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Walsh, Rachael Mae – Online Submission, 2010
While access to education may be increasing, equity still eludes the U.S. education system, specifically for low socioeconomic status students. Using both educational and deviance theoretical frames, this study examines the effectiveness of adolescent intervention programs with respect to educational attainment and deviant behaviors. The Education…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Intervention, Outcomes of Education, Educational Attainment
Empirical Education Inc., 2010
Student goal setting and academic planning has been a major focus for PUSD, with the aim of increasing the level of student engagement and student ownership over their learning. Goal setting has been implemented in conjunction with the Northwest Evaluation Association's Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) tests, which provide educators with a tool…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Learner Engagement, Educational Planning, Program Effectiveness
Leonard, Timothy J. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examined the effects of reading and discussing of poetry in a fifth grade setting in a suburban school district in the Northeast. A protocol designed by Nancie Atwell (2006) was used as the treatment in the study utilizing a pretest posttest quasi-experimental design. The sample of convenience (n = 141) was drawn from the fifth grade in…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Poetry, Reading Achievement
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Xie, Ying; Ke, Fengfeng; Sharma, Priya – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2010
Deep cognitive thinking refers to a learner's purposeful and conscious manipulation of ideas toward meaningful learning. Strategies such as journaling/blogging and peer feedback have been found to promote deep thinking. This article reports a research study about the effects of two different blog leader styles on students' deep thinking as…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Teamwork
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McDonnell, Andrew; Sturmey, Peter; Oliver, Chris; Cunningham, Joanna; Hayes, Samira; Galvin, Martin; Walshe, Caroline; Cunningham, Cathy – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2008
The effects of a 3-day training course in the management of aggressive behavior in services for people with autism spectrum disorders were investigated using a quasi-experimental design. An experimental group received training over a 10-month period and a contrast group, which had received training before this study, did not. Staff training…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Quasiexperimental Design, Aggression, Autism
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Leech, Nancy L.; Goodwin, Laura D. – Research in the Schools, 2008
Due to the continued growth of qualitative research methodology, the demand for large-scale quasi-experimental studies, and a renewed interest in mixed methodologies, there is concern regarding methods courses taught in schools or colleges of education in the United States. The purpose of this study was to increase understanding of current methods…
Descriptors: Schools of Education, Doctoral Programs, Methods Courses, Research Methodology
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Lloret, Miguel; Aguila, Estela; Lloret, Alejandro – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2009
The purpose of this study was to study the effect of a multimedia computing program on the production of activities and self-regulated learning processes in 18 students of the Dentistry postdegree (Celaya, Mexico). A multi-method design (quasi-experimental, pretest-post-test and qualitative: Think aloud protocol) was used. Self-regulated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dentistry, Graduate Students, Independent Study
Guinn, Toby Ready – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the SRA Corrective Reading and SRA Connecting Math Intervention Programs when used as a scripted intervention program with identified students with disabilities and was evaluated to determine whether the effectiveness was affected by the student's gender or academic skill proficiency.…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Intervention, Curriculum Based Assessment, Corrective Reading
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Dewey, Jessica; Bento, Janet – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009
Background: Recent interest in the teaching of thinking skills within education has led to an increase in thinking skills packages available to schools. However many of these are not based on scientific evaluation (DfEE, 1999). This paper endeavours to examine the effectiveness of one approach, that of infusion, to teaching thinking. Aims: To…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Teaching Methods, Primary Education, Elementary School Students
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Kortsch, Gabrielle; Kurtines, William M.; Montgomery, Marilyn J. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2008
The study reported in this paper, a Multistage Longitudinal Comparative (MLC) Design Stage II evaluation conducted as a planned preliminary efficacy evaluation (psychometric evaluation of measures, short-term controlled outcome studies, etc.) of the Changing Lives Program (CLP), provided evidence for the reliability and validity of qualitative…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Intervention, Research Methodology, Validity
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Arango, Lisa Lewis; Kurtines, William M.; Montgomery, Marilyn J.; Ritchie, Rachel – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2008
The study reported in this article, a Multi-Stage Longitudinal Comparative Design Stage II evaluation conducted as a planned preliminary efficacy evaluation (psychometric evaluation of measures, short-term controlled outcome studies, etc.) of the Changing Lives Program (CLP), provided evidence for the reliability and validity of the qualitative…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Intervention, Research Methodology, Validity
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Huffman, Douglas; Thomas, Kelli; Lawrenz, Frances – School Science and Mathematics, 2008
This study examined the science and mathematics instruction of teachers who were initially prepared by the Collaboratives for Excellence in Teacher Preparation program (CETP). The focus of this study was on examining the extent to which science and mathematics teachers used more reform-oriented instructional practices in their classes when they…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Teaching (Occupation), Science Teachers, Mathematics Teachers
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Rudd, Andy; Johnson, R. Burke – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2008
As a result of the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2002, the field of education has seen a heavy emphasis on the use of "scientifically based research" for designing and testing the effectiveness of new and existing educational programs. According to NCLB, when addressing basic cause and effect questions scientifically based…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Scientific Research, Educational Research, Federal Legislation
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De Simone, Christina – Teacher Development, 2008
Current educational reform movements emphasize preparing teachers for pedagogical problem solving in the classroom. This study examines the impact of problem-based learning on prospective teachers' problem-solving abilities. Two classes of prospective teachers were included in this study. The experimental class used problem-based learning while…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving, Educational Change
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Topcu, Abdullah – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2008
This study verified the efficacy of the intentional repetition technique in improving interaction in asynchronous online discussions by taking into account the learning styles of the participants. A conceptual framework served for the development of the technique, which conceptualises efficient and cohesive interaction on a continuum of process…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Cognitive Style, Interaction
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