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Milburn, Claire – Journal of Historical Research in Music Education, 2022
This study investigated the development of marching band traditions at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), as told through the rivalry between Southern University (SU) and Jackson State University (JSU). I interviewed directors from SU, including Lawrence Jackson, Nathan Haymer, and Kedric Taylor. Directors from JSU included…
Descriptors: Music Activities, Black Colleges, Educational History, Competition
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Shields, Sara Scott; Fendler, Rachel; Henn, Danielle – Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art Education, 2020
Civic engagement is not just concerned with identifying societal and political structures. It is also concerned with how young people understand themselves as civic agents capable of starting and sustaining change. Seeing students as change makers is a civically engaged goal supported by literature surrounding the aims of art education in K-12…
Descriptors: Art Education, Citizen Participation, Change Agents, Adolescents
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Frerichs, Leah; Kim, Mimi; Dave, Gaurav; Cheney, Ann; Hassmiller Lich, Kristen; Jones, Jennifer; Young, Tiffany L.; Cene, Crystal W.; Varma, Deepthi S.; Schaal, Jennifer; Black, Adina; Striley, Catherine W.; Vassar, Stefanie; Sullivan, Greer; Cottler, Linda B.; Brown, Arleen; Burke, Jessica G.; Corbie-Smith, Giselle – Health Education & Behavior, 2017
Community-academic research partnerships aim to build stakeholder trust in order to improve the reach and translation of health research, but there is limited empirical research regarding effective ways to build trust. This multisite study was launched to identify similarities and differences among stakeholders' perspectives of antecedents to…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Research, Stakeholders, Trust (Psychology)
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Yang, Yanyun; Oosterhof, Albert; Xia, Yan – Journal of Educational Research, 2015
The authors address the reliability of scores obtained on the summative performance assessments during the pilot year of our research. Contrary to classical test theory, we discussed the advantages of using generalizability theory for estimating reliability of scores for summative performance assessments. Generalizability theory was used as the…
Descriptors: Summative Evaluation, Comparative Analysis, Reliability, Scores
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Alcantara, Liezl; Harper, Gary W.; Keys, Christopher B. – Youth & Society, 2015
Successful community partnerships for youth are based on the premise that reciprocity exists between all parties, but to what extent is equal power actually present? The current investigation examines the benefits and contributions associated with partnerships from community partners' perspectives. Respondents from 15 different "Connect to…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Community Programs, Program Effectiveness, Adolescents
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Jorgensen, Corinne; Marty, Paul F.; Braun, Kathy – Library Quarterly, 2012
This article presents results from an IMLS-funded project to evaluate the current state of collections in Florida's libraries, archives, and museums, current practices to preserve and conserve these collections, and perceived needs to maintain and improve these collections for future generations. The survey, modeled after the Heritage Health Index…
Descriptors: Libraries, Archives, Cultural Background, Museums
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Peters, Phil; Katsaros, Alex; Howard, Rosalyn; Lindgren, Robb – Gifted Education International, 2012
This pilot project conducted by researchers from the University of Central Florida (UCF) seeks to answer the question: Does a real-time, two-way, mobile, remote webcasting system have special properties for learning compared with traditional distance learning platforms? Students enrolled in two online, undergraduate UCF courses explored South…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Pilot Projects, Foreign Countries, Learning Experience
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Darrow, Catherine L. – Early Education and Development, 2013
A quantifiable measure of teachers' intervention fidelity when delivering curriculum-based interventions allows researchers to interpret the effectiveness of the curricula under scrutiny. Fidelity measures, however, must accurately represent the critical components of an intervention to confirm that the intervention was delivered as intended and…
Descriptors: Fidelity, Measures (Individuals), Intervention, Researchers
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Adams, Alyson; Ross, Dorene; Swain, Colleen; Dana, Nancy; Leite, Walter; Sandbach, Robert – Teacher Education and Practice, 2013
This article presents findings from a study about the perceived impact of a job-embedded graduate program designed to prepare teacher leaders within the context of university-district-school partnerships. Study participants completed a 30-item survey about impact of the program on instructional practices, collaboration with peers, participation in…
Descriptors: Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Surveys, Online Surveys
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Miller, Melissa A.; Fenty, Nicole; Scott, Terrance M.; Park, Kristy Lee – Remedial and Special Education, 2011
Students who are socially competent are more likely to experience school success than those who are not. Students with social deficits experience frequent failures with both peers and adults and often require explicit social skills instruction. Because social skills instruction programs taught in isolation rarely result in successful skill…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Reading Instruction, Interpersonal Competence, Reading
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Hall, Katrina W.; Williams, Lunetta M. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2010
Five 1st-grade teachers read aloud two Caldecott Award-winning picture books to their classrooms of diverse, urban students. In this two-phase study, researchers analyzed teachers' transcripts for common elements, interviewed 1st-graders and focused on one teacher's read-aloud events while comparing them with her students' responses. Findings…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Reading Difficulties, Reading Aloud to Others, Picture Books
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Zhu, Pei; Jacob, Robin; Bloom, Howard; Xu, Zeyu – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2012
This paper provides practical guidance for researchers who are designing and analyzing studies that randomize schools--which comprise three levels of clustering (students in classrooms in schools)--to measure intervention effects on student academic outcomes when information on the middle level (classrooms) is missing. This situation arises…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Research Methodology, Multivariate Analysis
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Scherff, Lisa; Piazza, Carolyn L. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2008
Because of an interest in the concept of opportunity to learn (OTL) in the English language arts from the perspective of students, the authors surveyed over 1,800 students in grades 9-12. OTL was defined as perceptions of access and exposure to reading and writing content, as well as curriculum tasks and materials. The findings uncovered three…
Descriptors: Language Arts, English, Educational Researchers, High School Students
Toby, Megan; Jaciw, Andrew; Ma, Boya; Lipton, Akiko – Empirical Education Inc., 2011
PCI Education conducted a three-year longitudinal study to determine the comparative effectiveness of the "PCI Reading Program" ("PCI") for students with severe disabilities as implemented in Florida's Brevard Public Schools and Miami-Dade County Public Schools. The primary question addressed by the study is whether students…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Disabilities, Urban Schools, Public Schools
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Roy, George J.; Vanover, Charles; Fueyo, Vivian; Vahey, Phillip – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2012
Middle school teachers' use of digital curricula incorporating dynamic technology has been found to support student learning of complex algebraic concepts. This article reports on pilot research involving collaboration among faculty from a public university's college of education, educational researchers from a nonprofit research organization, and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Simulation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Multimedia Instruction
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