scholarly journals Effectiveness of Teachers’ Guides in the Global South: Scripting, Learning Outcomes, and Classroom Utilization

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Piper ◽  
Yasmin Sitabkhan ◽  
Jessica Mejia ◽  
Kellie Betts
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Instructional Practices ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Substantial Variation ◽  
Improved Learning ◽  
Written Word ◽  
Instructional Routines ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

This report presents the results of RTI International Education’s study on teachers' guides across 13 countries and 19 projects. Using quantitative and qualitative methods, we examine how teachers’ guides across the projects differ and find substantial variation in the design and structure of the documents. We develop a scripting index so that the scripting levels of the guides can be compared across projects. The impact results of the programs that use teachers’ guides show significant impacts on learning outcomes, associated with approximately an additional half year of learning, showing that structured teachers’ guides contribute to improved learning outcomes. During observations, we find that teachers make a variety of changes in their classroom instruction from how the guides are written, showing that the utilization of structured teachers’ guides do not create robotic teachers unable to use their own professional skills to teach children. Unfortunately, many changes that teachers make reduce the amount of group work and interactivity that was described in the guides, suggesting that programs should encourage teachers to more heavily utilize the instructional routines designed in the guide. The report includes a set of research-based guidelines that material developers can use to develop teachers’ guides that will support effective instructional practices and help improve learning outcomes. The key takeaway from the report is that structured teachers' guides improve learning outcomes, but that overly scripted teachers' guides are somewhat less effective than simplified teachers' guides that give specific guidance to the teacher but are not written word for word for each lesson in the guide.

Milling and Public Warnings

2017 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 535-566 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele M. Wood ◽  
Dennis S. Mileti ◽  
Hamilton Bean ◽  
Brooke F. Liu ◽  
Jeannette Sutton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Protective Action ◽  
Response Delay ◽  
Warning Messages ◽  
Norm Theory ◽  
Context Specific ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods ◽  
Warning Response

Given the potential of modern warning technology to save lives, discovering whether it is possible to craft mobile alerts for imminent events in a way that reduces people’s tendency to seek and confirm information before initiating protective action is essential. The purpose of this study was to examine the possibility of designing messages for mobile devices, such as Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) messages, to minimize action delay. The impact of messages with varied amounts of information on respondents’ understanding, believing, personalizing, deciding, and intended milling was used to test Emergent Norm Theory, using quantitative and qualitative methods. Relative to shorter messages, longer public warning messages reduced people’s inclination to search for and confirm information, thereby shortening warning response delay. The Emergent Norm Theory used herein is broader in application than the context-specific models provided by leading warning scholars to date and yields deeper understanding about how people respond to warnings.

The Women's Studies Experience: Impetus for Feminist Activism

1994 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayne E. Stake ◽  
Laurie Roades ◽  
Suzanna Rose ◽  
Lisa Ellis ◽  
Carolyn West
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Women's Studies ◽  
Feminist Activism ◽  
Personal Lives ◽  
Women’S Studies ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

The impact of women's studies courses on students' feminist activism and related behaviors was assessed through quantitative and qualitative methods. At pretesting, women's studies students (10 classes: 161 women and 18 men) did not report significantly more activism than nonwomen's studies students taught by women's studies faculty (9 classes: 73 women and 48 men) or nonwomen's studies students taught by nonwomen's studies faculty (12 classes: 107 women and 47 men). At posttesting, women's studies students, relative to the comparison students, reported more activism during the semester of evaluation, stronger intentions to engage in future feminist activism, and more important and more positive course-related influences on their personal lives ( p < .0001).

Tourism SMEs and organizational learning in a competitive environment

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (2/3) ◽  
pp. 184-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Hossein Imani Khoshkhoo ◽  
Zahra Nadalipour
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Travel And Tourism ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

Purpose This paper aims to study the impact of increasing number of competitors on the organisational learning (OL) in tourism small and medium-sized enterprises. The focus of this study is the tourism and travel agencies (TTAs) of the City of Ahvaz where the OL was studied within TTAs insofar as increasing the number of competitors is concerned. The underlying question in this paper is whether or not the increasing number of competitors affects OL in TTAs of the City of Ahvaz. Design/methodology/approach Using a longitudinal survey, OL was studied at individual, group and organisational levels. The research is based upon quantitative and qualitative methods. Owing to the small number of samples, in addition to questionnaire and quantitative analysis, authors made use of in-depth interviews. The first research was conducted in 2012, while the second one was done in 2014. Findings It was found that in 2012, with its limited number of competitors in the market, learning in these organisations was desirable at individual level and not at group or organisational levels. On the other hand, both the quantitative and qualitative methods in 2014, with the increased number of TTAs, suggested that the quality of learning were desirable in all organisational levels in that year. Research limitations/implications Care should be taken in generalising the results of the research to other TTAs because the size of the sample in this study was small. Moreover, structure and performance of TTAs may be different among various regions. In addition to the said limitation, it must be noted that some variables such as experience, education and gender were not consider in analysing the results of the study. Furthermore, OL in the TTAs might be affected by other variables that were not considered in this study. Originality/value Originality of the study is to link “OL” to the “competition”. There is not any study with special focus on OL with approaching to competition, neither in travel and tourism literature nor in OL literature, and this study can be a starting point to raise further and future research and debates.

scholarly journals CURRICULUM REFORM IN THE DECENTRALIZATION OF EDUCATION IN INDONESIA: EFFECT ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 158-169
Author(s):  
Anggia Utami Dewi
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Curriculum Reform ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
School Quality ◽  
Propensity Score Analysis ◽  
School Attendance ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Improved Learning ◽  
Decentralization Reform ◽  
The Impact

This study examines the estimated effect of curriculum reform in the Indonesian secondary education after the implementation of the decentralization policy in 2001. Whilst decentralization reform is argued to be positive for the improvement of school quality and efficiency due to more autonomy given for provincial and local governments, the empirical evidence on such reform towards the improvement of students’ learning outcomes is very limited. Using the propensity score analysis, this study shows that the curriculum reform has not produced a substantial return in the aspect of improved learning outcomes. This finding resonates with the evidence from previous studies on the impact of decentralization on the education quality in Indonesia. Additionally, other findings present a positive effect of pre-school attendance on students’ performance and the crucial issue of persisting gap on the education quality between regions even after almost twenty years of decentralization in the country.

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT OF RELOCATION STRATEGIES REGARDING ERUPTION HAZARD IN MOUNT MERAPI

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Rosdiana Puji Lestari
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
The Social ◽  
Tourist Village ◽  
The Government ◽  
Ownership Of Land ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

The research was conducted to answer a questions: 1) how the relocation of the current strategy was carried out by the government 2) the problems that arise in the relocation which has yet to be resolved, 3) how the good concept of relocation so that these problems can be minimized. The research methodology used in this study combined quantitative and qualitative methods. Qualitative methods are used to explain the empirical facts that exist in each of these conditions in the relocation settlements. SWOT analysis is used to provide an overview of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in the relocation of victims of Merapi. Information, facts and issues that arise in the study will be described, explained and analyzed primarily for the impact of residential relocation on social and economic life of the community. Relocation concept of the economic aspects of community empowerment efforts should be made related to community economic recovery after a change in livelihood. In addition, the potential of community mapping needs to be done by the government to be optimized and developed. From the aspect of government settlements seek to transfer ownership of land in the new settlement which may be the property of the citizens so that citizens obtain legal certainty while occupying the new settlement. The social aspects of the development potential of relocating residents and making it as a tourist village, residents need to support that relocation is no longer a newcomer, they have the same rights and obligations with citizens of another.

scholarly journals Instructional Practices Facilitating Cross-National Interactions in the Undergraduate Classroom

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 786-805
Author(s):  
Diana N. Yefanova ◽  
Mary Lynn Montgomery ◽  
Gayle A. Woodruff ◽  
Christopher J. Johnstone ◽  
Barbara Kappler
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Practices ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Public University ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Domestic Students ◽  
Student Interactions ◽  
Intercultural Skills ◽  
Cross National

We examine pedagogical practices that facilitate international and domestic students’ interactions on two campuses of a U.S. public university. Findings highlight the central role of the instructor in supporting student interactions via pair and group work and collaborative assignments that result in increased understanding of class content. The study highlights the need to intentionally address learning outcomes of cross-national interactions, such as communicative and intercultural skills, as students did not always view the benefits of such interactions in the same way as their instructors did.

Integrating Admission and Discharge Services: Evaluation Results, Challenges and Directions

2002 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather D. Hadjistavropoulos ◽  
Karen Lawson ◽  
Cathy Peters ◽  
Gordon J. G. Asmundson ◽  
Jennifer A. Boisvert
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Change ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Program Development ◽  
Health District ◽  
Service Access ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Services Evaluation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods ◽  
The Continuum

This article documents an evaluation of a health district organizational change aimed at improving admission and discharge services. To this end, diverse staff from across the continuum of care were integrated and focused on facilitating, evaluating and coordinating timely and appropriate service access. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used to examine the impact of the change on stakeholders. Results revealed improvements in admission and discharge over a short period, but also illustrated challenges faced during implementation and areas for program development.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF TYPES AND REASONS INDONESIAN-ARABIC CODE-SWITCHING BY SOCIOLINGUISTICS APPROACH

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2A) ◽  
pp. 83-90
Author(s):  
Pratiwi Sakti
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Code Switching ◽  
Language Teacher ◽  
Local Language ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

The background of this research is to Investigate the types and reasons of IndonesianArabic code-switching in Indonesian community, especially in the Arabic Department. Itaims at investigating the types, syntactic categories, and reasons of Indonesian-Arabiccode-switching. The writer uses both quantitative and qualitative methods. It is countingand analysing the discourses between lecturer and students in the class. The population is80 students and the sample is limited on 34 students who have educational backgroundfrom Islamic institutional school. The length of meeting is 138.92 minutes with 35 topicdiscourses then sorted becoming 50 corpuses. The result of this study shows that in termof types of Indonesian-Arabic code-switching inter-sentencial is the most dominant of alltypes code-switching. It comprises 50% of the data. In term of Arabic syntactic wordcategories, noun occupies the first level. It comprises with 63 nouns with 38.41percents.In term of reason, repetition for clarification and emphasize the message are the mostdominant than others. It comprises 20-83%. The result of questionnaires shows that habitis the dominant reason of code-switching happens. The impact of this research is used forthe language teacher to allow their students switching the nationalto local language, viceversa, to absolve students expressing themselves through language learning methodsusing localization context.

Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Methods to Assess the Impact of Child Survival Programs in Developing Countries: The Case of a Program Evaluation in Ceara, Northeast Brazil

2002 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 570-584 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Cristina Lindsay
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Child Survival ◽  
Outcome Evaluation ◽  
Northeast Brazil ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Use Of Data ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

In evaluating public health programs, the tradition has been to design quantitative approaches, relying on epidemiological and statistical techniques to determine if and to what extent a program has an effect on a predetermined targeted population. More recently, however, qualitative methods such as rapid ethnographic assessments and focus groups have been implemented more frequently. This article describes an outcome evaluation of a community health workers program that integrated quantitative and qualitative methods to assess the impact of child survival interventions in reducing infant mortality and inadequate weight gain in children among municipalities in the state of Ceara, Northeast Brazil. By using multiple methods that combine quantitative and qualitative components, researchers can broaden their understanding of complex public health issues and direct use of data for decision making.

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