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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"pilot school"”.
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Gold Standards Training and Evaluator Calibration of Pilot School Check Instructors
… no research exists regarding the calibration of pilot school check instructors. This study was designed to determine if pilot school check instructors can be calibrated against a gold standard to perform reliable and accurate evaluations. Calibration followed the principles and theories of …
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A pilot school health service in southwestern Swaziland, 1961, 62, 63
Swaziland is a British Protectorate of approximately 6,700 square miles. It is a subtropical country, border in the East by Mozambique and in the North, West and South by the Transvaal. There are approximately 270,000 Africans and 10,000 persons of other races living in the Territory. The country …
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Development and Evaluation of Let's Eat Smart: a Pilot School-Based Nutrition Intervention for Elementry School Children in Kuwait
… examine the effectiveness of a multi-component school-based nutrition intervention designed to improve healthy eating knowledge, attitudes, self efficacy and dietary behaviors among fourth and fifth graders in Kuwait. The Let's Eat Smart program was based on the social cognitive theory and used …
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The effect of learning packages on the continuous progress education pilot program in the Kanawha County, West Virginia, schools
… progress education programs in reading in the pilot and non-pilot elementary schools in Kanawha County, West Virginia, using selected fourth-grade students as the population sample, in order to provide a basis for making judgments about the programs. The difference between the programs was that …
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Educator's attitudes towards inclusive education
… mainstream settings, a remedial centre and in a pilot school for inclusive education in KwaZulu-Natal. Fifty-eight percent of the educators were found to have negative attitudes towards inclusive education, whereas forty-two percent displayed a positive attitude towards inclusive education. …
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Assessing Outcomes of a Recycling Education and Service Program within an Elementary School
During the spring 2004 a pilot school recycling program was implemented within Robert E. Lee Elementary. The primary goal of the program was to determine how recycling education in the school would affect curbside recycling rates within the surrounding community. The program was a cooperative …
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The Danielson Evaluation System in Two Mid- South High Schools: A Case Study
… of this study is to answer the question: How do pilot users of the Danielson Evaluation System perceive this model in two mid-south high schools? The study describes the perceptions of teachers and administrators who implemented the Danielson Teacher Evaluation Model. The primary focus was on …
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An alternative to the extra year for high risk first grade students
… first grade students, was implemented in two schools with high concentrations of economically disadvantaged students. For identification purposes, students were designated as Regular and Transitional First Grade students by utilizing existing school district guidelines, but were grouped …
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No Principal Left Behind: Leadership and Ethical Dilemmas in the Turbulent Era of School Accountability
In 2003, Mid-County North High School (pseudonym), a large suburban, rather affluent school did not make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) under the No Child Left Behind Act. The school's special education population was unable to meet the proficiency requirements of the Mid-County's state, and as …
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The effects of parallel scheduling upon classroom instructional time and the language arts and mathematics achievement scores of elementary students
… has not been a major concern for elementary school principals but has been viewed by many as the task of the secondary principal (Canady, 1985). Recently, however, more attention has been given to the merits of scheduling for several reasons. The purpose of this study was to determine the …
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An investigation of post-primary students' images of mathematics
… a result of past experiences, mediated through school, parents, peers or society. It is also understood to include attitudes, beliefs, emotions, self-concept and motivation in relation to mathematics. This study explores the image of mathematics held by a sample of 356 5th-year students studying …