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Public Policy Associates, Inc., Lansing, MI. – 1998
This document reports on a study of employer-linked charter schools that included case studies of 9 of the more than 70 employer-linked charter schools currently in operation across the United States. Section 1 is an overview of employer-linked charter schools' key elements and unique features. Topics examined include the following: vision of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Charter Schools, Conventional Instruction
Garfinkel, Lili Frank; Jordan, Dixie; Goldberg, Paula; Pernu, Caryn; Bill, Lissa A. – 1999
This handbook provides information about emotional, behavioral, and learning and developmental disabilities; disability-specific entitlements; and approaches for professionals who work with youthful offenders with disabilities throughout the juvenile process. Chapter 1 describes characteristics of common disabilities among youthful offenders and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attention Deficit Disorders, Autism, Behavior Disorders
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Singh, Michael – Geographical Education, 1990
Examines the possibility of developing a socially critical geography curriculum in Australian schools. Emphasizes teachers' responsibility to evaluate, select, and use appropriate instructional materials. Explains technical, interpretive, and critical approaches to geography instruction by contrasting three activities based on "Women of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Critical Theory, Curriculum Evaluation, Documentaries
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Yon, Maria; Passe, Jeff – Journal of Social Studies Research, 1990
Examines relationships between an elementary social studies methods course and three student teachers' beliefs and practices. Discovers significant connections between the methods course and student teacher beliefs but finds contextual constraints on implementing planning and instructional practices suggested by the methods course. Argues studies…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Case Studies, Classroom Observation Techniques, Context Effect
James J. Kemple; Susan M. Poglinco; Jason C. Snipes – 1999
The impact of career academies on student education and employment outcomes is being examined through a comprehensive longitudinal evaluation of the career academy approach in 10 high schools throughout the United States that were selected because they reflect the school districts where career academies are typically located. Most of the school…
Descriptors: Career Academies, Career Awareness, Career Education, Case Studies
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Grandell, Linda – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2005
Computer science is becoming increasingly important in our society. Meta skills, such as problem solving and logical and algorithmic thinking, are emphasized in every field, not only in the natural sciences. Still, largely due to gaps in tuition, common misunderstandings exist about the true nature of computer science. These are especially…
Descriptors: Assignments, Time Management, Computer Science, Internet
Harvey, Michael W.; Pellock, Cynthia – Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, 2004
This study investigated the relationship between demographic characteristics of Pennsylvania career and technical education (CTE) instructors and program expectations for secondary students with and without disabilities. Respondents' gender, age, level of education, years in current position, years in education, and training in special needs (i.e.…
Descriptors: Vocational Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Expectations of Students
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Materi, Ramona R.; Fahy, Patrick J. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2004
This is a report of the role of Distance education (DE) in enhancing education and training in developing countries. As countries compete in an ever more challenging international marketplace, they recognize the need to continually train and upgrade their citizenry. As national leaders struggle to cope with increasing populations and decreasing…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Program Development, Internet
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Borko, Hilda; Wolf, Shelby A.; Simone, Genet; Uchiyama, Kay Pippin – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2003
This article features case studies of two elementary schools, identified as exemplary by Washington educators, as they worked to enact Washington's Essential Academic Learning Requirements and help students achieve proficiency on the Washington Assessment of Student Learning. We describe school- and classroom-level practices and analyze the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Case Studies, Elementary Schools, Elementary School Teachers
Lacina, Jan; Levine, Linda New; Sowa, Patience – Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL), 2006
There is a nationwide call to better provide schools with a teaching force equipped with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to effectively teach the diversifying U.S. student population. This series, Collaborative Partnerships Between ESL and Classroom Teachers, edited by Debra Suarez, aims to contribute to the field's responses to this…
Descriptors: Expertise, Elementary School Students, Teacher Education Programs, Academic Achievement
Mann, Bruce, Ed. – Information Science Publishing, 2006
"Selected Styles in Web-Based Educational Research" is concerned with the most common research styles in Web-based teaching or learning. It is intended for practitioners, educators and students, who wish to learn how to conduct research in online teaching and learning, and helps define style in educational research methodology. To…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Feedback (Response), Language Usage, Educational Research
Venezia, Andrea; Finney, Joni E. – National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2006
This case study is part of a broader research project examining state policies and governance structures that span K-12 and postsecondary education. Florida has implemented some of the most sweeping education governance changes of any state; all levels of education are housed in the Department of Education, which is overseen by a commissioner who…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance, Educational Change
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Clouder, Lynn; Dalley, Jayne; Hargreaves, Julian; Parkes, Sally; Sellars, Julie; Toms, Jane – International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2006
The authors work as online tutors for a BSc (Hons) physiotherapy programme at Coventry University in the United Kingdom. This paper represents a stage in our developing understanding, over a 3 year period, of the impact of group dynamics on online interaction among physiotherapy students engaged in sharing with their peers their first experiences…
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Practicums, Case Studies, Social Environment
Jennings, Jack; Rentner, Diane Stark – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2006
For the past four years, the Center on Education Policy (CEP), an independent nonprofit research and advocacy organization, has been conducting a comprehensive and continuous review of NCLB, producing the annual reports contained in the series "From the Capital to the Classroom" as well as numerous papers on specific issues related to…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, State Departments of Education, School Districts, Public Education
Gonzalez, Virginia; Felix-Holt, Maria – 1995
The objective of this case study is to explore the influence of evaluators' beliefs on the diagnosis of language-minority children's cognitive-linguistic development. More specifically, the following five areas are explored: (1) evaluator's cultural and linguistic backgrounds; (2) their beliefs about language-minority children's…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Case Studies, Change Agents
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