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Malissa Parnell – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Distributed leadership practices were used by principals to engage teacher leaders in instructional leadership responsibilities to create an innovative learning culture in Title I elementary schools. It was not known how teachers described the influence of principal-distributed leadership practices on organizational learning and innovativeness in…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Legislation, Instructional Leadership
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Stelitano, Laura; Steiner, Elizabeth D. – RAND Corporation, 2021
Social and emotional learning (SEL) is critical for preparing students for college and career success. Integrating SEL into academic instruction in meaningful ways supports students' SEL development. The Aspen Institute National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development (2019) identified three important elements for supporting…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, College Readiness, Career Readiness, School Safety
Ehrmann, Stephen C.; Bishop, M. J. – Liberal Education, 2016
At the University System of Maryland (USM), researchers have taken a close look at a recent series of initiatives piloting course redesign (2006-2014). The courses targeted were multi-section developmental and gateway courses with a history of high DFW rates (i.e., a high rate of students receiving a D, fail, or withdraw). The strategy was to…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Curriculum Design, Qualitative Research, Educational Change
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Marbach-Ad, Gili; Ziemer, Kathryn Schaefer; Orgler, Michal; Thompson, Katerina V. – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2014
This study explores and compares the perspectives of three populations (faculty members, graduate students, and undergraduates) toward science teaching in the College of Chemical and Life Sciences at a research-intensive university. In particular, we investigate the role of faculty professional development in reforming undergraduate science…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Active Learning, Concept Formation
Rosetti, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In an attempt to improve poor academic performance of students, many schools are purchasing interactive whiteboards to enhance lesson presentations. Interactive whiteboards are seldom being used to present lessons. The purpose of this quantitative study was to compare how frequently interactive whiteboards are used by prekindergarten teachers in…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers, Visual Aids, Educational Technology
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Marbach-Ad, Gili; McGinnis, J. Randy – School Science and Mathematics, 2009
In this study we report the results of survey research that collected responses of an identical sample (31 beginning mathematics and science teachers, elementary and middle school level) that graduated from a reform-based mathematics and science teacher preparation program, the Maryland Collaborative for Teacher Preparation (MCTP). Our aim was to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Surveys
Maryland State Department of Education, 2009
The Maryland General Assembly enacted Maryland's charter school law in 2003. This current school year (2008-2009) marks the sixth year of Maryland's public charter school program. This paper presents the statistics representing the performance of Maryland's public charter schools for the school year 2008-2009.
Descriptors: Charter Schools, School Law, Public Education, Educational Quality
Johnson, Kerry A.; Keller, Paul F. G. – 1981
In order to provide information for programming and policy decisions to the Maryland State Education Department, personnel at 200 schools were surveyed to determine how instructional television (ITV) is used at district and school levels. Among questions explored were: (1) the availability of broadcast signal, programming sources, and equipment to…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Finance, Educational Innovation, Educational Planning
Ramsey, Kimberly – 1997
This report of a 2-year study on public university responsiveness to academic and vocational reforms in public K-12 schools and community colleges focuses on: (1) how state universities respond to curricular experiments, and (2) the difficulties reformers encounter with universities. The report presents a brief summary of previous progressive…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Role, College School Cooperation, Curriculum Development