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Do Mathematics and Reading Competencies Integrated into Career and Technical Education Courses Improve High School Student State Assessment Scores?
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Pierce, Kristin B.; Hernandez, Victor M. – Career and Technical Education Research, 2015
A quasi experimental study tested a contextual teaching and learning model for integrating reading and mathematics competencies through 13 introductory career and technical education (CTE) courses. The treatment group consisted of students in the 13 introductory courses taught by the CTE teachers who designed the units and the control group…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Reading Skills, Mathematics Skills, Quasiexperimental Design
The Effects of a Model-Based Physics Curriculum Program with a Physics First Approach: A Causal-Comparative Study
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Liang, Ling L.; Fulmer, Gavin W.; Majerich, David M.; Clevenstine, Richard; Howanski, Raymond – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2012
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of a model-based introductory physics curriculum on conceptual learning in a Physics First (PF) Initiative. This is the first comparative study in physics education that applies the Rasch modeling approach to examine the effects of a model-based curriculum program combined with PF in the United…
Descriptors: Observation, Physics, Grade 9, Comparative Analysis