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Yoon, HyeonJin – ProQuest LLC, 2018
In basic regression discontinuity (RD) designs, causal inference is limited to the local area near a single cutoff. To strengthen the generality of the RD treatment estimate, a design with multiple cutoffs along the assignment variable continuum can be applied. The availability of multiple cutoffs allows estimation of a pooled average treatment…
Descriptors: Regression (Statistics), Program Evaluation, Computation, Statistical Analysis
Yoon, HyeonJin – Grantee Submission, 2018
In basic regression discontinuity (RD) designs, causal inference is limited to the local area near a single cutoff. To strengthen the generality of the RD treatment estimate, a design with multiple cutoffs along the assignment variable continuum can be applied. The availability of multiple cutoffs allows estimation of a pooled average treatment…
Descriptors: Regression (Statistics), Program Evaluation, Computation, Statistical Analysis
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Pandya, Samta P. – Religious Education, 2018
Based on a one-year longitudinal experimental study with 3,782 kindergarten school children across 15 countries, this article examines the association between prayer and happiness. Results show that the post-test scores on the faces scale were higher for the participant group who had taken the prayer lessons vis-à-vis the comparison group.…
Descriptors: Scores, Cross Cultural Studies, Christianity, Pretests Posttests
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Lipsey, Mark W. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2014
Relatively few rigorous studies of the effectiveness of contemporary public prekindergarten programs have been conducted despite the growing number of programs and large monetary investments that accompany them. The study on which this presentation is based was launched in partnership with the Tennessee State Department of Education's Division of…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Program Effectiveness, Outcomes of Education, School Readiness
Doss, Christopher; Fahle, Erin M.; Loeb, Susanna; York, Benjamin N. – Stanford Center for Education Policy Analysis, 2017
Recent studies show that texting-based interventions can produce educational benefits in children across a range of ages. We study the effects of a text-based program for kindergarten parents, distinguishing a general program from one that adds differentiation and personalization based on the child's developmental level. Children in the…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Intervention, Educational Benefits, Child Development
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Cappella, Elise; O'Connor, Erin E.; McCormick, Meghan P.; Turbeville, Ashley R.; Collins, Ashleigh J.; McClowry, Sandee G. – Elementary School Journal, 2015
We investigate the classwide efficacy of INSIGHTS, a universal social-emotional learning intervention for early elementary grades, on observed teacher practices and student behaviors. Twenty-two elementary schools (87% free/reduced lunch) were randomly assigned to INSIGHTS or an attention-control condition. Kindergarten and first-grade classrooms…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Comparative Analysis, Randomized Controlled Trials