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Pfirman, Stephanie; Hamilton, Lawrence; Turrin, Margie; Narveson, Craig; Lloyd, Carrie A. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2021
This first analysis of aggregated data from the Kahoot! game-based player response system demonstrates that it can provide assessments of overall US student polar knowledge and identifies differences in polar knowledge across several states. A kahoot online quiz on polar topics recorded over 25,000 United States teacher-hosted classroom players…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Earth Science, Geographic Regions, Foreign Countries
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Wang, Claudia; Seo, Dong-Chul; Geib, Roy W – Health Education Journal, 2017
Objective: To describe the process of developing a Health Qigong programme for stressed children using a formative evaluation approach. Methods: A multi-step formative evaluation method was utilised. These steps included (1) identifying programme content and drafting the curriculum, (2) synthesising effective and age-appropriate pedagogies, (3)…
Descriptors: Health Programs, Exercise, Children, Anxiety
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Dib, Hazar; Adamo-Villani, Nicoletta; Garver, Stephen – Advances in Engineering Education, 2014
We describe the design, development and initial evaluation of an interactive virtual environment whose objective is to help undergraduate students learn and review the concepts and practices of differential leveling. The virtual environment, which includes realistic terrains and leveling instruments that look, operate, and produce results…
Descriptors: Simulated Environment, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Undergraduate Students
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Stuteville, Rebekkah; Click, Eric – InSight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching, 2016
The acceptance of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) as a legitimate form of scholarly investigation and the shape that it takes in post-secondary education are inherently discipline-specific. This paper examines how the character and heritage of public administration influence the acceptance of SoTL, and the form that it takes. It…
Descriptors: Public Administration Education, Case Studies, Educational Practices, Educational Trends
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Bice, Sara; Coates, Hamish – Tertiary Education and Management, 2016
This paper interrogates the case for improved and broadened public sustainability reporting by universities, and explores whether and how global performance measures capture the institutional attitudes and activities pertinent to universities' contributions to sustainability. The analysis explores all stand-alone, English language reports produced…
Descriptors: Universities, Sustainability, Global Approach, Reports
Dechausay, Nadine; Anzelone, Caitlin – Administration for Children & Families, 2016
This report describes a collaboration between the Indiana Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning (OECOSL) and the Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency (BIAS) team. The OECOSL is the lead agency responsible for administering the state's Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), which provides child care subsidies to…
Descriptors: Child Care, Grants, Early Childhood Education, After School Programs
Rugasken, Kris; Harris, Jacqueline A. – Learning Assistance Review, 2009
A summer English camp language immersion program, which began in 2003, provided instruction by native English speakers to Thai college students via collaboration between Prince of Songkla University in Thailand and Ball State University in Indiana, USA. During this program, Thai students were exposed to English formally through classroom…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Cultural Awareness, Field Experience Programs, Foreign Countries
DeDeo, Carrie-Anne, Ed. – Harvard Family Research Project, 2007
This double issue of "The Evaluation Exchange" focuses on one of the central components of complementary learning: family involvement. As outlined in the Theory & Practice article, investments in family involvement are important across ages and settings and through the co-constructed efforts and shared responsibilities of many…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Parent School Relationship, Transitional Programs, Kindergarten
Evenbeck, Scott E.; Jackson, Barbara; Smith, Maggy; Ward, Dorothy – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2010
Organizing for Student Success draws on data from more than 50 institutions to provide insight into how university colleges are organized, the initiatives they house, and the practices in place to ensure their effectiveness. Twenty case studies from 15 different campuses offer an in-depth understanding of institutional practice. Ultimately,…
Descriptors: Models, College Programs, Success, Institutional Characteristics
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Simonson, Michael, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2010
For the thirty-third year, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. This is Volume #2 of the 33rd "Annual Proceedings of Selected Papers on the Practice of Educational Communications and Technology." This volume includes…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Management Systems, Technology Uses in Education, Web Sites
Tirri, Kirsi – 1993
The purpose of this study was to explore an American model (Harris 1986) of effective classroom teaching behaviors as a framework for teachers' professional growth. The particular focus was on the self-assessment component of the methods related to the model. An empirical approach was adopted, and comparative data were gathered from American and…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Discriminant Analysis
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Orey, Michael, Ed.; McClendon, V. J., Ed.; Branch, Robert Maribe, Ed. – Educational Media and Technology Yearbook, 2009
The "Educational Media and Technology Yearbook" is dedicated to theoretical, empirical and practical approaches to educational media development. All chapters are invited and selected based on a variety of strategies to determine current trends and issues in the field. The 2009 edition will highlight innovative Trends and Issues in…
Descriptors: Educational Media, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Information Science
Tirri, Kirsi – 1995
This study investigated the cross-cultural differences in American and Finnish elementary teachers' evaluations of their classroom teaching behaviors. The self-evaluation instrument developed for the study was administered to 167 American elementary teachers from Indiana and Texas and to 172 Finnish teachers (also elementary) from two different…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2004
"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This November 5, 2004 issue of "Chronicle for Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "Measure Professor's Real Service, Not Lip Service" (Furman, Andrew);…
Descriptors: Faculty Evaluation, Psychiatry, Television, Innovation