This guide will help researchers design and implement impact studies in education so that the findings are more generalizable to the study's target population. Guidance is provided on key steps that researchers can take, including defining the target population, selecting a sample of schools--and replacement schools, when needed--managing school…

The U.S. Census is a geography teacher's toolbox. As a member of the Statistics in Schools (SIS) development team, Chris Bunin was tasked with exploring existing resources to develop lesson plans. Census.gov is a dynamic online reservoir filled with infographics and visualizations, articles and reports, and best practice instructional materials.…

As interest in teacher leadership has grown, many leading organizations have developed tools and guidance to support schools, districts, and teacher leaders themselves. For instance, the National Network of State Teachers of the Year developed resources on teacher leader career pathways and advocacy approaches, as well as teacher leader standards.…

Between 2002 and 2014, the Institute of Education Sciences (Institute) supported over 400 projects focused on education technology through the National Center for Education Research (NCER) and the National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER). The majority of this work has been funded through Education Technology research topics of NCER…

Social network analysis (SNA) is a social science research tool that has not been applied to educational programs. This analysis is critical to documenting the changes in social capital and networks that result from community based K-12 educational collaborations. We review SNA and show an application of this technique in a school-centered,…

Exciting developments in the field of neuroscience are leading to a new understanding of how the brain works that is beginning to transform teaching in the classroom. "Neuroscience & the Classroom: Making Connections" brings together researchers and educators in a dialog about how insights into brain function can be harnessed by teachers for use…

With a view to bridging the gap between elementary (primary) and secondary school second language teachers and researchers, the study reported in this paper identified differences in language register, educators' lack of access to research articles and lack of shared space for researchers and educators to communicate as causes of the gap. There is…

This paper compares the official value-added scores in 2005 for all primary schools in three adjacent Local Educational Authorities (LEAs) in England with the raw-score Key Stage 2 (KS2) results for the same schools. The correlation coefficient for the raw- and value-added scores of these 457 schools is around +0.75. Scatterplots show that there…

For the thirty-ninth time, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the annual AECT Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two volumes.…

To meet the need for a fast and efficient way to find which of the many volumes of literary criticism contain information on a particular author, this book indexes over 4,000 authors of books for young adults, who are included in reference works which are standards in the field of literary criticism and therefore readily available in most…

Focusing on periodicals that consistently carry materials about reading, this contributor's guide presents 2 lists of information on 198 journals, magazines, newsletters, newspapers, and yearbooks. Every periodical included appears alphabetically on each of the two lists. The first list offers information about editor, address, and editorial…

Focusing on periodicals that consistently carry materials about reading, this contributor's guide presents two lists of information on 215 journals, magazines, newsletters, newspapers, and yearbooks. Every periodical included appears alphabetically on each of the two lists. The first list offers information about editor, address, and editorial…

The two lists in this guide contain basic information about almost 200 periodicals that consistently carry materials about reading. The information was provided by the editors of those periodicals in response to a questionnaire. Questions were asked about the audience addressed, type of materials published, processes for obtaining, reviewing and…

The two lists in this 1990 guide contain basic information on almost 200 journals, newsletters, yearbooks, and magazines that consistently include materials about reading. The first list provides such information as: address; frequency of publication; type of publication; and circulation. The second list, presented as a matrix, provides…

Focusing on periodicals that consistently carry materials about reading, this contributor's guide lists information on 189 electronic journals, print journals, magazines, newsletters, newspapers, and yearbooks. The alphabetical list offers information about editor, address, frequency of publications, editorial procedures, grade level, and…