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Dorlack, Taylor P.; Myers, Orrin B.; Kodituwakku, Piyadasa W. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) is a widely utilized observational assessment tool for diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders. The original ADOS was succeeded by the ADOS-G with noted improvements. More recently, the ADOS-2 was introduced to further increase its diagnostic accuracy. Studies examining the validity of the ADOS have…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Diagnostic Tests, Autism, Observation
Breznau, Nate – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2016
In this paper, I extend the concept of observer effect into the realm of country-level secondary data analysis. When analyzing what appear to be the same secondary data using the same methods, macro-comparative researchers arrive at different results. I argue that this is a product of idiosyncratic variation directly or indirectly produced by the…
Descriptors: Observation, Error of Measurement, Data Analysis, Comparative Analysis
Rhinesmith, Evan – Journal of School Choice, 2017
I review the research literature on parent satisfaction with private school choice programs providing vouchers, scholarships, or education savings accounts. The reviewed studies make use of parent surveys to measure satisfaction, often comparing the responses of parents of scholarship lottery winners to those of parents of students who lost…
Descriptors: Private Schools, School Choice, Parent Attitudes, Participant Satisfaction
Wong, Vivian C.; Valentine, Jeffrey C.; Miller-Bains, Kate – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2017
This article summarizes results from 12 empirical evaluations of observational methods in education contexts. We look at the performance of three common covariate-types in observational studies where the outcome is a standardized reading or math test. They are: pretest measures, local geographic matching, and rich covariate sets with a strong…
Descriptors: Observation, Educational Research, Standardized Tests, Reading Tests
Smedler, Ann-Charlotte; Hjern, Anders; Wiklund, Stefan; Anttila, Sten; Pettersson, Agneta – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2015
Background: Preventing externalizing problems in children is a major societal concern, and a great number of intervention programs have been developed to this aim. To evaluate their preventive effects, well-controlled trials including follow-up assessments are necessary. Methods: This is a systematic review of the effect of prevention programs…
Descriptors: Prevention, Behavior Problems, Child Behavior, Literature Reviews
Khanal, Mukunda Mani – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2016
The literature reviewed for this study revealed that the movement toward decentralizing responsibility of school governance to communities has become a global policy in the contemporary world. With the aim of enhancing greater community participation and retaining students in public schools, the Government of Nepal introduced two different…
Descriptors: Governance, School Administration, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
Musard, Mathilde; Poggi, Marie-Paule – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2015
Introduction: The aims of this literature review were to characterize the communications presented during six Association for Research on "Intervention" in Sport (ARIS) French-speaking congresses from 2000 to 2010 and to compare the research trends between French and English research traditions. The definition of pedagogy is close to the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Athletics, Educational Research
Cox, Monica F.; Harris, Alene – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2010
Analyzing 36,000 strings of instructional data from fifteen faculty teaching twenty-eight courses over five semesters, the authors conducted a research study exploring differences in the pedagogical practices of pretenured and tenured faculty teaching innovative courses designed around the principles of the "How People Learn" (HPL)…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Nontenured Faculty, Tenure, College Faculty
Tsai, Shu-Fei; Cheney, Douglas; Walker, Bridget – Behavioral Disorders, 2013
The quality of classrooms serving students with emotional and behavioral disabilities (EBD) is a continuing concern because of its influence on students' educational outcomes. Program evaluation of classrooms for students with EBD has been a recommended practice for many years since Grosenick, George, and George (1987) conducted their…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Program Evaluation, Psychometrics
Green, Nora D. – Online Submission, 2009
The math achievement of third and fourth grade special education students has been identified as an area of concern within a public school located in a small rural town located on the east coast. The purpose of this action research study was to investigate whether or not the Touch Math strategy increased the math ability of third and fourth grade…
Descriptors: Action Research, Special Education, Mathematics Achievement, Public Schools
Lewis, Jonathan P.; Geroy, Gary D. – 1991
Conducting observational research in a cross-cultural context invokes a unique set of difficulties. This paper describes sources of bias and threats to validity that are specific to cross-cultural research. It describes problems of cross-cultural research designs for descriptive studies, comparative research, and experimental research and outlines…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Experimental Groups

Chafel, Judith A. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1987
Assumes a process-in-action approach to studying young children's concept of self. Conceptualizes self-concept as spontaneously emerging from social interaction. Pedagogical implications are provided to suggest that teachers can take a number of positive steps toward respecting and enhancing children's attempts to achieve self-other knowledge.…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Interpersonal Competence
Van de Grift, Wim – Educational Research, 2007
Background: From 2002 onwards, initiatives and first steps for the project International Comparative Analysis of Learning and Teaching (ICALT) have been taken by the inspectorates of education in England, Flanders (Belgium), Lower Saxony (Germany) and The Netherlands. The inspectorates of education in these European countries reviewed the results…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Observation, Teacher Effectiveness

Grover, Robert; Glazier, Jack – Library and Information Science Research, 1985
Presents conceptual framework for library and information science research and analyzes research methodology that has application for information science, using as example results of study conducted by authors. Rationale for use of qualitative research methods in theory building is discussed and qualitative and quantitative research methods are…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Information Science, Interviews, Library Research
Burd, Gene – 1983
A comparison is made between the tools of observation and research used by journalists to study society and the media, and the qualitative and clinical research tools used in the social and psychological sciences. The first part of the paper, a journalistic approach to sociology, traces the notion of the sociologist as a super-reporter using…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Ethnography, Field Studies, Journalism
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