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Collie, Sarah L.; Taylor, Alton L. – Tertiary Education and Management, 2004
This study applied a learning organisation framework to understand academic departments' efforts to improve teaching quality. The theoretical framework was generated from literature on learning organisations, organisations devoted to continuous improvement through continuous learning. Research questions addressed relationships among departments'…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Quality, Department Heads
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Springer, Matthew G.; Podgursky, Michael J.; Lewis, Jessica L.; Ehlert, Mark W.; Gronberg, Timothy J.; Hamilton, Laura S.; Jansen, Dennis W.; Lopez, Omar S.; Peng, Art; Stecher, Brian M.; Taylor, Lori L. – National Center on Performance Incentives, 2008
This report presents findings from the second year of a multi-year evaluation of the Texas Educator Excellence Grant (TEEG) program and background information about the design and implementation of the District Awards for Teacher Excellence (DATE) program. The TEEG and DATE programs operating in Texas make up the largest state-funded performance…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Achievement Gains, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness
Beltran, Daniel O.; Das, Kuntal K.; Fairlie, Robert W. – National Poverty Center, University of Michigan, 2006
Nearly twenty million children in the United States do not have computers in their homes. The role of "home" computers in the educational process, however, has drawn very little attention in the previous literature. We use panel data from the two main U.S. datasets that include recent information on computer ownership among children--the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Extracurricular Activities, Assignments, Ownership
McHugh, Marcianne W. – Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 2006
Reviewing and conducting research on summer residential program models for gifted and talented students will illuminate the academic, social, and emotional difficulties they face and reveal which practices are effective in addressing these issues. One program model, the Governor's School, warrants particular attention because of its mission to…
Descriptors: Well Being, Academically Gifted, Talent, Residential Programs
Akdere, Mesut; Azevedo, Ross E. – Online Submission, 2005
Writing in the workplace is among the understudied business topics in the field of HRD. Yet, the impacts of writing in today's workplace are significant, and organizations making it a priority benefit from it. Furthermore, writing is related to the issue of workplace literacy which is the umbrella term for basic communication skills. This…
Descriptors: Research Proposals, Human Resources, Communication Skills, Workplace Literacy
Smith, Dora V. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1933
This manuscript on instruction in English shows the changes that have come over this subject during the past 40 years particularly, describes the condition in which it now is, and makes suggestions for further study. It finds a good deal of uncertainty in the matter of formal study of grammar. Emphasis varies. Some courses of study enumerate 45…
Descriptors: English Instruction, National Surveys, Secondary Education, Educational Change
McCoy, Leah, P. – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1992
Presents a survey of 78 pre- and in-service elementary teachers in a midwestern region to examine the relationship between mathematics anxiety, perceptual preference, and previous mathematics instructional experiences with workbooks and manipulatives. Results indicate that the variables significant in predicting mathematics anxiety were…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Correlation, Education Majors, Educational Strategies
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Cousins, J. Bradley; Leithwood, Kenneth A. – Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1993
Discussion of school improvement focuses on a study of Ontario educators that examined their use of various sources of information, including conferences, workshops, and inservice training, for improvement purposes. Knowledge utilization is discussed; interactive processes between the information and the setting are considered; and predictor…
Descriptors: Conferences, Correlation, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
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Ertmer, Peggy A.; And Others – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1994
Describes a study of undergraduates completing electronic mail and word processing tasks that investigated the effects of experience on attitudes toward computers and judgment of confidence, or self-efficacy. Use of the Computer Technologies Survey is discussed, and treatment of experimental and control groups is described. Survey instrument and…
Descriptors: Computer Anxiety, Computer Assisted Instruction, Correlation, Electronic Mail
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Plucker, Jonathan A. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2004
The question of whether creativity is content general or content specific is one of the most controversial issues in contemporary creativity research. Recent studies provide support for both positions, but the results of these investigations may be influenced by several factors, including the presence of a method effect (i.e., psychometric vs.…
Descriptors: Creativity, Structural Equation Models, Alternative Assessment, Psychometrics
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Venteicher, Jerome – Journal of Educational Research & Policy Studies, 2005
The individual works of Eric Hanushek and the collaborative efforts of Hedges, Laine, and Greenwald in the 1980s and 1990s focused a substantial amount of attention on the relationship between education budget allocations and school performance. Using their opposing hypotheses as a theoretical framework, this study focuses on K-12 education in…
Descriptors: Expenditure per Student, Elementary Secondary Education, State Aid, Academic Achievement
Orr, Margaret Terry – Stanford Educational Leadership Institute, 2006
This paper is based on a cross-sectional survey comparison of preparation experiences and outcomes using a sample of principals who completed one of five innovative leadership preparation programs between 2000-2005 and a national comparison sample of principals. The primary questions are: (1) How do innovatively-prepared principals and other…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Leadership Effectiveness, Principals, School Administration
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Iversen, Anette Christine; Kraft, Pal – Health Education Research, 2006
During the past few decades, people have been increasingly exposed to health-related messages in the mass media, conveying recommendations for healthy lifestyles. The present study investigates whether these messages represent a stressor, and whether coping responses increase levels of motivation or levels of negative affect. A sample of 403 women…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Females, Mass Media Role, Motivation
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Loveland, Thomas – Journal of Technology Education, 2004
Similar in scope and intent to the National Science Education Standards, the Standards for Technological Literacy were conceptualized as a way to bring more consistency and accountability to the varied technology education K-12 content in the United States (International Technology Education Association, 2000). The organization's goal was to…
Descriptors: Technology Education, Technological Literacy, Academic Standards, National Standards
National Center for Educational Statistics (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. – 1966
This volume contains the correlation matrices used in the regression analyses reported in Section Three of the Educational Opportunities Report. Correlation matrices are given in each of the five test grades--twelve, nine, six, three, and one--for ten racial and regional groups; in the Total Nation for Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Indian…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, American Indians, Asian Americans, Black Students
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