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Housden, Sarah – Adults Learning, 2011
In a climate of fiscal constraint and cuts to public spending, it is more important than ever to demonstrate the effectiveness of learning programmes. The author carried out an action research project within Norfolk County Council's adult community learning service, where she works as a tutor, with the aim of increasing the impact of reminiscence…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evidence, Action Research, Program Effectiveness
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Gofine, Miriam – Writing Center Journal, 2012
Today, nearly forty years after writing centers first began to proliferate, it is worthwhile to reflect on the themes that emerge from empirical material surrounding writing center assessments, for reflecting on these themes may help administrators to refine current assessment practices and scholars to redirect their research. The goal of this…
Descriptors: Laboratories, Educational Research, Research Methodology, Research Needs
Casey, Marcus D. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This dissertation presents new evidence on neighborhood transition and its impact on housing markets using a novel micro-level dataset on housing transactions. It focuses on three issues: the neighborhood effect, housing discrimination, and stable integration. The first essay examines the relationship between increased minority composition and…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Program Effectiveness, Housing, Metropolitan Areas
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Black, Paul; Wiliam, Dylan – British Educational Research Journal, 2003
The authors trace the development of the King's Formative Assessment Programme from its origins in diagnostic testing in the 1970s, through the graded assessment movement in the 1980s, to the present day. In doing so, they discuss the practical issues involved in reviewing research and outline the strategies that were used to try to communicate…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Research, Program Descriptions
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Gosen, Jerry; Washbush, John – Simulation & Gaming, 2004
This article focuses on the research and scholarship dealing with the assessment of the experiential approach in both its computer-based and human-based forms. It covers two forms of assessment. First it covers explicit attempts to assess the validity of experiential learning, and second it focuses on measuring the effectiveness of the…
Descriptors: Research Design, Validity, Experiential Learning, Program Effectiveness