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Kayumova, Shakhnoza; Tippins, Deborah J. – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2021
In an era of global climate change, intertwined with social and ecological predation, there is growing recognition of the importance of building socially, environmentally, culturally pluralistic, just and sustainable futures. Yet many of the calls for reform and discourses around sustainability are authored and defined through top-down approaches,…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Sustainability, Participatory Research, Research Design
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Jitendra, Asha K.; Nelson, Gena; Pulles, Sandra M.; Kiss, Allyson J.; Houseworth, James – Exceptional Children, 2016
The purpose of the present review was to evaluate the quality of the research and evidence base for representation of problems as a strategy to enhance the mathematical performance of students with learning disabilities and those at risk for mathematics difficulties. The authors evaluated 25 experimental and quasiexperimental studies according to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Achievement, Learning Problems
Bloom, Howard S.; Porter, Kristin E. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2012
In recent years, the regression discontinuity design (RDD) has gained widespread recognition as a quasi-experimental method that when used correctly, can produce internally valid estimates of causal effects of a treatment, a program or an intervention (hereafter referred to as treatment effects). In an RDD study, subjects or groups of subjects…
Descriptors: Regression (Statistics), Research Design, Computation, Generalizability Theory
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Mjelde, James W.; Litzenberg, Kerry K.; Lindner, James R. – Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education, 2011
This study investigated the comprehension and effectiveness of teaching formal, probabilistic decision-making skills to middle school students. Two specific objectives were to determine (1) if middle school students can comprehend a probabilistic decision-making approach, and (2) if exposure to the modeling approaches improves middle school…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Scores, Decision Making, Cognitive Development
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Silvia, Suyapa; Blitstein, Jonathan; Williams, Jason; Ringwalt, Chris; Dusenbury, Linda; Hansen, William – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2010
This is the first of two reports that summarize the findings from an impact evaluation of a violence prevention intervention for middle schools. This report discusses findings after 1 year of implementation. A forthcoming report will discuss the findings after 2 years and 3 years of implementation. In 2004, the U.S. Department of Education (ED)…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Violence, Prevention, Intervention
Milton, Penny – Canadian Education Association, 2008
The Canadian Education Association (CEA) was commissioned by Hewlett-Packard Canada to create a case study describing the development, implementation and outcomes of New Brunswick's Dedicated Notebook Research Project. The New Brunswick Department of Education designed its research project to assess impacts on teaching and learning of dedicated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Laptop Computers, Access to Computers, Computer Uses in Education