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Walser, Tamara M. – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2014
There is increased emphasis on using experimental and quasi-experimental methods to evaluate educational programs; however, educational evaluators and school leaders are often faced with challenges when implementing such designs in educational settings. Use of a historical cohort control group design provides a viable option for conducting…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Cohort Analysis, Control Groups, Educational Assessment
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Swain, Jon; Cara, Olga; Mallows, David – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2017
This paper reports findings from a mixed methods research project in 2011, which set out to examine the extent and nature of father and child shared home reading practices. There was a particular focus on exploring fathers' perceptions of their role in reading with their child, aged five years old. The research was commissioned by Booktrust and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Fathers, Reading Aloud to Others, Preschool Children
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Thulin, Susanne; Redfors, Andreas – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2017
This article reports on student preschool teachers' views of science and its role in preschool. Three cohorts of students have been given a written questionnaire with open-ended questions before and after a one-semester course including science (specifically Chemistry and Physics) in a 3.5-year preschool teacher programme in Sweden. The science…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Preschool Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Preservice Teacher Education
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Coker, Ann L.; Bush, Heather M.; Follingstad, Diane R.; Brancato, Candace J. – Journal of School Health, 2017
Background: In 2013, President Obama lifted the federal ban on gun violence research. The current study provides one of the first reports to estimate household gun ownership as reported by youth. Methods: In this cohort study of 3,006 high school seniors from 24 schools, we examined the frequency of household guns ownership. Results: About 65%…
Descriptors: Incidence, Weapons, Family Environment, High School Seniors
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Torsney, Benjamin M.; Ponnock, Annette R.; Lombardi, Doug – Teacher Educator, 2017
The current study explored the values preservice teachers use as motivation for pursuing a teaching career. Preservice teachers (N = 97) from a large Northeastern urban university were chosen to complete a survey measuring personal utility value, social utility value, and epistemic value. Data analysis was conducted using exploratory factor…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Occupational Aspiration, Vocational Interests
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Hamari, Lotta; Heinonen, Olli J.; Aromaa, Minna; Asanti, Riitta; Koivusilta, Leena; Koski, Pasi; Laaksonen, Camilla; Matomäki, Jaakko; Pahkala, Katja; Pakarinen, Anni; Suominen, Sakari; Salanterä, Sanna – Journal of School Health, 2017
Background: The basis of self-perceived physical competence is built in childhood and school personnel have an important role in this developmental process. We investigated the association between initial self-perceived physical competence and reported leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) longitudinally in 10-, 12-, and 15-year-old children.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preadolescents, Early Adolescents, Elementary School Students
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Tripto, Jaklin; Assaraf, Orit Ben; Snapir, Zohar; Amit, Miriam – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2017
This study follows two groups of students (67 in all) through the 3 years of their high school biology education and examines the development of their systems thinking--specifically their models of the human body as a system. Both groups were composed of biology majors, but the students in one group also participated in a PBLbased extension…
Descriptors: Human Body, High School Students, Biology, Models
Achieve, Inc., 2017
States cannot make good policy and practice decisions--and ultimately cannot improve student performance--if they do not have basic information about how students are performing along the way. As such, Achieve focused on states' publicly reported student performance against college- and career-ready (CCR) indicators in all 50 states and the…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Educational Indicators, Statistical Data, Graduation Rate
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Chandler, Jan W.; Burnham, Joy J.; Riechel, Morgan E. Kiper; Dahir, Carol A.; Stone, Carolyn B.; Oliver, Dariel F.; Davis, Amy P.; Bledsoe, Kenya G. – Journal of School Counseling, 2018
Counseling and non-counseling duties were investigated. The Assessment of School Counselor Needs for Professional Development (ASCNPD; Dahir & Stone, 2003, 2004) was used to examine the practices of 1,244 school counselors to determine the prevalence of the activities among school counselors. Principal component analysis indicated a two-factor…
Descriptors: School Counselors, School Counseling, Counselor Role, Professional Development
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Shabani, Karim – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2018
The present study was designed to test a group-based format of dynamic assessment (G-DA) in the context of writing over a time span of twelve weeks of instruction. A cohort of 60 students took a homogeneity test and based on the results, 44 students were selected to participate forming the two groups of experimental (N = 22) and control (N = 22).…
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Cohort Analysis, Experimental Groups, Control Groups
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Taylor, Maurice; Vaughan, Norman; Ghani, Shehzad K.; Atas, Sait; Fairbrother, Michael – International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, 2018
Using an engagement in research approach this article explores the landscape of blended learning in higher education over the last decade by comparing the results of a critical literature review by Vaughan to an instrumental case study that identified key factors that led to the implementation of a blended learning initiative in one medium sized…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Higher Education, Case Studies, Program Implementation
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Gaudreault, Karen Lux; Richards, K. Andrew R.; Woods, Amelia Mays – Sport, Education and Society, 2018
Previous research related to occupational socialization theory has indicated that, in certain school contexts, physical education (PE) and physical education teachers are socially constructed as being less important than, or marginal to, the primary purpose of schooling. This research highlights the challenges associated with occupying a position…
Descriptors: Physical Education Teachers, Recognition (Achievement), Professional Identity, Mixed Methods Research
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Batu, Michael; Bower, Nancy; Lun, Esmond; Sadanand, Asha – Journal of Education for Business, 2018
The authors investigated the effectiveness of online versus paper assignments using final examination scores in three cohorts of theory of finance. In particular, two cohorts were exposed to online assignments while another cohort was exposed to traditional assignments. The central result is that exposure to online assignments robustly leads to…
Descriptors: Finance Occupations, Business Administration Education, Educational Theories, Online Courses
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Shadick, Richard; Dagirmanjian, Faedra Backus; Trub, Leora; Dawson, Heather – Journal of American College Health, 2016
Objective: To examine differences between heterosexual and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and questioning students' nonmedical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD). Participants: First-year university students between October 2009 and October 2013 who self-identified as heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual, or questioning. Methods: Students completed…
Descriptors: Sexual Orientation, College Freshmen, Drug Abuse, Questionnaires
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Stürmer, Kathleen; Seidel, Tina; Holzberger, Doris – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2016
The ability to reason about observed classroom situations constitutes an essential aspect of teachers' professional vision and is seen as a key element of initial teacher education. The three aspects of the ability are as follows: to describe, explain, and predict classroom situations. Research has shown that field experiences, the acquisition of…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Innovation
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