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School-Based Management and the Centralisation Trap: An Evidence-Based Perspective
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Nir, Adam E. – Curriculum and Teaching, 2012
The following paper attempts to assess whether research benefits school empowerment, as argued by the evidence-based literature, or, whether an education system under centralised circumstances, may be another expression for the centralisation trap which undermines school empowerment. This study follows an official Call for Research initiated by…
Descriptors: School Based Management, Centralization, School District Autonomy, Empowerment
A Study of the Learning Styles of Middle and High School Deaf and Nondeaf Students in Public Education
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Agar-Jacobsen, Roberta J. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The primary goal of this study was to examine the relationship between deaf and hard-of-hearing students' learning style preferences and compare them to their nondeaf peers. Specifically, this study used 90 students throughout western Washington State, 45 per group. Quantitative data were collected using the 104-question survey Learning Style…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education, Deafness, Grade 6
Cognitive Functioning in Children with and without Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder with and without Comorbid Learning Disabilities
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Jakobson, Angela; Kikas, Eve – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2007
This study attempted to determine whether children with the combined subtype of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have impairments in cognitive functioning and motor skills. The specific effect of the comorbidity of learning disabilities (LD) was also investigated. A battery of cognitive tests was administered to 26 children with a…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Clinical Diagnosis, Hyperactivity, Discriminant Analysis
Predicted Outcomes in a National Sample: A Source of Comparison for Program Evaluation.
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Eder, Sheila; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1985
An alternative approach for program evaluation of small, specialized programs when comparison groups are not available is described. This application is illustrated by presenting the results of an analysis of data from Project Talent, a national manpower study, and discussing its application to the evaluation of a medical training program.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Discriminant Analysis, Higher Education
Estimating and Using Propensity Score Analysis with Complex Samples
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Hahs-Vaughn, Debbie L.; Onwuegbuzi, Anthony J. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2006
Propensity score analysis is one statistical technique that can be applied to observational data to mimic randomization and thus can be used to estimate causal effects in studies in which the researchers have not applied randomization. In this article the authors (a) describe propensity score methodology and (b) demonstrate its application using…
Descriptors: Researchers, Research Methodology, Private Schools, Public Schools
MONTESSORI PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION. FINAL REPORT.
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FLEEGE, URBAN H.; AND OTHERS – 1967
IN ORDER TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MONTESSORI PRESCHOOL EDUCATION AS COMPARED WITH NON-MONTESSORI PRESCHOOL EDUCATION, PHASE I OF THIS STUDY MATCHED 2 GROUPS, EACH OF 21 PRESCHOOL CHILDREN, ON INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT AND CERTAIN SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS. ONE GROUP ATTENDED A MONTESSORI PRESCHOOL AND THE OTHER A NON-MONTESSORI PRESCHOOL. THE…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Behavior Development, Comparative Analysis