This term was introduced by Lindley and Smith ( 1972 ) and Smith ( 1973 ) as part of their seminal contribution on Bayesian estimation of linear models . Within this context , Lindley and Smith elaborated a general framework for nested ...
Smylie, Mark A., and Ann W. Hart. 1997. School leadership for teacher learning and change: A human and social capital development perspective. In Handbook of educational administration, ed. Joseph Murphy and Karen S. Louis, 421–41.
Everett M. Rogers, Diffusion of Innovations (New York: The Free Press, 1962). 17. The term early majority draws directly from Rogers's theory of innovation diffusion (see Rogers, Diffusion of Innovations). While a true majority has not ...
How America's Schools Can Get Better at Getting Better Anthony S. Bryk, Louis M. Gomez, Alicia Grunow, Paul G. LeMahieu ... 1999); M. Suzanne Donovan and James W. Pellegrino, eds., “Learning and Instruction: A SERP Research Agenda” ...
A critical source of information on this debate is Miller (1952). 40. Miller (1952) cites as an example of this point a speech at the sixth annual meeting of the organization in 1905 by the ... See Caterall (1988) and Ryan (1963). 46.
Much social and behavioral research involves hierarchical data structures. The effects of school characteristics on students, how differences in government policies from country to country influence demographic relations within them,...
In Learning to Improve, the authors argue for a new approach to education reform that leverages “networked improvement communities” to address high school dropout rates and other core concerns.
In Learning to Improve, the authors argue for a new approach to education reform that leverages “networked improvement communities” to address high school dropout rates and other core concerns.
"This book presents a series of case studies of schools and other educational organizations that are successfully putting continuous improvement techniques into practice"-- In Improvement in Action, Anthony S. Bryk illustrates how educators ...
The authors of this illuminating book identify a comprehensive set of practices and conditions that were key factors for improvement, including school leadership, the professional capacity of the faculty and staff, and a student-centered ...
The authors found that Catholic schools have an independent effect on achievement, especially in reducing disparities between disadvantaged and privileged students.