosophy, renewal by improving, differentiated supervision, a community of learners, connections and networks, self-directed involvement, a single mission, teamwork,…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Elementary Secondary Education, Goal Orientation, Linking Agents
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Quinn, Mark; Carr, Alan; Carroll, Louise; O'Sullivan, David – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2007
Background: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Parents Plus programme with families of pre-school children with developmental disabilities and significant behavioural problems in the Irish health service. The Parents Plus programme is a group-based parent training package involving video modelling, which was designed to be…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Health Services, Early Intervention, Developmental Disabilities