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Jordan Rickles; Martyna Citkowicz; Megha Joshi; Mark Lachowicz; Robert Nathenson – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2022
Background: Over the past 20 years, much has been written about the merits and limitations of matching methods, particularly propensity score matching (see, e.g., Stuart, 2010 for a review of matching approaches), and the myriad ways matching can be implemented to identify a comparison group that is similar to the treatment group on observable…
Descriptors: Observation, Research Design, Educational Research, Comparative Analysis
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Wilson, Steven R.; Rack, Jessica J.; Shi, Xiaowei; Norris, Alda M. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2008
Objective: To clarify the nature and extent of differences in the ways that physically abusive, neglectful, and non-maltreating parents communicate during interactions with their children. Method: A meta-analysis was conducted of 33 observational studies comparing parent-child interactions in families where parents have a documented history of…
Descriptors: Child Neglect, Child Abuse, Parent Child Relationship, Differences
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Chafel, Judith A. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1987
Assumes a process-in-action approach to studying young children's concept of self. Conceptualizes self-concept as spontaneously emerging from social interaction. Pedagogical implications are provided to suggest that teachers can take a number of positive steps toward respecting and enhancing children's attempts to achieve self-other knowledge.…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Interpersonal Competence
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Grover, Robert; Glazier, Jack – Library and Information Science Research, 1985
Presents conceptual framework for library and information science research and analyzes research methodology that has application for information science, using as example results of study conducted by authors. Rationale for use of qualitative research methods in theory building is discussed and qualitative and quantitative research methods are…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Information Science, Interviews, Library Research
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Hinde, R. A.; And Others – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1984
Investigates (1) whether differences between boys and girls indicated by teacher rating were similar to those indicated by direct observation and (2) whether teachers' assessments of the relative frequencies with which children show particular types of behavior agree with those obtained by direct observation. (RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Observation
Williams, John A., Jr. – 1984
This report describes a two-phase study designed to (1) investigate the appropriate evaluation literature and develop a formative evaluation model; (2) investigate the formative evaluation procedures utilized by Advanced Systems Incorporated (ASI), a successful producer of training materials; (3) develop a model based upon these procedures; and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation, Instructional Development
Marshall, Karan; Gershner, Vera T. – 1983
Social participation behavior of 33 2- and 3-year-old children was observed during free-play in order to identify differences between age groups as well as differences between contemporary outcomes and Parten's 1932 findings. Trained observers recorded the frequencies of play behaviors, utilizing a time sampling procedure and Parten's categories…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classroom Observation Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Infants
Brown, Cheryl – 1984
Two methods of researching second language learning are described, analyzed, and compared: student diaries giving a first-person account of the second language learning experience; and participant observation, in which the observer is in the language learning situation recording in descriptive terms all possible data about the situation.…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Comparative Analysis, Diaries, English (Second Language)
Burd, Gene – 1983
A comparison is made between the tools of observation and research used by journalists to study society and the media, and the qualitative and clinical research tools used in the social and psychological sciences. The first part of the paper, a journalistic approach to sociology, traces the notion of the sociologist as a super-reporter using…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Ethnography, Field Studies, Journalism
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Hoffman-Plotkin, Debbie; Twentyman, Craig T. – Child Development, 1984
Multiple measures of social and cognitive functioning were obtained to investigate whether abused and neglected children demonstrate serious psychological disturbances following instances of child maltreatment. Participants were 42 preschool children who had a previous history of physical abuse, serious neglect, or no maltreatment. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Aggression, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Cognitive Ability
Strand, Elizabeth; And Others – 1986
Aware of some educators' concerns that computers isolate children and are too abstract for chilren under the age of eight, two studies investigated young children's use of LOGO and their interactions with the computer. Data were collected on kindergartners working in a public school computer lab and on preschoolers using computers in a…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classroom Communication, Classroom Observation Techniques, Comparative Analysis
Marshall, Hermine H. – 1986
Motivational strategies and attitudes toward learning were examined among students in three fifth-grade classrooms. Teacher statements used to frame lessons, maintain the session and keep students on task, and handle responsibility for learning were extracted from transcripts of classroom observations. Lesson framing and management/maintenance…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Comparative Analysis
Jones, Ken – Simulation/Games for Learning, 1987
A test of predicted anxiety which focused on public speaking was given before and after two life skills courses in an English college. The students' own reports and observations by the author supported the results, which indicated a reduction of anxiety in the course which used simulations. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries
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Keown, Louise J.; Woodward, Lianne J. – Social Development, 2006
This study compared the peer functioning of a community sample of preschool boys with pervasive hyperactivity (N=33) and comparison boys (N=34), and examined the extent to which any differences in peer functioning between these groups could be explained by comorbid child conduct problems and parenting factors. The quality of boys' peer relations…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Prosocial Behavior, Mothers, Hyperactivity
Denton, Jon J.; And Others – 1982
Designed to compare instructional strategies and effectiveness of medical school faculty using both in-person and two-way television delivery systems, this paper presents classroom observation data obtained from presentations by seven faculty members of the College of Medicine at Texas A&M University over a 9-month period. It includes a…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Delivery Systems, Higher Education
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