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Moorthy, Savitha; Sanchez, Raquel; Tseng, Fannie – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2010
The objective of this paper is to provide some practical insight into the process of implementing large-scale randomized controlled trials (RCT) in educational settings and to provide general recommendations for researchers conducting education-based RCTs in the future. The authors draw their recommendations from their recent experiences…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Science Experiments, Research Design, Educational Research
Huang, Hung-Tzu – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study investigated the longitudinal development of L2 vocabulary by 17 individual adult L2 learners in an English as a second language (ESL) instructed context over one academic year, combining a longitudinal case study design with two cross-sectional comparisons in order to enhance (a) detailed documentation addressing the idiosyncrasy of L2…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Research Design, Investigations, Models
King, Kathleen P., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2009
This handbook is a much expanded version of the original Learning Activities Survey published by Dr. Kathleen P. King of Fordham University in 1998. Based on her ground breaking research in this field where she used a mixed methodology research approach to study transformative learning, the book will provide a model of research, firsthand…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Adult Education, Lifelong Learning, Educational Research