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Misra, Shalini; Stokols, Daniel; Marino, Anne Heberger – American Journal of Evaluation, 2012
A field experiment was conducted to test the effectiveness of norm-based persuasive messages for increasing response rates in online survey research. Participants in an interdisciplinary conference were asked to complete two successive postconference surveys and randomly assigned to one of two groups at each time point. The experimental group…
Descriptors: Evaluation Research, Response Rates (Questionnaires), Surveys, Field Studies
LaBrie, Joseph W.; Cail, Jessica; Pedersen, Eric R.; Migliuri, Savannah – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2011
This study examined the effectiveness of a single-session group motivational enhancement alcohol intervention on adjudicated male college students. Over two sequential academic years, 230 students sanctioned by the university for alcohol-related infractions attended a 60- to 75-minute group intervention. The intervention consisted of a timeline…
Descriptors: College Students, Drinking, Risk, Males
McConaughy, Stephanie H.; Volpe, Robert J.; Antshel, Kevin M.; Gordon, Michael; Eiraldi, Ricardo B. – School Psychology Review, 2011
This study examined academic and social impairments of 6- to 11-year-old children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD; n = 101) versus other referred children without ADHD (n = 53) and controls (n = 24). Parent and teacher ratings showed significantly lower academic performance and lower social functioning for children with ADHD…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Elementary School Students, Social Behavior, Written Language
Quirmbach, Linda M.; Lincoln, Alan J.; Feinberg-Gizzo, Monica J.; Ingersoll, Brooke R.; Andrews, Siri M. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2009
An increasing body of literature has indicated that social stories are an effective way to teach individuals diagnosed with autism appropriate social behavior. This study compared two formats of a social story targeting the improvement of social skills during game play using a pretest posttest repeated measures randomized control group design. A…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Social Behavior, Autism, Pretests Posttests
Barnett, W.Steven; Jung, Kwanghee; Yarosz, Donald J.; Thomas, Jessica; Hornbeck, Amy; Stechuk, Robert; Burns, Susan – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2008
The effectiveness of the "Tools of the Mind (Tools)" curriculum in improving the education of 3- and 4-year-old children was evaluated by means of a randomized trial. The "Tools" curriculum, based on the work of Vygotsky, focuses on the development of self-regulation at the same time as teaching literacy and mathematics skills…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Behavior Problems, Literacy Education, Play
Owens, Gina; Granader, Yael; Humphrey, Ayla; Baron-Cohen, Simon – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2008
LEGO[R] therapy and the Social Use of Language Programme (SULP) were evaluated as social skills interventions for 6-11 year olds with high functioning autism and Asperger Syndrome. Children were matched on CA, IQ, and autistic symptoms before being randomly assigned to LEGO or SULP. Therapy occurred for 1 h/week over 18 weeks. A no-intervention…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Control Groups, Intervention, Autism
Daniel, Marie-France; Doudin, Pierre-Andre; Pons, Francisco – Online Submission, 2005
Violence is increasingly present in Quebec schools. Our position is that we should invest in "primary" prevention of violence by helping preschool children develop cognitive competencies. One of the aspects of cognitive development explored in this text regards children's Social Representations (SR) of violence. Indeed, a number of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Experimental Groups, Preschool Children, Control Groups