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Direct linkWu, Wen-Chi Vivian; Wang, Rong-Jyue; Chen, Nian-Shing – Interactive Learning Environments, 2015
This paper presents a design for a cutting-edge English program in which elementary school learners of English as a foreign language in Taiwan had lively interactions with a teaching assistant robot. Three dimensions involved in the design included (1) a pleasant and interactive classroom environment as the learning context, (2) a teaching…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Robotics, Elementary School Students
Brandon, Paul R.; Smith, Nick L.; Trenholm, Christopher; Devaney, Barbara – American Journal of Evaluation, 2010
Evaluation studies are often considered exemplary because of the quality of their designs, but it is well known that a common--and often necessary--aspect of outstanding studies is stakeholder involvement. Furthermore, the implementation of designs and the nature of stakeholder involvement depend in large part on political and ideological…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Evaluation, Sex Education, Federal Legislation
Download full textFerryman, Kadija S.; Briggs, Xavier de Souza; Popkin, Susan J.; Rendon, Maria – Urban Institute (NJ1), 2008
For roughly half a century, policymakers and researchers have debated the impacts of place, and in particular of inner-city neighborhoods, on employment, education, and mental and physical health. Research on programs that help people move to better neighborhoods has suggested that such programs can improve the life chances of low-income, mostly…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Neighborhoods, Poverty
Peer reviewedFerreira, Maria M.; Freeman, Carl D.; Zibuck, Regina – ERS Spectrum, 2010
Urban schools serving low-income minority children face a variety of challenges related to teacher quality, resources and school infrastructure. Programs such as the GK-12 Fellows Program, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), try to mitigate some of these issues by supporting partnerships between local school districts and institutions…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Urban Schools, Teacher Effectiveness, Student Attitudes
Viadero, Debra – Education Week, 2005
This article examines the use of "mixed methods" research in education--studies that blend different research strategies. Although various methodologies have always been part of a researcher's toolkit, much of the renewed attention to that strategy is a reaction to the U.S. Department of Education's current emphasis on using randomized field…
Descriptors: Researchers, Research Methodology, Control Groups, Educational Research
Peer reviewedWaas, Margit – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1997
Examines a sociolinguistic thesis on language attrition illustrating first-language (L1) loss in a second-language (L2) environment via interviews conducted with two control groups and L1 German speakers living in Australia. Findings reveal that after 10 to 20 years in the L2 environment, the extent of L1 attrition was such that none of the…
Descriptors: Adults, Control Groups, English (Second Language), German
