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Ai Chun Yen – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2024
This preliminary study examines the efficacy of the Mind Walker Reading Programme in improving word knowledge and, consequently, improving reading comprehension skills for three upper-grade elementary students in a remote setting. The programme is based on the understanding by design (UbD) Model developed by Wiggins and McTighe (The understanding…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Elementary School Students, Reading Comprehension, Instructional Design
José Manuel Sánchez Ramírez; Victoria Iñigo; Beatriz Marcano; Carmen Romero-García – Education & Training, 2024
Purpose: The aim of this work is to evaluate the effectiveness of a training programme for developing employability skills, including digital competency and soft skills (problem-solving, teamwork, adaptability, leadership, decision-making and creativity), in professional-training programmes. Design/methodology/approach: It presents a case study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Adult Students, Employment Potential
Sandra Aurand Bosch; Donna Mowery Rice – SAGE Open, 2024
A mismatch remains between the skills employers seek in new hires and the skills applicants possess. This study encompassed an evaluation of the impacts of the Quality Enhancement Program on students' work readiness competencies, including oral, written, and digital communication skills, at Nunez Community College. The Quality Enhancement Program…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Community Colleges, Program Evaluation, Career Readiness
Eski, Hüseyin Ertugrul; Akman, Özkan – International Journal on Social and Education Sciences, 2023
With the work done in the process, it was tried to raise awareness about museums and to explain how valuable museums are for a new perspective on education and most importantly for the social studies course. In the study, a 2x2 split-plot mixed design was used. In the quantitative part of the study, dependent and independent variable measurements…
Descriptors: Museums, Program Development, Learning Activities, Social Studies
Borrego, Maura; Mastronardi, Marialice; Choe, Hyungsok; Hartman, Risa – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2021
The benefits of undergraduate research include gains in research and communication skills, increased interest in graduate studies, and improvement in student persistence. Several studies have shown that undergraduate research can help promote career pathways into engineering by increasing enrollment and retention rates. The REU program described…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Student Experience, Career Choice
Hodgson, Erin; Dean, Ashley; Wang, Zhenzhong – Journal of Extension, 2020
We wanted to understand whether short-term learning could occur during Extension presentations and used an immediate feedback tool to find out. Applying the immediate feedback tool, we asked multiple-choice questions prior to delivering a presentation and repeated them at the end to assess how well the information was delivered to and received by…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Program Evaluation, Short Term Memory, Delivery Systems
Dellisse, Sébastien; Dumay, Xavier; Galand, Benoit; Dupriez, Vincent; Dufays, Jean-Louis; Coertjens, Liesje; De Croix, Séverine; Penneman, Jessica – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2021
This study focuses on conditions that improve reading comprehension at grade 7th. We analyze the impact of the "Lirécrire" program, and related treatment integrity, on student performance. "Lirécrire" program should improve students' reading comprehension, and follow-up sessions should lead to greater instructional change, then…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis, Reading Comprehension
Yeung, Ryan – Journal of School Health, 2020
Background: This study investigates how the Medicaid Expansion of the Affordable Care Act affected state high school dropout rates. Methods: This study relies on a differences-in-differences estimation strategy that is common in program evaluation, especially in education. This method replicates in a regression framework a classic pre-test…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Dropouts, Health Insurance, High School Students
Dickter, Cheryl L.; Burk, Joshua A.; Anthony, Laura Gutermuth; Robertson, Hillary A.; Verbalis, Alyssa; Seese, Sydney; Myrick, Yetta; Anthony, Bruno J. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
The current study sought to characterize implicit bias toward children with autism and examine whether viewing educational materials about autism would change attitudes toward children with autism. A website developed by Sesame Street containing information about autism and resources for families was distributed to parents of children with autism…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Educational Television, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Samuel, Thomas; Azen, Razia; Campbell-Kyureghyan, Naira – Journal of Education and Learning, 2020
Safety training programs are a popular method, in industry globally, to increase awareness of risks to employees and employers and plays a critical part in reducing safety incidents. The most frequently used method to assess the effectiveness of the training is to have the participants answer Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) and True/False (T/F)…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, On the Job Training, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Öztürk, Bariscan; Siyez, Digdem Müge; Esen, Erol; Kagnici, Yelda – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2020
When the risk factors causing infertility are examined in detail, most appear preventable. Primary prevention studies are considered among the most effective ways of reducing risk factors. This study aimed to determine the effects of an infertility prevention psycho-education programme on university students' infertility knowledge and attitudes.…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Pregnancy, College Students, Risk Management
Little, Todd D.; Chang, Rong; Gorrall, Britt K.; Waggenspack, Luke; Fukuda, Eriko; Allen, Patricia J.; Noam, Gil G. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2020
We revisit the merits of the retrospective pretest-posttest (RPP) design for repeated-measures research. The underutilized RPP method asks respondents to rate survey items twice during the same posttest measurement occasion from two specific frames of reference: "now" and "then." Individuals first report their current attitudes…
Descriptors: Pretesting, Alternative Assessment, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Greif Green, Jennifer; Holt, Melissa K.; Oblath, Rachel; Robinson, Ellery; Storey, Kim; Merrin, Gabriel J. – Journal of School Violence, 2020
We evaluated the effectiveness of Boston vs. Bullies, a short-term, free, bullying prevention program that uses celebrity athletes to present content. Fifth-grade students in 10 schools were randomized to either complete the Boston vs. Bullies intervention (n = 388), or to a wait-list control group (n = 266). Pre- and post-surveys assessed…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Athletics, Athletes, Bullying
Stahlke, Jacqueline A.; Cranmore, Jeff – Journal of Instructional Research, 2022
The purpose of the quantitative ex post facto design of this study was to determine if, and to what extent, self-efficacy increases after the implementation of a pre-entry program for community college student athletes in Southern California. The self-efficacy theory provided the theoretical foundation to address the research questions in this…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Student Athletes, College Athletics, Self Efficacy
Mark, Atia D.; Wells, Steve – Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2019
Middle school students in Nova Scotia, Canada, are perceived to have low self-efficacy for achieving learning outcomes. While strong self-efficacy beliefs, developed through effective curricula, have been linked to improved academic performance, there is a need for formal evaluation of such curricula. The purpose of this study was to investigate a…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, After School Programs, Mentors, Self Efficacy