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Stuebing, Karla K.; Barth, Amy E.; Trahan, Lisa H.; Reddy, Radhika R.; Miciak, Jeremy; Fletcher, Jack M. – Review of Educational Research, 2015
We conducted a meta-analysis of 28 studies comprising 39 samples to ask the question, "What is the magnitude of the association between various baseline child cognitive characteristics and response to reading intervention?" Studies were located via literature searches, contact with researchers in the field, and review of references from…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Response to Intervention, At Risk Students, Elementary School Students
OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2011
This sixth volume of the Programme for International Student Assessment 2009 (PISA 2009) results explores students' use of information technologies to learn. For PISA 2009, the framework for reading literacy has been developed to encompass reading electronic texts. This has led to an expansion of the description of text types to take account of…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Reading Skills, Computer Uses in Education, Reading Instruction
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Jarvis, Tina; Pell, Anthony – International Journal of Science Education, 2004
Changes in 70 teachers' confidence, attitudes and science understanding were tested before and after a major in-service programme. Attitudes were assessed using a 49-item Likert-scale test that probed attitudes to practical science teaching and in-service training. Multi-choice and open-ended questions measured understanding of electricity;…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Inservice Teacher Education, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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De Corte, Erik; Verschaffel, Lieven – 1980
Design and results of an investigation attempting to analyze and improve children's solution processes in elementary addition and subtraction problems are described. As background for the study, a conceptual model was developed based on previous research. One dimension of the model relates to the characteristics of the tasks (numerical versus word…
Descriptors: Addition, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Educational Research
Marzano, Robert J. – 1998
Instructional research is synthesized, using categories specific and functional enough to provide guidance for classroom practice. The opening chapter presents a theory for conducting a theory-based meta-analysis of the research on instruction, outlining a theory that involves four elements of human information processing: the self-system, the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Practices, Educational Research, Educational Theories
Alonzo, Julie; Tindal, Gerald – Behavioral Research and Teaching, 2003
Effectively teaching low-achieving and learning disabled students is challenging. Concept-based instruction is recognized as a particularly effective technique for helping students in these populations attain high levels of achievement (Tindal, Nolet, & Blake, 1992). The maze (a reading selection where certain words have been deleted and…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Language Arts, Student Improvement, Academic Achievement