John Carroll University

About: John Carroll University is a education organization based out in University Heights, Ohio, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Literacy. The organization has 977 authors who have published 1870 publications receiving 40072 citations. The organization is also known as: JCU & John Caroll University.

Three decades in: Priming for meta-analysis in play-literacy research

Abstract: In this literature review, we examined 30 years of play-literacy inquiry through a quantitative lens in order to identify, assemble and summarize studies of sufficient methodological strength to form a corpus of research that encourages meta-analytic thinking. First, a multi-phase search of the literature was conducting yielding 192 studies that addressed pretend play and early literacy variables. Subsequent screening resulted in a total of 16 studies that met inclusion criteria, constituting a corpus of primary research that quantitatively measured play-literacy relationships in early childhood educational settings serving children ages 3—7. Next, several content analyses were used to describe and organize the corpus as a resource for meta-analytic thinking. The first round of analysis focused on developing a survey matrix that organized the particulars of individual studies into categories of information conducive to a meta-analytic approach. The second round probed for the theory of change used to expl...

Accountability by Design in Literacy Professional Development

Abstract: High-quality professional development is essential in supporting accomplished teaching. But how is the efficacy of professional development evaluated? The authors present several methods for conducting a critical analysis of professional development. Using a large-scale professional development initiative as the focal point, they first explain six widely cited principles of high-quality professional development and show evidence of them in the initiative#146s design and structure. Second, they report findings from pre- and postsurveys of participants over three years, which showed statistically significant positive differences in teacher understanding of literacy concepts. Third, the authors present a vignette to illustrate how one coaching tool used in the project supports teachers in making instructional shifts based on student learning. The authors suggest that those who offer professional development for teachers should evaluate their programs through accepted principles of design. They conclude with additional questions related to meaningful, robust accountability systems for professional development.

Factors that influence choice of major: why some students never consider economics

Abstract: Purpose – In the fall of 1996, Walstad suggested that the economics profession needed to obtain the students' perspective on the choice of major. The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors that influence the choice of major.Design/methodology/approach – To recruit majors and to address Walstad's concern, economics and non‐economics majors were surveyed to determine which factors they consider important when choosing a major and to better understand why some students never consider economics.Findings – The results suggest that interest in the subject, expected marketability, performance in major classes, and the approachability and teaching reputation of the faculty are influential to the choice of major.Originality/value – The results may help the profession address enrollment issues, including the disproportionate number of women in the major.

Solutions-driven marketing

Abstract: Navigating the maze of options and providing a link between product customization and e-commerce.

Cost accounting during the industrial revolution: The present state of historical knowledge

Abstract: prices. Costing is also integral, both in the past and at the present time, to evaluating the efficiency of the productive process and of decision making. Analyses of asset procurement, vertical integration, subcontracting, makeor-buy decisions, technological innovation, and product mix are representative of the many planning activities that require cost data. Venerated surveys of accounting history, now nearly half a century old, date the advent of meaningful cost accounting to the mid i88os.3 The majority of these surveys, however, are not based on examinations of business archives but rather on the published works of professional accountants. Though some credit is given to British theorists of the time (for example, Garcke, Fells, and Norton), the practical applications of costing for decision making are said to have been developed in the United States as an innovation of Frederick Taylor's scientific management movement. Precious little predates this 'costing renaissance', according to the traditional view. One observer describes British reaction to early advances in cost accounting in other countries as 'so much burning of incense at the altar of window dressing instead of a tool for the attainment of continually growing production'.4 Richard Brown, the Edinburgh chartered accountant who made in 1905 an early attempt at a general history of the profession, published 300 pages without mention of industrial accounting.5 Despite the absence of literature on the subject, it is difficult to imagine that the entrepreneurs of the British and US industrial revolutions would have failed to appreciate the interrelationship between cost accounting and effective management. This linkage might be expected, given the economic