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Download full textBangert-Drowns, Robert L.; Rudner, Lawrence M. – 1991
Meta-analysis is a collection of systematic techniques for resolving apparent contradictions in research findings. Meta-analysts translate results from different studies to a common metric and statistically explore the relations between study characteristics and findings. Since G. Glass first used the term "meta-analysis" in 1976, it has…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Definitions, Educational Research
Wagner, Judith O. – 1993
Although the ERIC database includes descriptions of documents containing education statistics, it is not designed to provide answers to specific statistical questions. The single best alternative source for statistics regarding all aspects of education and literacy is the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), part of the U.S. Department…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Research, Educational Trends
ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation, Washington, DC. – 1997
This digest reviews the basic building blocks of a structured interview, points out some of the pitfalls in interviewing, and suggests ways for researchers to avoid these difficulties to produce questions that have the best possibility of generating reliable and accurate data on the topics of interest. The data collection instrument is a document…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Cahape, Patricia – 1993
Two landmark efforts to describe the condition of American Indian and Alaska Native education nationwide and to call for specific solutions took place in the early 1990s. These efforts were the Indian Nations At Risk Task Force and the White House Conference on Indian Education. This digest summarizes Task Force and Conference recommendations…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Data Collection, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Borgia, Eileen T.; Schuler, Dorothy – 1996
Action research is an approach to professional development and improved student learning in which teachers systematically reflect on their work, seek feedback from colleagues, and make changes in their practice. Several benefits of action research have been cited: (1) teachers investigate their own practice in a new way, looking at what children…
Descriptors: Action Research, Classroom Research, Critical Thinking, Data Collection
Wagner, Judith O. – 1998
This ERIC Digest is an annotated list of 40 websites and listservs devoted to adult, career, and vocational education. The following websites and listservs are included: six ERIC sites (ACCESS ERIC; AskERIC; the Education Resource Organizations Directory; the ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education; ORYX Press/Current Index…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Annotated Bibliographies
