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Xiang, Yun; Tarasawa, Beth – Journal of School Choice, 2015
The rapid expansion of charter schools reflects a growing interest in education reform and school turnaround efforts across the United States. However, national research on charter school performance remains inconclusive. Of particular debate is the impact of transferring from a traditional public school to a charter school on student achievement…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Academic Achievement, School Effectiveness, Hierarchical Linear Modeling
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Olsen, Jennifer K.; Rummel, Nikol; Aleven, Vincent – Grantee Submission, 2017
Collaborative and individual learning are both frequently used in classrooms to support learning. However, little research has investigated the benefits of combining individual and collaborative learning, as compared to learning only individually or only collaboratively. With our study, we address this research gap. We compared a combined…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Grade 4, Grade 5, Elementary School Students
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Olsen, Jennifer K.; Rummel, Nikol; Aleven, Vincent – Grantee Submission, 2016
Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs) are beneficial for individual students learning in several domains, including mathematics where they have been used to support both secondary and elementary students. Collaborative learning may be beneficial to include in ITSs, particularly for conceptual knowledge. There is little work on collaborative ITSs,…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Cooperative Learning, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Mathematics
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Powell, Tara; Thompson, Sanna J. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Objective: This article presents the Journey of Hope (JoH), a school-based intervention for children who have experienced a collective trauma such as a natural disaster. Through the use of group work, the JoH focuses on building coping skills and enhancing protective factors to help children recover. Method: This quasi-experimental research…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Intervention, Trauma, Natural Disasters