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Cooper, Harris, Ed.; Hedges, Larry V., Ed.; Valentine, Jeffrey C., Ed. – Russell Sage Foundation, 2019
Research synthesis is the practice of systematically distilling and integrating data from many studies in order to draw more reliable conclusions about a given research issue. When the first edition of "The Handbook of Research Synthesis and Meta-Analysis" was published in 1994, it quickly became the definitive reference for conducting…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Synthesis, Meta Analysis, Data Analysis
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Paulsen, Michael B., Ed. – Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research, 2015
Published annually since 1985, the Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of research findings on a selected topic, critiques the research literature in terms…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Research, College Faculty, Critical Thinking
Schreiner, Laurie A., Ed.; Louis, Michelle C., Ed.; Nelson, Denise D., Ed. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2012
"Thriving in Transitions: A Research-Based Approach to College Student Success" represents a paradigm shift in the student success literature. Grounded in positive psychology, the thriving concept reframes the student success conversation by focusing on the characteristics amenable to change and that promote high levels of academic,…
Descriptors: College Students, College Freshmen, College Seniors, Academic Achievement
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Kranzler, John H.; And Others – Intelligence, 1993
J.H. Kranzler and A.R. Jensen report on a reanalysis of previous data that is again inconsistent with the hypothesis that psychometric "g" is unitary. J.B. Carroll reiterates objections to the evidence that Kranzler and Jensen offer in support of a composite "g." (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Intellectual Development, Intelligence, Psychometrics
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2006
The 2006 NCTM Sixty-eighth Yearbook focuses on students' and teachers' learning in statistics centered on a set of activities. Topics include the relation between mathematics and statistics, the development and enrichment of mathematical concepts through the use of statistics, and a discussion of the research related to teaching and learning…
Descriptors: Yearbooks, Probability, Inferences, Educational Technology