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Levine, Gavrielle – 1992
In general, studies investigating sex differences in mathematics performance have empirically analyzed students' responses from standardized tests. This paper reports a study to extend the investigation of sex differences related to mathematics performance by examining cognitive and motivational factors as well as standardized test scores. Boys…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Cognitive Structures, Computation, Elementary Education
Robinson, Norman; Wood, Marilyn – 1987
This study of incumbent British Columbia school board members prior to election analyzes relationships between individual members' feelings of political efficacy and trust and their decisions to seek or not seek reelection. The 60 subjects, from 24 districts, represented candidates (those members seeking reelection) and retirees (members not…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Decision Making, Elections, Elementary Secondary Education
McMurray, Alan R.; Bentley, Ernest L., Jr. – 1986
Theoretical concepts about situational management decisions are incorporated in an investigation of school administrators in Tennessee to determine (1) whether administrators can be identified who possess specified leadership characteristics and (2) if those leaders consider employee maturity criteria when selecting employees for tasks. The study…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
Kondakov, Mikhail I. – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, 1983
A prominent Soviet educator is interviewed about education in the Soviet Union. Topics covered include the goals of Soviet education, the current 10-year plan for education, school consolidation and upgrading, the use of national languages and Russian in the school system, and educational research and its dissemination. (IS)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Comparative Education, Consolidated Schools, Educational Objectives
Katz, Richard N. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1997
Author Margaret Wheatley discusses her theory that life and work are self-organizing and that organizations must be approached as dynamic, living systems. The interview focuses on how the theory applies to higher education institutions, university leadership, physical proximity in learning, development of communities of practice, attitudes toward…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Strategies, College Administration, College Environment

Dillon, Deborah R. – American Educational Research Journal, 1989
Field notes and interview data were triangulated with secondary data in this ethnographic study to generate a description of social organization. A partial theory of the teacher's actions in working with a predominantly Black group of 17 low-income rural high school students was devised. Teacher effectiveness in this situation is described. (SLD)
Descriptors: Black Students, Classroom Techniques, English Instruction, Ethnography

IJzendoorn, Marinus H. van – Journal of Moral Education, 1990
Correlates 46 Dutch high school students' attitudes toward nuclear war, sexism, ethnocentrism, and authoritarianism with their moral judgment level. Finds political attitudes related to moral judgment level. Qualitative data was obtained from interviews with 19 of the 46 students further develops the relationships. (CH)
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Cognitive Development, Correlation, Ethnocentrism

Reay, Diane; Ball, Stephen – Educational Management & Administration, 2000
Argues that gendered identities are in context more fluid and shifting than depicted in feminist leadership texts, drawing on a small case study of female (British) headteachers. Femininities are varied and shaped by the roles women undertake, the leadership context, and the amount of power women have access to. (Contains 65 references.) (MLH)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Context Effect, Elementary Secondary Education, Femininity
Hesse-Biber, Sharlene Nagy; Howling, Stephanie A.; Leavy, Patricia; Lovejoy, Meg – Qualitative Report, 2004
This study focuses on the impact of race, and its intersection with gender, in influencing and/or preventing the development of disordered body image. Specifically, Black samples are examined to see the role that racial identity plays in the process of developing such attitudes. Using qualitative data analysis methods rooted in grounded theory,…
Descriptors: Racial Identification, Self Concept, Females, African Americans
Kiely, Richard – Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2004
This paper explores how the critical learning dimension in an English for academic purposes (EAP) programme in a British university is developed in the context of one classroom task. The focus is on the speaking element of the activity which requires students in pairs to explore each other's personal language history (PLH), present the account to…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Speech Communication, Classroom Communication, English for Academic Purposes
Gess-Newsome, Julie; Southerland, Sherry A.; Johnston, Adam; Woodbury, Sonia – American Educational Research Journal, 2003
The Teacher-Centered Systemic Reform model (TCSR) recognizes teaching context, teacher characteristics, teacher thinking, and their interactions as influential factors in attempts to implement classroom reform. Using the TCSR model, teachers' personal practical theories, and conceptual change as a framework, the authors of this article studied…
Descriptors: College Science, Teacher Characteristics, Theory Practice Relationship, Educational Change
Pinheiro, Marise; Campbell, Katy; Hirst, Sandra P.; Krupa, Eugene – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2006
In this study, the experiences of seven female health professionals learning online are examined and, in this context, the implications for online course designs and future research are discussed. The instruments of data collection include individual telephone interviews, journals written by the participants during online courses, and e-mails…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Females, Allied Health Personnel, Interviews
Miller, S. J. – Teacher Education and Practice, 2006
The article examines, through comparative case study method, how secondary-language-arts preservice student teachers' identities were constructed by spacetime configurations and what those identities meant to the individuals in the study. It reflects on the findings from two of the preservice secondary arts teachers for the study in two…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Student Teachers, Case Studies
Rueda, Robert; Garcia, Erminda – 1994
A study investigated the attitudes and beliefs of three groups of third- and fourth-grade classroom teachers (special education pull-out, bilingual credentialed, and bilingual waivered, n=18 per group) concerning the reading assessment of Latino language minority students. Data were gathered from semi-structured interviews, a written…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education
Halle, James W. – 1993
This paper presents a functional approach to assessment and associated program development for individuals with severe disabilities, with emphasis on informal strategies that target beginning communicative levels. In the first section, form, function, and context (three components of any communicative act) are defined and described. Three…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Communication Skills, Curriculum Development, Decision Making