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Download full textToner, Phillip – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2005
Australia's innovation capacity is, in part, reliant on its teaching workforce--to teach and promote new technologies to industry. This pilot study examines how vocational education and training (VET) teachers, in particular TAFE (technical and further education) teachers, maintain the currency of their skills and knowledge base. It also explores…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Manufacturing, Technological Literacy, Science and Society
West, Charles K.; And Others – 1991
The purpose of this report is to communicate findings on current knowledge of simulation design, development, and evaluation. Research on this project was guided by questions posed by the Defense Systems Management College in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. These questions fall into three categories: the constituents of good instructional simulations, the…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Games, Educational Objectives
McClure, Charles R.; And Others – 1987
This report describes a project which assessed the feasibility for the design and implementation of a Center for Scientific and Technical Information (STI) Transfer in the Central New York region, and to lay the groundwork for cooperative projects among Syracuse University (SU), Central New York libraries, regional businesses, and area governments…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cooperative Programs, Economic Development, Feasibility Studies
Chaney, Bradford; Farris, Elizabeth – 1990
Public school districts vary widely in the extent to which they are aware of, receive, and use research and development (R&D) resources produced by four major programs within the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI). A 95 percent response rate to a survey sent to a probability sample of 1,093…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Federal Government, Federal Programs
Development Associates, Inc., Arlington, VA. – 1979
This document presents the plan for the conduct of eight case studies of federally and state-administered demonstration projects to assess the usefulness and practicality of a monograph discussing the improvement and measurement of the impact of vocational education demonstration projects. An introduction discusses the background and purpose of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Criteria, Demonstration Programs, Educational Improvement
Helmer, Jean; And Others – 1988
Belle Fourche High School in South Dakota has developed a curriculum for an entrepreneurial approach to education. This paper contains the history of the school's adoption of this program, as well as course descriptions and standards. In 1988, Belle Fourche High School, Black Hills Special Services Cooperative, and the McREL (Mid-Continent…
Descriptors: Business Education, Community Development, Community Study, Course Descriptions
PDF pending restorationUnited Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1995
This review of special education worldwide is based on questionnaire replies of appropriate ministries in 63 United Nations member states during 1993-94. Part 1 provides a summary and analysis of the information received and highlights trends, comparing situations reported in the previous survey (1986-87) with the present survey. This section…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Educational Administration
Childers, Robert; Howley, Craig – 1993
Appalachia Educational Laboratory's Rural Excel program collaborated with the Tennessee Center of Excellence for Science and Mathematics Education and with faculty at 21 local education agencies in rural Tennessee to evaluate implementation of the Tennessee Mathematics Activities Manuals for grades 5-8. The manuals each contain 54-67 activities…
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Science Resources Studies. – 1982
Statistical data on research and development (R&D) expenditures from the 1980 Survey of Scientific and Engineering Expenditures at Universities and Colleges are presented. Information was obtained from 514 schools and 19 federally funded R&D centers. In order to provide national totals for academic R&D expenditures, estimates were made…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Engineering, Environmental Research
Hambleton, Ronald K.; Eignor, Daniel R. – 1979
This instructional training package introduces practitioners to methods for developing, validating, using, and reporting criterion-referenced tests. It provides a comprehensive presentation of criterion-referenced testing technology. The package emphasizes the most recent substantive and technological advances in the field that are both important…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores, Evaluation Methods, Mastery Tests
Lai, Morris K.; And Others – 1985
This paper reports on several generic evaluation methods used by the evaluation office of the Curriculum Research and Development Group of the University of Hawaii (EO-CRDG). Scrivens's (generic) checklist approach was taken one step further by developing generic data collection instruments to be used with any evaluation method: (1) a formative…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Cognitive Tests, Data Collection, Efficiency
Baltzell, D. Catherine; Dentler, Robert A. – 1983
The National Institute of Education (NIE) initiated this first national study of the means by which school districts actually choose principals. NIE specified two main research goals for this study: (1) describe and characterize common practices in principal selection; and (2) describe and characterize promising alternatives for the improvement of…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Selection, Assessment Centers (Personnel), Board of Education Policy
Billingsley, Bonnie S.; And Others – 1995
A 3-year research and development project examined ways to improve the retention of special education teachers in the Memphis (Tennessee) City Schools. Several individual studies identified sources of dissatisfaction with teaching and the conditions that would encourage career longevity among teachers. Responses from 470 special education and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Mobility
Clouse, R. Wilburn – 1977
The role of administrators serving in national centers established by the federal government to encourage and foster research, training, and service is investigated. Two national programs specifically examined in this report are centers for mental retardation research and human development, and university-affiliated training centers. The research…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Role, Administrators, Comparative Analysis
PDF pending restorationWilson, Terry; Martin, Joan – 1991
This report presents a model of collaborative effort that established a network of 15 university-based and 2 non-university based Centers for Environmental Education (CEE) in the Tennessee River watershed region. The report begins by establishing definitions for a Center for Environmental Education and a network system, both of which are…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Education Service Centers, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
