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Direct linkAllen-Platt, Claire; Gerstner, Clara-Christina; Boruch, Robert; Ruby, Alan – Review of Research in Education, 2021
When a researcher tests an educational program, product, or policy in a randomized controlled trial and detects a significant effect on an outcome, the intervention is usually classified as something that "works." When expected effects are not found, there is seldom an orderly and transparent analysis of plausible reasons why.…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Intervention, Failure, Systems Approach
Miller, Christopher T.; Curry, John H. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2014
There is growing potential for the development of practitioner-based doctor of education (EdD) programs as potential students in the field recognize that they do not need to leave their current work positions to obtain a doctorate particularly if it enhances their work. This article chronicles 1 university's process in developing an innovative…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Leadership Training, Administrator Education, Doctoral Programs
Friedman, Robert; Elliot, Norbert; Haggerty, Blake – International Journal on E-Learning, 2010
This study describes the design, implementation, and analysis of three related surveys launched to investigate E-Learning in undergraduate humanities classes at a public technological research university. Examined are the independent variables of learning style, general expectation, and interaction. The surveys were administered in the summer of…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Cognitive Style, Interaction, Humanities
Johnson, Susan Moore; Papay, John P. – School Administrator, 2010
Pay for performance is not a new idea, and reformers should not ignore the dismal record of merit pay over the past century. Initially adopted with a flourish of expectations during several waves of popularity in the past, every plan eventually fell into disuse. These plans proved to be unexpectedly costly and cumbersome to run. They often…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, Merit Pay, Program Effectiveness, School Districts
Download full textPerna, Laura W. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2005
This article describes what is known from prior research about the impact of student financial aid program design, operations, and marketing on the formation of family (including parents' and children's) college-going aspirations, expectations, and plans, and the resulting college-going behaviors of potential students. The review focuses on the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Aspiration, College Bound Students, Student Financial Aid
Jurich, Sonia; Estes, Steve – 2000
This document contains information about the methodology and findings of a study that identified 20 programs across the United States that have been successful in raising student's academic achievement. Part 1 contains the following items: (1) an explanation of the process and criteria used to select the 20 examples of excellence drawn from the 96…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Case Studies, Counseling Services
