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Why Missing Data Matter in the Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Development: Using the 4-H Study to Understand the Uses of Different Missing Data Methods
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Jelicic, Helena; Phelps, Erin; Lerner, Richard M. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2010
The study of adolescent development rests on methodologically appropriate collection and interpretation of longitudinal data. While all longitudinal studies of adolescent development involve missing data, the methods to treat missingness that have been recommended most often focus on missing data from cross-sectional studies. The problems of…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Family Structure, Geographic Regions, Data Collection
The Street Academy. Final Evaluation Report.
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Bournazos, Kimon; And Others – 1975
The Street Academy is an alternative school specially designed for students aged 12 to 18 who cannot acclimate to the regular public school system. The purpose of the evaluation is, generally, to see if the program is serving the students for whom it was established. The evaluation is also concerned with such areas as academic skills development,…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Curriculum Evaluation, Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
The Development and Implementation of a Transportable Model to Increase Achievement in the Classroom with Emotionally Handicapped Students at the Elementary Level through a "Behavior Principle" Technique.
Auerbach, Ethel Louise – 1980
A practicum was conducted to plan, develop, and implement an evaluative behavior technique geared for five emotionally handicapped (EH) elementary school students to assist in the improvement of basic academic skills. The development and implementation encompasses a sequential procedure which gave the EH students an opportunity to achieve the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Rating Scales
A Meta-Analysis on the Effects of Music as Reinforcement for Education/Therapy Objectives.
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Standley, Jayne M. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1996
Reviews the results of a meta-analysis that evaluated 208 variables derived from 98 studies incorporating music as a contingency for education and therapeutic objectives. Demonstrates that contingent music was more effective than was continuous music and nonmusic stimuli used in these studies. Includes a list of the studies analyzed. (MJP)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Counseling Effectiveness, Educational Therapy, Higher Education
Adolescent Drinking in Two Rural Areas of Mississippi: 1964 and 1975.
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Hampe, Gary D. – 1976
The study examined the increase of drinking from 1964 to 1975 among teenagers enrolled in two high schools in different sociocultural rural areas of Mississippi. The sample was composed of students in two high schools located in a "wet" county and a "dry" county. A questionnaire was administered to 525 students in 1964 and 793…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age, Alcoholism, Behavior Change
The Rural Income Maintenance Experiment: A Social Experiment in Negative Taxation. Summary Report.
Setzer, Florence; And Others – 1976
Conducted in Iowa and North Carolina, the experiment included 809 families randomly selected and assigned to a control group or to 1 of 5 experimental treatments. Eligibility required a family income at the experiment's beginning of less than l 1/2 times the official poverty line. Of the 809 families, 729 remained in the program for the entire 3…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitudes, Behavior Change, Blacks