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Trainin, Guy – Online Submission, 2005
This report outlines the results from the Nebraska's Reading First initiative. Three thousand six hundred students from Kindergarten to Third grade were included in the project. Results indicated significant growth across all demographic groups. Student performance in the earlier grades has shown great promise for the following years. Growth in…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, State Programs, Reading Programs, Annual Reports
Stacey, Elizabeth; Fountain, Wendy – 2001
This paper presents the reflective perspectives of the student and supervisor in a successful computer-mediated research relationship at Deakin University (Australia). Key contributing factors are discussed in a dialog format covering the role of computer-mediated communication (CMC), the projection of social presence, student self-efficacy…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education
Gibson, Cynthia – Academy for Educational Development, 2005
Service-learning is a teaching method that engages young people in community problem-solving as part of their education, both in school and out-of-school settings. Service-learning has the potential to be a powerful experiential education practices because it not only fosters effective learning, also prepares the next generation for democratic…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Community Problems, Self Efficacy, Democracy
Urdan, Tim; Pajares, Frank; Lapin, Amy Z. – 1997
An achievement goal theory framework was used to examine the relations among goals and a number of other motivational constructs in a sample of middle school students. Participants were 189 eighth graders from a public school in the south. In one session students completed the attitude measures and in another session they completed a mathematics…
Descriptors: Ability, Achievement Need, Anxiety, Attitude Measures
Oliver, Kevin M. – 1996
One higher education institution initiated a context based, situated learning environment to guide an introductory freshman engineering course that was designed to overcome many problems in traditional engineering education. Instructors used situated environment to facilitate: student acquisition of intellectual curiosity, appropriate framing and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Freshmen, College Instruction, Constructivism (Learning)
Jablonski, Ann – 1992
This paper describes the development of an experimental, alternative, graduate-level preservice teacher education program at Fordham University, the Internship Fellowship Program. The 15-month program includes an Instructional Training Laboratory (ITL) during the first summer, which supports the intern's acquisition of cognitive and performance…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Graduate Study
Ginorio, Angela; Huston, Michelle – 2001
This publication explores the experiences of Latinas in the United States' educational system, utilizing the concept of "possible selves" to investigate the lives of Latinas in school, at home, and with their peers. The concept of "possible selves" articulates the interaction between Latinas' current social contexts and their…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Educational Attainment, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Trends
Keane, Dee; Merton, Bryan; Napper, Rosemary; Jackson, Carol – 2002
This document presents an innovative curriculum framework for helping individuals aged 16-25 years reconnect with learning and develop the "soft skills" needed to manage their lives and relationships. The guide contains ideas and approaches to help mentors and program managers implement the Getting Connected program, which is designed to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Alienation, Curriculum Guides
Kronberg, Robi M. – 1999
This report describes the outcomes of a study that examined teacher efficacy in order to generate an exploratory and explanatory theory of teacher efficacy in the context of four heterogeneous fifth and sixth grade classrooms. It investigated how the four elementary teachers identified as being efficacious described the relationships between…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Disabilities, Elementary Education
Blodgett-McDeavitt, Cynthia; Dirkx, John M. – Online Submission, 1995
While transfer of information to practice is a goal of professional development programs for educators, the gap between learning of new information and application to practice continues to be problematic. Synthesizing theoretical viewpoints of innovation adoption and diffusion theory, normative re-education strategies, self-efficacy theory and…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Self Efficacy, Adult Basic Education, Teacher Education Programs
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Short, Lynn M.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1997
Evaluation of a Domestic Violence Module taught in the University of California, Los Angeles medical school found it to be innovative, well planned, and well received by both students and faculty. Areas identified for improvement included opportunities for students to practice skills and receive feedback, consistency in content across classes, and…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Evaluation, Course Organization, Curriculum Development
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Pelletier, Janette; Brent, Julaine M. – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2002
This study examined parent factors and teacher strategies fostering parent involvement and efficacy in a Canadian preschool intervention program in the Toronto area. Both English-as-a-second-language and English-speaking parent groups participated in school-based Parenting and Readiness Center programs with their 4-year-olds. Findings suggested…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Pluralism, Early Childhood Education, Educational Practices
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Bandura, Albert; Caprara, Gian Vittorio; Barbaranelli, Claudio; Gerbino, Maria; Pastorelli, Concetta – Child Development, 2003
Examined influence of perceived self-efficacy for affect regulation with older adolescents. Found that self-efficacy to regulate affect related to high efficacy to manage academic development, resist social pressures for antisocial activities, and engage with empathy in others' emotional experiences. Perceived self-efficacy for affect regulation…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Antisocial Behavior
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Shanahan, Michael J.; And Others – Sociology of Education, 1997
Presents a look at individual responsibility and decision making (here defined as planfulness) and how it is affected by external factors of social and economic turmoil. Utilizes data from a longitudinal study of privileged men born between 1904 and 1917 and their educational attainment in subsequent years. (MJP)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adolescent Development, Age Groups, Decision Making
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Meyers, Steven A. – Teaching of Psychology, 1997
Reviews studies and journal articles to collect suggestions for increasing individual student involvement in small-group activities. Briefly addresses the lack of student productivity during these activities. Includes a descriptive table of all articles appearing in "Teaching of Psychology" between 1974 and 1995. (MJP)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Research, Group Dynamics, Higher Education
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