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Gerakis, Argyrios – Journal of Environmental Education, 1998
One-day groundwater education workshops held to educate soil conservation personnel were assessed for effect on participant knowledge using a quasiexperimental design. Participants were tested on their groundwater knowledge and attitude toward groundwater conservation before and after the training. Participant scores improved significantly in only…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Environmental Education, Groundwater, Professional Training
Seltzer, Michael; Kim, Jinok – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2007
Individual differences in response to a given treatment have been a longstanding interest in education. While many evaluation studies focus on average treatment effects (i.e., the effects of treatments on the levels of outcomes of interest), this paper additionally considers estimating the effects of treatments on the dispersion in outcomes.…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Mathematics Instruction, Inferences, Conventional Instruction
Noether, Chanson D.; Brown, Vivian; Finkelstein, Norma; Russell, Lisa A.; VanDeMark, Nancy R.; Morris, Laura S.; Graeber, Carla – Journal of Community Psychology, 2007
Using a quasi-experimental design, this study examined the effectiveness of a standardized intervention model designed to build resiliency in children of women with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders and histories of interpersonal abuse. The children and mothers who participated in this study were a subset of the sample used…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Intervention, Mothers, Participant Characteristics
Sorlie, Mari-Anne; Ogden, Terje – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2007
The article describes the main outcomes of the intervention programme "Positive behaviour, interactions and learning environment in school" (PALS). PALS is an adapted Norwegian version of the School-Wide Positive Behaviour Support model, developed in the United States with school-wide interventions aiming at the prevention of behaviour…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Behavior Problems, Classroom Environment, Interpersonal Competence
What Works Clearinghouse, 2007
"Read Naturally" is designed to improve reading fluency using a combination of books, audio-tapes, and computer software. This program includes three main strategies: repeated reading of English text for oral reading fluency development, teacher modeling of story reading, and systematic monitoring of student progress by teachers.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Story Reading, Reading Fluency, Second Language Learning
What Works Clearinghouse, 2007
"Saxon Math" curricula and materials are available for grades K through 12, with the content and skills designed to meet National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards and various state standards. This WWC report focuses on middle school math curricula, defined as all Saxon Math curricula for grades 6 through 9. The…
Descriptors: Intervention, State Standards, Word Problems (Mathematics), Mathematics Teachers
Valentine, Jeffrey C.; Hirschy, Amy S.; Bremer, Christine D.; Novillo, Walter; Castellano, Marisa; Banister, Aaron – National Research Center for Career and Technical Education, 2009
This paper focuses on transition programs for youth to postsecondary education, broadly considered. It addresses the following questions: (1) What models or programs of transition exist? (2) On what basis can we say one transition program is more effective than another? In other words, how is successful transition defined? (3) How are…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Program Evaluation, Disadvantaged Youth, Public Policy
Klugman, Craig; Stump, Benjamin – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2006
Researchers identified two divergent theories concerning ethics education. The first states that ethics education increases an individual's ability to reason critically when confronted with decisions through the identification and analysis of problems and various outcomes. The second suggests that ethics training is about manipulating core values…
Descriptors: Ethics, Ethical Instruction, Critical Thinking, Quasiexperimental Design
Theriot, Matthew T. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2006
This study evaluates the effectiveness of a court-ordered Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) presentation to prevent alcohol or drug-related recidivism among 247 juvenile alcohol and drug offenders. The presentation, which incorporates educational components with a victim awareness program, seeks to increase offenders' empathy and knowledge…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Quasiexperimental Design, Recidivism, Delinquency
Quible, Zane K. – Business Communication Quarterly, 2006
This article reports a quasi-experimental study of how error labeling in remediation exercises affects students' writing performance. Students in five sections of a course in written business communication composed the control group, whereas students in two sections composed the treatment group. On the first letter each group wrote early in the…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Business Communication, Form Classes (Languages), Instructional Effectiveness
Huebner, Ruth A.; Jones, Blake L.; Miller, Viola P.; Custer, Melba; Critchfield, Becky – Child Welfare, 2006
Comprehensive Family Services (CFS) is a strengths-based and partnership-oriented approach to casework implemented through multiple initiatives. This study examines the relationship between the practice of CFS and satisfaction of clients, foster parents, and community partners. CFS indicators are paired with statewide customer satisfaction survey…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Satisfaction, Surveys, Child Welfare
Frechtling, Joy A.; Zhang, Xiaodong; Silverstein, Gary – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2006
The evaluation of the Voyager Universal Literacy System[R] was designed to provide a rigorous assessment of the effectiveness of the program with beginning readers. Using a quasi-experimental design, researchers conducted a systematic evaluation of changes in 398 kindergarten students' command of early reading skills in 4 Voyager and 4 comparison…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Kindergarten, Urban Schools, Early Reading
Franklin, Teresa J. – Journal of Educational Technology, 2008
This paper presents the development of a 3-D virtual environment in Second Life for the delivery of standards-based science content for middle school students in the rural Appalachian region of Southeast Ohio. A mixed method approach in which quantitative results of improved student learning and qualitative observations of implementation within…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Secondary School Science, Science Education, Computer Simulation
Heafner, Tina L.; Friedman, Adam M. – Computers in the Schools, 2008
Web 2.0 software, in particular wikis, have the potential to allow students to become active contributors to the Internet and, as a result, restructure traditional learning environments. In this study, the effects of student-created wikis were evaluated through measures of student engagement, cognitive benefits, and student learning in both the…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Self Efficacy, Teaching Methods, Secondary School Students
What Works Clearinghouse, 2007
The "Bilingual Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition" ("BCIRC") program, an adaptation of the "Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition" ("CIRC") program, was designed to help Spanish-speaking students succeed in reading Spanish and then making a successful transition to English reading. In…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Grade 3, Writing (Composition), Intervention