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Trochim, William M. K., Ed. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1989
Concept mapping is a structured conceptualization that can be used by groups to develop a conceptual framework that guides evaluation or planning. Twelve papers discuss concept mapping in evaluation/planning in terms of theory development; measurement, construct validity, and pattern matching; outcome assessment and internal validity;…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Construct Validity, Data Interpretation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Strom, Robert; And Others – Journal of Negro Education, 1992
Describes a comparative study of self-perceived and grandchild-perceived strengths and educational needs of 204 African-American and 204 Anglo grandparents and 295 African-American and 175 Anglo grandchildren, examining how to adapt programs effective for Anglos so that they would be effective for African Americans. Recommendations are made for…
Descriptors: Black Family, Comparative Analysis, Ethnicity, Family Programs
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Aschbacher, Pamela R. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1991
The University of California's (Los Angeles) Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing survey of state assessment directors reveals that about 25 states currently study or develop performance assessments. Obstacles to statewide use of performance assessments were expressed. The new Student Assessment Exchange should…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement
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Bradley, Dianne F.; West, J. Frederick – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1994
Analysis of transcripts of focus group interviews with 32 educators (general, special, administrators, related services, and instructional assistants) in 5 elementary schools identified 8 component areas of expressed training needs concerned with inclusion of students with disabilities. A training framework incorporating these areas was then…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Education, Focus Groups, Inclusive Schools
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Berenson, Sarah; And Others – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 1991
The results of a survey conducted on the background, education, attitudes, and practices of North Carolina's elementary teachers to develop a statewide inservice program are presented. Elementary teachers' perceptions of teaching language arts, social studies, mathematics, and science; use of instructional materials; and experiences and needs for…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Language Arts, Mathematics
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Neumann, Yoram; Finaly-Neumann, Edith – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 1990
Faculty in 40 research university departments of physics, sociology, electrical engineering, and education were surveyed about their attitudes toward universities' competitive strategies (clever adaptation, sudden changes, elimination of less attractive units, entrepreneurial ventures). More productive, satisfied, and committed faculty were found…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Faculty, Competition, Departments
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Lofgren, Richard P.; Mladenovic, Jeanette – Academic Medicine, 1990
The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of organizational changes in the general medicine clinic on residents' and patients' satisfaction, including their perceptions of the quality of care. Questionnaires to assess satisfaction were administered to the residents (N=80) and patients (N=577) using a pre- and posttesting design. (MLW)
Descriptors: Clinics, Family Practice (Medicine), Graduate Medical Students, Higher Education
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Nader, Philip R.; Rissel, Chris; Rowling, Louise; Marshall, Bernard J.; Sheehan, Margaret M.; Northfield, Jeff R.; Maher, Shelley; Carlisle, Rachel; St. Leger, Lawrence H.; Stewart, Donald E.; Parker, Elizabeth; Gillespie, Amaya; Stokes, Helen; Mukherjee, Dev; Nutbeam, Don; Mitchell, Anne; Ollis, Debbie; Watson, Jan – Journal of School Health, 2000
Eight papers on Australia's school health programs discuss: creating health promoting schools in the United States; intersectoral collaboration for developing a national framework for health promoting schools; school-based health promotion nationwide; auditing health promoting schools policy documentation; the nature of health service/school…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Child Health, Comprehensive School Health Education, Elementary Secondary Education
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Donald, Janet G.; Denison, D. Brian – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 1996
A study examined the extent to which broad indicators of performance could be used for university program improvement. A survey of 356 graduates of a Canadian research university found perceived teaching quality contributed significantly to ratings of overall academic program quality. The most frequently mentioned meaningful feature was…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Outcomes Assessment, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality
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Thorne, E. Ann; Wright, Gill – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2005
Purpose: The notion of effective strategic alliances provides the basis on which this paper proposes a framework to manage the application and outcomes of management learning. The management of key partner collaboration emerges in this paper as a major success factor in determining effective management learning. A proactive structured approach to…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Learning Processes, Management Development, Leadership Training
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Engels, Rutger C. M. E.; Willemsen, Marc – Health Education Research, 2004
Parents play an important role in the development of young people's smoking behavior, through the modeling effects of their own smoking status, through the ways they raise their children and through the ways they deal with smoking at home. The present study focused on anti-smoking socialization by, first, comparing the perspectives of both parents…
Descriptors: Socialization, Mothers, Smoking, Self Efficacy
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Epstein, Joyce L. – Elementary School Journal, 2005
This case study reports the feasibility of the Partnership Schools Comprehensive School Reform (CSR) model for school improvement in a Title I elementary school. Interviews were conducted and documents were collected for 3 years to study whether and how the school implemented key policy attributes--specificity, consistency, authority, power, and…
Descriptors: State Standards, Program Implementation, Program Development, Community Involvement
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Miller, Matthew; McDiarmid, G. Williamson; Luttrell-Montes, Sally – Teaching & Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2006
Although the need for university-school partnerships in preparing teachers is widely accepted, studies of research universities working with teacher unions and urban school districts to respond to the local needs are rare. This case study reveals the tensions that arose when the colleges of education and arts and sciences from a research…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Teacher Education, Mathematics Teachers, Science Teachers
Maney, Dolores W.; Mortensen, Sharon; Powell, M. Paige; Lozinska-Lee, Monika; Kennedy, Susan; Moore, Betty – American Journal of Health Education, 2002
An exploration of the linear relationships among alcohol use, participation in late-night alcohol-free entertainment options, perceived drinking norms, social identity, perception of university policy, and demographics was conducted. The sample was 1,074 college students enrolled in introductory psychology courses. Alcohol use was measured using…
Descriptors: Drinking, Prevention, Program Development, Social Attitudes
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Berg, Kathleen Faith – Journal of In-service Education, 2004
In this retrospective case study, the author describes the process of initiating a new partnership between the Master of Education in Teaching (MET) program at the University of Hawaii and a public elementary school, which would service as the field site for the student cohort in this two-year field-intensive certification program. Included in the…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Teaching Styles, Professional Development, Case Studies
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