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Using the Past To Plan the Future: Making Sense of Almost Four Decades of Research.
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Gray, John – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2001
"The International Handbook of School Effectiveness Research" (2000) by C. Teddlie and D. Reynolds is a searching, authoritative assessment of the SER field. However, the field should acknowledge its failures and lose its "schools make a difference" mantra. The "next wave" must grapple directly with implementing and…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Educational Change, Effective Schools Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Reaction to Penn et al.'s "On the Desirability of Own-Group Preference."
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Taylor, Jerome – Journal of Black Psychology, 1993
Claim of Michael L. Penn, Stanley O. Gaines, and Layli Phillips (1993) in their article "On the Desirability of Own-Group Preference"--that self-esteem and identity achievement are unrelated to own-group preference--is a matter of controversy. Recommendations are made for research that considers physical features beyond skin color,…
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Blacks, Cognitive Processes, Cultural Differences
Computers and Learning: The Research Jury Is Still Out.
Bracey, Gerald – Electronic Learning, 1988
Reports on a study by Henry Becker that surveyed the research comparing the achievement of students using computer to those using traditional methods of instruction. Problems with many earlier studies are described, best-evidence synthesis is explained, effect size is examined, and implications for future research are suggested. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conventional Instruction, Effect Size