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Western Washington University Teacher Education Placement Survey, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Survey of students that have graduated from the teacher education curriculum at Western Washington University.

Elementary Teacher Education In Pakistan: What Is Needed, Yatta Kanu, Muhammad Memon

Institute for Educational Development, Karachi

No abstract provided.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 02/14 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Worlwide educational convergence through international organizations : avenues for research / Connie L. McNeely [and] Yun-Kyung Cha.

Home Schools And Kera:Comparison Of Themes And Development, Dana Patterson

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

No abstract provided.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 02/13 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Carrot or stick? : How do school performance reports work? / Mark E. Fetler.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 02/12 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Response to John Covaleskie / Andrew J. Coulson.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 02/11 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

On education and the common good : a reply to Coulson / John Covaleskie.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 02/10 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

On the academic performance of New Jersey's public school children : fourth and eight grade mathematics in 1992 / Howard Wainer.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 02/09 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Human life, human organization and education / Andrew J. Coulson.

Teaching Parallel Computing To Freshmen, Donald Johnson, David Kotz, Fillia Makedon

Dartmouth Scholarship

Parallelism is the future of computing and computer science and should therefore be at the heart of the CS curriculum. Instead of continuing along the evolutionary path by introducing parallel computation “top down” (first in special junior-senior level courses), we are taking a radical approach and introducing parallelism at the earliest possible stages of instruction. Specifically, we are developing a completely new freshman-level course on data structures that integrates parallel computation naturally, and retains the emphasis on laboratory instruction. This will help to steer our curriculum as expeditiously as possible toward parallel computing.

Our approach is novel in three distinct …

Education Policy Analysis Archives 02/08 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Choosing higher education : educationally ambitious Chicanos and the path to social mobility / Patricia Gandara.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 02/07 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Policy questions : a conceptual study / Thomas F. Green.

Using Student-Managed Interventions To Increase Homework Completion And Accuracy, Daniel E. Olympia, Susan M. Sheridan, William R. Jenson, Debra Andrews

Department of Educational Psychology: Faculty Publications

We examined the effectiveness of self-managed individual and group contingency procedures in improving the completion and accuracy rates of daily mathematics homework assignments. A group of sixth-grade students having homework difficulties in mathematics were selected for the study. There was substantial improvement in the amount of homework completed over baseline for a majority of the students, whereas the results for accuracy were mixed. Students who participated in the self-management training made significant gains on standardized measures of academic achievement and curriculum-based measures of classroom performance. Parents also reported significantly fewer problems associated with homework completion following the intervention. Students who …

Initial Placement Methods For Haitian Adult Esol Students : The Nys Place Test Plus Profile Data Compared To Subjective Assessment, Dorothy R. Alterman

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Few valid and reliable placement procedures are available to assess the English language proficiency of adults who enroll in English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) programs. Whereas placement material exists for children and university ESOL students, the needs of students in adult community education programs have not been adequately addressed.

Furthermore, the research suggests that a number of variables, such as, native language, age, prior schooling, length of residence, and employment are related to second language acquisition. Numerous studies contribute to our understanding of the relationship of these factors to second language acquisition of Spanish-speaking students. Again, there is …

Education Policy Analysis Archives 02/06 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

School choice : a discussion with Herbert Gintis / Gene V. Glass, editor.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 02/04 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Educational system and resistance to reform : the limits of policy / John F. Covaleskie.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 02/05 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Public speech : the DeGarmo lecture for 1993 / Thomas F. Green.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 02/03 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Special issue comprised of two book reviews.

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

College of Education Publications

Dealing with diversity : some propositions from Canadian education / Benjamin Levin [and] J. Anthony Riffel.

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

College of Education Publications

Payment by results : an example of assessment in elementary education from nineteenth century Britain / Brendan A. Rapple.

"Education For Service": Gender, Class, & Professionalism At The Boston Normal School, 1870-1920, Ann Froines

Women’s and Gender Studies Faculty Publication Series

"Education for Service," and “The Truth Shall Make You Free,” are two aphorisms engraved in granite over doorways of the Boston Normal School (BNS) buildings on Huntington Avenue in Boston. One can argue that the history of women in the teaching profession, its paradoxical and conflicted reality, are reflected in the complex and contradictory meanings of these two aphorisms. Young women students at BNS were moving toward greater freedom or autonomy by taking advantage of the educational opportunity available to them in this city-supported, tuition-free teacher training institution. At the same time, they were providing a crucial social service sanctioned …

Part-Time Courses 1994-95, City Of Dublin Vocational Education Committee

Prospectus: Bolton Street

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

State-Of-The-Art Technology Applications, Amanda Parks, John Pisapia

MERC Publications

This document provides information on descriptions of state-of-the-art technology using schools across the country. It is a resource that can be used by teachers, school administrators, and researchers who are investigating the varying applications of technology in the classroom. It should be helpful in: 1) learning how other schools have implemented similar technology and integrated in within specific curricula, 2) planning, purchasing, adopting, or implementing technology in a classroom or entire school, and 3) it serves as a valuable resource to identify such schools already engaged in exceptional educational technology usage.

Performance-Based Assessment: Lessons Learned From Leading School Districts, John Seyfarth

MERC Publications

There is a strong sentiment among educators in the United States to change traditional methods of measuring student achievement. Many of those who favor such a change advocate the adoption of performance assessment. This project examines practices in three school districts that are recognized as leaders in the development and implementation of performance assessment programs in schools. Data were collected by interviews with district administrators and from documents. The finds of the study are presented in this report.

Performance assessment refers to a process for appraising learning that requires students to perform tasks designed for the purpose of demonstrating specified …

Issues In Primary Mathematics Education Computers: Classroom Practice And Curriculum Reform, Lorraine Kershaw, Kevin Jones, Len Sparrow

Research outputs pre 2011

The advent of an interactive multimedia approach in teaching and learning has opened up yet another horizon to be explored in search of the perceived potential of the computer in primary mathematics education. Benefits promoted have included its use as a motivational aid, the developing of content knowledge and problem solving skills of children of varying abilities, its capacity to support an integrated curriculum, and to assist children in controlling their own learning. Many have doubts about the veracity of these assertions and disagree about the types of appropriate uses of the computer. For classroom teachers, software and hardware availability, …

Sharing Teachers' Stories Of Sport Education : A Summary Of Findings From The 1994 National Sepep Trials, Andrew Medland, Stephen Thorpe, Ken Alexander, Andrew Taggart

Research outputs pre 2011

Sport Education is an innovative curriculum model, increasingly used as a component of upper primary and secondary school physical education programs and exhibiting many parallels with community junior sport. Within normally scheduled physical education lessons, mixed ability teams are formed at the start of a 20 session (approximately) competitive "season".

In addition to the aim of helping students learn to become good players, Sport Education encourages students to fulfil other roles such as umpiring, acting as a team coach, manager or captain, serving on a sports management board or duty team and working as a publicity officer/journalist. As students assume …

Computer Education: New Perspectives, Martyn Wild (Ed.)

Research outputs pre 2011

Computer technologies were introduced into educational contexts over two decades ago and while there is some argument about the extent to which computers have realised their potential, they have undoubtedly had a significant impact on education. A look into any school will reveal computers being used widely by clerical staff, teachers and children.

It is clear that computers are here to stay, but it is less clear as to how effectively they are being used in the learning process. Teachers not only need to use computers but they need to use them well, and in order to do this they …

Issues In Primary Mathematics Education: Calculators: Research And Curriculum Implications, Len Sparrow, Lorraine Kershaw, Kevin Jones

Research outputs pre 2011

Calculators: Research and curriculum implications is one of a series of monographs on issues in primary mathematics education. It has been written to support initiatives in the development of student-centred learning programs at Edith Cowan University - programs designed to accommodate current views on effective adult learning strategies, as wells as the development of professional and generic (key) competencies. Irrespective of the nature of individual learning programs, students and teachers working at undergraduate and postgraduate levels will find the series useful- either as a synthesis of currently available research findings and reference material, to identify potentially significant initiatives and developments …

School Non-Attendance: A Literature Review, Irene Ioannakis

Research outputs pre 2011

No abstract provided.

Number Sense And Computation In The Classroom, Kevin Jones, Lorraine Kershaw, Len Sparrow

Research outputs pre 2011

Number sense and computation in the classroom is one of a series of monographs on issues in primary mathematics education. It has been written to support initiatives in the development of student-centred learning programs at Edith Cowan University - programs designed to accommodate current views on effective adult learning strategies, as wells as the development of professional and generic (key) competencies. Irrespective of the nature of individual learning programs, students and teachers working at undergraduate and postgraduate levels will find the series useful- either as a synthesis of currently available research findings and reference material, to identify potentially significant initiatives …