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Download full textBrick, J. Michael; Hagedorn, Mary Collins; Montaquila, Jill; Roth, Shelley Brock; Chapman, Christopher – National Center for Education Statistics, 2006
The National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES) includes a series of random digit dial (RDD) surveys developed by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. It is designed to collect information on important educational issues through telephone surveys of…
Descriptors: Telephone Surveys, Incentives, Research Methodology, Sample Size
Kibler, Robert J., Ed. – 1964
Chapter IV describes the interim findings of an experimental program for underachieving high school graduates during their freshman year at Southern Illinois University. The statistically analyzed data are presented and discussed under four headings--(1) Subjects' occupation or whereabouts in the year following their participation in the program,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, College Programs, Data
York Region Board of Education, Aurora (Ontario). – 1986
A study of one grade cohort of students taught in a Chicago Mastery Learning Reading (CMLR) Program was extended to two additional cohorts, one older and one younger than the original group but who were taught using the same method. The students' reading comprehension test scores were compared with those of students in other schools, not taught by…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Elementary Education
Purkey, William Watson – 1968
Project Self Discovery, an experimental program, sought to promote the social and personal development of bright underachieving students in nine Florida high schools. Prepared and evaluated were 12 discrete but interrelated chapters (units) offering readings and written exercises. These independent study units were concerned with such topics as…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Experimental Programs
Pedrini, Bonnie C.; Pedrini, D. T.
The study investigated (1) the prediction of attrition/persistence for disadvantaged and regular freshmen at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and (2) the effectiveness, in terms of attrition/persistence, of an experimental program for disadvantaged students. Descriptive, variance, and correlational (single and multiple) analyses and chi square…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Black Students, College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen
