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Offor, Elizabeth I. D. – World Journal of Education, 2014
Assessment is a very important programme in education. Assessment information shows the level of achievement of objective. Important decisions are made about the learner and education system based on results of assessment. Whatever the parents know about quality of education is through the assessment reports of their wards. Considering its…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, Teaching Skills, Science Teachers, Elementary School Science
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Lowe, M. Sara; Booth, Char; Tagge, Natalie; Stone, Sean – Communications in Information Literacy, 2014
The Claremont Colleges Library Instruction Services Department developed a quiz that could be integrated into the consortial learning management software to accompany a local online, open-source information literacy tutorial. The quiz is integrated into individual course pages, allowing students to receive a grade for completion and improving…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Tests, Integrated Curriculum, Database Management Systems
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Fair, Justin D.; Kleist, Elyse M.; Stoy, Dylan M. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2014
A survey was conducted of companies from the chemical industry with an emphasis on the organic division. The data include results from 377 respondents from more than 100 different companies. More than half of all undergraduates gain fulltime work in the chemical industry or government after graduating with a bachelor's degree in chemistry.…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Labor Needs, Industry, Bachelors Degrees
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Akgun, Serap; Araz, Arzu – Journal of Peace Education, 2014
The purpose of the study was to implement "we can resolve our conflicts" training program to elementary school students and to assess the effectiveness of this school-based conflict resolution training program, designed to enhance students' conflict resolution skills and social competence and consequently decrease aggression. Three…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Interpersonal Competence, Aggression, Elementary School Students
Hancock's, Matthew – Adults Learning, 2012
In the "Adults Learning" autumn issue, the journal staff asked key players in the learning and skills sector what they thought should be at the top of new skills minister Matthew Hancock's in-tray. The new minister shares that his job in the further education and skills sector is to rise to the challenge and play his full part in giving…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Objectives
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Mayorga, Mary G.; Furgerson, Karen; Cook, Katrina; Wardle, Elizabeth Ann – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2013
A school counselor's work environment is diverse by virtue of the student population that attends the school setting, yet it is possible that school counselors may not be prepared to deal with a diverse population. As part of counselor training a course in multicultural counseling is offered so that counseling students become familiar with the…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Intercultural Programs, Interpersonal Competence, Minimum Competency Testing
Markle, Barbara; VanKoevering, Stephanie – Phi Delta Kappan, 2013
The author reprises "The Man in the Principal's Office," by Harry Wolcott (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1973) to tell a story of how the principalship and thus principals have changed since the late 1960s, when the book closely examined day-to-day tasks of a principal. The differences are stark and many. Parent, community, and…
Descriptors: Principals, Leadership Role, Leadership Responsibility, Leadership Qualities
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Chen, Hui-Jung; She, Jui-Lin; Chou, Chin-Cheng; Tsai, Yeun-Min; Chiu, Mei-Hung – Journal of Chemical Education, 2013
The purpose of this study was to develop a scoring rubric to assess students' manipulation skills and identify students' learning difficulties in conducting organic chemistry experiments. In constructing the scoring rubric, we first analyzed the skills needed in the experiment, then divided the skills into subskills, and finally…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Scoring Rubrics, Science Process Skills, Skill Analysis
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Sung, Yoonhee; Turner, Sherri L.; Kaewchinda, Marid – Journal of Career Development, 2013
The purpose of this study was twofold. First, the utility of the Integrative Contextual Model of Career Development (ICM) to describe the career development behavior of college students was examined. Second, relationships among educational and career development skills (career exploration, person-environment fit, goal setting,…
Descriptors: College Students, Career Development, Skill Analysis, Decision Making Skills
Robelen, Erik W. – Education Week, 2013
The final version of standards aimed at reshaping the focus and delivery of science instruction in U.S. schools was publicly unveiled last week, setting the stage for states--many of which helped craft the standards--to take the next step and consider adopting them as their own. More than three years in the making, the Next Generation Science…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Instruction, Academic Standards, State Standards
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Lebec, Michael T.; Kesteloot, Lauren – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2015
A common challenge in higher education is teaching required content for which students traditionally have lower levels of interest. Physical therapist education programs experience this challenge when training entry-level students to document in the medical record. The authors compared learning outcomes among physical therapy students taught…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Documentation, Skill Development, Teaching Methods
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Muthiah, Rajendran – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
The Post Graduate Teachers who teach English as a second language to Higher Secondary Classes that is 11th and 12th grades need to cultivate a good sense of appreciation for poetry. They must have an inherent thirst for reading poetry aloud and competence to elucidate the essential characteristics of poetry. A study was launched to understand the…
Descriptors: Poetry, English Curriculum, English Instruction, English Literature
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Li, Ihsuan; Malvin, Mathew; Simonson, Robert D. – Journal of Education for Business, 2015
Overeducation and underemployment are of increasing national concern. Recent research estimates that 48% of workers are overeducated for their positions. The wage penalty for overeducation varies significantly across majors by gender. Using the American Community Survey (Ruggles et al., 2010), the authors examine the extent of overeducation among…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Salary Wage Differentials, Educational Attainment, Majors (Students)
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Basaran, Mehmet; Özalp, Gülümser; Kalender, Ilker; Alacaci, Cengiz – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2015
One important function of school mathematics curriculum is to prepare high school students with the knowledge and skills needed for university education. Identifying them empirically will help making sound decisions about the contents of high school mathematics curriculum. It will also help students to make informed choices in course selection at…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Skills, Mathematical Aptitude, Expectation
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Pododimenko, Inna – Comparative Professional Pedagogy, 2014
The problem of professional training of skilled human personnel in the industry of information communication technology, the urgency of which is recognized at the state level of Ukraine and the world, has been considered. It has been traced that constantly growing requirements of the labour market, swift scientific progress require the use of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Professional Training, Specialists
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