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Arnold, Kimberly E. – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2010
Academic analytics helps address the public's desire for institutional accountability with regard to student success, given the widespread concern over the cost of higher education and the difficult economic and budgetary conditions prevailing worldwide. Purdue University's Signals project applies the principles of analytics widely used in…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Graduation Rate, At Risk Students, Program Effectiveness
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Collin, Kaija; Paloniemi, Susanna; Mecklin, Jukka-Pekka – Journal of Education and Work, 2010
Hospitals, and surgical operating theatres (OTs) in particular, are environments in which inter-professional teamwork and learning are essential to secure patient safety and effective practice. However, it has been revealed in many studies that inter-professional collaborative work in hospital organisations faces many challenges and constraints.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Hospitals, Surgery, Physicians
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Erdogan, Mehmet; Kursun, Engin; Sisman, Gulcin Tan; Saltan, Fatih; Gok, Ali; Yildiz, Ismail – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2010
The purpose of this study was to investigate classroom management and discipline problems that Information Technology teachers have faced, and to reveal underlying reasons and possible solutions of these problems by considering the views of parents, teachers, and administrator. This study was designed as qualitative study. Subjects of this study…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Discipline Problems, Discipline, Time Management
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Falk, John H.; Storksdieck, Martin – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2010
Most people visit a science center in order to satisfy specific leisure-related needs; needs which may or may not actually include science learning. Falk proposed that an individual's identity-related motivations provide a useful lens through which to understand adult free-choice science learning in leisure settings. Over a 3-year period the…
Descriptors: Science Education, Prior Learning, Data Collection, Data Analysis
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Goodnough, Karen – Research in Science Education, 2010
In this study, the author implemented a problem-based learning (PBL) experience that allowed students in an advanced science methodology course to explore differentiated instruction. Through working systematically in small, collaborative groups, students explored the nature of differentiated instruction. The objective of the study was to examine…
Descriptors: Journal Writing, Student Attitudes, Action Research, Observation
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Birdthistle, Naomi – Learning Organization, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether small and medium-sized family businesses in Ireland have the potential to be classified as learning organizations. Design/methodology/approach: The research methodology adopted for this study is that of multiple-case studies. In this research, personal interviews were selected as the…
Descriptors: Small Businesses, Research Methodology, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
Martens, Brian K.; DiGennaro, Florence D.; Reed, Derek D.; Szczech, Frances M.; Rosenthal, Blair D. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2008
Descriptive assessment methods have been used in applied settings to identify consequences for problem behavior, thereby aiding in the design of effective treatment programs. Consensus has not been reached, however, regarding the types of data or analytic strategies that are most useful for describing behavior-consequence relations. One promising…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Reinforcement, Probability, Evaluation Methods
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Cutrim, Euline Schmid – Computers & Education, 2008
This study discusses the pedagogical potential of an interactive voting system used in conjunction with interactive whiteboard technology. The data discussed here are drawn from a qualitative study, carried out in the context of a British university pre-sessional programme in English for Academic Purposes and Study Skills for international…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Classroom Observation Techniques, Questionnaires, Data Collection
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Yurek, Leo A.; Vasey, Joseph; Sullivan Havens, Donna – Evaluation Review, 2008
Longitudinal research designs involve data collection at multiple time points to measure change over time. Therefore, identification of the same respondents is essential at each time point so that data from the same respondents can be matched for comparison over time. Subject-generated identification codes permit an anonymous means to track…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Data Collection, Hospitals, Nurses
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Ajjawi, Rola; Higgs, Joy – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2008
One of the key attributes that health professional students and new graduates develop during professional socialisation is clinical reasoning ability. Clinical reasoning is a complex skill that is essential for professional practice. There is limited research specifically addressing how physiotherapists learn to reason in the workplace. The…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Health Personnel, Hermeneutics, Phenomenology
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Belmonte, Matthew K.; Mazziotta, John C.; Minshew, Nancy J.; Evans, Alan C.; Courchesne, Eric; Dager, Stephen R.; Bookheimer, Susan Y.; Aylward, Elizabeth H.; Amaral, David G.; Cantor, Rita M.; Chugani, Diane C.; Dale, Anders M.; Davatzikos, Christos; Gerig, Guido; Herbert, Martha R.; Lainhart, Janet E.; Murphy, Declan G.; Piven, Joseph; Reiss, Allan L.; Schultz, Robert T.; Zeffiro, Thomas A.; Levi-Pearl, Susan; Lajonchere, Clara; Colamarino, Sophia A. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2008
Data sharing in autism neuroimaging presents scientific, technical, and social obstacles. We outline the desiderata for a data-sharing scheme that combines imaging with other measures of phenotype and with genetics, defines requirements for comparability of derived data and recommendations for raw data, outlines a core protocol including…
Descriptors: Autism, Genetics, Measurement Techniques, Data Analysis
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Wright, Vivian H.; Burnham, Joy J. – Professional Counselor, 2012
This study sought to develop meaningful and engaging virtual cyberbullying scenarios in digital environments that reflect the educational needs of today's adolescents. In order to inform and script these scenarios, a threestage study was implemented with middle schools. This paper describes how data collected in each stage informed the…
Descriptors: Bullying, Prevention, Computer Mediated Communication, School Counselors
Hill, Rebecca Sue Steffensen – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Co-teaching occurs when a special educator and a general education teacher teach together in an inclusive classroom. Co-teaching has been adopted across the United States as the solution to meet the legal mandates of No Child Left Behind and the Individuals with Disabilities Improvement Act. These pieces of legislation require schools to have…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Special Education, Inclusion, Educational Legislation
Center for Education Organizing (NJ1), 2012
Over the past two decades, community organizing has emerged as an effective force for school improvement. In the context of shrinking education funding, stubborn opportunity and achievement gaps between low-income and wealthy children and between children of color and White children, and polarizing debate on school reform, community organizing…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Restructuring, Educational Change, Community Organizations
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2012
Great leaders make great schools. The most successful school leaders create a school climate of high achievement and continuous improvement, give teachers a voice in decision-making, use data to drive curriculum and instruction, and assure students and parents that everyone at the school is focusing on student success. They know what is going on…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Mentors, Academic Achievement, Educational Change
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