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Bangert, Robert L.; And Others – 1983
A quantitative method, meta-analysis, is used to integrate research findings from a representative group of 38 coaching studies. Because different studies reported results on different scales, effect size was used to transform all results to a common metric. This meta-analysis showed that there are two distinct literatures on the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Meta Analysis, Pretesting, Program Effectiveness
Halpin, Gerald; And Others – 1984
The effects of a test coaching program, "Scoring High on the California Achievement Test," were investigated with a sample of 876 students in grades 1, 2, 4, and 5. Multivariate analyses of variance were used to determine the effects of the program, grade level, sex, and race. Significant differences in favor of the Scoring High program…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Cost Estimates, Elementary Education