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Milanowski, Anthony T. – Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, 2005
Prescriptive writings on performance evaluation have argued that splitting the administrative (summative) and developmental (formative) roles will lead to evaluatees being less defensive and more open to discussing performance problems and taking suggestions, and that without the responsibility for making an administrative evaluation, evaluators…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Beginning Teachers, Mentors, Teacher Surveys
Mucha, Lynn – 1994
Evaluations should be an important component in every model and exchange of the consultation process. Consultation literature includes considerable information on the importance of the inclusion of evaluation at the completion of consultation exchanges, but little emphasis is placed on evaluation and its meaning. Objectives of the study were to:…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communication Skills, Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Evaluation
Tirri, Kirsi A.; Tallent-Runnels, Mary K.; Adams, Aida Medina – 1998
A study compared the attitudes of 91 regular teachers, 124 second year pre-service teachers, and 91 gifted program teachers from Finland and the United States toward gifted children and gifted programs. Results indicated significant differences between cultures and among teacher types. American teachers were more favorable toward special services…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education
Soo, Keng-Soon; Bonk, Curt J. – 1998
Evolution of communication technology has enabled the educational community to interact synchronously or asynchronously with almost equal ease. Many instructors feel that synchronous interaction is the epitome of learning, while others feel that asynchronous interaction offers better learning opportunities. This paper uses the Delphi Technique in…
Descriptors: Classification, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication
National Education Association, Washington, DC. Research Div. – 1983
This report is based on data gathered from the National Education Association's (NEA) survey, "Computers in the Classroom," which involved 1,028 elementary and secondary school teachers' responses to a questionnaire gathering information about their knowledge of computers, instructional experience with computers, and opinions regarding a…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Science Education
Corcoran, Tom; Lawrence, Nancy – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2003
In 1993, Merck & Co., Inc. began an endeavor to make a significant and visible commitment to improving science education by creating the Merck Institute for Science Education (MISE) and supported the new venture with a 10-year, $20-million financial commitment. From its inception, MISE had two goals: to raise the interest, participation, and…
Descriptors: Science Education, Public Schools, Instructional Improvement, Administrators
Brown, Carol J.; Fouts, Jeffrey T.; Rojan, Amy – 2001
The Teacher Leadership Project (TLP), funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is a program developed to assist teachers in their efforts to integrate technology into the school curriculum. The program also encourages and facilitates teachers in assuming leadership roles to help schools and districts develop and implement technology plans,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
Lewis, Mary B. – 1997
In October 1990, the Tennessee State Department of Education began a project to establish a plan for educational technology which will move the state into the 21st Century; from that plan a vision for the 21st Century Classroom and an implementation plan for the Tennessee Education Network have been developed. The purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Development, Educational Technology
Elwell, John – 1997
This practicum paper describes a program implemented at an international school in Spain. The program's objectives were to create positive attitudes concerning technology, increase the participants' computer knowledge and usage, and decrease the amount of time the school's computer coordinator spent solving computer related problems. The target…
Descriptors: Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education
Singh, Delar K. – 2001
This paper discusses the outcomes of a study that investigated the knowledge base and professional readiness of 50 regular education teachers for the inclusion of learners who have physical disabilities. Members of the sample were regular elementary and secondary teachers who were enrolled in a graduate teacher education program at a private…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Elementary Secondary Education, Inclusive Schools, Knowledge Base for Teaching
Howley, Craig – 2000
Project REAL (Rural Education Aligned for Learning) aims to improve mathematics and science education in grades 5-8 in five rural Ohio school districts identified as in "academic emergency" or on "academic watch." Program goals are to reform curricula to teach skills and concepts, rather than facts; improve students' math and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Involvement, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Change
Vaske, Joann M. – 2001
A study attempted to derive the meaning of critical thinking in adult education through exploration of graduate faculty members' perceptions and perceived practices of critical thinking in adult education. Grounded theory methodology was used to explain the meaning of critical thinking to adult educators. The primary data sources were unstructured…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Critical Thinking
Majdalani, Mona C.; Hollon, Robert E.; McIntyre, Susan R. – 1999
Two years ago, the University of Wisconsin system, the state legislature, and a number of businesses combined resources and provided funds to support regional and local projects to develop self-sustaining professional development models. Through a grant from the University of Wisconsin Extension PK-16 Initiative, a regional consortium of…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Community Development, Computer Uses in Education, Consortia
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King, Wendy; Edmunds, Alan – Exceptionality Education Canada, 2001
Sixty-one teachers at a junior-senior high school in Nova Scotia responded to measures of inclusion attitudes and knowledge. Results revealed that teachers feel inadequately prepared for inclusion, need specific inclusion training, and feel that reducing workloads and class sizes would help. Significant positive correlations were found between…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Inclusive Schools, Inservice Teacher Education
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Conley, Sharon; Muncey, Donna E.; You, Sukkyung – Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, 2005
Structural equation modeling was used to assess the plausibility of a conceptual model specifying hypothesized linkages among perceptions of characteristics of standards-based evaluation, work environment mediators, and career satisfaction and other outcomes. Four comprehensive high schools located in two neighboring counties in southern…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Job Satisfaction, Structural Equation Models, Work Environment
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