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Debray, Thomas P. A.; Moons, Karel G. M.; van Valkenhoef, Gert; Efthimiou, Orestis; Hummel, Noemi; Groenwold, Rolf H. H.; Reitsma, Johannes B. – Research Synthesis Methods, 2015
Individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis is an increasingly used approach for synthesizing and investigating treatment effect estimates. Over the past few years, numerous methods for conducting an IPD meta-analysis (IPD-MA) have been proposed, often making different assumptions and modeling choices while addressing a similar research…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Outcomes of Treatment, Research Methodology, Literature Reviews
Graham, Carolyn W.; West, Michael D.; Bourdon, Jessica L.; Inge, Katherine J.; Seward, Hannah E. – Campbell Collaboration, 2016
Individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) often struggle to obtain competitive employment after sustaining a TBI, commonly as a result of the post-injury difficulties they exhibit (Andelic, Stevens, Sigurdardottir, Arango-Lasprilla, & Roe, 2009; Mansfield et al., 2015). The currently reported unemployment rate for people with TBI is…
Descriptors: Head Injuries, Brain, Job Skills, Intervention
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Hoagwood, Kimberly Eaton; Acri, Mary; Morrissey, Meghan; Peth-Pierce, Robin – Applied Developmental Science, 2017
To systematically review experimental evidence regarding animal-assisted therapies (AAT) for children or adolescents with or at risk for mental health conditions, we reviewed all experimental AAT studies published between 2000-2015, and compared studies by animal type, intervention, and outcomes. Studies were included if used therapeutically for…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Mental Disorders, At Risk Persons
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Cheung, Alan C. K.; Slavin, Robert E. – Educational Researcher, 2016
As evidence becomes increasingly important in educational policy, it is essential to understand how research design might contribute to reported effect sizes in experiments evaluating educational programs. A total of 645 studies from 12 recent reviews of evaluations of preschool, reading, mathematics, and science programs were studied. Effect…
Descriptors: Effect Size, Research Methodology, Research Design, Preschool Evaluation
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Bohaty, Janet J.; Hebert, Michael A.; Nelson, J. Ron; Brown, Jessica A. – Reading Horizons, 2015
This systematic descriptive historical review was conducted to examine the status and trends in expository text structure instruction efficacy research for first through twelfth grade students. The analysis included sixty studies, which spanned the years 1978 to 2014. Descriptive dimensions of the research included study type, research design,…
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Text Structure, Reading Writing Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education