Citations with the tag: EDUCATION -- Research
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- Absent: Blacks willing to teach.
Chinyelou, M. // Black Enterprise; Dec90, Vol. 21 Issue 5, p18Presents highlights of the report `Reading Between The Lines: Teachers and Their Racial/Ethnic Cultures,' published by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Teacher Education and the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. Indications of declining numbers of African-Americans in the...
- Flexibility, responsive and creativity.
Mertes, David // Community College Week; 07/28/97, Vol. 9 Issue 26, p4Focuses on organizational planning for the next millennium. Information on the expected educational changes; Information on the historical Bill of Rights in 1944; Examination on the equality of men and women attending today's colleges.
- What the numbers say.
Mertes, David // Curriculum Review; Nov96, Vol. 36 Issue 3, p14Presents the results of various education-related studies conducted in the United States. Questions of whether schools should go private; Study conducted by the Center for the Study of American Business at Washington University in St. Louis; Results of a study conducted by the District of...
- Ideas & findings.
Mertes, David // Education Week; 9/28/94, Vol. 14 Issue 4, p38Presents the results of several research on American education. Education Department's study comparing poor and rich schools; Study on the practice of shared decision making in schools; Study on the practice of tracking students.
- Methodological issues related to the multicultural revolution reshaping American schools.
Lackaff, Julie; Morgan, Ronald R. // High School Journal; Apr/May97, Vol. 80 Issue 4, p279Explores the educational research paradigms that have evolved from strict empirically validated models to current models that are mediated by behavioral and cognitive science models and socio-linguistic models of inquiry. Importance of striking a balance between empirical and socio-linguistic...
- Will the new tools for knowledge discovery displace theory-based educational research?
Taylor, Raymond G. // Journal of Instructional Psychology; Sep94, Vol. 21 Issue 3, p286Reports on the possible impact of the introduction of tools associated with artificial intelligence on the mode of educational research. Arguments from modern positivists on theory-based and no-theory research; Neural networks; Analogies from current practice suggesting the common use of...
- Linking Teaching and Research.
Barnett, Ronald // Journal of Higher Education; Nov92, Vol. 63 Issue 6, p619Discusses six theses of higher education and research and identifies their distinctiveness and implications for the practices of teaching staff and students. The ideology of research; The logic of research and higher education; Teaching staff and students; Conclusion; Higher education in the...
- What we know about translating comprehension-strategies instruction research into practice.
Pressley, Michael; El-Dinary, Pamela Beard // Journal of Learning Disabilities; Sep/Oct97, Vol. 30 Issue 5, p486Discusses research on the implementation of comprehension-strategies instruction. Challenges in translating research-based strategies instruction into school-based interventions; Principles of sustained use.
- 15 Minute Series from InterNIC and LITA.
Butterworth, Margaret // Orana; Nov96, Vol. 32 Issue 4, p278Announces the modular and training material for the researcher and education community of the United States called 15 Minute Series. Features of the module; Availability of templates; Provision of the modules from the Web site.
- Report studies factors that affect reading.
Butterworth, Margaret // Reading Today; Jun/Jul92, Vol. 9 Issue 6, p6Reviews a new report `Reading In and Out of School.' Uses recent National Assessment of Educational Progress data to describe reading experiences of United States students; Copies available for $3.75 each; Where to order; More information on report in next issue of `Reading Today.'
- Danish reading study results stress outside reading, parental involvement.
Butterworth, Margaret // Reading Today; Feb/Mar94, Vol. 11 Issue 4, p24Reports on the Danish National Institute for Educational Research's release of the report `Read in School--but also outside School!' Description of a study of Danish reading instruction; Findings; Contact information.
- Findings.
Viadero, Debra // Teacher Magazine; May/Jun96, Vol. 7 Issue 8, p21Presents educational research-related news items for the months of May and June 1996. Trend towards mixed-age classrooms; Relationship between low self-esteem and violence; Issue of alleged superiority of boys over girls in mathematics.
- The last word.
Viadero, Debra // Music Educators Journal; Jul94, Vol. 81 Issue 1, p16Presents an excerpt from the report `Timepiece: Extending and Enhancing Learning Time,' by Herbert J. Walberg and published by the National Association of Secondary School Principals.
- The emergence of new paradigms for educational research.
Eisner, Elliot W. // Art Education; Nov93, Vol. 46 Issue 6, p50Reports on the emergence of qualitative research methodology that is redefining paradigms about educational research. Researcher as research instrument; Methods which are non-interventionist, field-focused and interpretative in character; Use of voice and aesthetically crafted narrative to...
- Ideas & findings.
Viadero, Debra // Education Week; 11/8/95, Vol. 15 Issue 10, p34Presents research findings on subjects concerning education as of November 8, 1995. Advantages of cooperative learning according to researchers from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis; Student detection of teacher favoritism according to researcher Elisha Babad of Hebrew University of...
- Ideas & findings.
Viadero, Debra // Education Week; 3/20/96, Vol. 15 Issue 26, p35Presents research updates on education for the week of March 20, 1996. Effect of mixing students at different ages and grade levels according to research findings of Simon Veenman from the Netherlands; Tips for schools to improve students' self-esteem according to researchers Roy Baumeister and...
- Research notes.
Viadero, Debra // Education Week; 9/18/96, Vol. 16 Issue 3, p34Presents various researches on education in the United States. Study on the number of sexual harassment in schools; Number of hours students spend on taking tests; Role of larger school budgets in boosting the academic performance of students. INSET: Number crunching..
- Report roundup.
Viadero, Debra // Education Week; 06/04/97, Vol. 16 Issue 36, p12Presents a rundown of reports dedicated to education in the United States. Includes the report titled `Persistence and Change: Standards-Based Reform in Nine States'; `Bilingual Education: A Ten State Report Card'; `Trends in State Student Assessment Programs'.
- Research notes.
Viadero, Debra // Education Week; 05/13/98, Vol. 17 Issue 35, p32Presents information on studies conducted on educational assessment. Suggestion that teachers need to be careful about pairing-off student into groups; Impact the this practice have on students; Details on the academic tracking of students; Information on minimum-competency tests.
- Children learning, socializing, growing.
Shafer, Susanne M. // European Education; Summer94, Vol. 26 Issue 2, p3Surveys the literature on how to best educate children in the absence of a supervising teacher or parent. Use of play in socializing children; Role of the school; Interrelation of social and cognitive learning; Instilling of language competency in children.
- Developmental plan for Swiss educational research.
Shafer, Susanne M. // European Education; Spring95, Vol. 27 Issue 1, p6Discusses the educational research system in Switzerland. Aim of the developmental plan; Reason why educational research is necessary; History of the development of educational research.
- Taking up the challenge.
Hayes, L. // Phi Delta Kappan; Feb92, Vol. 73 Issue 6, p489Discusses `Ready to Learn: A Mandate for the Nation,' a national report from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
- Culture and achievement.
Bracey, G.W. // Phi Delta Kappan; Mar92, Vol. 73 Issue 7, p568Discusses research published in the December 1991 issue of `Educational Researcher,' by Robert Hess of Stanford University and Hiroshi Azuma of Shirayuri College in Tokyo. Studied why Japanese students perform well and most American mothers stress different traits in children; Japanese children...
- Follow-ups.
Bracey, Gerald W. // Phi Delta Kappan; Sep96, Vol. 78 Issue 1, p92Presents updates on several of the author's columns on education research. Material from Charles Achilles, a principal investigator in Project STAR, regarding the effects of class size on achievement; The project by Achilles of Eastern Michigan University and Patrick Harman and Paula Egelson of...
- Ideas & findings.
Viadero, Debra // Education Week; 4/26/95, Vol. 14 Issue 31, p30Features ideas and findings in researches related to education. School performance of children with immigrant mothers; Study of students with weak mathematics skills; Key to children's early reading and writing success.
- Excellence in education.
Bush, G. // Education Digest; Jan1989, Vol. 54 Issue 5, p3Presents `Excellence in Education: President Bush's Strategy,' by George Bush. Bush's major proposals for education; Creation of a $500-million federal program of Merit Schools; Magnet schools; Emphasis on family participation; Improved system of vocational and technical education; Higher...
- Legislating social policy.
Lewis, A.C. // Education Digest; Mar1992, Vol. 57 Issue 7, p63States that public policy making may be swinging back toward activism on social issues, especially those involving children and youth. Stresses the importance of modesty and humility; Awareness of limited resources; Other points.
- Research spotlight.
Tice, Terrence N. // Education Digest; May96, Vol. 61 Issue 9, p43Reports on research findings relating to education. Includes findings on morality and spirituality in schools; Full-service schools; Merits of homework.
- Research spotlight.
Tice, Terrence N. // Education Digest; Sep96, Vol. 62 Issue 1, p45Highlights some research on educational topics. Includes the study `Integration of the Language Arts and Teacher Training: An Examination of Speech Communication Instruction in High School English Classrooms,' by Judith A. Barnes and Andrew F. Hayes; `Reframing School Work Cultures Over Time:...
- In brief...
Schoreoder, Ken // Education Digest; Sep96, Vol. 62 Issue 1, p73Highlights research on education in the United States as of September 1996. Includes a study on the importance of in-school reading practice; Study on school children's motivations for studying well; Interdisciplinary review of evidence of aggression, crime, violence among students.
- Research spotlight.
Tice, Terrence N. // Education Digest; Oct96, Vol. 62 Issue 2, p42Explains research findings on education published in the United States as of October 1996. Merits of the mentoring system according to `Mentors and Mentoring,' published in 1996 issue of `Peabody Journal of Education,'; Restructuring small high schools according to the November/December issue...
- Research spotlight.
Tice, Terrace N. // Education Digest; Dec96, Vol. 62 Issue 4, p37Focuses on the various fields of education research in the United States. Research by teachers; Gifted education; Issues on teaching competency; Technology in education; Block grants.
- Research spotlight.
Tice, Terrence N. // Education Digest; Jan1997, Vol. 62 Issue 5, p43Provides information concerning the various research related to education. Inclusion of research on school phobia, school attendance, environmental science, children's awareness of death, holistic instruction, integration of special services in education, teaching of keyboarding in the...
- Research spotlight.
Tice, Terrence N. // Education Digest; May97, Vol. 62 Issue 9, p42Presents highlights of educational research. Elements of a democratic school system; Service-learning; Partnerships between education and commerce; Transfers and performance.
- Research spotlight.
Tice, Terrence N. // Education Digest; Oct97, Vol. 63 Issue 2, p44Focuses on various researches related to education. Includes `Conflict Resolution: An Examination of the Research Literature and a Model for Program Evaluation,' which appeared in the September 1996 issue of `The School Counselor; `Board-Teacher Collective Bargaining in 633 Illinois School...
- Research spotlight.
Tice, Terrence N. // Education Digest; Jan1998, Vol. 63 Issue 5, p38Presents results of major research reports on education as of January 1998. Includes research on detracking in middle schools; Study on career development tasks for teenagers; Research on alternative schools.
- A critical review of research in developmental education: Part I.
O'Hear, Michael F.; MacDonald, Ross B. // Journal of Developmental Education; Winter95, Vol. 19 Issue 2, p2Part I. Evaluates the sample of research studies in developmental education in regards to each of three phases of the research process. Criteria for choosing articles and research reports in the study; Distribution of types of problems among categories of research.
- International study of math and science achievement.
O'Hear, Michael F.; MacDonald, Ross B. // Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy; Nov97, Vol. 41 Issue 3, p323Presents the results of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). Testing of students from 41 countries in 30 different languages at five different grade levels to compare their mathematics and science achievement.
- Document round-up.
O'Hear, Michael F.; MacDonald, Ross B. // Education (14637073); 3/13/2009, Issue 347, p5The article presents a list of government documents released in 2009 regarding education policy and research in Great Britain, including the reports "Working Together: Public services on your side," by the Cabinet Office, "Promoting and Supporting Positive Behaviour in Primary Schools," by The...
- Resources.
O'Hear, Michael F.; MacDonald, Ross B. // Educational Leadership; Sep95, Vol. 53 Issue 1, p107Reports that the National Center for Education Statistics has released a report entitled, `Reading Assessment Redesigned,' edited by Judith A. Langer and colleagues which examines how 4th, 8th and 12th graders fared on an assessment of public and private school students across the United States.
- Grappling with text ideas: Questioning the author.
McKeown, Margaret G.; Beck, Isabel L. // Reading Teacher; Apr93, Vol. 46 Issue 7, p560Challenges readers to move beyond understanding text, to challenging the authority and clarity of an author's words and ideas. Questioning the Author sessions; Engaging with text; Considering ideas deeply; Participation in constructing meaning from text; What point was author trying to make and...
- Let's make research more practical.
Dowling, Ed // Adult Learning; May/Jun93, Vol. 4 Issue 5, p31Proposes ways to make research more useful to front line educators. Problem of isolation from front line practice; Advice from intended users or beneficiaries; Simplified summaries; Computer bulletin boards and phone modems to link researchers, administrators, and teachers.
- Supervision: Needed research.
Alfonso, Robert J.; Firth, Gerald R. // Journal of Curriculum & Supervision; Winter90, Vol. 5 Issue 2, p181Discusses the lack of research about supervision in education. Research agenda suggested; Personal qualities and qualifications possessed by instructional supervisors; Conditions necessary for effective instructional supervisors; Organizational structures that permit the most efficient and...
- Some brambles and briars and snares in the paths of research and its reports.
Davis Jr., O.L. // Journal of Curriculum & Supervision; Summer96, Vol. 11 Issue 4, p295Editorial. Focuses on educational research. Development of ideas of a robust complexity; Legitimation and consequent popular use of first-person pronouns in research reports; Multiple meanings.
- A quasi correction.
Bracey, Gerald W. // Phi Delta Kappan; Jan93, Vol. 74 Issue 5, p416Presents a correction to a comment made by the author in a September 1992 issue of `Phi Delta Kappan' on randomization in educational research.
- Neglected Evidence.
Whitmire, Richard // Washington Monthly; Nov98, Vol. 30 Issue 11, p17Deals with educational research in the United States. Details on situations pointing to the importance of educational research; Benefits from education research; Trends in educational research.
- Research in education: What influence on policy and practice?
Brown, Sally // Knowledge & Policy; Winter94/95, Vol. 7 Issue 4, p94Provides insights on the impact of social and political context on the dissemination and use of research knowledge. Limitations of `knowledge base' approaches; Gap between research and practice; Polarization between researchers and practitioners; Lack of accessibility of research; Alternative...
- An attempt to improve perceptions of educational evaluation research.
Brown, Sally // Education; Fall/Winter92, Vol. 113 Issue 1, p91Examines pre- and posttraining scores of educators' perceptions of evaluation research as a function of inservice training. Repeated measures analyses of variance indicating significant improvement in perceptions of evaluation research after training; Method; Results; Discussion.
- The gap: Research into practice.
Lovitt, Thomas C.; Higgins, A. Kyle // Teaching Exceptional Children; Winter96, Vol. 28 Issue 2, p64Deals with problems regarding the incorporation of findings from educational research into practice. Traditional workshops or courses as vehicles; Program devised by Eaker and Huffman (1984). INSETS: Three steps to close the research gap.;Steps toward self-management..
- Mix and match.
Viadero, Debra // Education Week; 1/17/96, Vol. 15 Issue 17, p27Focuses on the comparison between students at the Mason Investigative Learning Center and students in Freda Hill's 7th-grade science class. Mason's schedule for 1996; Grant for Schools for Thought program.
