Search Results - "Texas Tech Journal of Education"

Controlling Stress and Burnout: Self-Help for Educators by Peterson, Arlin V, Parr, Gerald D

“…The authors offer a positive and effective technique for controlling the effects of stress. (MT)…”
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Helping Teachers Achieve Wisdom by Cruickshank, Donald R

“…A major responsibility of teacher development should be to make teachers wiser, to help them develop good habits of thought, and to provide them with valid…”
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Student Evaluations of Faculty: Do They Accurately Portray Teaching Effectiveness? by Dixon, Paul N, Yarbrough, Douglas W

“…Selected literature related to faculty evaluations by students was reviewed. The psychometric properties of evaluation instruments were examined with…”
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Where Two or Three Are Gathered Together: A Profile of One-Teacher Schools by Barker, Bruce O

“…After surveying selected characteristics of the 840 one-teacher schools in the United States, the author found an average enrollment of 11 students. Teachers…”
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Managing Vital Schools: Lessons from Corporate America by Snyder, Karolyn J, Anderson, Robert H

“…Twelve recent books by business-oriented authors are reviewed and translated directly into the educational context. Productive environments and leadership are…”
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A Two-Dimensional Analysis of Achievement Test Items by Tanner, David E

“…This study explored the relationship between college student achievement and two other dimensions: cognitive complexity and the concreteness or abstractness of…”
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Issues in the Identification of Gifted and Talented Students by Ormrod, Jeanne E

“…Determining how best to identify gifted and talented children can be a major obstacle to establishing successful programs. This article enumerates eight major…”
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Helping Teachers Develop Research Skills to Use in Improving Teaching by Johnson, William L, Huling-Austin, Leslie

“…For various reasons, teachers rarely consider research findings when attempting to improve classroom practices. The effects of a project in which teachers and…”
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Patterns of International Perceptions in Young Adults by Yamamoto, Kaoru, McEachron-Hirsch, Gail

“…A study of two groups of college students examined how attitudes towards different nations were rated in terms of their relationships with the United States…”
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Training Human Resource Development Specialists by Rooze, Gene E, Ishler, Richard E

“…Identifies skills that Human Resource Development Specialists must demonstrate to function effectively as educators and trainers. A sample of businesses and…”
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Factors Supporting or Inhibiting Innovative Practices in Secondary Schools by Daresh, John C

“…This study employed field-study techniques to analyze six secondary schools in an attempt to identify factors that either supported or inhibited innovative…”
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Research Brief: Study Skills Presented through Computer-Assisted Instruction to High School Students by Gadzella, Bernadette M

“…This article reports on findings from two studies in which computer-assisted instruction in study skills was used with high school students. (DF)…”
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Students' Expectations for Early Field Experiences by Applegate, Jane H, Lasley, Thomas J

“…Expectations of teacher education students toward field-experience programs were investigated. A checklist was generated that contained potential expectations…”
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Salvation and Education: A Historical View by Ivie, Stanley D

“…Each generation of Americans has faced some form of risk. Each generation has devised an ideology of salvation. This article describes how the question of risk…”
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Teachers' Salaries in Rural America by Barker, Bruce O

“…Average annual salaries and average beginning salaries for teachers are reported by geographical region for rural teachers and for teachers nationwide. While…”
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An Investigation of Computer-Based Mathemagenic Activities by Blanchard, Jay

“…Three experiments were designed to test the appropriateness of microcomputers as aids to learning and studying. The findings indicated that computer-based…”
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A Critical Assessment of Vocational Education in Secondary Schools by Fryar, Maridell

“…This article examines the goals of secondary vocational education, considers the validity of those goals in light of the existing educational climate, and…”
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Competency Testing: Excellence without Equity by Smith, G. Pritchy

“…The performance of various ethnic groups on teacher competency tests in several states are reported. The data indicate that disproportionate numbers of…”
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Children's Acquisition of Verb Meaning by Gendreau, Suzanne M

“…The acquisition of verbs may be more difficult than noun acquisition because verbs encode information that is inherently less stable and more ephemeral. A…”
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Cognitive Styles of Mexican-American and Anglo-American Five, Eight, and Ten-Year-Old Boys and Girls by Rivas, Maria

“…If teacher preparation programs are to meet learner needs, a knowledge of cognitive styles will be of value. Mexican-American and Anglo-American children were…”
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