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Technology-Based Professional Development for Teaching and Learning in K-12 Classrooms
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Byrd, Nijia – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In an urban Georgia school district, teacher satisfaction surveys revealed that technology-based professional development was not equipping teachers with the skills or support needed to implement technology into their teaching practices. The purpose of this mixed-methods case study was to explore teachers' experiences and perceptions of…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teacher Surveys
Supporting Online Faculty through a Sense of Community and Collegiality
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Terosky, Aimee LaPointe; Heasley, Chris – Online Learning, 2015
In this qualitative study, we examine the experiences of seven tenure-track and non-tenure track current/future online faculty through the conceptual lenses of sense of community (McMillan & Chavis, 1986) and collegiality (Gappa, Austin, & Trice, 2007). We found: (1) participants reported that their sense of community and collegiality…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Collegiality, Communities of Practice, Qualitative Research
Preparing Black and Latino Young Men for College and Careers: A Description of the Schools and Strategies in NYC's Expanded Success Initiative. Report
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Klevan, Sarah; Villavicencio, Adriana; Wulach, Suzanne – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2013
In August of 2011, NYC launched the Young Men's Initiative (YMI)--an ambitious set of programs across several City agencies aimed at improving outcomes for Black and Latino males. The bulk of YMI's education effort is the Expanded Success Initiative (ESI), which provides funding and support to 40 high schools to help them improve college and…
Descriptors: Males, College Preparation, African American Students, Hispanic American Students
Preparing Black and Latino Young Men for College and Careers: A Description of the Schools and Strategies in NYC's Expanded Success Initiative. Technical Appendices
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Klevan, Sarah; Villavicencio, Adriana; Wulach, Suzanne – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2013
In August of 2011, NYC launched the Young Men's Initiative (YMI)--an ambitious set of programs across several City agencies aimed at improving outcomes for Black and Latino males. The bulk of YMI's education effort is the Expanded Success Initiative (ESI), which provides funding and support to 40 high schools to help them improve college and…
Descriptors: Males, College Preparation, African American Students, Hispanic American Students
Sensemaking Handoffs: Why? How? and When?
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Sharma, Nikhil – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Sensemaking tasks are challenging and typically involve collecting, organizing and understanding information. Sensemaking often involves a handoff where a subsequent recipient picks up work done by a provider. Sensemaking handoffs are very challenging because handoffs introduce discontinuity in sensemaking. This dissertation attempts to explore…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Internet, Data Collection, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension)
PIAAC Technical Standards and Guidelines
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OECD Publishing, 2014
The Programme for International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) will establish technical standards and guidelines to ensure that the survey design and implementation processes of PIAAC yield high-quality and internationally comparable data. This document provides a revised version of the technical standards and guidelines originally…
Descriptors: Adults, International Assessment, Adult Literacy, Competence