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Kuntze, Jeroen; van der Molen, Henk T.; Born, Marise P. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009
Background: Mastering counselling communication skills is one of the requirements that lead to the diploma of a registered European psychologist. The microcounseling method proves to be effective in training these skills. Aim: Research into the effectiveness of the microcounseling method often reports overall effect sizes only. The aim of this…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Psychologists, Communication Skills, Microcounseling
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Johnson, Carla; Fargo, Jamison; Kahle, Jane Butler – School Science and Mathematics, 2010
This longitudinal, five-year study of teachers and students who had participated in a systemic reform program in science explored if (1) teacher change in practice realized during a three-year program is sustained one, two, and three years following the program, (2) student performance on state science assessments two years following studying with…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Educational Change, Longitudinal Studies, Achievement Gains
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Blom-Hoffman, Jessica; Wilcox, Kaila R.; Dunn, Liam; Leff, Stephen S.; Power, Thomas J. – School Psychology Review, 2008
Family-school collaboration related to children's physical development has become increasingly important as childhood obesity rates continue to rise. The present study described the development and implementation of a literacy-based, family component of a school-based health education program and investigated its viability, acceptability, and…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Obesity, Intervention
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Sanchez, Maria Dolores; de la Fuente, Jesus; Peralta, Francisco Javier – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2007
Introduction: In recent decades there has been a well warranted interest in the topic of self-regulated learning, or more recently, in developing the competency "learning how to learn". Research has shown substantial differences between those students and teachers who work along these lines, as compared to others who do not. This paper studies the…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Quasiexperimental Design, Intervention, Academic Achievement
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Almekhlafi, Abdurrahman Ghaleb – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2006
This study investigated the effect of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) on elementary-prep school students' improvement in English as a foreign language (EFL). Eightythree students in Al-Tamayoz Elementary-prep School, United Arab Emirates, were selected and divided into experimental and control groups (43 and 40 participants…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Arabs