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Direct linkEsbrandt, Philip; Hayes, Bruce – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2011
"Cure Student Underachievement" is the culmination of the authors' research, practice, and experience as principals, superintendents, graduate professors, and consultants in efforts to improve school performance and increase student achievement. Searching for the real causes of underperformance, the authors explored problem-solving strategies in…
Descriptors: Underachievement, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Problem Solving
Download full textMutchler, Sue – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2011
This paper describes how administrator preparation programs can help future education leaders to value, understand, and use the democratic strategy of deliberative dialogue and action. The purpose of the strategy is to engage in a new way with teachers, parents, and other stakeholders about problems in their local public schools. Follow-up…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Outcomes of Education, Simulation, Interpersonal Communication
Johnston, Christine; And Others – 1986
The objective of this study was to examine whether training prospective supervisors in transactional analysis (TA) would affect their verbal interaction in supervisory conferences in comparison to a group of untrained prospective supervisors. The hypothesis was that supervisory students trained in TA would use more productive transactions in their…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Conferences, Educational Administration, Graduate Students
Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA. Economics Dept. – 1992
This paper describes one course offered in the Economics Department at the Drexel University (DU), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that uses directed learning and focuses on public sector problems. As the opening notes, the course is titled "Learn by DU-ing" ("DU" is a reference to Drexel University) and offers a menu of…
Descriptors: College Students, Cooperative Learning, Economics Education, Graduate Students
Peer reviewedTobias, Sheila – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1991
A study in which nonscience professors and graduate students took introductory physics and chemistry courses and found that what makes science unappealing or difficult for some is not subject matter or lack of student preparedness but the way science is packaged. Problems with curriculum design, testing, grading, classroom climate, presentation,…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Classroom Techniques, College Faculty, Course Organization
Peer reviewedWan, Teh-yuan; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1992
A study of 412 foreign graduate students investigated their (1) perceptions of the stressfulness of role demands and (2) abilities to cope with those demands. Results indicated students associated English language skills and cultural distance with stresses and language, academic, and problem-solving skills with coping capacity. Implications for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, Coping, English (Second Language)
