Sentences with phrase «scale educational research»

Plenty of other models perform well for such large - scale educational research studies.

Not exact matches

By investing in pioneering individuals, non-profits and mission driven companies who dare to re-imagine the possible, PSF has helped to bring about important breakthroughs — from cancer research and small scale agriculture to criminal justice reform and educational opportunities for young people in communities around the world.

Based on data collected in a Missouri school district by her MU colleagues Christi Bergin, associate research professor, and David Bergin, associate professor of educational psychology, Wang and her colleagues developed a scale that improves understanding of classroom engagement and can be readily used in fourth through 12th - grade classrooms.

We conduct and fund rigorous research with university partners, research firms, and leading educators to identify and test effective, innovative K — 12 educational models that can be replicated and taken to scale.

His research spans emerging technologies for learning, infusing technology into large - scale educational improvement initiatives, policy formulation and analysis, and leadership in educational innovation.

His research on leadership focuses on issues of scaling up innovations from local to widespread use, and his work in policy centers on state and national level educational improvement strategies.

The research will also analyze the ways in which the features of these alternative types of professional development align with dimensions of Dede's model for scaling up educational improvements, leading to a better understanding of how to design professional development for widespread impact.

The meticulous scoring of videotaped lessons for this project is unfolding on a scale never undertaken in educational research, said Catherine A. McClellan, a director for the Educational Testing Service who is overseeing the process.

It should be noted, though, that we as a nation have been relying upon similar high - stakes educational policies since the late 1970s (i.e., for now over 35 years); however, we have literally no research evidence that these high - stakes accountability policies have yielded any of their intended effects, as still perpetually conceptualized (see, for example, Nevada's recent legislative ruling here) and as still advanced via large - and small - scale educational policies (e.g., we are still A Nation At Risk in terms of our global competitiveness).

This initiative focused on furthering the understanding of the scale - up (adoption, sustainability, expansion) of research - validated educational interventions in K - 12 settings.

To answer their concerns, Dollars & Sense summarizes research on the educational and social benefits of small schools and the negative effects of large schools on students, teachers, and members of the community, as well as the «diseconomies of scale» inherent in large schools.

The multilevel modelling of student achievement, both in terms of educational quality and equality, using data from large - scale international assessments best characterizes his current research emphasis and trajectory.

Focusing on key transitions in the path from the classroom to the workforce, his research applies theory and modern econometric methods to large, linked administrative datasets to quantify long - run impacts of individual educational choices and large - scale public policies.

(a) Provides employment and / or practicum experiences with adolescents in urban public school settings; (b) Provides ongoing support in the development of skills necessary to be an effective group facilitator, utilizing a science - based affective curriculum; (c) Heightens facilitators» understanding of the cultural and contextual factors that impact the psychosocial development of urban adolescents and their ability to achieve academically; (d) Exposes facilitators to the process of designing, implementing and evaluating large scale preventive interventions; (e) Examines educational policy and its implications for practice and research for urban education and school reform; and (f) Encourages facilitators» interest and pursuit of careers in education, psychology social work, counseling and / or other related fields.

The Coping Scale for Adults — Second Edition (CSA - 2) is an important research, clinical and educational instrument designed to support people when examining their own coping behaviour.

We recommend the scale for research and educational settings.