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Martin, Leisa A.; Morehart, Lindsey M.; Lauzon, Glenn P.; Daviso, Alfred W. – American Secondary Education, 2013
This phenomenological study examined special education teachers' views of students' self-determination and citizenship skills. Although the special education teachers in this study maintained that self-determination skills help promote citizenship, only one of them added self-determination goals to her students' individualized educational plans…
Descriptors: Special Education, Citizenship, Special Education Teachers, Phenomenology
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Dillman, Lisa M. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2013
This article presents the results of a survey conducted in an attempt to examine evaluators' perceptions of the contributions that different educational experiences make to the development of their evaluation skill sets. Self-identified new and graduate student evaluators were asked to describe their evaluation training experiences and to indicate…
Descriptors: Competence, Graduate Students, Educational Experience, Evaluators
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Nurmi, Jari-Erik; Kiuru, Noona; Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina; Niemi, Pekka; Poikkeus, Anna-Maija; Ahonen, Timo; Leskinen, Esko; Lyyra, Anna-Liisa – Learning and Individual Differences, 2013
This study examined the extent to which first grade teachers adapt their reading instruction to the literacy skills of particular children in their classroom, and investigated whether teacher and classroom characteristics influence such adaptation. Three hundred seven Finnish children were tested with regard to their literacy skills at the end of…
Descriptors: Literacy, Reading Instruction, Grade 1, Teacher Characteristics
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Wang, Donna S.; Chonody, Jill M.; Krase, Kathryn – Educational Gerontology, 2013
Social work students have reported in previous studies that they receive insufficient coursework and training to work effectively with older adults. A critical factor in these deficiencies may be the level of knowledge of social work faculty. This study sought to assess social work faculty's knowledge of aging using the Knowledge of Aging for…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Aging Education, College Faculty, Social Work
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Kubow, Patricia; Berlin, Laura – Education and Society, 2013
This qualitative case study explores the potential of schooling to foster democratic citizenship while also revealing the social forces of inertia and inequality that still pervade secondary education in one Xhosa township outside Cape Town, South Africa. Using critical theory to examine citizenship discourse among the township's youth, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescent Attitudes, Qualitative Research, Case Studies
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Alvero, Alicia M.; Rappaport, Eva; Taylor, Matthew A. – Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 2011
The current study compared the estimation of momentary time-sampling (MTS) to actual safety performance of three ergonomic responses: back, shoulder, and feet. Actual safety performance was established for the five participants by measuring the target responses with a continuous procedure. MTS 90, 105, 120, 135, 150, 165, 180, 195, 210, 240, and…
Descriptors: Skill Analysis, Time, Sampling, Intervals
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James-Ward, Cheryl; Abuyen, Joy – Global Education Review, 2015
At the onset of the 21st century, the United States ushered in a new era of school accountability and reform with the No Child Left Behind Act [NCLB] (United States Department of Education, 2010). Until and unless it is repealed or replaced, this law continues in effect today, with many states now applying to renew their NCLB waivers (Klein,…
Descriptors: Leadership Responsibility, Data, Accountability, Educational Legislation
Bolly, Madina; Jonas, Nicolas – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2015
Action Research on Measuring Literacy Programme Participants' Learning Outcomes (RAMAA) aims to develop, implement and collaborate on the creation of a methodological approach to measure acquired learning and study the various factors that influence its development. This report examines how RAMAA I has been implemented over the past four years in…
Descriptors: Action Research, Outcome Measures, Program Implementation, Adult Literacy
Coleman, Toni – CURRENTS, 2012
A growing number of institutions are being more deliberate about bringing in fundraisers who fit the culture of the development department and about assessing skills and providing training that fill specific needs. Development shops are paying more attention to cultivating their staffs, staying attuned to employees' needs and creating career paths…
Descriptors: Career Development, Fund Raising, Talent Development, Talent Identification
Waters, John K. – Campus Technology, 2012
Thanks to technology, the last 15 years have witnessed change on a scale unknown since the Industrial Revolution. Instant access to unlimited information--and the ability to share it with anyone, anywhere, anytime--has altered the world forever. On that, most educators agree. It's also where the consensus stops. Even as their students step into…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Skill Development, Skill Analysis, Information Literacy
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Adams, Cindy Chesworth; Columba, Lynn – School Science and Mathematics, 2014
College instructors often teach scientific thinking by asking students to review and analyze a primary research article. The main purpose of this study was to explore how classroom response systems (CRS) could help impact the quality of written analysis papers submitted for this assignment by students taking 100-level biology courses at a…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Science Education, Audience Response Systems, Biology
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Müürsepp, Mare; Kikkull, Andry – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2014
The aim of the study is to clear the significance of craft skills for the pupils in age nine and twelve years. More than 200 pupils were asked to define, what are the most important skills for the pupils of their age. The results bring out that category of the skills related to craft subject is of the most presented categories in pupils' self…
Descriptors: Handicrafts, Fundamental Concepts, Elementary School Students, Skill Analysis
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Aladag, Mine; Yaka, Baris; Koç, Ismet – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2014
The aim of this study is to contribute to the enhancement of the quality of counseling skills training and counselor education through the medium of understanding the opinions of counselor candidates regarding counseling skills training. The research group consisted of 67 counselor candidates who voluntarily participated in the study. The research…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Counselor Training, Counselor Attitudes, Qualitative Research
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Ingleby, Ewan – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2014
By 2008 a total of 87,339 students were studying on foundation degrees in the UK (Foundation Degree Forward 2009). This article reports on the views of selected students and academic tutors regarding ICTs (Information Communication Technologies) associated with the Early Years Sector Endorsed Foundation Degree (EYSEFD) in England. The students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Adult Education, Student Attitudes
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Karagiannakis, Giannis N.; Baccaglini-Frank, Anna E.; Roussos, Petros – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2016
Through a review of the literature on mathematical learning disabilities (MLD) and low achievement in mathematics (LA) we have proposed a model classifying mathematical skills involved in learning mathematics into four domains (Core number, Memory, Reasoning, and Visual-spatial). In this paper we present a new experimental computer-based battery…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Mathematical Aptitude, Skill Analysis, Learning Disabilities
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