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Putwain, David – Educational Psychology, 2008
The study reported here aimed to establish whether the stakes of examinations taken by students in the final two years of compulsory education in the UK were associated with degree of self-reported examination anxiety, and whether examination stakes moderated the anxiety-examination grade relationship. Data were collected from 615 students who…
Descriptors: Compulsory Education, Test Anxiety, Achievement Tests, Exit Examinations
Moller, Nancy – CEDR Quarterly, 1980
Responding to an editorial appearing earlier in this journal, the author defends experimentation as an important strategy and cites the opinions of several researchers. It is emphasized that openness to experimentation, knowledge about its application, and ease with which it can be done in education are needed. (GK)
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, Evaluation Methods, Quasiexperimental Design, Research Methodology
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Wacker, David; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1990
The article proposes a sequential alternating treatments design requiring that two treatments be initially implemented in a random or counterbalanced fashion followed by a sequential change in one or both treatments across settings, subjects, or tasks. This design is appropriate when it is not feasible to obtain a traditional baseline condition.…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Quasiexperimental Design, Research Design, Research Methodology
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Kock, Ned; Verville, Jacques; Garza, Vanessa – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2007
Is the use of an online course delivery format, when compared with the more traditional face-to-face format, good or bad in the context of university education? Those who subscribe to the no-significant-difference perspective argue that online delivery is good, because it allows students with time and geographic distance constraints to obtain the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Conventional Instruction, College Students
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Murtagh, Lisa – Qualitative Report, 2007
This paper provides an account of the methodological approach of a study designed to address some fundamental questions relating to formative assessment. The paper reports on the use of a critically quasi-ethnographic approach and describes the practicalities of adopting such an approach. The validity of the study is also considered, reflecting on…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Research Methodology, Quasiexperimental Design, Ethnography
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Newbery, Natasha; McCambridge, Jim; Strang, John – Health Education, 2007
Purpose: The feasibility of a community-level drug prevention intervention based upon the principles of motivational interviewing within a further education college was investigated in a pilot study. Design/methodology/approach: The implementation over the course of a single term of "Let's Talk about Drugs" was studied with both action…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Intervention, Action Research, Narcotics
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Shieh, Ruey S.; Chang, Wheijen; Liu, Eric Zhi-Feng – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
This study explored the impact of "Technology Enabled Active Learning" (TEAL) on students learning general physics, focusing on differences between genders and among various achievement levels. A quasi-experimental investigation was conducted on two semesters of courses offered in 2008. Data sources consisted of pre-tests, post-tests,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Active Learning, Experimental Groups, Control Groups
Royal, Kenneth D.; Tabor, Alison J. – Online Submission, 2008
Institutions of higher education have developed a host of interventions to increase the retention of first-year students whose academic performance is inadequate. This study evaluated the overall effectiveness of an intervention strategy designed for first-year students on academic probation at a mid-western research university. A…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Intervention, Research Universities, Colleges
Poellhuber, Bruno; Chomienne, Martine; Karsenti, Thierry – Journal of Distance Education, 2008
In an attempt to find ways to improve persistence rates in its distance courses, the Cegep@distance introduced different forms of collaboration (peer interaction and collaborative learning activities) in selected courses. A mixed methodology was used to understand the effects of these interventions, relying on a quasi-experimental design for the…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Control Groups, Evaluation, Context Effect
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McCormick, Michael J.; Tanguma, Jesús – Journal of Leadership Education, 2007
In a non-equivalent control group design 280 student volunteers participated in an examination of the impact of a leadership training on the development of leadership self-efficacy perceptions among trainees. The training was designed to present multiple exposures to four kinds of efficacy information Bandura (1997) proposes influences the…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Self Efficacy, Beliefs, Attitude Change
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Little, Catherine A.; Feng, Annie Xuemei; VanTassel-Baska, Joyce; Rogers, Karen B.; Avery, Linda D. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2007
This quasi-experimental study examines the effects on student performance of a Javits-funded curriculum designed to respond to the needs of high-ability students in elementary and middle school social studies. The curriculum, implemented with all students in heterogeneous classrooms, addresses state standards while integrating advanced content,…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, State Standards, Social Studies, Quasiexperimental Design
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Pindiprolu, Sekhar S.; Forbush, David E. – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2009
The ability to read is essential to school-based learning and skilled responding in an information rich society. Unfortunately, many students in today's schools do not become skilled readers. Many reading researchers (Blachman 1996, 1997; Felton, 1993; Fletcher & Lyon, 1998; Torgesen, 1997) agree that the vast majority of problems experienced…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs, Reading Difficulties
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Thompson, Brandon; Vernado, Terri; Matthews, Brian – Journal of Educational Technology, 2009
This paper describes the first part of a new three-part study of STEM and engineering design research termed Design-Without-Make to be conducted by NC [North Carolina] State University in 2009-10 in an NC high school. The hybrid quantitative, qualitative case study is being developed with the purpose of capturing what new technological learning…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Engineering, Design, STEM Education
Hammett, Carol Totsky – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to explore vocabulary acquisition of primary grade children. Specifically, the study used a unique teaching strategy that added physical movement to typical read-aloud sessions with kindergarten and first grade children. Although a review of reading research revealed a plethora of studies, very few studies…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Elementary School Students, Kindergarten, Grade 1
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Boggs, Stephen R.; Eybert, Sheila M.; Edwards, Daniel L.; Rayfield, Arista; Jacobs, Jennifer; Bagner, Daniel; Hood, Korey K. – Child and Family Behavior Therapy, 2005
Using a quasi-experimental design, this study examined longitudinal outcomes for families previously enrolled in a study of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), a treatment program for young children with disruptive behavior disorders. Comparisons were made between 23 families who completed treatment and 23 families who dropped out of the…
Descriptors: Therapy, Interaction, Dropouts, Young Children
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