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Robertson, Lona J.; Bean, John P. – 1997
This study examined: (1) factors associated with global job satisfaction for women faculty members in family and consumer sciences programs at land-grant institutions; (2) the extent to which these factors explain the global job satisfaction for these women faculty; and (3) the effect of the covariates of age, rank, and tenure on the global job…
Descriptors: Faculty College Relationship, Faculty Workload, Higher Education, Home Economics
Rhodes, Jean – 1991
In 1991, an instructional development needs assessment was conducted of the part-time faculty at Northwestern Michigan College (NMC). A survey instrument, requesting participants to rank-order a variety of skills and competencies were mailed to two groups: part-time faculty who had taught at least one quarter at NMC in the 1989-90 school year; and…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, College Instruction
Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., Blacksburg. Dept. of Education. – 1980
Results of the secondary analysis of data obtained in a study of Head Start graduates in the public schools are presented and discussed in this final report. Unforeseen circumstances prohibited the full implementation of the original longitudinal research design, and, consequently, only one test battery was administered to first-grade students.…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Early Experience, Economic Status, Ethnicity
Mikel, Edward – 1976
The report evaluates activities of 11 aesthetic education learning centers (AELCs) to promote teacher education and curriculum development in aesthetic education for elementary schools. The AELC's are defined as learning laboratories which work with school districts to bring students and teachers together with resources and people in the arts…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Aesthetic Education, Case Studies, Curriculum Development
BLEDSOE, JOSEPH; AND OTHERS – 1967
THIS STUDY COMPARES SELECTED PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS AND TEACHING PERFORMANCES OF PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS (WITH SPECIFIED EDUCATION COURSES) AND PROVISIONAL TEACHERS (WITHOUT THE EDUCATION SEQUENCE) IN GEORGIA. THE STUDY CONSISTS OF TWO PARTS--(1) A LONGITUDINAL STUDY WHICH FOLLOWED A 1964-65 GEORGIA BEGINNING-TEACHER POPULATION FOR THREE YEARS,…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Career Choice, Elementary School Teachers, English
Moffatt, Elizabeth C. – 1972
This report is the third in a series devoted specifically to compiling comprehensive and timely information about public school teachers. The material in the document reflects data gathered from a nationwide questionnaire survey of samples of teachers in both elementary and secondary schools. The object of this report is to provide an account of…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Class Size, Comparative Analysis, Family Relationship
Jacobs, George M.; Zhuo, Qiong-Yan; Jocson, Patricia C.; Ong, Chye Wah; Austria, Maria D. Elizabeth; Sevier, Marti; Teo, Winnie – Online Submission, 2001
All languages change (Fromkin and Rodman 1993). Language educators must be aware of these changes and help keep their students up to date with them. One area of change in the English language is the controversial shift from gender-exclusive language, such as "Everyone should do his duty" and "Man has done great damage to the…
Descriptors: Language Usage, English (Second Language), Gender Issues, Sex Fairness
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Clement, Richard; And Others – Language Learning, 1994
This study applied social psychological constructs to examine the linguistic attitudes and motivations of 301 Hungarian high school students learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL). Factor and correlational analyses of the results of a survey questionnaire revealed that xenophilic, sociocultural, instrumental, and media-use reasons were most…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Classroom Environment, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
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Jepson, Kevin – Language Learning & Technology, 2005
Despite the expanded use of the Internet for language learning and practice, little attention if any has been given to the quality of interaction among English L2 speakers in conversational text or voice chat rooms. This study explored the patterns of repair moves in synchronous non-native speaker (NNS) text chat rooms in comparison to voice chat…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Interaction, Data Analysis, Internet
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Churchill, Susan L.; Stoneman, Zolinda – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2004
The popular parenting literature places great importance on the role of routines in children's lives. Empirical research on family routines, however, is limited. This study examined correlates of family routines in a Head Start population in order to better understand their significance in the lives of families. Weak correlations were found…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Disadvantaged Youth, Family Environment, Family Influence
Evans, Francis B.; Harmon, Judson A. – 1978
During the spring of 1977 three statewide surveys were conducted by Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) staff. Survey contents and respondents were entirely different in each. About 450 Wisconsin citizens over age 18 were polled via telephone on items related to school costs, educational goals, DPI functions, and some legal issues.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Competency Based Education, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
Packard, John S. – 1976
Lortie has described teacher sentiments that meld into a structure called the autonomy/equality norm. This norm helps preserve the separation of teaching from organizational and collegial purviews. As part of a larger study which looks for conditions that affect and are influenced by variations in task interdependence among teachers, an effort was…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Behavior Standards, Elementary School Teachers, Group Behavior
Golub, Lester S.; Fredrick, Wayne C. – 1971
An attempt was made to measure the language behavior of students in the upper elementary grades. The procedures and results of research in the following five areas are described in this report: (1) Relationship between the Linguistic Ability Test and the written discourse of fourth and sixth graders; (2) Comparisons of the discourse of fourth and…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Color, Correlation, Difficulty Level
Kauffman, Colleen E.; Gilman, David A. – 2002
The effect of enrollment in prerequisite courses on success in advanced courses was examined in a study of a sample of students who completed a business cooperative experiences program between 1994-1995 and 2001-2002. Of the 163 students in the sample, 80 completed the prerequisite courses (Technology Lab I and II) before the advanced course, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Courses, Attendance, Business Education
Jacobs, G. M; Sevier, M.; Teo, W. – Online Submission, 1998
The current study investigated whether the change toward more gender-inclusive English that is taking place in Inner Circle countries is also gaining acceptance for English usage in an Outer Circle country: Singapore. Data for the study came principally from a questionnaire completed by students at a Singapore junior college and from writing…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Usage, Questionnaires
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