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Miller, Diane M.; Scott, Chyllis E.; McTigue, Erin M. – Educational Psychology Review, 2018
Situated within the historical and current state of writing and adolescent literacy research, this systematic literature review screened 3504 articles to determine the prevalent themes in current research on writing tasks in content-area classrooms. Each of the 3504 studies was evaluated and coded using seven methodological quality indicators. The…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Writing Assignments, Content Area Writing, Coding
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Sinclair, James; Unruh, Deanne; Lindstrom, Lauren; Scanlon, David – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2015
Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID/DD) experience multiple barriers that may prevent them from understanding and exploring their own sexuality. These barriers prevent them from achieving the same autonomy and quality of life as their peers. This research synthesis focuses on 13 articles published between 2000 and 2013…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Barriers, Sexuality
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Kovar, Kristin A.; Ball, Anna L. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2013
The purpose of this investigation was to identify and synthesize research related to agricultural literacy since the publication of Understanding Agriculture--New Directions for Education (1988). The researchers sought to determine where agricultural literacy research was published, which populations were targeted, the purpose of the research, and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Literacy, Knowledge Level, Literature Reviews
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Rosli, Roslinda; Capraro, Mary Margaret; Capraro, Robert M. – International Education Studies, 2014
The purpose of the study was to meta-synthesize research findings on the effectiveness of problem posing and to investigate the factors that might affect the incorporation of problem posing in the teaching and learning of mathematics. The eligibility criteria for inclusion of literature in the meta-analysis was: published between 1989 and 2011,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Meta Analysis, Problem Solving, Teaching Methods
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Sreckovic, Melissa A.; Common, Eric A.; Knowles, Meagan M.; Lane, Kathleen Lynne – Behavioral Disorders, 2014
In this systematic review, we evaluated the evidence base of self-regulated strategy development (SRSD; Harris & Graham, 1992) for writing with students with and at risk for emotional or behavioral disorders (EBD). First, we evaluated the quality of studies identified (n 5 13) by applying the quality indicators for single case (Horner et al.,…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Emotional Disturbances, Writing Instruction, Literature Reviews
Trivette, Carol M.; Dunst, Carl J.; Hamby, Deborah W.; O'Herin, Chainey E. – Orelena Hawks Puckett Institute, 2009
The effectiveness of four adult learning methods (accelerated learning, coaching, guided design, and just-in-time training) constituted the focus of this research synthesis. Findings reported in "How People Learn" (Bransford et al., 2000) were used to operationally define six adult learning method characteristics, and to code and analyze…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Education, Coding, Teaching Methods