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Boyd, Brian A.; Hume, Kara; McBee, Matthew T.; Alessandri, Michael; Gutierrez, Anibal; Johnson, LeAnne; Sperry, Laurie; Odom, Samuel L. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
LEAP and TEACCH represent two comprehensive treatment models (CTMs) that have been widely used across several decades to educate young children with autism spectrum disorders. The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to compare high fidelity LEAP (n = 22) and TEACCH (n = 25) classrooms to each other and a control condition (n = 28), in…
Descriptors: Autism, Young Children, Teaching Methods, Special Education Teachers
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Grady, Michael; Watkins, Sandra; Montalvo, Greg – Rural Educator, 2012
International assessment data indicate American students are not competing with their counterparts in other countries. The mathematics curriculum and pedagogy are not preparing students to compete in a global economy. This study compared student achievement using sixth grade mathematics results from the Illinois Standards Achievement Test.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Curriculum, Data Analysis
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McIntyre, Ellen; Rightmyer, Elizabeth C.; Petrosko, Joseph P. – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2008
In this study, we examined 56 first-grade struggling readers' phonics and reading achievement in classrooms served by SRA Reading Mastery, a scripted model of early reading instruction against the achievement of 52 first-grade struggling readers in classrooms served by one of four other, non-scripted reading models. We also studied the…
Descriptors: Phonics, Early Reading, Reading Achievement, Reading Instruction
Boatman, Angela – National Center for Postsecondary Research, 2012
Exploiting a statewide cutoff point on the placement examination used to assign students to remedial courses in Tennessee, this study employs a regression discontinuity research design to provide causal estimates of the effects on student outcomes of recently redesigned remedial courses at three Tennessee colleges. Moreover, using data on student…
Descriptors: Remedial Programs, Academic Achievement, Remedial Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Sterbinsky, Allan; Ross, Steven M.; Redfield, Doris – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2006
The longitudinal impacts on school change and student achievement of implementing varied Comprehensive School Reform (CSR) models was investigated in 12 elementary schools in diverse geographic locations. Each school was individually matched and compared to a demographically similar control school on measures of school climate, teacher…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Academic Achievement, School Restructuring, Longitudinal Studies