Application of the Levenshtein Distance Metric for the Construction of Longitudinal Data Files     

Harold C. Doran  Paul B. Van Wamelen 《Educational Measurement》2010,29(2):13-23

The analysis of longitudinal data in education is becoming more prevalent given the nature of testing systems constructed for No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). However, constructing the longitudinal data files remains a significant challenge. Students move into new schools, but in many cases the unique identifiers (ID) that should remain constant for each student change. As a result, different students frequently share the same ID, and merging records for an ID that is erroneously assigned to different students clearly becomes problematic. In small data sets, quality assurance of the merge can proceed through human reviews of the data to ensure all merged records are properly joined. However, in data sets with hundreds of thousands of cases, quality assurance via human review is impossible. While the record linkage literature has many applications in other disciplines, the educational measurement literature lacks details of formal protocols that can be used for quality assurance procedures for longitudinal data files. This article presents an empirical quality assurance procedure that may be used to verify the integrity of the merges performed for longitudinal analysis. We also discuss possible extensions that would permit merges to occur even when unique identifiers are not available.  相似文献   

The place of values in the world of psychology and public policy     

Paul R. Dokecki 《Peabody Journal of Education》2013,88(3):108-125

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Two- and Three-Year Achievement Results From the Memphis Restructuring Initiative     

Steven M. Ross  William L. Sanders  S. Paul Wright  Sam Stringfield  L. Weiping Wang  Marty Alberg 《School Effectiveness & School Improvement》2013,24(3):323-346

The purpose of this study was to analyze student achievement data from the first 3 years of the Memphis Restructuring Initiative (MRI). The MRI represents one of the first efforts by an urban school district to move past traditional top-down versus bottom-up reform debates by providing systemic support for outside-in/inside-out implementation and local co-construction of externally-developed reform designs in schools. Analyses of academic achievement focus on a state-of-the-art measure of value added assessments. At the end of 3 years the reforming schools had produced generally positive gains relative to locally matched control schools. Those results varied somewhat by reform type and by level of poverty in the communities being served. Based on the research methods used and the results, implications for future research and practice in educational reform are discussed.  相似文献   

THE 1998 DAVID WILLS LECTURE: INTEGRATING THE LEGACY OF DAVID WILLS IN AN ERA OF BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT PLANS,INCLUSION AND TARGET SETTNG     

Paul Greenhalgh 《Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties》2013,18(1):46-53

This paper examines the legacy of the pioneering work of David Wills for current thinking and practice in current educational context between the needs of vulnerable children as revealed by wills and the demands for managerial accountability imposed by government.  相似文献   

THE MEANING OF PROFESSIONAL CULTURE     

Paul Mattingly 《Review of Education, Pedagogy & Cultural Studies》2013,35(6):435-445

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Analyzing Practice for Improving Schools: The Study of Vignettes     

Panayiotis Angelides  James Leigh  Paul Gibbs 《School Effectiveness & School Improvement》2013,24(3-4):467-485

This article suggests a method for analyzing patterns of school practice for improvement purposes. In particular it describes outcomes of a study that point to some promising possibilities, in terms of encouraging teachers to reflect on their practice, for the purpose of improvement. It argues that by discussing and analyzing vignettes, teachers can improve their practice, not only individually, but also as a team. In addition, this analysis can help schools to develop as organizations. At the end, this suggestion is supported with an example which illustrates the potential of using vignettes for improving schools, whilst, at the same time, demonstrating how the procedure might be used.  相似文献   

Making Critical Connections Between Social Studies Teaching and Student Achievement Using NAEP Data Explorer     

Paul G. Fitchett  Tina L. Heafner 《The Teacher Educator》2013,48(4):296-310

In this analysis of promising practice, we demonstrate how social studies methods instructors can incorporate data analysis of the 2010 United States History National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP–USH) to facilitate pedagogical aims, engage teacher candidates in critical discourse, and investigate the contexts of teaching and learning. The NAEP data explorer application is a valuable tool for examining social studies theory and practice in relation to student learning outcomes. Our assessment of teacher candidates' responses to the activity leads to the recommendation that NAEP data analysis and results encourage self-evaluation of instructional practices while simultaneously supporting critical interpretations of the NAEP exam.  相似文献   

Discovering Functional Programming Through Imperative Languages     

Paul A. Bailes 《Computer Science Education》2013,23(2):87-110

The pedagogical desirability of functional programming is effectively swamped by an overwhelmingly imperative‐language‐oriented culture. Because a meaningful subset of the functional paradigm is accessible within imperative languages, it is possible to identify a subset of Modula‐2 that characterizes the functional paradigm subset. A series of list‐processing problems and their solutions in the Modula‐2 subset provides students with ample exposure to the practice and theory of functional programming. Extension to the full functional paradigm and migration to specialized functional languages are managed, in the worst case by initial pseudo‐Modula‐2 programming involving hypothetical extensions supporting higher‐order functions and polymorphism. More powerful solutions to this problem are foreshadowed, in the form of preprocessor implementations of Modula‐2‐ and Ada‐derivative functional languages.  相似文献   

Risk Management in Social Work Practice: Preventing Professional Malpractice,Liability, and Disciplinary Action by Frederic G. Reamer     

Paul A. Kurzman 《Journal of Teaching in Social Work》2013,33(5):542-543

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YOUTH LOOKS AT THE CHURCH     

Paul W. Shankweiler 《Religious education (Chicago, Ill.)》2013,108(8):702-715

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