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Riccio, Cynthia A.; Cook, Krystal T.; Fenning, Pam; Harris, Abigail M. – Psychology in the Schools, 2015
A recent focus within professional psychology training has been the definition of universal or core competencies deemed important for mastery by all individuals training as health service providers at key transition points in their doctoral programs (e.g., program entry, pre-practicum, pre-internship, and pre-independent practice). A related…
Descriptors: Internship Programs, School Psychology, Doctoral Programs, Readiness
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Goh, Ah Bee; Chakpitak, Nopasit; Sureephong, Pradorn – International Education Studies, 2015
This paper reports the findings of the case study conducted at Schaffner Thailand (ST) factory regarding the application of the ROFO principle coupled with companywide training on the execution of Lean Production (LP) strategy. The case study was motivated by 3 main objectives: 1) to examine the effectiveness of the ROFO principle and companywide…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Administrative Principles, Productivity, Industrial Training
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Bourke, Roseanna; Dharan, Vijaya – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2015
Psychologists working in education in Aotearoa/New Zealand work in diverse educational environments making day-to-day decisions informed by evidence-based practice. As a relatively small professional group with a complex work programme, they contribute to the assessments and decision-making processes of children and young people across multiple…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Psychology, Psychologists, Evaluation Methods
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Wachter, Michael; Kirkwood-Mazik, Heather – Marketing Education Review, 2015
This paper describes an innovative assignment in which students associate marketing concepts with artwork from a specified photographic exhibit. During the encoding process, linking various topics with pieces of art activates high-involvement learning, creative elaboration, and analytical reasoning. Consequently, students experience higher levels…
Descriptors: Marketing, Assignments, Photography, Art Activities
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van Wijk, Nikil; de Leeuw, Edith; de Bruijn, Jeanne – Field Methods, 2015
To collect reliable statistical data on domestic violence in Curaçao, we conducted a large-scale quantitative study (n = 816). To meet with the special needs of the population and topic, we designed a tailored mixed-mode survey to assess the prevalence of domestic violence in Curaçao and its health consequences. Great care was taken to reduce…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Violence, Surveys, Statistical Data
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Watson, Nicole; Wilkins, Roger – Field Methods, 2015
Computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) offers many attractive benefits over paper-and-pencil interviewing. There is, however, mixed evidence on the impact of CAPI on interview "length," an important survey outcome in the context of length limits imposed by survey budgets and concerns over respondent burden. In this article,…
Descriptors: Interviews, Test Length, Computer Assisted Testing, National Surveys
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Johnston, Susan S.; Thompson, Robyn M. – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2015
Play is often considered the main occupation of early childhood. Despite the importance of play, young children with disabilities may not achieve the same experiences as their typically developing counterparts. Literature supports the use of specific instructional strategies to promote the acquisition of play skills. In addition to utilizing…
Descriptors: Play, Educational Strategies, Special Education, Disabilities
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Plotner, Anthony J.; Marshall, Kathleen J. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2015
Financial, legislative, and philosophical support for postsecondary education (PSE) programs for individuals with intellectual disability has resulted in great increases in the number of such programs across the country. Directors of new PSE programs have few research-based guidelines to provide direction for integrating programs within colleges…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Access to Education, Mental Retardation, Barriers
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Wyness, Lynne; Jones, Paul; Klapper, Rita – Education & Training, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to consider the understanding and presence of sustainability within entrepreneurship education. The extant literature on sustainability within the entrepreneurship discipline remains extremely limited. Previously, sustainability within an entrepreneurship context has related to economic viability as opposed to…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Entrepreneurship, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes
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Abrams, Kimberly R. – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2015
We have now reached a tipping point at which electronic resources comprise more than half of academic library budgets. Because of the increasing work associated with the ever-increasing number of e-resources, there is a trend to distribute work throughout the library even in the presence of an electronic resources department. In 2013, the author…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Administration, Electronic Libraries, Surveys
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Foladori, Guillermo; Arteaga Figueroa, Edgar; Záyago Lau, Edgar; Appelbaum, Richard; Robles-Belmont, Eduardo; Villa, Liliana; Parker, Rachel; Leos, Vanessa – Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy, 2015
This analysis of Mexico's nanotechnology policies utilizes indicators developed by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, which in 2008 conducted a pilot survey comparing the nanotechnology policies of 24 countries. In this paper, we apply the same questionnaire to the Mexican case, adding business information derived from the…
Descriptors: Molecular Structure, Technology, Interdisciplinary Approach, Foreign Countries
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Chatterji, Pinka; Joo, Heesoo; Lahiri, Kajal – Education Economics, 2015
We examine the education gradient in diabetes, hypertension, and high cholesterol. We take into account diagnosed as well as undiagnosed cases and use methods accounting for the possibility of unmeasured factors that are correlated with education and drive both the likelihood of having illness and the propensity to be diagnosed. Data come from the…
Descriptors: Chronic Illness, Diabetes, Hypertension, Heart Disorders
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He, Xiaojun; Lazo, Xia – English Language Teaching, 2015
The current social backgrounds have made English learning become an important part in every Chinese student's life. Tibetan students begin to study Tibetan, Chinese and English from primary school. However, in many Chinese ethnic-minorities areas like Tibetan areas, English education is facing many problems and challenges, especially the English…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, FLES, English (Second Language)
Makel, Matthew C.; Snyder, Kate E.; Thomas, Chandler; Malone, Patrick S.; Putallaz, Martha – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2015
Growing attention is being paid to individuals' implicit beliefs about the nature of intelligence. However, implicit beliefs about giftedness are currently underexamined. In the current study, we examined academically gifted adolescents' implicit beliefs about both intelligence and giftedness. Overall, participants' implicit beliefs about…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Student Attitudes, Beliefs, Intelligence
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Purcell, Gisela; Scheyvens, Regina – International Journal of Training and Development, 2015
This research investigates the value of donor-funded, cross-cultural business mentoring in a development context. Following a review of the existing literature on cross-cultural mentoring, it examines the effectiveness of the Pacific Business Mentoring Programme in Samoa through interviews with 23 entrepreneurs and a survey of the New Zealand…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mentors, Business, Program Effectiveness
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