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Teacher Survey To Accompany The Spring, '96 Sehome Student Survey, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

A survey of Sehome High School teachers to find out how engaged high school students are at their high school.

Using Distance Education To Improve Teaching In Namibia: Teachers' Views On An Inservice Training Program., Ndinovaameni Christian Shatona

Master's Capstone Projects

Teacher education in Namibia is likely to involve more participants and more expenditure in the future. Analysis of the substance and character of teacher education programs as seen by the teachers are very important for the public. This study is a compilation of the thoughts of almost 70 teachers enrolled in a distance teacher education program. Their views are captured in conversations, observations, interviews and on questionnaires. Voice is an important aspect of the study, for both content and tone. The actual words of teachers have been quoted directly and at leng·�h, so that they may speak for themselves, as …

Implementation Of The Elementary Classroom Computer Initiative: A Description Of The First Year, Tony Hubert, John Pisapia

MERC Publications

This report was commissioned by Henrico County Public Schools to evaluate the first implementation of its elementary classroom computer initiative. It describes the first year of the initiative and is the first formative evaluation report. The complete evaluation project will span five years. This report is descriptive only, however, subsequent reports will be more inferential in nature, e.g., examining the impact of the initiative on student performance.

This report focuses on how the implementation has been perceived by teachers, students, and school division personnel. The primary focus was on teacher perceptions of the implementation phase of the initiative. The study …

Teaching As Reflective Practice: Papers By Teacher Researchers, Merc Teacher Researchers

MERC Publications

This is a collection of papers by Teacher researchers in different county public school systems put together by the Metropolitan Educational Research Consortium (MERC). Papers in this report include:

- "Why Do They Hide Their Hands?" by Rebecca Miller and Tracy Pausic of Bailey Bridge Middle School, Chesterfield County Public Schools

- "The Fourth "C" of Motivation - Competition" by Sharon P. Eshler of Cold Harbor Elementary School, Hanover County Public Schools

- "A Study of the Implementation of a Math Buddy Program Between Kindergarten Students and Third Graders In An Attempt to Improve Communication Skills" by Melinda Jenkins and …