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Zweibel, Nancy R. – 1982
Perhaps no facet of long-term care (LTC) research has received as much attention as the evaluation of community-based LTC demonstrations. Recent thinking has called into question the validity and policy relevance of the findings of these studies, yet their efforts will continue to receive strong financial backing. The time has come for LTC…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Program Effectiveness, Quasiexperimental Design
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Foos, Paul W. – Teaching of Psychology, 1989
Looks at the effect of student-written test questions on student test performance. Students either wrote essay or multiple-choice questions, or did not write questions. Student items were not used on the test. Results indicate that question-writing is an effective studying technique. (Author/LS)
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Higher Education, Introductory Courses, Learning Activities
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Fagan, Jay; Iglesias, Aquiles – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1999
This study examined effects of participation in a Head Start-based father involvement intervention program. Findings suggested a positive association between high level participation in the intervention and increased father involvement at post- treatment. Children in the high participation group showed higher mathematics readiness change scores.…
Descriptors: Fathers, Learning Readiness, Outcomes of Education, Parent Child Relationship
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Shavalier, Maria – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2004
This study investigated whether the software Virtus WalkThrough Pro could be used to enhance middle school children's spatial ability as measured by the Paper Folding, Mental Rotations, and Eliot-Price Tests. The study also investigated whether the use of this software impacted males differently than females, or users with high spatial ability…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Experimental Groups, Gender Differences, Computer Software
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Smith-Sebasto, N. J.; Cavern, Lisa – Journal of Environmental Education, 2006
The authors measured the impact of adding pre- and posttrip in-class activities to the residential environmental education program at the New Jersey School of Conservation (NJSOC). Seventh-grade students (N = 169) from a suburban, northern New Jersey school district participated in a 3-day, 2-night experience. The Environmental Adaptation,…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Student Attitudes, Educational Experience, Field Trips
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Schweigert, Francis J. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2006
In the present climate of public accountability, there is increasing demand to show "what works" and what return is gained for the public from investments to improve communities. This increasing demand for accountability is being met with growing confidence in the field of philanthropy during the past 10 years that the impact or effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Private Financial Support, Accountability, Philanthropic Foundations
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Cobb, Brian; Vega, Diego; Kronauge, Cindy – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2006
The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of a two-way immersion elementary school program on academic achievement at the end of the elementary school and the end of the first year of junior high school. Longitudinal high stakes test data in reading, writing, and mathematics were collected on native English speakers and native Spanish…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Immersion Programs, Academic Achievement, Inferences
Kaelin, Mark A.; Huebner, Wendy W.; Nicolich, Mark J.; Kimbrough, Maudellyn L. – American Journal of Health Education, 2007
The purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness of a middle school epidemiology curriculum called Detectives in the Classroom. The curriculum presents epidemiology as the science of public health, using health-related issues that capture the interest of young students and help prepare them to make evidence-based health-related decisions.…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Quasiexperimental Design, Curriculum Evaluation, Science Interests
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Burris, Carol Corbet; Wiley, Ed; Welner, Kevin G.; Murphy, John – Teachers College Record, 2008
Background: This longitudinal study examines the long-term effects on the achievement of students at a diverse suburban high school after all students were given accelerated mathematics in a detracked middle school as well as ninth-grade "high-track" curriculum in all subjects in heterogeneously grouped classes. Despite considerable…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ability Grouping, Longitudinal Studies, Outcomes of Education
Harnisch, Delwyn L.; And Others – 1992
This paper describes several common types of research studies in special education transition literature and the threats to their validity. It then describes how the evidential base may be broadened, how diverse sources of evidence can be combined to strengthen causal inferences, and the role of judgment within quasi-experimentation. The paper…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Evaluative Thinking
Wortman, Paul M.; And Others – Evaluation Quarterly, 1978
The Education Voucher Demonstration began in the Alum Rock Union Elementary School District during the 1972-73 school year. Under the voucher concept, parents freely select a school for their child and receive a credit or voucher equal to the cost of the child's education that is paid directly to the school upon enrollment. It was presumed that…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Finance, Educational Innovation, Educational Vouchers
Bersted, Chris T. – 1987
A classroom/laboratory exercise has been used to introduce college students to factorial research designs, differentiate between interpretations for experimental and quasi-experimental variables, and exemplify application of laboratory research methods to test practical questions (advertising claims). The exercise involves having randomly divided…
Descriptors: College Students, Experimental Psychology, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing
Pearsol, James A. – Professions Education Researcher Notes, 1988
Perspectives concerning a field-based inquiry approach to medical education are offered. This approach requires that inquiry tactics more closely match educational and clinical processes. Assumptions about naturalistic and quasi-experimental educational research are considered that indicate a common field-based approach to inquiry. Parallel…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Educational Research, Field Studies, Higher Education
Miller, M. David; Burstein, Leigh – 1981
Two studies are presented in this report. The first is titled "Empirical Studies of Multilevel Approaches to Test Development and Interpretation: Measuring Between-Group Differences in Instruction." Because of a belief that schooling does affect student achievement, researchers have questioned the empirical and measurement techniques…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Evaluation Methods, Item Analysis, Models
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Olejnik, Stephen; Porter, Andrew C. – 1979
Differential achievement growth patterns between comparison groups is a problem associated with data analysis in compensatory education programs. Children in greatest need of additional assistance, are usually assigned to the program rather than to an alternative treatment so that the comparison groups may vary in several ways, in addition to the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Control Groups, Educational Research
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