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Basic Skills Agency, London (England). – 1997
This CD-ROM, which may be used with the Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 operating systems, contains benchmark information on the scale of need for basic literacy and numeracy skill development in 317 district council authorities (DCAs) and unitary authorities (UAs) in England. The following items are included: technical report on the 17 surveys of more…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Needs
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 2002
The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS-K), Kindergarten Class of 1998-99, selected a nationally representative sample of approximately 22,000 kindergartners in the fall of 1998 and is following these children through the end of the fifth grade. Baseline data about these children, their families, and their kindergarten programs were collected…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Child Health, Data
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 2001
The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS-K), Kindergarten Class of 1998-99, selected a nationally representative sample of approximately 22,000 kindergartners in the fall of 1998 and is following these children through the end of the fifth grade. Baseline data about these children, their families, and their kindergarten programs were collected…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Child Health, Data
Download full textLankes, Anna Maria D. – 1995
Classroom assessment measures, in the past often limited to multiple-choice and standardized tests, now can involve the creation of portfolios, or collections of pieces of work which the student selects as the best representation of his or her efforts, progress, skills, and accomplishments. Portfolios also usually include teacher evaluations and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Conversion, Electronic Publishing, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedBarron, Ann E.; Kysilka, Marcella L. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1993
Discussion of digital audio in computer-based training (CBT) focuses on a study at the University of Central Florida that was conducted to determine whether the addition of audio to CBT had positive effects on undergraduates' cognitive achievement levels and to analyze its effect on time required to complete a lesson. (14 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Audiovisual Aids, Computer Assisted Instruction
Peer reviewedNavarro, Peter; Shoemaker, Judy – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 1999
This study of graduate students in business in a required introductory macroeconomics course compared the effectiveness of cyberlearning and traditional classroom instruction. Students identified themselves as either cyberlearners (n=32) or traditional learners (n=31). Cyberlearners used CD-ROMs, online quizzes, and discussions. Comparison of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Business Administration Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Distance Education
Peer reviewedWu, Su; Griffiths, Sylvia; Wisker, Gina; Waller, Sharon; Illes, Katalin – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2001
Reports three activities undertaken with students enrolled in a Master of International Business Studies in Britain and how each contributed to students' success or otherwise: use of a CD-ROM in development of academic English language skills; identification of students' reflections influencing their success as research students; and use of focus…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Business Education, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
Ruberg, Laurie F. – 2001
Twenty-one schools from the United States and Singapore participated in this evaluation of a high-school biology multimedia CD-ROM called BioBLAST[R]. Results include a summary of teacher descriptions of their curriculum-based justifications for using this software as well as a compilation of program features that teachers describe as facilitating…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation
Peer reviewedLuna, Carl J.; McKenzie, Joseph – T.H.E. Journal, 1997
The efficacy of multimedia in community college instruction is examined, with a focus on how students with different cognitive styles respond. The majority of students agreed that using the CD-ROM was a positive experience. Qualitative data provides a stronger case (than the quantitative data) that student performance improved, especially in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, College Students, Community Colleges
Peer reviewedRiding, Richard; Chambers, Philip – Educational and Training Technology International, 1992
Discusses information retrieval and the future of databases in education, examines problem-solving strategies, and describes a study of undergraduate students that compared the use of a traditional textbook with the use of the electronic version on CD-ROM. Performance on tests and strategies used to answer questions are analyzed. (20 references)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Comparative Analysis, Databases
Partnership for Family Involvement in Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 2000
The Partnership for Family Involvement in Education is a grassroots initiative to increase opportunities for families to participate in their children's learning at school and at home, to strengthen schools, and to improve student achievement levels. This compact disk from the Partnership contains materials and resources on fathers' involvement in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Children, Fathers, Hispanic Americans
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1998
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Summary Data Tables on CD-ROM present mathematics and science results from the NAEP 1996 State Assessments. Mathematics results from 1990 and 1992 assessments are also provided for the nation and for states that participated in either or both of the assessments. The student, teacher, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups, Institutional Characteristics
Oakland County Schools, Pontiac, MI. – 1991
The Teaching and Learning with Technology Project was funded by Oakland Schools, Oakland County (Michigan), in 1987 to bring together in an elementary school those technologies that will be key components of schools in the future with an instructional program designed to prepare students for the information age. The project had the following…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Educational Environment, Educational Technology
