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Reid, Denise; Babani, Harsha; Jon, Eugenia – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 2009
Visual attention and visual search are the features of visual perception, essential for attending and scanning one's environment while engaging in daily occupations. This study describes the development of a novel web-based test of visual search. The development information including the format of the test will be described. The test was designed…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Attention, Visual Perception, Cognitive Processes
Finkelstein, Marv – Teaching Sociology, 2009
Though C. Wright Mills made a pivotal contribution to the discipline by raising sociologists' awareness of the ideological and bureaucratic content of sociological practicality, he may have placed unyielding limits on "the promise" he profoundly proclaimed in the "sociological imagination." By defining types of practicality in such rigidly…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disciplines, Classification, Sociology, Teaching Methods
Salmonowicz, Michael – Phi Delta Kappan, 2009
"Turnaround" has become the new buzzword in education. From states and districts paying for principals to be trained as turnaround specialists to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's call to turn around the country's 5,000 lowest-performing schools, the concept of rapid, large-scale reform in individual schools--not just incremental…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Accountability, Research and Development, Theory Practice Relationship
Urban, Jennifer Brown; Trochim, William – American Journal of Evaluation, 2009
Program evaluation and planning is at the heart of efforts to integrate the domains of practice and research. Traditionally, research and practice have operated in independent spheres with practitioners focused on the implementation of programs that affect individual behavior and researchers focused on the development and testing of theory.…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Research and Development, Program Evaluation, Program Development
Craig, S. Bartholomew; Hess, Clara E.; McGinnis, Jennifer Lindberg; Gray, Denis O. – Industry and Higher Education, 2009
In spite of the importance often attached to the role played by leadership in university-based cooperative research centres, we know very little about what "leadership" means in this specific context. The research reported here used a qualitative approach to identify fifteen dimensions of leadership performance for directors of university-based…
Descriptors: Research and Development Centers, Leadership Qualities, Administrator Effectiveness, College Faculty
Rigby, C. Scott; Przybylski, Andrew K. – Theory and Research in Education, 2009
Participation in expansive video games called "virtual worlds" has become a mainstream leisure activity for tens of millions of people around the world. The growth of this industry and the strong motivational appeal of these digital worlds invite a closer examination as to how educators can learn from today's virtual worlds in the development of…
Descriptors: Video Games, Computer Simulation, Self Determination, Social Theories
Porter, Andrew; McMaken, Jennifer – Phi Delta Kappan, 2009
Strengthening connections between research and practice is an important goal in education. Making the connection has both a supply side and a demand side but the demand is often ignored in education. The authors offer six hypotheses about why this situation occurs.
Descriptors: Research and Development, Theory Practice Relationship, Supply and Demand, Educational Change
The Effects of University Mergers in China since 1990s: From the Perspective of Knowledge Production
Mao, Ya-qing; Du, Yuan; Liu, Jing-juan – International Journal of Educational Management, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discover and better understand the efficiency of university mergers from the perspective of knowledge production, with the research capability as the point of contact. Design/methodology/approach: In total, 20 colleges and universities directly under the central ministries that merged in 2000 were taken as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Organizational Change, Research and Development
Stoll, Louise; Temperley, Julie – School Leadership & Management, 2009
In times of constant change, teachers need to be flexible, adaptable and creative. This article argues that promoting creativity of staff to enhance twenty-first century learning is a fundamental challenge for school leadership today. Drawing on the findings of a research and development project involving senior leadership teams and a local…
Descriptors: Creativity, Research and Development, Leadership Qualities, Instructional Leadership
Clark, Elaine – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2009
This article reports on the launching of the Revans Academy for Action Learning and Research at Manchester Business School on 26 November 2008. The goal of the Academy is to foster the development of action learning as a unifying framework within Manchester Business School. Its goal is to provide a hub for dialogue, collaboration, exploitation and…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Experiential Learning, Teaching Methods, Program Descriptions
Wilson, Zach; Howley, Craig – Appalachian Collaborative Center for Learning, Assessment, and Instruction in Mathematics (ACCLAIM), 2012
"Going Further" presents a roadmap to the works of the ACCLAIM (Appalachian Collaborative Center for Learning, Assessment, and Instruction in Mathematics) Research Initiative, the research effort of one the Centers for Learning and Teaching (CLTs) created with a grant (2001-2005) from the National Science Foundation. The Center began…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Doctoral Programs, Rural Education, Science Course Improvement Projects
Moore, Corey L.; Johnson, Jean E.; Manyibe, Edward O.; Washington, Andre L.; Uchegbu, Nkechi E.; Cross, Kenyotta Eugene; Hollis-Staten, Bridget; Turner-Whittaker, Tyra; Edwards, Yolanda – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2012
This study reports on an investigation of barriers that prevent Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) from fully participating in the federal disability and rehabilitation research and development (R&D) agenda. The Delphi technique was used to examine panelists' perceptions on the importance of contextual R&D barriers…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Black Colleges, Delphi Technique, Research and Development
Kwiek, Marek – European Educational Research Journal, 2012
The article discusses an East/West divide in Europe in university knowledge production. It argues that the communist and post-communist legacies in the four major Central European economies studied (Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic) matter substantially for educational and research systems. The differences in university…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Competition
Susianna, Nancy – Online Submission, 2011
The objectives of this research were to identify the characteristics and effectiveness of chemistry teaching programs that increase students' entrepreneurial attitudes, chemistry concepts understanding and creativity. The research design application refers to the R & D (Research and Development) Design. Seventy-three senior high school students…
Descriptors: Creativity, Research and Development, Learning Activities, Chemistry
Kowal, Julie; Ableidinger, Joe – Public Impact, 2011
In recent years, national policymakers have placed new emphasis on "school turnarounds" as a strategy for rapid, dramatic improvement in chronically failing schools, calling on education leaders to turn around performance in the 5,000 lowest-achieving schools nationwide. This goal may seem daunting, given the dismal success rates of…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Evidence, Business, Nonprofit Organizations