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Doan, Kim; Bloomfield, Aaron – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2014
This study examined how 30 minutes of search time on the Web affected students' essay scores in response to a writing prompt. Expository essays were obtained from 49 fourth- and fifth-grade students enrolled in an elementary school in Virginia, in the United States. Students were placed by random assignment into three groups with the same writing…
Descriptors: Essays, Scores, Mass Media Effects, Mass Media Use
Abry, Tashia D. S.; Rimm-Kaufman, Sara E.; Larsen, Ross A.; Brewer, Alix J. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
The present study examines data collected during the second year of a three-year longitudinal cluster randomized controlled trial, the Responsive Classroom Efficacy Study (RCES). In the context of and RCT, the research questions address naturally occurring variability in the independent variables of interest (i.e., teachers' (fidelity of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Inferences, Teaching Methods, Fidelity
Crews, Charla Faulkner – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examined the effects of aligning the "Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL)" English Framework with Bloom's Taxonomy on student achievement. Changes prompted by "No Child Left Behind" legislation increased accountability for student success, as well as mandated testing to determine annual academic growth of all…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Reading Comprehension, Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement