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An Examination of the Predictive Relationships of Self-Evaluation Capacity and Staff Competency on Strategic Planning in Hong Kong Aided Secondary Schools
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Cheng, Eric C. K. – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2011
This article aims to examine the predictive relationships of self-evaluation capacity and staff competency on the effect of strategic planning in aided secondary schools in Hong Kong. A quantitative questionnaire survey was compiled to collect data from principals of the participating schools. Confirmatory factor analysis and reliability tests…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Secondary Schools, Student Attitudes, Quality Control
Public School Administrators' Concerns with Implementing the Least Restrictive Environment Provision of Public Law 94-142.
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Wade, Phil; Gargiulo, Richard M. – National Forum of Special Education Journal, 1990
The General Concerns Inventory: Least Restrictive Environment was administered to superintendents, special education coordinators, and principals from 60 Alabama school districts. Of 4 factors (social/personal concerns, staff and curriculum concerns, fiscal concerns, and legal concerns), only social/personal concerns discriminated among the 3…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
The "Australian" O.C.D.Q.: A Decade Later.
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Brady, Laurie – Journal of Educational Administration, 1985
The Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire (OCDQ), modified by Thomas and Slater for use in South Australian schools in 1970, was based on four factors (rather than the original eight): principal supportiveness or operations emphasis and teacher disaffiliation or intimacy. A recent study in New South Wales has validated this four-factor…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Foreign Countries
Attitudes toward Technology as Predictors of Online Catalog Usage.
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Noble, Grant; O'Connor, Steve – College and Research Libraries, 1986
A 15-item questionnaire was administered on the online catalog terminals at the University of New England (Australia) to assess student attitudes toward computer technology and the new online catalog, and identify predictors of future online catalog use. Data analyses defined two groups of respondents: "reluctant users" and "naive enthusiasts."…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Attitude Measures, Computers, Discriminant Analysis
Measure of School Capacity for Improvement (MSCI). User Manual and Technical Report
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Hughes, Georgia K.; Copley, Lisa D.; Howley, Caitlin W.; Meehan, Merrill L. – Appalachia Educational Laboratory at Edvantia (NJ1), 2005
Building capacity within schools and districts for continuous improvement is a goal of educators at all levels across the United States of America. An important first step in capacity building is identifying schools' current strengths and weaknesses. Schools can then begin building upon existing strengths to implement improvement initiatives.…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, School Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Improvement
A Factor Analytic Model of College Student Development.
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Lavelle, Ellen; Rickord, Bill – 1997
This research study reports the results of an attempt to build a model of individual differences in undergraduate student development based on factor analysis of a wide range of students' beliefs and behaviors. An 127-item inventory named the Dakota Inventory of Student Orientations was administered to 738 male and female undergraduate students in…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Correlation, Factor Analysis, General Education