Changing criterion designs (CCD) are single-case experimental designs that entail a step-by-step approximation of the final level desired for a target behavior. Following a recent review on the desirable methodological features of CCDs, the current text focuses on an analytical challenge: the definition of an objective rule for assessing the…

In this commentary, we propose a framework for applying the Complex Dynamical Systems (CDS) approach in educational research. Drawing on the conceptual articles in the special issue for ontological, theoretical, and methodological principles, and on the empirical articles for examples of these principles' application, we suggest six interdependent…

Respondent attrition is a common problem in national longitudinal panel surveys. To make full use of the data, weights are provided to account for attrition. Weight adjustments are based on sampling design information and data from the base year; information from subsequent waves is typically not utilized. Alternative methods to address bias from…

Will a combination of lecture plus teaching demonstrations produce better learning than when equivalent information is presented through lecture alone? The present field experiment directly addressed this question. (Author)

There is general agreement that meta-analysis is an important tool for synthesizing study results in quantitative educational research. Yet, a shared feature of many meta-analyses is a failure to report sufficient information for readers to fully judge the reported findings, such as the populations to which generalizations are to be made,…

The present study was addressed to the group AOV situation. Onte Carlo methods were employed to contrast several procedures with respect to a. ) control over Type 1 errors and b. ) power. (Editor)

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of a self-concept enhancement program on 4-year olds who attend nursery school. (Author)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among nine relatively independent factors of attitude toward quantitative concepts and measures of quantitative and verbal aptitudes. (Author)

In the present study the relationships between the amount of freedom given the learner in choosing a learning task and his subsequent performance and persistence on that task were investigated. (Author)

The purpose of the study was to determine what relationships existed among the personality of instructional supervisors as reflected in a disbelief-belief system and measured by the Rokeach Dogmatism Scale and the tasks they performed and preferred to perform. (Editor)

The primary purpose of this study was to determine if a policy-capturing methodology (JAN) which has been successfully utilized in military and educational research could be adapted for use as a procedure in identifying pornographic material. (Author)

The empirical item analysis techniques for developing short-forms of tests is questioned. Assumptions fundamental to Spearman-Brown theory are shown to offer an alternative. (Editor)

Investigates the role that differing mastery criteria would have on test performance of different groups of students enrolled in the same course. (Author/RK)

The purpose of this study was to ascertain whether or not secondary school principals represent the same organizational types found in business and industrial organizations. (Editor)

Two components of sophistication of researchers are increased knowledge of and attitudes toward educational research. The topic of this paper is the exploration of the status of these components in a sample of public school teachers. (Author)