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Alberta Education, 2009
This report presents the outcomes of the analysis of Grade Level of Achievement (GLA) data at the provincial level to inform the program planning and evaluation needs of Alberta Education as well as school and central office based administrators. GLA data reported to Alberta Education is a teacher's judgment of a student's academic progress. GLA…
Descriptors: Evaluation Needs, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
Whalen, Christina, Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2009
Generalization is the key to effective autism intervention--when children can apply new skills across settings, they'll make broad, long-term improvements in behavior and social communication. The first how-to guide to generalization is finally here! Practical and reader-friendly, this is the book that helps professionals take today's most popular…
Descriptors: Intervention, Autism, Parent Education, Generalization
Alonzo, Julie; Tindal, Gerald – Behavioral Research and Teaching, 2009
In this technical report, we describe the development and piloting of a series of mathematics progress monitoring measures intended for use with students in grade 1. These measures, available as part of easyCBM [TM], an online progress monitoring assessment system, were developed in 2008 and administered to approximately 2800 students from schools…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Research Reports, Grade 1, Outcome Measures
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Li, Yi-Hsung; Dow, Chyi-Ren; Lin, Cheng-Min; Chen, Sheng-Chang; Hsu, Fu-Wei – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2009
Innovations in network and information technology have transformed traditional classroom lectures into new approaches that have given universities the opportunity to create a virtual laboratory. However, there is no systematic framework in existing approaches for the development of virtual laboratories. Further, developing a virtual laboratory…
Descriptors: Laboratories, Program Development, Program Implementation, College Instruction
Liberal Education, 2009
Study in language, literature, and culture has long been a defining feature of education in the liberal arts. Speaking, reading, and writing have traditionally stood at the heart of education because the arts of language and the tools of literacy are key qualifications for full participation in social, political, economic, and cultural life. Today…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Cultural Literacy, Cultural Awareness, Academic Achievement
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Hayashi, Yusuke; Bourdeau, Jacqueline; Mizoguchi, Riichiro – International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2009
This paper describes the achievements of an innovative eight-year research program first introduced in Mizoguchi and Bourdeau (2000), which was aimed at building a theory-aware authoring system by using ontological engineering. To date, we have proposed OMNIBUS, an ontology that comprehensively covers different learning/instructional theories and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Theory Practice Relationship, Engineering, Teaching Methods
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Conole, Grainne; Culver, Juliette – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2009
Can we apply the best of Web 2.0 principles to an educational context? More specifically can we use this as a means of shifting teaching practice to a culture of sharing learning ideas and designs? This paper describes a new social networking site, "Cloudworks", which aims to provide a mechanism for sharing, discussing and finding…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Higher Education, Open Universities, Instructional Materials
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Ausems, M.; Mesters, I.; van Breukelen, G.; De Vries, H. – Health Education Research, 2009
Higher rates of smoking initiation and continuation by female compared with male adolescents, as found in many developed countries, may call for gender-specific prevention programs. Risk factors of smoking initiation and continuation were examined prospectively (1997-2002) among 3205 Dutch elementary schoolchildren (mean age 11.64) in an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Siblings, Intervention, Smoking
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Sadowski, Michael; Chow, Stephen; Scanlon, Constance P. – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2009
Drawing primarily on three case studies, this article proposes a framework that those concerned about the welfare of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth can consider when developing, evaluating, or arguing for more effective programming: a relational assets approach. The relational assets approach merges the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Role Models, Psychologists, Homosexuality
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Frey, Andreas; Hartig, Johannes; Rupp, Andre A. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2009
In most large-scale assessments of student achievement, several broad content domains are tested. Because more items are needed to cover the content domains than can be presented in the limited testing time to each individual student, multiple test forms or booklets are utilized to distribute the items to the students. The construction of an…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Test Construction, Theory Practice Relationship, Design
Giguere, Louis – Journal of Distance Education, 2009
In 1997 the British Columbia Open University (BCOU) adopted a virtualization strategy based primarily on twinning off-line independent study distance education courses (textbook-based with study guide and telephone and e-mail tutor support) with alternate online versions (textbook-based with integrated conferencing and communications provided…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Open Universities, Adult Basic Education, Benchmarking
White, Peter B. – Educational Broadcasting International, 1975
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Educational Media, Program Development, Scheduling
Mueller, August W. – Adult Leadership, 1975
The programing role of the conference coordinator is analyzed in terms of his input as an adult educator (administrator, change agent, or evaluator); the input will vary due to the different types of program planning situations and to the variety of the coordinator's work. (BP)
Descriptors: Conferences, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Coordinators
Quilitch, H. Robert; And Others – Educational Technology, 1975
Author discusses how to bridge the gap between technology and application by actually giving them experience in applying effective techniques. (Author/HB)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Educational Programs, Program Development, Teaching Methods
Hamilton, Andrew – American Education, 1975
Bilingual education has been around a long time but a new twist is its role in expanding educational opportunities for minority youth. (Editor)
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Educational Opportunities, Minority Groups
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