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Green, Judith L.; Skukauskaite, Audra – Educational Researcher, 2008
This response to Slavin's article (2008) explores the issues of transparency, representation, and warranting of claims in Slavin's descriptions of the work of others and his suggestions for program evaluation syntheses. Through contrastive analyses between Slavin's representations of the program evaluation synthesis efforts of five organizations…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Program Evaluation, Critical Reading, Synthesis
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Accongio, Joseph L.; Vaughan, Beverly Barr – International Journal of Social Education, 1987
Provides an overview of the School of Law and Government currently housed at the magnet school, Jefferson High School (Rochester, NY). Describes a quasi-experimental study of the program's effectiveness, results of which have been used to revise the curriculum and support needed staff development. (JDH)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Citizenship Education, Civics, High Schools
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Dwyer, James H. – Evaluation Review, 1984
A solution to the problem of specification error due to excluded variables in statistical models of treatment effects in nonrandomized (nonequivalent) control group designs is presented. It involves longitudinal observation with at least two pretests. A maximum likelihood estimation program such as LISREL may provide reasonable estimates of…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Mathematical Models, Maximum Likelihood Statistics, Monte Carlo Methods