NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing 376 to 390 of 625 results Save | Export
King, Paul T.; and others – J Reading, 1969
Describes a study of 115 college students enrolled in a reading improvement program and an equal number of control students. Significant gains in mean grade point average in reading rate, and in reading efficiency are reported for those students who entered the program reading between 200-250 words per minute. Bibliography. (MD)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, College Students, Grade Point Average, Pretesting
Lloyd, Bruce A.; And Others – Reading Horiz, 1970
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Compensatory Education, Developmental Reading, Directed Reading Activity
Pauk, Walter – Reading Impr, 1969
Descriptors: Comprehension, Content Area Reading, Critical Thinking, Intellectual Development
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Annis, Linda F.; Annis, David B. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1979
The effect of college course content on students' growth in critical thinking was investigated. Students enrolled in various philosophy courses and a non-philosophy control were pre- and post-tested for critical thinking. Only the logic course had a consistent impact on certain aspects of critical thinking. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Course Evaluation, Critical Thinking, Ethics
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Kean, Michael H.; Scanlon, Robert G. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1979
Students participating in Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I programs who score at or above the cutoff on an achievement test become ineligible for further instruction to maintain their acquired skills. This article explores the impact of the Title I parameters on school systems, and presents recommendations and conclusions. (MH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Criteria
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Woolley, Michael E.; Bowen, Gary L.; Bowen, Natasha K. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2004
In the context of the importance of valid self-report measures to research and evidence-based practice in social work, an argument-based approach to validity is presented and the concept of developmental validity is introduced. Cognitive development theories are applied to the self-report process of children, and cognitive pretesting is reviewed…
Descriptors: Validity, Pretesting, Social Work, Cognitive Development
Schmidt, Klaus; Brown, Dan – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 2004
The use of online instructional delivery techniques such as instructional web sites, online communication tools, and multimedia productions to deliver classes is a rapidly growing practice in education. Knowledge of how student a priori experiences with computer technologies and applications correlate to student perceptions of and success with…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Higher Education
Chang, Moon K. – 1985
This study focused on two questions: (1) whether the types of study-aid test, or the levels of test anxiety would affect the level of performance on the test under non-anxious conditions; and (2) whether there would be any interaction effect between the types of study-aid test and the levels of anxiety under non-anxious conditions. Twelve female…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Analysis of Variance, Grades (Scholastic)
Raffeld, Paul; Reynolds, William M. – 1977
The pretest-posttest design referred to as Design 2 by Campbell and Stanley (1963) is commonly used in educational research and evaluation. The tenability of the assumption of a zero population difference commonly used with this design is questioned. A nonzero population estimate based on the mean difference observed in test-retest reliability…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Correlation, Experimental Groups, Hypothesis Testing
Carter, Virginia L., Comp. – 1981
Information on why readership surveys are valuable and on how to conduct them is presented, along with sample surveys used at a number of different institutions, and a questionnaire used by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education to measure the opinion of "CASE CURRENTS," readers. Guidelines for doing a mail survey outline…
Descriptors: Alumni, Evaluation Methods, Feedback, Graduate Surveys
Whitbourne, Susan Krauss; And Others – 1980
Because social attitudes constitute a salient feature of the environment in which people grow old, the measurement of attitudes toward the aged has been of concern to gerontologists for many years. An instrument is needed to provide independent estimates of information about the aged from attitudes toward aged persons. Undergraduates (N=311)…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Aging (Individuals), Attitude Measures, Cognitive Processes
CAWLEY, JOHN F. – 1966
RESEARCH IN PRESCHOOL EDUCATION HAS PRODUCED VARIED RESULTS, BUT IT IS FELT THAT THE EARLIER THERE IS INTERVENTION INTO UNSATISFACTORY EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, THE MORE EFFECTIVE WILL BE THE EFFORT TO REDUCE EDUCATIONAL DISABILITIES. THIS STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO INVESTIGATE THE NATURE AND DEGREE OF CHANGE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF FOUR-YEAR OLD CHILDREN…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Behavior Change, Disadvantaged, Evaluation
LISTER, JAMES L.; OHLSEN, MERLE M. – 1962
A STUDY WAS UNDERTAKEN TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECTS OF PRETESTING ORIENTATION UPON (1) STUDENTS' MOTIVATION FOR LEARNING TEST RESULTS AND (2) THE CHANGES IN ACCURACY OF SELF-ESTIMATES RESULTING FROM TEST INTERPRETATION. FIVE SCHOOL SYSTEMS WERE SELECTED FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE STUDY. TWO RECEIVED THE ORIENTATION TREATMENT, TWO THE ROUTINE…
Descriptors: Counselors, Elementary School Students, Evaluation, High School Students
MERMELSTEIN, EGON; MEYER, EDWINA – 1967
PIAGET HAS PROPOSED THAT THE CONCEPT OF NUMBER IS PREDICATED ON THE CONCEPT OF CONSERVATION OF SUBSTANCE--THAT IS, THE CONCEPT THAT THE AMOUNT OR NUMBER REMAINS THE SAME DESPITE SPATIAL REARRANGEMENTS. BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT EMPHASIS ON REVISION OF MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM AND OF THE APPARENT VALUE OF NUMBER TRAINING TO PRESCHOOL DISADVANTAGED…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Conservation (Concept)
Reens, Renee; And Others – 1967
Research was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a 12-week intervention program of individual instruction for disadvantaged preschool children. Based on this pretest, 17 children with IQ scores of 107 or less were selected and placed into experimental and control groups. The experimental group was exposed to individual cognitive and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Testing, Concept Teaching, Disadvantaged
Pages: 1  |  ...  |  22  |  23  |  24  |  25  |  26  |  27  |  28  |  29  |  30  |  ...  |  42