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Kunkle, Kelsey – State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2023
The per-student data included in the State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) report provide useful information about revenues relative to the need to fund higher education and are important for examining the impact of funding differences on public institutions and students across states and over time. However, examining state support on a full-time…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Finance, State Aid, Expenditure per Student
Hallberg, Kelly; Williams, Ryan; Swanlund, Andrew; Eno, Jared – Educational Researcher, 2018
Short comparative interrupted times series (CITS) designs are increasingly being used in education research to assess the effectiveness of school-level interventions. These designs can be implemented relatively inexpensively, often drawing on publicly available data on aggregate school performance. However, the validity of this approach hinges on…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Research Methodology, Comparative Analysis, Time
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Skinner, Christopher H. – Psychology in the Schools, 2010
Almost all academic skills deficits can be conceptualized as learning rate problems as students are not failing to learn, but not learning rapidly enough. Thus, when selecting among various possible remedial procedures, educators need an evidence base that indicates which procedure results in the greatest increases in learning rates. Previous…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Learning Strategies, Comparative Analysis
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Stallings, Jane; And Others – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1986
Examines the engaged rates of children in kindergarten to fourth grade for differences and makes some assessment of attention span as it relates to engaged rate and achievement. (HOD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Attention Span, Comparative Analysis
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Goodman, Paul S.; Haisley, Emily – Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 2007
The goal of this article is to frame some new directions to social comparison research in organizational settings. Four themes are developed. First, we examine the role of organizational variables in shaping the basic sub processes in social comparison, such as the selection of referents. The second theme focuses on the meaning of level of…
Descriptors: Social Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Social Science Research, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
Ysseldyke, James E.; And Others – 1987
This study investigated time allocated to instruction as a function of the specific type of mild handicap and as a function of setting and subject matter content. Subjects were 122 elementary students categorized as learning-disabled, emotionally/behaviorally disturbed, educable mentally retarded, and nonhandicapped. Subjects were in mainstreamed,…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Classification, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education
Tudor, Dan, Ed. – 1994
This annual compilation of statistical information provides a history of the development of the University of Kentucky Community College System (UKCCS) and selected data on 1992-93 enrollments, instructional programs, financial support, and student characteristics. Section I focuses on enrollments, providing fall 1992 headcount data for each of…
Descriptors: Budgets, College Credits, College Graduates, College Planning
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Harris, Paul L.; And Others – Child Development, 1985
Western and Chinese children six years of age judged that an initially intense positive or negative emotional reaction would wane gradually over time. Children four years of age were less consistent, but, when steps were taken to insure their comprehension, they too judged that emotion wanes gradually over time. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Comprehension, Emotional Experience
Demchak, MaryAnn – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1990
Four methods for response prompting and fading are reviewed: increasing assistance, decreasing assistance, graduated guidance, and time delay. Comparative investigations involving these methods are discussed, and recommendations for practitioners and for future research are included. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Comparative Analysis, Cues
Prather, James E. – 1983
A reliable and valid technique for measuring college participation rates is proposed, based on national data. The objective is to determine if factors other than state demographic factors systematically influence college attendance by state. Multiple regression equations are used to predict enrollments by using demographic variables such as…
Descriptors: College Attendance, College Choice, College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis
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Lowther, Malcolm A.; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1990
Using data from a nationally representative survey of college faculty teaching introductory courses, a study compared the course planning procedures of faculty (n=2,311) in eight disciplines: English composition, history, sociology, psychology, mathematics, fine arts, languages, and business. No key differences were found between full- and…
Descriptors: Business Administration, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development
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Mayer, Hanna – Canadian Journal of Educational Communication, 1986
Describes three basic approaches to needs assessment--problem identification, problem analysis, and problem verification--and assesses them in terms of their potential utility to users in business and educational settings as measured by their estimated time requirement, accuracy, and cost. Needs assessment data collection resources and techniques…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Costs, Data Collection, Decision Making
Selnow, Gary W. – 1984
The question of whether adolescents turn to arcade video games for gratifications similar to those met by television viewing was investigated with 244 children 10 to 14 years old, who were attending a statewide summer sports camp. A questionnaire required subjects to rate the importance of 17 need statements and provide basic demographic…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Games, Leisure Time, Mass Media Effects
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Ceci, Stephen J.; Tishman, Jayne – Child Development, 1984
Two experiments examined hyperactive children's tendency to underfocus their attention during learning. Taken together, the results of both experiments demonstrated the validity of the attentional diffusion hypothesis and indicate the need to assess the central processing demands associated with central and incidental learning in order to evaluate…
Descriptors: Attention, Attention Deficit Disorders, Comparative Analysis, Difficulty Level
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Fontana, Judith L.; Scruggs, Thomas; Mastropieri, Margo A. – Remedial and Special Education, 2007
Fifty-nine students enrolled in 4 inclusive world history classes in a suburban high school participated in a within participants research design to compare the relative effects of mnemonic strategies and direct instruction on academic performance. Regularly assigned high school teachers delivered instruction during history class periods. Keywords…
Descriptors: World History, Learning Disabilities, Time on Task, Grade 10
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