Authors:Vi-Nhuan Le, Brian M. Stecher, J. R. Lockwood, La
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: oriented, reform, instruction, student, achievement, relationship, investigation, mathematics, science, education, longitudinal, improving
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2006
ISBN-10: 0833039644
ISBN-13: 9780833039644

The term reform-oriented teaching describes a collection of instructional practices that are designed to engage students as active participants in their own learning and to enhance the development of complex cognitive skills and processes. This monograph presents the findings of a multiyear National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded study of the effectiveness of reform-oriented science and mathematics instruction. It builds on an earlier RAND study, called the Mosaic project, which found

Authors:Sheila Nataraj Kirby, Jennifer Sloan McCombs, Hea
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: something, old, new, education, teacher, reforming
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2006
ISBN-10: 0833039822
ISBN-13: 9780833039828

Teacher education has been subject to both scathing criticism and innumerable efforts designed to reform it or to save it from being dismantled. One of the latest and most well funded efforts aimed at teacher education reform is boldly titled Teachers for a New Era (TNE). Eleven colleges and universities of various types nationwide were selected to participate in TNE. The TNE initiative emphasizes evidence-based decisionmaking, close collaboration between education and arts and sciences faculty, and teaching as an academically taught clinical-practice profession. The RAND Corporation and the M

Authors:Mark A. Lorell, Jeffrey A. Drezner, Julia F. Lowe
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: specifications, standards, reform, military, experience, mil, specs, navy, reforming
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2001
ISBN-10: 0833028863
ISBN-13: 9780833028860

This study helps determine why Navy military specifications and standards reform (MSSR) was not completed within budget or in accordance with a self-imposed schedule. The report defines the status of Navy reforms, looks for reasons why the Navy missed its self-imposed reform completion date, describes primary options for completing the reforms, and identifies steps RAND could take to help the Navy choose among these options. To help them understand the perspectives, interests, and concerns of all who were involved in the reform effort, the authors collected data from and held discussions with

Author: Christopher Paul
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: proposals, recommendations, current, survey, strategic, communication, whither
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2009
ISBN-10: 0833046853
ISBN-13: 9780833046857

U.S. strategic communication and public diplomacy have been the targets of scathing criticism and proposals for overhaul since shortly after September 11, 2001. Proposals and recommendations abound, but many reform efforts have stumbled or have been plagued by false starts. Further contributing to this problem are the differences in terminology and approaches between the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Defense, the two agencies with primary responsibility in this area. With the need for reform persisting and interest in this area continuing to grow, RAND elected to conduct a su

Authors:Christopher Hanks, Elliot Axelband, Shuna Lindsay
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: reform, acquisition, military, reexamining
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2005
ISBN-10: 0833037072
ISBN-13: 9780833037077

In the Department of Defense, 63 distinct acquisition reform (AR) initiatives were undertaken in the 1989-2002 period. This monograph classifies the initiatives according to various criteria: basic AR theme; relationship to acquisition functions; Army recognition; coverage in the DoD 5000 series; relationship to Under Secretary Aldridge

Authors:Nadia Oweidat, Cheryl Benard, Dale Stahl, Walid K
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: reform, initiative, grassroots, study, movement, case, kefaya
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2008
ISBN-10: 0833045482
ISBN-13: 9780833045485

Kefaya, also known as the Egyptian Movement for Change, was an indigenous movement for political reform organized in late 2004 in opposition to the regime of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. This examination of Kefaya’s birth, its accomplishments, and the reasons for its decline is based on an analysis of the work of Egyptian scholars and Arabic-language media reports (including online and new media), as well as structured interviews with persons associated with and observers of Kefaya and the Muslim Brotherhood. It explores the challenges to grassroots attempts to bring about democracy

Author: Charlotte Thomson IserbytCharlotte Iserbyt-Thomso
Publisher: 3D Research
Keywords: paper, trail, chronological, america, dumbing, deliberate
Number of Pages: 715
Published: 1999-09-01
ISBN-10: 0966707109
ISBN-13: 9780966707106

A WHISTLEBLOWER'S ACCOUNT Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt, former Senior Policy Advisor in the U.S. Department of Education, blew the whistle in the `80s on government activities withheld from the public. Her inside knowledge will help you protect your children from controversial methods and programs. In this book you will discover: -how good teachers across America have been forced to use controversial, non-academic me -how "school choice" is being used to further dangerous reform goals, and how home schooling and private education are especially vulnerable. -how workforce training