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Salden, Ron J.C.M.; Paas, Fred; Broers, Nick J.; van Merrienboer, Jeroen J. G. – Instructional Science: An International Journal of Learning and Cognition, 2004
The differential effects of four task selection methods on training efficiency and transfer in computer-based training for Air Traffic Control were investigated. A non-dynamic condition, in which the learning tasks were presented to the participants in a fixed, predetermined sequence, was compared to three dynamic conditions, in which learning…
Descriptors: Traffic Safety, Job Training, Cognitive Ability, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Thursfield, Denise; Holden, Rick – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2004
In this article I draw attention to the current legitimising of new forms of identity of vocational and higher education learners. Using identity as a lens for examining pedagogy I focus on one of these new forms--the learner-worker identity. I examine one teaching and learning practice portfolio development, by discussing the program within which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pilot Projects, Case Studies, Criticism
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Di Pierro, Marianne – College Student Journal, 2007
At Western Michigan University, the Graduate Center for Research, Writing, and Proposal Development sustains both doctoral students and graduate advising faculty through the doctoral dissertation process and represents one best practices approach that promotes persistence in graduate education--an especially important benefit, given the national…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Faculty Advisers, Teacher Student Relationship
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Johnson, Hazel; Thomas, Alan – Compare: A Journal of Comparative Education, 2007
A recent study carried out by European and African organizations into the potential for electronic distance training (EDT) on sustainability in African local governments concluded that EDT was both "useful and feasible". This article reflects on some of the theoretical and practical implications of that study. It focuses on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Information, Sustainable Development, Local Government
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Burke, Lisa A. – Business Communication Quarterly, 2007
Given that many doctoral programs do not provide extensive training on how to present course information in the classroom, the current paper looks to educational psychology theory and research for guidance. Richard Mayer and others' copious empirical work on effective and ineffective instructional design, along with relevant research findings in…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Business Administration Education, Instructional Design, Educational Psychology
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Ojedokun, Ayoku A.; Moahi, Kgomotso H. – Education for Information, 2007
This study probed the use of digital library skills by MLIS graduates, and their perception of employment preparation for the emergent information market in Botswana. The study used a survey approach. The study was carried out in 2004. A total of 32 MLIS graduates (1996-2003) of the Department of Library and Information Studies in employment were…
Descriptors: Job Training, Information Systems, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries
Knasel, Eddy; Meed, John; Rossetti, Anna; Read, Hilary – Learning and Skills Network (NJ1), 2006
This guide is aimed at anyone in work-based training who is responsible for learners during their first few weeks. Readers will (1) understand the value and purpose of initial assessment in key skills and Skills for Life; (2) become familiar with a range of techniques for the initial assessment; (3) plan an initial assessment system that is…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Trainers, Assessment Centers (Personnel), On the Job Training
Freeman, Mara; Kim, EunJee; Kim, Eunok Alice; Valenziano, Laura; Gitonga, Jacqueline; Benson, Angela – Online Submission, 2006
Increasing interest in research on workplace learning and performance provides an ideal opportunity to examine how much research is actually published and to identify the focus of research in HRD. This study involved a content analysis of articles on workplace learning and performance published in the four AHRD journals. Results indicated studies…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Labor Force Development, Human Resources, Improvement
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Greenberg, David H.; Michalopoulos, Charles; Robin, Philip K. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2006
This paper uses meta-analysis to investigate whether random assignment (or experimental) evaluations of voluntary government-funded training programs for the disadvantaged have produced different conclusions than nonexperimental evaluations. Information includes several hundred estimates from 31 evaluations of 15 programs that operated between…
Descriptors: Males, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Meta Analysis
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Raphael, Steven; Stoll, Michael A. – Evaluation Review, 2006
This article examines the effect of the Massachusetts workforce development system on the earnings of disadvantaged adults using nonexperimental data from the late 1990s. The authors construct a comparison sample for program participants using individuals who apply for and are offered services yet do not participate in a training program. They…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Labor Force, Attendance, Economically Disadvantaged
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Smith, Raymond – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report and discuss research that sought to explore how the individually purposeful nature of new employee workplace learning might be understood through its conception as epistemological agency, that is, the personally mediated construction of knowledge. Design/methodology/approach: Using a sociocultural…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Employees, Ethnography, Epistemology
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Lee, Yew-Jin; Roth, Wolff-Michael – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to highlight some methodological problems concerning the neglect of participants' voices by workplace ethnographers and neglect of the highly interactional and co-constructive nature of research interviewing. The study aims to use discourse analysis, to show the phenomena of workplace learning and expertise to…
Descriptors: Animals, Discourse Analysis, Ethnography, Interviews
Levy, Abigail J.; Pasquale, Marian M.; Marco, Lisa – Science Educator, 2008
This article describes the outgrowth of a recently held invitational conference, supported by the National Science Foundation, to define, describe, and examine existing models for the use of elementary science specialists. The authors explore the educational, policy, and financial issues that affect the use of science specialists as well as offer…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Models, Elementary School Science, Science Instruction
Berryman, Sue E. – 1990
In the face of changing economic conditions and shifts in skill requirements caused by technology, American corporations must integrate learning as an integral part of their functioning. Businesses must implement learning-intensive production, speed up the process of learning how to improve training, and learn how to assess the results of…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Industrial Education, Industrial Training, Job Training
Vocational Training Council, Wellington (New Zealand). – 1983
These principles are intended for application by employers of large or small organizations who wish to improve the efficiency of clerical workers. They include policies and practices that respond to social and technological changes and implement a systematic approach to training. Seven principles highlight the value of training clerical workers.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Clerical Workers, Foreign Countries, Models
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