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Showing 1 to 20 of 1732 for “"Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research"”.
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An Evaluation Of Wayne State University's Educational Evaluation And Research Program
<p>This is a mixed-methods evaluation of the Educational Evaluation and Research program at Wayne State University. The process of evaluation involved determining the efficacy of triangulating qualitative and quantitative methods of evaluation in order to access the EER program's goal acquisition. …
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The role of employability skills training programs in the workforce of Malaysia
… strategy to improve the skills of the workforce and minimize unemployment in Malaysia. However, there has been a lack of assessment and evaluation studies regarding local employability skills training programs. Existing local studies are focused more on the identification of the skills that allow …
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The National Council of Teachers of English and Federal Education Policy, 1958-1966
… Education Act of 1958 that primarily funded research for the teaching of science, foreign language, and math. English was omitted, but in 1961, due to persuading from the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), Congress funded a program that established institutes and centers for …
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Miblsi program evaluuation of participatory elementary schools from 2003-20009
… dissertation details the use of the Program Evaluations Metaevaluation Checklist (PEMC), Stufflebeam, 1999, which is for performing final, summative metaevaluations. It is organized according to the Joint Committee Program Evaluation Standards. For each of the 30 standards the checklist …
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IMPACTS OF PROMOTING FAMILY LITERACY KNOWLEDGE: A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER’S UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO CONTINUE PROMOTING FAMILY LITERACY
… children have to apply their existing knowledge and experiences in addition to using reading skills such as reading comprehension and decoding abilities. Parents and guardians shape children’s first experiences with literacy. Children’s interactions with others at home create contexts for …
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Transformative Professional Development Through the Eyes of Jack Mezirow and Thomas Guskey
… development. States interpret these guidelines and add their own varied legislative requirements. The current result is an eclectic mix of ideas, methods, and approaches. This investigation explored the current professional development literature through the lens of Jack Mezirow's …
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Expressed Parental Attitudes Toward Child Rearing in Relation to Study Habits, Study Attitudes and Study Skills Achievement in Early Adolescence
… their children's study habits, study attitudes, and study skills achievement. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a correlation between parental attitudes toward child rearing and the study skills, study habits, and study attitudes of early adolescents toward their …
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Selected Educational Indicators for Monitoring the Primary-School System, Jamaica
… in the development of social indicators, educational indicators being an important subset of these. Studies in the U.S. and Europe have sought to (1) establish a conceptual framework for educational indicators, and (2) identify indicators useful for economic planning and monitoring the …
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Development and Application of a Diligence-Ability Regression Model for Explaining and Predicting Competence Among Juniors and Seniors in Selected Michigan High Schools
… should be held more responsible fortheir educational results. This study aimed at developing a diligence inventory (DI) to measure the nature and extent of student involvement in their education.</p> <p>The purpose of the study was to develop the DI and to formulate a multiple-regression …
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Exposure to Electronic Entertainment Media and Student Outcomes in Two Demographically Diverse Elementary Schools
<p>Problem. Standardized test-score results have declined sharply and learning difficulties have risen significantly during the decades that electronic entertainment media (EEM) have become a national phenomenon. Exposure to electronic entertainment media has generated much speculation, discussion, …
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Comparative Study of Needs-Assessment Methodologies as They Apply to the Development of a University Computer Science Curriculum in a Central African Country
… groups, as well as Europeans, Asians [Pakistanis and Indians), and North Americans, provided a milieux for the evaluations of five needs-assessment methodologies as to their appropriateness in a multi-ethnic environment. Five methodologies, a questionnaire, a job analysis log, audio and video …
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Critical Thinking in Associate Degree Nursing Education
… the associate degree in nursing (ADN) students and the relationship of CT and clinical judgment (CJ) with selected pre-admission and exit variables.</p> <p><em> Method.</em> A convenience sample of 112 ADN students (79 generic, 33 non-traditional) at a small, private liberal arts college on the …
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Test-Retest Reliability of Individual Student Acquisition and Retention Rates as Measured by Instructional Assessment
<p><em>Statement of the problem</em>. Research on Instructional Assessment is in its infancy. To date, no studies regarding its psychometric properties have been published, but the need for using technically sound assessment methods is prominent in education. Therefore, demonstrated technical …
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The Effectiveness of the High-School Academic Program in Preparing Graduates for Post-Secondary Education as Perceived by Alumni From Four Seventh-day Adventist Senior High Schools in Canada
… effective; 2.51-3.5, moderately effective; and 3.51-5, highly effective. Mean scores and standard deviation scores were calculated to answer the first research question. Four other research questions were answered by testing 90 hypotheses to determine their level of significance, using …
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An Assessment of Home and Classroom Literacy Environments and the Emergent Literacy Development of Kindergarten Students in Two Southwestern Michigan School Districts
… was to determine the characteristics of the home and classroom literacy environments and the development of print, writing, and story concepts of kindergartners in two selected school districts. It also explored whether there was a difference in the performance of students from morning, afternoon, …
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The Relationship Between Demographic and Attitudinal Characteristics of Primary-School Teachers and Implementation of the Continuous Assessment Program in Swaziland
… school teachers were implementing the Continuous Assessment Program (CAP) and to examine personal and institutional factors that may be related to the implementation of the program.</p> <p>Method. A questionnaire designed to measure degree of implementation and attitude toward the Continuous …
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