Educational Administration

A systematic search of the research literature from 1996 through July 2008 identified more than a thousand empirical studies of online learning. Analysts screened these studies to find those that (a) contrasted an online to a face-to-face condition,…

A student development theory based on student involvement is presented and described, and the implications for practice and research are discussed.

Despite the widespread use of social media by students and its increased use by instructors, very little empirical evidence is available concerning the impact of social media use on student learning and engagement. This paper describes our…

This article critically reviews the recent empirical literature on teacher recruitment and retention published in the United States. It examines the characteristics of individuals who enter and remain in the teaching profession, the characteristics…

Research in the area of educational technology has often been critiqued for a lack of theoretical grounding. In this article we propose a conceptual framework for educational technology by building on Shulman's formulation of "pedagogical content…

The authors argue that design-based research, which blends empir- ical educational research with the theory-driven design of learning environments, is an important methodology for understanding how, when, and why educational innovations work in…

Our review of the evidence suggests that successful leadership can play a highly significant and frequently underestimated role in improving student learning. Specifically, the available evidence about the size and nature of the effects of…

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the relative impact of different types of leadership on students' academic and nonacademic outcomes. Research Design: The methodology involved an analysis of findings from 27 published studies of the…

This book presents a theory of learning that starts with the assumption that engagement in social practice is the fundamental process by which we get to know what we know and by which we become who we are. The primary unit of analysis of this…

In this article, the authors first indicate the range of purposes and the variety of settings in which design experiments have been con- ducted and then delineate five crosscutting features that collectively differentiate design experiments from…

Teacher professional development is essential to efforts to improve our schools. This article maps the terrain of research on this important topic. It first provides an overview of what we have learned as a field, about effective professional…

A three-dimensional structure of a model decapeptide is obtained by performing molecular dynamics simulations of the peptide in explicit water. Interactions between an N-myristoylated form of the folded peptide anchored to fluid phase lipid…

Purpose: A subgroup of principalsleaders for social justiceguide their schools to transform the culture, curriculum, pedagogical practices, atmosphere, and schoolwide priorities to benefit marginalized students. The purpose of the article is to…

This study uses a national probability sample of 1,027 mathematics and science teachers to provide the first large-scale empirical comparison of ef- fects of different characteristics of professional development on teachers learning. Results, based…

After reviewing the state of student retention research and practice, past and present, the author looks to the future and identifies three areas of research and practice that call for further exploration. These concern issues of institutional…

A theoretical model is attempted that explains the processes of interaction between the individual and the institution that lead differing individuals to drop out from the institutions. Recent research in the field is also reviewed to gain new…

Choy, 2001; Hodgkinson, 1985; Levine & Associates, 1989; Chronicle of Higher Education: Almanac Issue, 1996; Pascarella & Terenzini, 1998; Rendon, Hope, & Associates, 1996). One result of this increased diversity is the substantial number of…

Purpose This paper aims to assess the empirical utility and conceptual significance of distributed leadership. Findings Distributed leadership arose in reaction to understandings of leadership that emphasised heroic-like individual behaviour. It has…

Purposes: This study aimed to improve our understanding of the nature, causes and consequence of school leader efficacy, including indirect influences on student learning. We asked about district contributions to school leader efficacy, whether…

This article provides an overview of the literature concerning successful school leadership. It draws on the international literature and is derived from a more extensive review of the literature completed in the early stage of the authors project.…