This volume reviews the reseach in the field of school effectiveness and improvement. Many key questions are examined, such as different methods for assessing school effectiveness and variations in examination attainment in schools. It draws together the funding of the programmes of improvement bein
Advances in School Effectiveness Research and Practice
โ Scribed by D. Reynolds, B. Creemers, P.S. Nesselrodt, E.C. Shaffer, S. Stringfield, C. Teddlie
- Publisher
- Pergamon
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 243
- Edition
- 1st
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
Advances in School Effectiveness Research and Practice presents a worldwide state-of-the-art summary of the rapidly growing field of school effectiveness research by an internationally renowned group of authors.
Current knowledge in the field is reviewed to present an integrated and coherent, internationally valid perspective on school effectiveness and instructional effectiveness.
The book creatively outlines some new directions in which the field should move if it is to fulfil its promise. These include the development of international studies and the generating and testing of school effectiveness theory.
โฆ Table of Contents
Content:
Titles of Related Interest, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
The Contributors, Page vii
1 - Preface and Introduction, Pages 1-6, DAVID REYNOLDS
2 - The History, Value and Purpose of School Effectiveness Studies, Pages 9-23, BERT P.M. CREEMERS
3 - School Effectiveness Research: A Review of the International Literature, Pages 25-51, DAVID REYNOLDS, CHARLES TEDDLIE, BERT P.M. CREEMERS, YIN CHEONG CHENG, BARBARA DUNDAS, BARRY GREEN, JUANITA ROSS EPP, TROND EILIV HAUGE, EUGENE C. SCHAFFER, SAM STRINGFIELD
4 - The Analysis of Large Data Bases in School Effectiveness Research, Pages 55-72, SAM STRINGFIELD
5 - Outlier Studies of School Effectiveness, Pages 73-83, SAM STRINGFIELD
6 - The Study of Context in School Effects Research: History, Methods, Results, and Theoretical Implications, Pages 85-110, CHARLES TEDDLIE
7 - The Integration of Classroom and School Process Data in School Effectiveness Research, Pages 111-132, CHARLES TEDDLIE
8 - The Contributions of Classroom Observation to School Effectiveness Research, Pages 133-150, EUGENE C. SCHAFFER, PAMELA S. NESSELRODT, SAM STRINGFIELD
9 - A Model of Elementary School Effects, Pages 153-187, SAM STRINGFIELD
10 - Effective Instruction: An Empirical Basis for a Theory of Educational Effectiveness, Pages 189-205, BERT P.M. CREEMERS
11 - Conceptual Frameworks on School Effectiveness: Rational Control Versus Choice, Pages 207-215, JAAP SCHEERENS
12 - School Effectiveness โ The Need for an International Perspective, Pages 217-237, DAVID REYNOLDS, BERT P.M. CREEMERS, JAMES BIRD, SHAUN FARRELL, FRANS SWINT
Author Index, Pages 239-247
Subject Index, Pages 249-253
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