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Solomon, Benjamin G.; Poncy, Brian C. – School Psychology, 2019
The empirical literature on academic intervention has increasingly promoted comparative research, moving the field forward in addressing the question, "What works best?" Poncy et al. (2015), Skinner (2008, 2010), and Skinner, Fletcher, and Henington (1996) have suggested that researchers enhance traditional evaluations of learning…
Descriptors: Instruction, Time Factors (Learning), Time on Task, Efficiency
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Abaté, Charles J. – Thought & Action, 2008
"Multitasking" has developed a certain mantra in our culture, and according to this widely held axiom, people in general and students in particular, can and do function productively and learn efficiently doing several things at once. There also seems to be an unshakable conviction that young students excel in a multitasking environment.…
Descriptors: Time Management, Efficiency, Misconceptions, Cognitive Processes
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Dundes, Lauren; Marx, Jeff – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2007
Given that 74% of undergraduates work an average of 25.5 hours per week while going to school, we know surprisingly little about how off-campus employment affects undergraduates and to what extent its impact varies by the number of hours worked. Our survey of undergraduates at a small liberal arts college found that the academic performance of…
Descriptors: Liberal Arts, Academic Achievement, College Students, Time on Task
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Cates, Gary L.; Skinner, Christopher H.; Watson, T. Steuart; Meadows, Tawnya J.; Weaver, Adam; Jac, Bertha – School Psychology Review, 2003
The current study investigated the extent to which considering instructional time and student learning rate affects academic treatment decisions. Five second-grade students with difficulties in spelling were exposed to three spelling interventions (traditional drill and practice, interspersal training, and high-p sequencing). Using an alternating…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Efficiency, Data, Decision Making
National Education Commission on Time and Learning, Washington, DC. – 1994
The Education Council Act of 1991 established the National Education Commission on Time and Learning as an independent advisory body and called for a comprehensive review of the relationship between time and learning in U.S. schools. This document serves as a supplementary volume to the commission's first report released in May 1994, which found…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Innovation, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education
Kane, Cheryl M. – 1994
The Education Council Act of 1991 Established the National Education Commission on Time and Learning as an independent advisory body and called for a comprehensive review of the relationship between time and learning in American schools. The commission's report, released in May 1994, found that school reform is destined to founder unless programs…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education