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Jackson, A.; Kutnick, P.; Kington, A. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2001
Reports on an analysis of behavior and talk for individuals and single sex pairs using a computer-based drill and practice activity to explain differences in performance among first graders. Results indicated that individuals were more likely to be task-focused and to complete tasks successfully than children working in pairs. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Drills (Practice), Elementary Education
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Day, C.; Elliot, B.; Kington, A. – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2005
Teacher commitment has been found to be a critical predictor of teachers' work performance, absenteeism, retention, burnout and turnover, as well as having an important influence on students' motivation, achievement, attitudes towards learning and being at school (Firestone (1996). Educational Administration Quarterly, 32(2), 209-235; Graham…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Motivation, Educational Change, School Effectiveness
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Kington, Robert A. – Library Hi Tech, 1987
Outlines factors used by online vendors to decide whether to bid on RFPs (requests for proposals) for library automation systems, including specifications for software, hardware or performance requirements not met by the vendor; specifications based on competitors' systems; the size and complexity of the request itself; and vendors' time…
Descriptors: Bids, Decision Making, Evaluation Criteria, Library Automation
Bullough, Robert V., Jr; Hall-Kenyon, Kendra M. – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2012
Teacher motivation long has been a topic of interest to researchers (Ames & Ames, 1984; Sylvia & Hutchison, 1985). It is widely recognized that the motivations residing behind teachers' actions profoundly shape the nature and quality of those actions and their effects on young people. Surprisingly, while often recognized especially by…
Descriptors: Teacher Motivation, Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Persistence, Occupational Aspiration