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Kerr, Janel M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to explore the role of mental models in Idaho's Engineering and Technology Education teachers' in decision making when faced with major curriculum changes. Senge (1990) defined mental models as, "deeply ingrained assumptions, generalizations, or even pictures or images that influence how we understand the world…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Program Implementation, Curriculum Implementation, Engineering Education
Phillips, Christine E. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Leadership has been designated a talent area in federal and state definitions of gifted students who require differentiated programs since the Marland Report came out in 1972, yet it remains the least discussed of the curricular areas for gifted students. The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions and attitudes of administrators of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Administrator Attitudes, Leadership, Academically Gifted