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Wang, Feng-Kwei; Moore, Joi L.; Wedman, John; Shyu, Chi-Ren – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2003
Describes the design and development of a case-based reasoning (CBR) knowledge repository, including its case library and the search engine to support the technology integration community. The process and results of ormative evaluation following the concept of participatory design are reported to set the context for further research and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Expert Systems
Vickers, Joan N.; Gaines, Brian R. – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1988
Summarizes and illustrates the knowledge-based approach to instructional material design. A series of sports coaching handbooks and hypermedia presentations of the same material are described and the different instantiations of the knowledge and training structures are compared. Figures show knowledge structures for badminton and the architecture…
Descriptors: Badminton, Cognitive Structures, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Morrill, William A. – Future of Children, 1992
The current tripartite system of human services delivery (education, health, and social services) is unable to deal with children with multiple problems in an effective, coordinated way due to fragmentation, specialization, and complexity. Reorganizing the current system by linking or integrating services could provide many advantages, as…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Ancillary School Services, Children, Delivery Systems
Robinson, Sharon P. – School Business Affairs, 1994
The assistant secretary for the Office of Educational Research and Improvement of the U.S. Department of Education presents a brief review of approaches to school finance issues. Cites the Clinton administration's goal to target the bulk of Title I (formerly Chapter 1) funds to the neediest schools in the neediest districts. (MLF)
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Expenditure per Student, Federal Aid
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Accounting and Information Management Div. – 1994
A study examined states' development of automated systems for the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program administered by the states, with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) responsible for program oversight and direction. Results indicated that ACF had not provided direction and focus in its systems development guidance…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Employment Programs, Employment Services, Federal Programs
Macy Research Associates, Wills Point, TX. – 1997
This manual recommends procedures for developing and operating a rural-based distance learning consortium. Following some brief definitions and an outline of the three basic essentials for success (trust, shared vision, and suitable telecommunication infrastructure), guidelines for developing a distance learning consortium are presented in five…
Descriptors: Consortia, Cooperative Programs, Distance Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Blank, Rolf K. – 1993
National- and state-level reports on education indicators have been produced since the mid-1980s. However, the debate continues over which education indicators to select and report. This paper outlines the lessons gained by a national organization in building an education indicators system through cooperation with state education agencies and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Data Collection, Definitions, Educational Cooperation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on House Administration. – 1992
To learn first hand how the libraries of North Carolina, especially public libraries, function in spite of budget cuts, a hearing was held in Lumberton (North Carolina) to hear the testimony of interested parties from the state and national levels and specifically from the congressional district of southeastern North Carolina. While library…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Financial Support, Futures (of Society), Hearings
Webster, William J.; Edwards, Marvin E. – 1993
The accountability system that is being implemented in the Dallas Independent School District (Texas) is a three-tier system. The first tier focuses at the school level. The second involves the District Improvement Plan, setting district accountability objectives. The third tier involves school effectiveness indices, which take into account…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Improvement
Jacobs, Neil; Lorents, Alden C.; Bosse, Malcolm – 1997
This paper describes the efforts at an American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accredited college as the school responded to the new mission-driven management expectations and prepared for the formal review of its accreditation status by the AACSB. Under the direction of Computer Information Systems (CIS) faculty, end-user…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Business Administration Education
Wiggins, Grant – 1991
Assessments should improve performance by providing usable feedback, and should not merely audit it. Problems with educational accountability policies stem from a flawed view of student assessment. Intellectual excellence cannot be obtained via one-time mandated tests composed of proxies for real challenges. Common standards should be developed…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Alternative Assessment
Waniewicz, Ignacy – 1984
TVOntario, the television network operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, has been utilizing computer managed learning (CML) in its support of television-based nonformal adult learning projects since 1980. Three of these projects, or academies, have been offered on the topics of health and environment, music and musicians,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Child Rearing, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction
Ngaiyaye, Morven S. W.; VanderPloge, Arie – 1986
This study of the effects of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) on the academic achievement of educationally disadvantaged students in grades 2 through 8 in four urban schools tested three hypotheses: (1) supplementary CAI programs are significantly more effective than non-CAI supplementary instruction approaches for disadvantaged students; (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Covariance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conventional Instruction
Atwood, Nancy K. – 1986
School districts have begun examining the feasibility of, and in some cases are developing and implementing automated systems for, managing and evaluating instructional programs. This paper describes and analyzes the issues and problems that emerged over the course of three projects--a large suburban school in the West, a consortium of five small…
Descriptors: Administrators, Boards of Education, Database Management Systems, Elementary Secondary Education
Hartmann, N. J. – 1984
Proceeding from the premise that effective educational management requires effective information management, this paper identifies requirements to consider in designing student information systems, and describes how the Toronto Public Schools' system meets these requirements. In addition to examining the common characteristics of information…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Computer Oriented Programs, Data Collection, Educational Administration
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