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Hansford, Nathaniel; Schechter, Rachel L. – International Journal of Modern Education Studies, 2023
Meta-analyses are systematic summaries of research that use quantitative methods to find the mean effect size (standardized mean difference) for interventions. Critics of meta-analysis point out that such analyses can conflate the results of low- and high-quality studies, make improper comparisons and result in statistical noise. All these…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Best Practices, Randomized Controlled Trials, Criticism
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Piepho, Hans-Peter; Madden, Laurence V. – Research Synthesis Methods, 2022
Network meta-analysis is a popular method to synthesize the information obtained in a systematic review of studies (e.g., randomized clinical trials) involving subsets of multiple treatments of interest. The dominant method of analysis employs within-study information on treatment contrasts and integrates this over a network of studies. One…
Descriptors: Medical Research, Meta Analysis, Networks, Drug Therapy
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Ellis, Rod; Roever, Carsten – Language Learning Journal, 2021
This article presents a review of research that has investigated ways of measuring implicit and explicit knowledge of a second language (L2), focusing on grammar. It begins by defining implicit and explicit knowledge in terms of a distinguishing set of criteria. Two ways of investigating implicit knowledge are discussed -- through experimental…
Descriptors: Grammar, Second Language Learning, Metalinguistics, Psycholinguistics
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Fareed, Muhammad; Sultan, Sheba R.; Shireen, Khadija – Journal of Education and Educational Development, 2021
The quality of language produced is greatly influenced by the quality of language input. Reading is a major source of language and knowledge input. In Pakistan, two types of books written in the English language are available for the reader. The first type includes the books written and published in Pakistan and the second type is of the books…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Baroutsis, Aspa; Lingard, Bob – Journal of Education Policy, 2017
This paper empirically documents media portrayals of Australia's performance on the Program for the International Student Assessment (PISA), 2000-2014. We analyse newspaper articles from two national and eight metropolitan newspapers. This analysis demonstrates increased media coverage of PISA over the period in question. Our research data were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
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Ramlall, Suvira; Singaram, V. S.; Sommerville, T. E. – Perspectives in Education, 2019
National and institutional policies to escalate the production of doctorates have raised concerns about the quality of PhDs in South Africa. This study evaluates examiner reports of doctorates by thesis and publication in clinical medicine to ascertain the criteria that examiners used to define a successful doctoral thesis. A qualitative…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Policy, Medical Research, Foreign Countries
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Zhong, Jihong – English Language Teaching, 2017
Abstract of a thesis is the brief and accurate representation of the thesis, with the important function of persuading readers to read on the thesis. So how the writer constructs the abstract and wins readers' recognition is our main focus. On the basis of Burke's Identification Theory, this paper analyzed 10 abstracts from "Nature" from…
Descriptors: Documentation, Theses, Rhetorical Criticism, Scientific and Technical Information
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Stockard, Jean; Wood, Timothy W. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2017
Most evaluators have embraced the goal of evidence-based practice (EBP). Yet, many have criticized EBP review systems that prioritize randomized control trials and use various criteria to limit the studies examined. They suggest this could produce policy recommendations based on small, unrepresentative segments of the literature and recommend a…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Evidence Based Practice, Criticism, Randomized Controlled Trials
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Cleveland, Benjamin; Fisher, Kenn – Learning Environments Research, 2014
This article critically reviews the methodologies and methods that have been used for the evaluation of physical learning environments. To contextualize discussion about the evaluation of learning spaces, we initially chart the development of post-occupancy evaluation (POE) for non-domestic buildings. We then discuss the recent evolution of POE…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Teaching Methods, Evaluation Methods, Physical Environment
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Burn, Katharine; Childs, Ann – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2016
This paper presents a comparative critique of key education and teacher education policies in England adopted by New Labour (1997-2010) and the Coalition government (2010-2015). It focuses on direct measures intended to alleviate the effects of poverty on young people's educational outcomes, and on teacher education policies with implications for…
Descriptors: Poverty, Educational Policy, Socioeconomic Status, Foreign Countries
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Brock, Bernard L. – Central States Speech Journal, 1983
Compares the four approaches to the study of social movements, as articulated in CS 706 178 to 181. (PD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Rhetoric, Rhetorical Criticism
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Shin, Minsoo; Holden, Tony; Schmidt, Ruth A. – Information Processing & Management, 2001
Critically contrasts the three main schools of thought on knowledge and assesses the resulting implications for knowledge management. Presents a conceptual model to integrate theoretical and practical themes to serve as a framework for developing a future research agenda for the development of knowledge management business tools and applications.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Criticism, Literature Reviews, Research Needs
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Boaz, Mildred Meyer – Journal of Aesthetic Education, 1979
This paper argues that, although T. S. Eliot's "Four Quartets" provoke comparisons with the late quartets of Beethoven, an analysis of Four Quartets and Bela Bartok's Fourth and Fifth String Quartets produces a clearer understanding of the formal structures in the poetry and music. Symmetries offset asymmetries. (Author/KC)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Literary Criticism, Literary Styles, Music
Weitzel, Al R. – 1979
Noting that little effort has been devoted to the precise use of the term "theory" in rhetorical theory studies, this paper argues that, for the sake of scholarly precision in research, it is important to establish parameters of the term and to distinguish it from related terms and concepts. The paper reviews the advantages of the use of theory,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Philosophy, Research Needs
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Bar-Lev, Zev – Discourse Processes, 1986
Appraises R. Kaplan's "contrastic rhetoric" in the light of a multilanguage research project on discourse structure. Concludes that Kaplan's specific analyses are in need of substantive revision. (FL)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis, English, Language Variation
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