Browsing by Author "Kyriakides, Leonidas"
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Getting lost in translation? An analysis of the international engagement of practitioners and policy-makers with the educational effectiveness research base
Harris, A.; Chapman, C.; Muijs, R. D.; Reynolds, D.; Campbell, R. J.; Creemers, Bert P. M.; Earl, Lorna; Kyriakides, Leonidas; Munoz, G.; Stoll, L.; Stringfield, S.; Van Velzen, B.; Weinstein, J. (2013)Educational effectiveness research (EER) has accumulated much knowledge in the areas of school effectiveness research (SER), teacher effectiveness research (TER) and school/system improvement research (SSIR). Yet many ...
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Illuminating reform evaluation studies through incorporating teacher effectiveness research: A case study in mathematics
Kyriakides, Leonidas; Charalambous, Charalambos Y.; Philippou, George N.; Campbell, R. J. (2006)The goal of the present study was twofold: first to examine teachers' and students' reactions toward a mathematics reform introduced in Cypriot primary schools, and second to investigate the factors influencing the ...
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The impact of a dynamic approach to professional development on teacher instruction and student learning: Results from an experimental study
Antoniou,Panayiotis; Kyriakides, Leonidas (2011)This paper argues that Educational Effectiveness Research (EER) should establish closer links with research on teacher professional development. A dynamic integrated approach (DIA) to teacher professional development is ...
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The impact of effective teaching characteristics in promoting student achievement in Ghana
Azigwe, J. B.; Kyriakides, Leonidas; Panayiotou, Anastasia; Creemers, Bert P. M. (2016)This paper investigates the extent to which teacher behaviour in classroom affects student achievement gains in mathematics in Ghana. A representative sample of primary schools from three districts of the Upper East Region ...
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The impact of engagement in large-scale assessment on teachers’ professional development: The emergent literacy baseline assessment project
Kyriakides, Leonidas; Kelly, Jonathan W. (2003)This paper presents findings of an investigation into the impact of teachers' engagement in the Emergent Literacy Baseline Assessment (ELBA) project upon their professional development. The ELBA project was designed to ...
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The impact of national educational policies on student achievement: a European study
Kyriakides, Leonidas; Georgiou, Maria P.; Creemers, Bert P. M.; Panayiotou, Anastasia; Reynolds, David (2018)This paper investigates the impact of national policies for improving teaching and the school learning environment (SLE) on student achievement. In each participating country (i.e., Belgium/Flanders, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, ...
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The impact of school policy and stakeholders' actions on student learning: A longitudinal study
Kyriakides, Leonidas; Creemers, Bert P. M.; Antoniou,Panayiotis; Demetriou, Demetris; Charalambous, Charalambos Y. (2015)This paper proposes a theoretical framework on how school policy can promote student learning. School policy is considered to have an indirect effect on student achievement by changing school stakeholders' actions toward ...
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The impact of school self-evaluation upon student achievement: A group randomisation study
Demetriou, Demetris; Kyriakides, Leonidas (2012)This paper investigates the impact of three different approaches to establishing School Self Evaluation (SSE) mechanisms upon student achievement. Using group randomisation, four groups of schools were created. Different ...
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Improving quality and equity in schools in socially disadvantaged areas
Kyriakides, Leonidas; Charalambous, Evi; Creemers, H. P. M. (Bert); Dimosthenous, Andria (2019)Background: Recent effectiveness studies have investigated the relationship between two dimensions of effectiveness – namely, quality and equity. Specifically, the question of whether effective schools can also reduce the ...
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Improving Quality in Education: Dynamic Approaches to School Improvement.
Creemers, Bert P. M.; Kyriakides, Leonidas (Routledge., 2012)
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Improving the School Learning Environment to Reduce Bullying: An Experimental Study
Kyriakides, Leonidas; Creemers, Bert P. M.; Papastylianou, Dona; Papadatou-Pastou, Marietta (2014)A framework based on research on bullying and on educational effectiveness was offered to schools to assist them in developing strategies and actions to improve their learning environment, their policy for teaching, and ...
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The influence of school leadership styles and culture on students' achievement in Cyprus primary schools
Kythreotis, A.; Pashiardis, Petros; Kyriakides, Leonidas (2010)Purpose: This study aims to examine the validation of both the model of direct effects and the model of indirect effects of principals' leadership on student academic achievement. Design/methodology/approach: A longitudinal ...
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Influences on primary teachers' practice: Some problems for curriculum change theory
Kyriakides, Leonidas (1997)This paper presents findings concerning various sources of influences upon Cypriot primary school teachers. Questionnaires were distributed to a randomly selected sample of 10% of all Cypriot primary teachers. A response ...
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Integrating generic and content-specific teaching practices in exploring teaching quality in primary physical education
Kyriakides, Ermis; Tsangaridou, Niki; Charalambous, Charalambos; Kyriakides, Leonidas (2018)The vast majority of research in physical education (PE) has focused on teaching and teacher effectiveness. Despite the fact that this research strand is fast growing, what effective teaching is and how it contributes to ...
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International studies on educational effectiveness
Kyriakides, Leonidas (Routledge, 2006)
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The international system for teacher observation and feedback: A theoretical framework for developing international instruments
Kyriakides, Leonidas; Creemers, Bert P. M.; Teddlie, C.; Muijs, R. D. (2010)
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The international system for teacher observation and feedback: Evolution of an international study of teacher effectiveness constructs
Teddlie, C.; Creemers, Bert P. M.; Kyriakides, Leonidas; Muijs, R. D.; Yu, F. (2006)This article presents information on 2 international educational effectiveness studies, one completed and the other ongoing. The 2nd study is, to a large degree, a reaction to a methodological problem encountered in the ...
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Introducing a teacher evaluation system based on teacher effectiveness research: An investigation of stakeholders' perceptions
Kyriakides, Leonidas; Demetriou, Demetris (2007)Teacher Effectiveness Research (TER) could be a foundation upon which a valid teacher evaluation system could be built. However, even a technically exceptional evaluation system may be doomed to fail if the political ...
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Introduction international studies on educational effectiveness
Kyriakides, Leonidas (2006)Educational effectiveness research (EER) has expanded rapidly during the last three decades in many countries. Methodological advances have enabled more efficient estimates of teacher and school differences in student ...
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Investigating the effectiveness of a dynamic integrated approach to teacher professional development
Antoniou,Panayiotis; Kyriakides, Leonidas; Creemers, Bert P. M. (2011)