Survey-based research is vital in education and social sciences, offering insights into human behaviors and perceptions. The prevalence of such studies in medical education has risen by 33% over the past decade. Despite this growth, the utility of survey findings depends on the study design quality and measure validity. Many manuscripts are…

What is your school library's brand? This book will help school librarians improve their practice and strengthen their influence within their learning communities, increasing positive perceptions of school libraries through developing a brand in alignment with the AASL Standards. Branding isn't just for companies and celebrities. Your school…

Purpose: The goal of this guide is to provide a clear overview of the topics of predatory journals and questionable conferences and advice on how to avoid them. This guide intentionally adopts a plain language approach to ensure it is accessible to readers with a variety English language proficiency levels. Methods: Electronic searches were…

This report presents a survey tool, developed by REL Central at Marzano Research, designed to gather information from teachers about their perceptions of and responses to evaluator feedback. District or state administrators can use this survey to systematically collect teacher perceptions on five key aspects of evaluation feedback: (1) feedback…

Technology can change higher education by empowering students to make an impact on the world as undergraduates. Done systematically, this would allow institutions to close the credibility gap with an increasingly dubious public. Authentic student achievements that are addressed to a "real world" audience can lead to richly detailed…

Gunther, McGowan and Donegan draw on their own experiences and those of others in the field, to explain the importance of communication in school leadership. In focusing on the communication process--why it's critical for schools, and how it can be executed well--they make the case that communication must be a primary emphasis for leaders, not an…

Presents a list of 23 questions for high school newspaper advisors concerning publication policies, editorials, source anonymity, page design, and other issues relating to overall credibility. (RS)

Discusses three ways to improve and strengthen a school newspaper's image through effective public relations designed to (1) encourage readers to react; (2) solicit comments from parents, news sources, community leaders, and politicians; and (3) encourage the school board to respond. (RS)

With increased media scrutiny has come the need for better public relations in higher education. Some rules and practices for crisis communications are presented, including: make sure the staff speaks one language, review what can and cannot be said, help reporters out, treat reporters fairly, be accessible, etc. (MLW)

Guidelines are proposed to ensure rigor in case studies. Problem representation should be clear and consistent with the original intent of the research. The reader should be able to determine how the evidence was interpreted, conclusions reached, and judgments made. To increase the believability of the case study, the underlying assumptions must…

While mega-goal fund raising campaigns are an increasingly popular strategy, the nature of the comprehensive campaign can be confusing to constituents. Trustees must be able to explain the goal, or the campaign might lose credibility. (Author/MSE)

Discusses characteristics that attract parents to family day care providers. These characteristics include the caregiver's reliability, credibility, appearance, responsiveness, and ability to be empathetic. (BB)

Details an instructional approach (used at a college newspaper serving a medium-sized midwestern city) designed to teach student journalists how to gather, critically assess, and verify information on the World Wide Web. Discusses data concerning the use of the Web site developed at the newspaper as part of the project. Offers guidelines developed…

A former university president and a trustee (who are also father and daughter) apply the rules of good business partnerships to communication between boards and presidents and provide the president and trustee viewpoints on these rules: communicate, be a team, be honest, and be trustworthy. (EV)

In conducting research, the identified problem in the field will determine the research strategies chosen to address the problem. When a qualitative research strategy is deemed as the most appropriate strategy to get answers to research questions, the researcher should be aware of obstacles that can be encountered in the research process. If the…