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Peer reviewedKiesling, Herbert J. – Economics of Education Review, 1984
The relationship of minutes of reading instruction to the gains in reading performance for 3,374 elementary school children shows consistent positive findings between large- and small-group classroom instruction and reading gains. Some of the negative results for individualized instruction may be due to school assignment practices. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Individualized Instruction, Mathematical Models, Reading Assignments
Horn, Robert E. – Performance and Instruction, 1992
Describes research and evaluation on the Information Mapping method of structured analysis and writing of training and reference documents to illustrate how a flaw in research design can cause "little or no effect" results. Information retrieval experiments, learning experiments, and field tests are examined for problems, including size…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Field Tests, Information Retrieval, Learning Strategies
Download full textKarweit, Nancy L.; Slavin, Robert E. – 1980
How various methodological decisions may influence studies of the effect of time-on-task on achievement are examined. Subjects were students in grades 2-5 in 18 classes taught by 12 teachers in a rural Maryland school district. All students were pre-tested in February 1978 in reading, language arts, math and social studies using the Comprehensive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
