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Kong, Na Young; Carta, Judith J. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2013
The purpose of this article is to synthesize the available studies regarding responsive interaction intervention (RII) for children with or at risk for developmental delays with a focus on six dimensions: (a) the characteristics of participants, (b) the features of RII, (c) the measurement of treatment fidelity, (d) the overall effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Developmental Delays, Interaction, Quasiexperimental Design
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Gerard, Libby F.; Varma, Keisha; Corliss, Stephanie B.; Linn, Marcia C. – Review of Educational Research, 2011
The knowledge integration framework is used to analyze studies on professional development in technology-enhanced science involving more than 2,350 teachers and 138,0000 students. The question of how professional development enhances teachers' support for students' inquiry science learning is the focus of the work. A literature search using the…
Descriptors: Evidence, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education, Teaching Methods
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Chatterji, Madhabi – Educational Researcher, 2008
Traditional methods for preparing systematic reviews and syntheses of effectiveness studies rely on a limited set of methodological criteria to include studies that measure and report effects too narrowly to forward the mission of evidence-based practice. This article discusses why and how the criteria for study selection, evidence screening, and…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria
Machin, Stephen; McNally, Sandra – Centre for the Economics of Education (NJ1), 2011
Educational inequalities are evident even before children start school. Some educational achievement gaps widen out as individuals progress further through the education sequence and into the labour market, especially those connected to disadvantaged students. Thus, there is a significant need for careful evaluation of educational policies that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Evidence, Equal Education
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Kaufman, Eric K.; Rudd, Rick D. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2006
With millions of dollars being invested in adult rural leadership development, it is essential that research be conducted to determine the effectiveness of this investment. Such research can validate the investment and provide guidance for future programming. However, an extensive review of literature in Cambridge Scientific Abstracts yielded only…
Descriptors: Synthesis, Meta Analysis, Rural Areas, Leadership Training
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Robertson, Mary Kathryn; Umble, Karl E.; Cervero, Ronald M. – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2003
Introduction: This article critiques the questions asked and methods used in research syntheses in continuing education (CE) in the health professions, summarizes the findings of the syntheses, and makes recommendations for future CE research and practice. Methods: We identified 1.5 research syntheses published after 1993 in which primary CE…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Health Occupations, Health Personnel, Professional Continuing Education
Park, Rosemarie J.; Ernst, Stacy; Kim, Eunyoung – National Research Center for Career and Technical Education, 2007
This review of research is part of a larger project which identified exemplary community college programs that employ innovative curriculum and instructional practices in order to help low-skilled adults attain a family sustainable wage. The project goal was to identify best practices that are replicable at other community colleges. These programs…
Descriptors: Credentials, Wages, Community Colleges, Adult Basic Education