The purpose of this study was focused on the various perceived impacts created by the expansion to a four-tier teacher performance evaluation rating model which would inform educational leaders in the State of Illinois. By studying the experiences of principals in two other stat…
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Instructional leadership has been a substantial focus of school improvement research over the last thirty years. The literature on effective schools has associated effective school leaders with those who spend a considerable proportion of their time dealing with instructional an…
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA, has invested ample resources to boost and enhance the environment and the outcome of its educational system. Using AlGodorat and AlTahsili, standardized tests used to evaluate students' knowledge and skills, as a measurement to find discrepancie…
There is an understandable concern among practitioners of education, academic analysts, policy formulators, and curriculum designers that a large number of government officials have both neglected and ignored the salient topic of the changing demographics of Nigeria and of Delta…
This study examined whether the theory of deliberate practice could be applied and expanded to the field of education to explain how school leaders successfully work with teachers to improve student achievement in schools with a high percentage of student identified as minority …
The implications of educational and language policies in Sudan and developing nations in general make this study relevant and important. The researcher investigated the potential effect on Sudanese institutions of higher education of a government scheme to change the language of…
The blended learning (BL) approach provides an efficient and effective instructional experience. However, adopting BL poses some challenge to faculty; the most important obstacle found in this research is faculty's lack of knowledge regarding the use of technology in their teach…
This is an ethnographic study that examines differences between the traditional Muslim approaches to learning and the approach reflected in the study circle. It also examines and explores the extent to which collaborative learning principles and methods are used and possible sho…
Individuals learning a second language improve their cultural and social communications when coupling language skills with cultural awareness of a target area. Comprehensive foreign language structures combined with culture, traditions, and target-area experiences are contributi…
Effective strategies and techniques for reform improvement require an understanding of the forces of the change process that facilitate its implementation. The involvement of classroom teachers in the process of formulating changes surface factors that influence reform's effecti…
The purpose of this study was to determine through available documents and select interviews: (1) The challenges that Catholic youth in today's society experience in living their Catholic Faith; (2) How well the Catholic schools are meeting these challenges; (3) What needs to be…
The purpose of the current study is to examine language learners' perceptions of teacher written corrective feedback (WCF) in the context of English as a second language (ESL) program. Most previous research studies center on the effectiveness of WCF on improving writing accurac…
Internet access has grown in Saudi Arabia between 2000 and 2005 by more than 1000% and many governmental organizations are starting to provide part of their services using the internet. In addition, the Ministry of Higher Education has provided funding to all governmental univer…
Education is finally embracing school leadership as an important component in reform schools. School leaders have become central for building schools that promote powerful teaching and learning for all students. Therefore, well-prepared principals help to change schools and impr…
Although Saudi Arabia has an inclusive classroom for students with learning disabilities (LDs) the general education teachers are not prepared to handle the special needs of the students with LDs. This study examined attitude, knowledge of evidence based practices, and perceived…
The study was designed to identify and evaluate the anticipated/unanticipated, desirable/undesirable consequences of changing a continuous nine-months calendar and the introduction of the credit hour system at Sanaa University as perceived by academic administrators, faculty, an…