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Direct linkZhang, Xin; Anderson, Richard C.; Morris, Joshua; Miller, Brian; Nguyen-Jahiel, Kim Thi; Lin, Tzu-Jung; Zhang, Jie; Jadallah, May; Scott, Theresa; Sun, Jingjing; Latawiec, Beata; Ma, Shufeng; Grabow, Kay; Hsu, Judy Yu-Li – American Educational Research Journal, 2016
This research examined the influence of contrasting instructional approaches on children's decision-making competence. A total of 764 fifth graders, mostly African Americans and Hispanic Americans, from 36 classrooms in eight public schools serving children from low-income families completed a six-week unit on wolf management, using either direct…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Hispanic American Students, African American Students
Ronning, Marte – Economics of Education Review, 2011
Using Dutch data on pupils in elementary school this paper is the first empirical study to analyze whether assigning homework has a heterogeneous impact on pupil achievement. Addressing potential biases by using a difference-in-difference approach, I find that the test score gap is larger in classes where everybody gets homework than in classes…
Descriptors: Homework, Scores, Assignments, Elementary Schools
Download full textSilk, Yael; Silver, David; Amerian, Stephanie; Nishimura, Claire; Boscardin, Christy – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2011
The goal of this study was to test the effectiveness of WestEd's Reading Apprenticeship (RA) professional development program on teacher practices and student learning. The professional development is designed to teach high school teachers how to integrate subject-specific literacy instruction into their regular curricula. The CRESST researchers…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Reading Comprehension, Metacognition, Biology
Stice, Eric; Shaw, Heather; Bohon, Cara; Marti, C. Nathan; Rohde, Paul – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2009
Prob,In this meta-analytic review, the authors summarized the effects of depression prevention programs for youth as well as investigated participant, intervention, provider, and research design features associated with larger effects. They identified 47 trials that evaluated 32 prevention programs, producing 60 intervention effect sizes. The…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Homework, Assignments, Research Design
Haake, Joerg M.; Pfister, Hans-Rudiger – International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2010
This study reports findings from an experimental field study of scripted collaboration for net-based learning in the context of a one-semester university course on operating systems. In scripted collaboration, activities of learners are coordinated and guided according to particular rules, implemented via respective tools in the learning…
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Distance Education, Computer Science Education, Field Studies
Smits, Marieke; Sluijsmans, Dominique; Jochems, Wim – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2009
This study investigates the effects of a competency-oriented course and the effects of feedback training on students' reflection skills. Thirty-one nursing students enrolled in a conventional course with lectures and assignments following a traditional test. Subsequently, they enrolled in a competency-oriented course, which included more…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Nursing Students, Experimental Groups, Control Groups
