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Earl, Jason Scott – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The focal goal of this research was to extend the empirical effort on business simulations as a form of experiential learning by providing the first empirical analysis of business acumen and knowledge application skills. Disruptions in technology are providing more opportunities to improve the simulation gaming learning experience and a number of…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Administrators
Bobbera, Robert L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The school principal's role is demanding. Responsible for complex systems impacting student learning, the principal must possess knowledge in varied areas of the educational system. Rising from the roots of the teaching principal, the leadership paradigm of modern school principals has evolved over time. With the integration of digital…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Principals, Capacity Building, Action Research
Pannells, Tammy C. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of teaching a specific creative problem solving model to preservice teachers. The study included 74 participants, 67 females and 7 males enrolled in an undergraduate educational psychology course in a Mid-western university. In a 2 x 2 full factorial design, participants were randomly…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Scores, Preservice Teachers, Creativity
Parrigin, Roberta – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This two-stage, quantitative study with purposive sampling and random assignment measured whether managerial participants perceived a sense of accountability for goal setting and participating in professional development as a result of data received from a 360-degree feedback appraisal. There were no significant correlations among the demographic…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Accountability, Professional Development, Predictor Variables
Haynes, Brenda J. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The two-fold purpose of the study was to determine whether or not the Arkansas Leadership Academy's Master Principal Institute's (MPI) five curriculum content standards were aligned with the literature of effective educational leadership practices, and to ascertain if there were significant relationships among the principals' leadership practices…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Educational Change, Professional Development, Instructional Leadership