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Education Policy Analysis Archives 01/15 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Reply to Mr. Hodas / David H. Monk.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 01/14 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Further reflections on moral education : a response to strike / Rick Garlikov.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 01/13 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Against "values" : reflections on moral language and moral education / Kenneth A. Strike.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 01/12 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Is water an input to a fish? : problems with the production-function model in education / Steven Hodas.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 01/11 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Why production function analysis is irrelevant in policy deliberations concerning educational funding equity / Jim C. Fortune.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 01/10 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Technology refusal and the organizational culture of schools / Steven Hodas.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 01/09 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Evidence, ethics and social policy dilemmas / Steven I. Miller [and] L. Arthur Safer.

Omitted-Ability Bias And The Increase In The Return To Schooling, Mckinley L. Blackburn, David Neumark

Faculty Publications

Over the 1980s, there were sharp increases in the return to schooling estimated with conventional wage regressions. We explore whether the relationship between ability and schooling changed over this period in ways that would have increased the schooling coefficient in these regressions. Our empirical results reject the hypothesis that an increase in the bias of the schooling coefficient, due to a change in the relationship between ability and schooling, has contributed to observed increases in the return to schooling.We also find that the increase in the schooling return has occurred for workers with relatively high levels of academic ability.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 01/08 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Learning on the job : understanding the cooperative education work experience / Alison I. Griffith.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 01/07 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Merging educational finance reform and desegregation goals / Deborah M. Kaza-Thresher.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 01/05 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Students and educational productivity / Benjamin Levin.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 01/06 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Anti-intellectualism in U.S. schools / Aimee Howley, Edwina D. Pendarvis, [and] Craig B. Howley.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 01/04 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Special issue comprised entirely of book reviews.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 01/03 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

The devil's bargain : educational research and the teacher / Ivor F. Goodson.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 01/02 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Educational reform in an era of disinformation /David C. Berliner.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 01/01 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Action research and social movement : a challenge for policy research / Stephen Kemmis.

More Than Meets The Eye: A Look At Sharing Writing And Peer Response In An Esl Context, Catherine Bachy

Master's Capstone Projects

No abstract provided.

The Nctm Standards: Implementation, Kathleen M. Cauley, John Van De Walle, William T. Hoyt

MERC Publications

In 1989 the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics published the "Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics." The NCTM standards provides benchmark statements about specific aspects of the curriculum and about evaluation against which school divisions can judge their own specific curricula. The Standards has been a major focus of mathematics education since 1990.

In the fall of 1992 the Metropolitan Educational Research Consortium undertook a study to determine the extent to which local schools were implementing the NCTM Standards. The study of the schools in the Consortium focused on the broad themes of the Standards document: mathematics as …

Report On The Commission On The Undergraduate Experience

Academic History

A comprehensive report on the University of Rhode Island undergraduate experience circa 1993. Includes material from the National Association of Scholars on “the wrong way to reduce campus tensions’ and a pamphlet from the Committee to Eliminate Homophobia and Heterosexism.

College Of Technology, Bolton Street Prospectus 1993-94, City Of Dublin Vocational Education Committee

Prospectus: Bolton Street

Courses for the College of Technology, Bolton Street, Dublin 1.

Learning Society And Low Unemployment: Education And Training In Low Unemployment Countries, Anto Kerins

Books / Book chapters

Ireland is a world leader in literature, music and well bred horses. She has also done well in economic growth, foreign trade and low inflation. However, in unemployment she is also, unfortunately, a world leader. This book approaches the jobs crisis in Ireland by reflecting on the experience of five relatively low unemployemnt nations: Austria, Japan, Norway and Sweden. This book offers a wide range of ideas and proposals on how to reduce our unemployment.

Audit Of Internal Communication Practices Among Special Education Personnel In The Virginia Department Of Education, John Pisapia

MERC Publications

The overall goal of this study was to provide recommendations and a mechanism to assist the DOE in providing proper communication of issues and coordination of activities involving the provision of services for children with disabilities. The research team employed a case study approach centered around a modified communications audit.

The study addressed the following three questions: 1) what is the current communication and coordination system for internal personnel involved with special education issues? 2) what are the strengths, weaknesses and barriers to use of the system? 3) what recommendations can be offered to improve internal communications and coordination among …

Makitab System Of Small Group Learning Interaction Analysis : A Manual For Researchers And Coders, Leonard King, Kevin Barry, Carmel Maloney, Collette Tayler

Research outputs pre 2011

The MAKITAB system of small-group learning interaction analysis has been developed over a 4 year period. When data were gathered late in 1989 on the verbal interaction of Grade 5 students participating in small-group cooperative learning, we were faced with the problem of having to develop an appropriate analysis system. An initial system was created using inductive approaches. Following further data gathering across other grade levels and subject areas, the system has undergone successive refinements. The final instrument, as presented in this manual, has reached a state of consistency that enables coding of most verbal eventualities as they occur in …

Expert And Novice Teachers Compared : A Comparison Of Their Roles And Functions With Implications For Teacher Education, Peter Cole

Research outputs pre 2011

What is the nature of expertise and what characterizes expert performance? What features of cognition and problem solving are typically associated with a highly proficient performance? At one level the answers to these questions are obvious. By definition, expert performers are highly knowledgeable of their subject disciplines and capable of very competent performances in their particular fields of endeavour. The expert in the present context refers to those with knowledge and the ability to apply that knowledge. This definition excludes the ivory tower stereotype: that is, the person with theoretical knowledge without practical or applied knowledge. But the definitional parameters …

Learning Technologies In The Classroom: Case Studies, John Pisapia

MERC Publications

These case studies were commissioned by the Virginia Department of Education during the development of the State Master Plan for Technology. The case studies complement an exhaustive review of the literature also conducted during the development of the Master Plan for Technology. The information found in these case studies makes it possible to approach technology decisions at the school level with a healthy blend of informed instinct and analytical deliberation.

The case studies collected information under three broad categories; an organizational profile, technology profile, and resource profile. Each of these areas were further broken down into sub areas to organize …

Technology: Review Of Literature Executive Summary, John Pisapia

MERC Publications

This literature review focuses on the application of technology (primarily the computer) to education. It is organized to present background information to familiarize the reader with basic issues relevant to teaching with technology, the restructuring of American schools, and the performance one could expect from the infusion of technology into schools and classrooms. Furthermore, it summarizes findings regarding access and equity, in-service and pre-service education, and funding and facilities.

After the decade of enthusiasm, there still is no single compelling vision driving the infusion of technology into the schools; four have been projected.

1. The Social Rationale. Policy makers want …

Review Of Excellence And Equality: A Qualitatively Different Perspective On Gifted And Talented Education, Scott L. Hunsaker

Teacher Education and Leadership Faculty Publications

No abstract available.

Let's Decode: Inservice Manual, P. J. Formentin

Research outputs pre 2011

This manual contains inservice material that was prepared for a research project that came to be known as Let's Decode. My motive for publishing the material in this form is to make it available to other teachers who may wish to apply the same principles and procedures in their own classrooms. Typically, they will be teachers who are concerned about children experiencing difficulty learning to read, and teachers responsible for students with special education needs. I am confident that regular classroom teachers will also find the material valuable for all children in the early stages of learning to read. My …

Pastoral Care : The First Ten Years Of Chaplaincy In Western Australian Government Secondary Schools, Richard G. Berlach, Brian E.R. Thornber

Research outputs pre 2011

No abstract provided.

School Systems In Transition: The Future Of Government School Education In Australia, Max Angus

Research outputs pre 2011

Since the mid-eighties state governments have initiated the restructuring of the public school systems in order to improve their effectiveness and efficiency. However, after controversial beginnings, the commitment to the principles underpinning the reforms has weakened. The reality lags far behind the loosely-applied rhetoric of devolution, accountability and productivity. While in this disabling transitional state, schools are now subjected to a new wave of change propelled by the economic restructuring agenda of the Commonwealth Government. Extraordinary expectations are being set for schools as a consequence of policies designed to connect the outcomes of education more closely to the requirements of …