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Download full textGagnon, Daniel A. – Online Submission, 2012
This paper describes the diffusion of Moodle within Cherokee County Schools. The diffusion is evaluated using the Bass Model and the RIPPLES model in order to evaluate relative success or failure. The Bass Model of Diffusion was calculated utilizing forecasting by analogy in order to analyze the adoption rates in a county high school. The adoption…
Descriptors: County School Districts, High Schools, Secondary School Teachers, Adoption (Ideas)
Direct linkBurchinal, Peg; Kainz, Kirsten; Cai, Karen; Tout, Kathryn; Zaslow, Martha; Martinez-Beck, Ivelisse; Rathgeb, Colleen – Child Trends, 2009
States and the federal government have invested in early care and education programs with an explicit goal of improving school readiness for low-income children. These investments, aimed at strengthening the quality of care and supporting families' access to high-quality settings, are based in part on a confluence of research findings showing a…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Low Income, Research Methodology, Academic Achievement
Liu, Xiufeng; Ruiz, Miguel E. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2008
This article reports a study on using data mining to predict K-12 students' competence levels on test items related to energy. Data sources are the 1995 Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 1999 TIMSS-Repeat, 2003 Trend in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), and the National Assessment of Educational…
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education, Academic Achievement, National Competency Tests
Barkoukis, Vassilis; Thogersen-Ntoumani, Cecilie; Ntoumanis, Nikos; Nikitaras, Nikitas – European Physical Education Review, 2007
The aim of the present study was to investigate the differential relationships between five dimensions of motivational climate and achievement goals, as the latter have been conceptualized by the revised achievement goal theory. Adolescents (N = 336, M age = 13.45 years, SD = 1.04) participating in a summer camp in southern Greece took part in the…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Achievement Need, Measures (Individuals), Program Effectiveness
Hennessy, Dwight A.; Lanni-Manley, Elizabeth; Maiorana, Nicole – Journal of Drug Education, 2006
The present study was designed to examine the effectiveness of Fatal Vision Goggles in reducing intentions to drink and drive. Participants performed a field sobriety task and drove in a traffic simulator while wearing the goggles. A regression analysis was performed in order to predict changes in intentions to drink and drive, using typical…
Descriptors: College Students, Drinking, Attitude Change, Prevention
Tan, James A.; Hall, Rosalie J.; Boyce, Carol – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2003
Reactions to training programs tend to be poor predictors of training success, yet most training programs are evaluated based solely on trainee reactions. In this study, we proposed that distinguishing between affective and cognitive employee reactions may improve the prediction of trainee learning. Our results indicated that cognitive employee…
Descriptors: Trainees, Employee Attitudes, Job Training, Program Effectiveness
Sleezer, Catherine M.; And Others – 1985
This project is the sixth in a series of studies designed to validate the Training and Development Benefit Forecasting Method (BFM) sponsored by the Training and Development Research Center (TDRC) at the University of Minnesota. The purpose of this study was to validate the BFM's ability to forecast the benefits of an organization development…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavioral Science Research, Cost Effectiveness, Health Personnel
Forry, Nicole; Vick, Jessica; Halle, Tamara – Child Trends, 2009
Measures of quality are now in widespread use across states as part of quality improvement initiatives. For example, many states are currently using global measures of quality that were first developed for research and practice purposes (such as the Environmental Rating Scales) in their Quality Rating Systems (QRSs). Although global quality…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Early Childhood Education, Disabilities, Rating Scales
Wright, Joan – 1989
An educational program on family resource management was evaluated to judge the goodness of fit of multiple regression equations for predicting program results across multiple sites. The applicability and effectiveness of the 11-lesson MONEY SENSE program was evaluated in six California locations for 190 clients. Indicators of effectiveness were:…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Curriculum Evaluation, Family Financial Resources, Generalizability Theory
Vooijs, Marcel W.; van der Kamp, Leo J. Th. – 1990
A two-stage procedure for the analysis of pretest-posttest data was developed and illustrated. Data were reanalyzed from a quasi-experimental evaluation that assessed the effects of an intervention program to teach elementary school children aged 10 to 12 years to watch violence on television more carefully/critically. The treatment group…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedWasserman, Michael – Journal of Experimental Education, 1978
Educationally disadvantaged college students who were enrolled in an experimental sociology course section did not have significantly different test performance than nonparticipating disadvantaged. Results indicated that significant improvement could be expected of disadvantaged students if they were admitted with a high Scholastic Aptitude…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations
Richards, William – 1986
In fall 1985, a study was conducted by the Colorado State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education to analyze the efficiency and effectiveness of community college assessment programs throughout the state. Each community college in the state randomly selected 100 students whose basic skills had been assessed and who had enrolled in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, Basic Skills
Pai-Samant, Shefali; DeWolfe, Joanna; Caverly, Sarah; Boller, Kimberly; McGroder, Sharon; Zettler, Jennifer; Mills, Jessica; Ross, Christine; Clark, Cheryl; Quinones, Mariel; Gulin, Jamie – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2005
This volume provides a compendium of measures that could be used to evaluate the effectiveness of Head Start enhancements. The focus is on child outcome measures, although measures pertaining to intermediate outcomes related both to changes in the program and changes in the home are included. The authors also review measures and variables…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Indicators
