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Strouse, Darcy L.; Moore, Kathryn – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2019
ChildFund International (ChildFund) is a child-focused International Non-Governmental Organization (INGO) which, since 1938, has worked with local implementing partners (LIPs), government, and other partner organizations to help create the safe environments children need to thrive. The purpose of this commentary is to reflect on the utility and…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Program Effectiveness, Nongovernmental Organizations, Children
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Beaujean, A. Alexander; Farmer, Ryan L. – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2021
Scores derived from intelligence instruments predict many important outcomes in life, so it is not surprising that researchers and clinicians seek out interventions aimed at increasing these scores. Dixon et al. (J Behav Educ, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10864-019-09344-7) recently investigated the relation between instruction based on…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Applied Behavior Analysis, Intelligence Quotient, Intelligence Tests
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McCartney, Elspeth – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2017
Fricke et al. and Hagen et al. (2017) each report on large-scale pragmatic randomised controlled trials delivered in schools or nurseries, investigating language interventions for vulnerable children and showing moderate positive effect sizes. Such research is part of a recent development of 'what works' research in England, and the number of…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Intervention, Decision Making, Foreign Countries