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Increasing the Knowledge, Awareness, and Readiness to Change of Cultural Sensitivity among Public Health College Students
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Margaret A. Enlow – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This research examined if a lecture-based intervention increased the DEI knowledge, awareness, and readiness to change in undergraduate public health students. Topics included a systematic review of DEI activities in undergraduate public health classrooms/academic programs, determining reliability of an adapted tool to measure knowledge,…
Descriptors: Public Health, Intervention, Lecture Method, Diversity Equity and Inclusion
Language Assessment in a Snap: Monitoring Progress up to 36 Months
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Gilkerson, Jill; Richards, Jeffrey A.; Greenwood, Charles R.; Montgomery, Judy K. – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2017
This article describes the development and validation of the Developmental Snapshot, a 52-item parent questionnaire on child language and vocal communication development that can be administered monthly and scored automatically. The Snapshot was created to provide an easily administered monthly progress monitoring tool that enables parents to…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Child Language, Infants, Toddlers
Open-Trial Pilot of "Mind Reading" and in Vivo Rehearsal for Children with HFASD
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Thomeer, Marcus L.; Rodgers, Jonathan D.; Lopata, Christopher; McDonald, Christin A.; Volker, Martin A.; Toomey, Jennifer A.; Smith, Rachael A.; Gullo, Gaetano – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2011
In this pilot study, the authors evaluated a manualized administration of the "Mind Reading" (MR) program with in vivo rehearsal to determine the effects on emotion recognition and autism features of eleven 7- to 12-year-old children with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders (HFASD), and to determine the overall feasibility of the…
Descriptors: Autism, Rating Scales, Effect Size, Pilot Projects
Gregory Research Beliefs Scale: Factor Structure and Internal Consistency
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Gregory, Virgil L., Jr. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2010
Objective: This study evaluates the factor structure and internal consistency of the Gregory Research Beliefs Scale (GRBS). Method: Data were collected from subject matter experts, a pilot study, an online sample, and a classroom sample. Psychometric analyses were conducted after combining the online and classroom samples. Results: An a priori…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis
"New Skills and Abilities to Enable Me to Support My Pupils in a Forward Thinking Positive Way:" A Self-Discovery Programme for Teachers in Mainstream School
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Powell, Lesley; Cheshire, Anna – International Journal of Special Education, 2008
The purpose of this study is to adapt, deliver, and pilot test the Self-discovery Programme (SDP) for teachers in mainstream school. The study used a pre-test post-test design. Quantitative data were collected by self-administered questionnaires given to teachers at two points in time: baseline (immediately pre-SDP) and immediately post-SDP.…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Instructional Effectiveness, Pilot Projects, Pretests Posttests
Designing and Applying Project Fidelity Assessment for a Teacher Implemented Middle School Instructional Improvement Pilot Intervention
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Skolits, Gary J.; Richards, Jennifer – Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, 2009
This article argues that intervention pilot test evaluations have focused insufficient attention on the measurement of project fidelity and the subsequent use of fidelity results for (a) interpreting variations in project outcomes and (b) understanding the rationale for teachers' deviations from implementation protocols. The authors report on the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Pilot Projects, Instructional Improvement, Middle Schools