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Alamri, Naem M.; Aldahmash, Abdulwali H.; Alsharif, Khalid M. – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
The goal of this study was to analyse international journals and conference proceedings published from 2012 to 2016. The main results indicated that the gap between the Arab Gulf Countries (GC) and the rest of the world regarding the amounts and trends of professional development (PD) research is too wide. At the global level, the initial scanning…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries
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Weiss, Maureen R.; Bolter, Nicole D.; Kipp, Lindsay E. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2016
Purpose: This manuscript represents the 3rd in a series of articles documenting our longitudinal evaluation of "The First Tee," a physical activity-based youth development program that uses golf as a vehicle for teaching life skills and enhancing developmental outcomes. Previous phases of our project: (a) established initial data-based…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Trend Analysis, Youth Programs, Physical Activities
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Court, Deborah – Educational Practice and Theory, 2013
This article examines truth criteria in qualitative research. The argument is made that qualitative educational research is being subtly undermined by mixed methods research and by ongoing bias by some quantitative researchers who transmit to their graduate students the message that qualitative research is plagued by subjectivity. The author…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Educational Research, Mixed Methods Research, Statistical Analysis
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Simsek, Meliha R.; Dündar, Esin – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2017
The transformation of coursebook publishing into an industrial giant has brought about variety, choice, and difficulty of decision making. As coursebook selection profoundly influences the quality of foreign language instruction in Turkey, it is essential to investigate what kind of instruments are used, which method is followed, what criteria are…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Trend Analysis
Taghavian, Alexander H. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Workforce development represents a central priority in a comprehensive effort to create wealth, industry thickening, and broad-based prosperity. From the onset of the Great Recession in 2007, the Sacramento Region experienced anemic economic growth and remained behind the nation in job creation. Contextualized in the aftermath of the economic…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Economic Development, Geographic Regions, Economic Factors