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Soto Mas, Francisco; Jacobson, Holly E.; Olivárez, Arturo – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2017
Discussion on the advantages of integrating health literacy into adult education has primarily been theoretical and conceptual. There is a need for studies that assess the impact of adult education on health literacy. This study implemented a quasi-experimental design to explore whether basic adult instruction may constitute a venue for improving…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Health, Hispanic Americans, Health Education
Gärtner, Kim Angeles; Vetter, Verena Clara; Schäferling, Michaela; Reuner, Gitta; Hertel, Silke – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2018
Background: Preterm children have an increased risk regarding self-regulation development. Given the strong link between parenting behaviour (i.e., scaffolding and sensitivity) and children's self-regulation, parental training presents a promising way to counteract the negative consequences of preterm birth. Aims: We explored the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Premature Infants, Child Development, Self Control, Child Rearing
Woods, Latasha S. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This pilot study examined the effects of the Interactive Book Reading at Home (IBR; Wasik, 2009) parent training program on the emergent literacy skills of preschool children and parent beliefs about reading. A quasi-experimental, pretest and posttest design was utilized. Twenty parent-child dyads were randomly assigned to a control or treatment…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Preschool Children, Reading, Pilot Projects
Petridou, Alexandra; Nicolaidou, Maria; Karagiorgi, Yiasemina – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2017
Self-efficacy is extensively discussed within social cognitive theory. This study aimed to explore the impact of professional development and practice on school leaders' self-efficacy in Cyprus. A quasi-experimental design involving 2 groups of novice secondary deputy head teachers was employed. All participants practised leadership at the time,…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Quasiexperimental Design, Leaders, Self Efficacy
Bulut, Pinar; Barut, Yasar – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The aim of this study was to examine an antenatal orientation interviews training for prospective parents' postnatal depression levels. A quasi-experimental study carried out with 26 (12 experimental, 14 control) prospective mother and father. Participants completed the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale one week before the intervention and 12…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Prenatal Influences, Interviews, Depression (Psychology)
Hung, Bui Phu; Van, Le Thi – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
Pre-writing stage has been considered very significant as it enhances writing performance in that learners can have discussions with the teacher and/or their peers. They can also outline and organize their ideas individually to prepare themselves for writing. This study investigated the effects of using pictures and interactions in the pre-writing…
Descriptors: Prewriting, Writing Strategies, Visual Aids, Photography
Marsden, Emma; Torgerson, Carole J. – Oxford Review of Education, 2012
This article provides two illustrations of some of the factors that can influence findings from pre- and post-test research designs in evaluation studies, including regression to the mean (RTM), maturation, history and test effects. The first illustration involves a re-analysis of data from a study by Marsden (2004), in which pre-test scores are…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Research Methodology, Research Design, Pretests Posttests
Eisenreich, Heidi; Andreasen, Janet – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2016
The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which parents of first, second, and third grade students who attended a two-day workshop on mathematics strategies shifted beliefs about learning mathematics as compared to parents who did not attend the workshops. Parents impact their children's mathematics learning when the students are…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Workshops, Child Rearing, Parenting Skills
Tsai, Kuan Chen – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Creativity in education research has received increasing attention, although the major focus of this research has been on children. Despite pleas by several adult educators for promoting creativity, very few studies have focused on adult learners, leaving to it to be explored what approaches are useful for adult educators to facilitate creativity…
Descriptors: Creativity, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Brainstorming
Omrani, Soghra; Fardanesh, Hashem; Hemmati, Nima; Hemmati, Naser – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2012
Instruction, even when designed and based on sound instructional principles, oftentimes does not stimulate learners' motivation to learn. The result may be that learners may not be motivated to pursue lifelong learning and use the knowledge and skills learned to deliver patient care. The purpose of this study was to identify an appropriate…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Lifelong Learning, Teaching Methods, Instructional Design
Rempel, Lynn A.; Rempel, John K.; Khuc, Toan Nang; Vui, Le Thi – Developmental Psychology, 2017
We examined the extent to which fathers can be taught and encouraged to develop positive relationships with their children, especially in infancy, and the effects of this fathering intervention on infant development. A multifaceted relationally focused intervention was used to assist fathers in Vietnam to engage in responsive direct and indirect…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Influence, Parent Child Relationship, Fathers
Piwowar, Valentina; Thiel, Felicitas; Ophardt, Diemut – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2013
The current study evaluated the effectiveness of a training program for inservice secondary school teachers in classroom management. In a non-randomized pre-post-design, 19 teachers participated in a newly developed training (the intervention group) and 18 teachers participated in a control training (the control group). All participants reported…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Program Effectiveness
Blanton, Morgan V. – Journal of Organizational and Educational Leadership, 2015
This study utilized mixed-methods, quasi-experimental design to investigate the impact of parent development and home-based summer reading on summer reading regression (as measured by oral reading fluency) at three Title I elementary schools in North Carolina. Title I parents and students participated in a parent development and communicated…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Summer Programs, Quasiexperimental Design, Parent Education
Pete, Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The problem addressed by this project study was low levels of adjunct faculty compliance and satisfaction with the professional development program at a local college. The purpose of the study was to determine if an alternative delivery method would yield higher levels of compliance and satisfaction than would a traditional professional…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Professional Development, Andragogy, Independent Study
VanVoorhis, Richard W.; Miller, Kenneth L.; Miller, Susan M.; Stull, Judith C. – School Psychology Forum, 2015
The Stepping Stones Positive Parenting Program (Stepping Stones Triple P; SSTP) was designed for caregivers of children with disabilities to improve select parental variables such as parenting styles, parental satisfaction, and parental competency, and to reduce parental stress and child problem behaviors. This study focused on SSTP training for…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, School Psychologists, Parent Education