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Dobbins, Nicole; Higgins, Kyle; Pierce, Tom; Tandy, Richard D.; Tincani, Matt – Remedial and Special Education, 2010
An adapted version of the "Teacher/Staff Skillstreaming Checklist" was used to determine the level, type, and area of social skills instruction provided to general and special education teachers. Nine universities participated in the study in which facilitators advertised the adapted questionnaire to licensed general and special education teachers…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Measures (Individuals), Special Education Teachers, Special Education
Bataineh, Osamah; Alazzi, Khaled F. – International Education, 2009
The purpose of this study was to discover themes or concepts, generated from the collected data, that formed building blocks of grounded theory in the study of secondary school social studies teachers' perspectives. This research study was conducted in Jordan, where secondary school social studies teachers were interviewed regarding their…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Foreign Countries, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills
Coklar, Ahmet Naci; Odabasi, Hatice Ferhan – Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 2009
This study aims to develop a scale, the Educational Technology Standards Scale (ETSS), to determine how effectively and appropriately preservice teachers use educational technologies. For the development of the scale, the internationally approved NETS[middle dot]T standards from 2000 were used. These NETS[middle dot]T standards were used for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Standards, Rating Scales
Baumert, Jurgen; Kunter, Mareike; Blum, Werner; Brunner, Martin; Voss, Thamar; Jordan, Alexander; Klusmann, Uta; Krauss, Stefan; Neubrand, Michael; Tsai, Yi-Miau – American Educational Research Journal, 2010
In both the United States and Europe, concerns have been raised about whether preservice and in-service training succeeds in equipping teachers with the professional knowledge they need to deliver consistently high-quality instruction. This article investigates the significance of teachers' content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge for…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Structural Equation Models, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Teachers
Dobkins, Linda Harris; Justice-Crickmer, Janet; Thompson, E. H. – AILACTE Journal, 2008
Teacher preparation in the Commonwealth of Virginia requires numerous competencies. Faced with the challenges of creating a new general education core, faculty at Emory & Henry College exploited the synergies of the new program, teacher preparation competency requirements and the literature on effective teachers to reinforce a 172-year-old…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Liberal Arts, Teacher Competencies, Teacher Competency Testing
Tyler, Linda – Educational Testing Service, 2011
Since 2006, the National Education Association (NEA) and Educational Testing Service (ETS) have been working collaboratively to support teacher candidates in preparing for "The Praxis Series"[TM] of teacher licensure assessments, currently used in 41 states and territories. Their focus has been particularly targeted to assisting minority…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Minority Group Teachers, Diversity (Faculty), Intervention
Jordan, Kathy – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
The use of online discussion has a long history in distance education and higher education generally, and has recently been proposed as a means of supporting beginning teachers as they face the challenge of being new to the profession. Often using text-based asynchronous programs, online discussion is advocated to enable teachers to interact with…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Content Analysis, Beginning Teachers, Case Studies
Adiguzel, Tufan; Capraro, Robert M.; Willson, Victor L. – International Journal of Special Education, 2011
As states and federal legislation have invested in integration of new technologies into education, the teacher's role as the user of such technologies in the classroom becomes more prominent (Telecommunications Act of 1996). However, relevant prior research suggests that teacher resistance to new technologies remains high. This study explores…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Intention, Educational Technology, Special Education Teachers
D'Agostino, Jerome V.; VanWinkle, Waverely Hester – Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, 2007
Paper-pencil teacher tests of professional knowledge typically are organized around the conventional dimensions that define state teaching standards, such as classroom management and assessment. We examined if such tests could be partitioned into three other dimensions (general knowledge, academic or textbook knowledge, and functional teaching…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Nonmajors, Education Majors, Teacher Education
Milanowski, Anthony T.; Heneman, Herbert G., III; Kimball, Steven M. – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2009
The major goal of this study is to review the current state of the art in teaching assessment by examining a sample of assessment systems, then to develop a "specification" for a state-of the art performance assessment system to be used for human capital management (HCM) functions. This specification could be a stimulus and guidepost for working…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Performance Based Assessment, Teacher Competency Testing, Teacher Evaluation
Christensen, Jolene; Warnick, Brian K.; Spielmaker, Debra; Tarpley, Rudy S.; Straquadine, Gary S. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2009
This study identified and prioritized the agricultural in-service needs of introductory level career and technical education teachers in Utah. The Utah State Board of Education requires that all seventh grade students complete an introductory career and technical education course as their first formal career exploration experience. One component…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Agricultural Education, Grade 7, Agriculture
Inan, Hatice Zeynep – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2010
One of the requirements of the twenty-first century is raising a child who is an explorer and who can solve problems rather than being able to memorize facts. One of the indispensible foundations of exploring and problem-solving is having scientific process skills and being able to use them effectively. In order to raise little scientists with a…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Science Process Skills, Grade 4, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Archambault, Leanna; Crippen, Kent – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2009
With the increasing popularity and accessibility of the Internet and Internet-based technologies, along with the need for a diverse group of students to have alternative means to complete their education, there is a major push for K-12 schools to offer online courses, resulting in a growing number of online teachers. Using the Tailored Design…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Online Courses, Teacher Competency Testing, Knowledge Level
Hill, Heather C. – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2010
This article explores elementary school teachers' mathematical knowledge for teaching and the relationship between such knowledge and teacher characteristics. The Learning Mathematics for Teaching project administered a multiple-choice assessment covering topics in number and operation to a nationally representative sample of teachers (n = 625)…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Characteristics, Elementary School Teachers
American Institutes for Research, 2011
First introduced in 1965, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) has evolved over time, emphasizing education reform priorities that mirror the changing national education policy conversation. The most recent iteration of ESEA, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), was enacted in 2001. It emphasized improving outcomes for…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Teacher Effectiveness