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Oldakowski, Ray; Johnson, Ashley – Journal of Geography, 2018
This study examines the effectiveness of integrating geography into existing math and science curriculum to teach climate change and sea level rise. The desired outcome is to improve student performance in all three subjects. A sample of 120 fifth graders from three schools were taught the integrated curriculum over a period of two to three weeks.…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Climate, Integrated Activities, Science Curriculum
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Nickerson, Catherine; Rapanta, Chrysi; Goby, Valerie Priscilla – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2017
Our aim was to explore the influence of mobile learning on students' acquisition of conceptual knowledge of business communication, as well as on the development of their communication skills. We compared the performance of three groups of students according to the pedagogical approach that we used with them: a mobile learning group, a…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Instructional Effectiveness, Business Communication, Concept Teaching
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Brimo, Danielle; Melamed, Tina – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2017
Existing research concludes that educators have varying levels of language knowledge. Educators' varying levels of language knowledge may be related to the type of content knowledge they received while in school. The purpose of this study was to compare the performance of pre-professional speech-language pathology (SLP) students who have taken…
Descriptors: Syntax, Speech Language Pathology, Language Acquisition, Early Childhood Education
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Mayer, Alexander K.; Patel, Reshma; Gutierrez, Melvin – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
A college degree is often viewed as a key step toward better employment and higher earnings. Many community college students, however, never graduate and cannot reap the financial benefits associated with a college degree. Although existing research suggests that financial aid interventions can modestly improve students' short-term academic…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Scholarship, Graduation Rate, Employment Potential
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Roskos, Kathleen A.; Zuzolo, Nicole; Primm, Ashley – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
A small-scale feasibility study was conducted to explore the implementation of academic language time (ALT) in primary grade classrooms with and without access to digital devices. Academic language time is a structural change that dedicates a portion of language arts instructional time to direct vocabulary instruction using evidence-based…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Feasibility Studies, Access to Computers, Time Factors (Learning)
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Ault, Marilyn; Craig-Hare, Jana; Frey, Bruce; Ellis, James D.; Bulgren, Janis – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2015
Reason Racer is an online, rate-based, multiplayer game that applies specific game features in order to engage middle school students in introductory knowledge of and thinking related to scientific argumentation. Game features include rapid and competitive play, timed performance, immediate feedback, and high rates of response across many…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Scientific Literacy, Persuasive Discourse, Educational Games
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Yusuf, Hanna Onyi – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2013
This study investigated the impact of using joint productive activity on the performance of second language learners in reading comprehension at the basic education level in Nigeria. A sample of forty (40) Junior Secondary II students from Kaduna North and South were used for the study. The study was quasi experimental. Government Junior Secondary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Quasiexperimental Design
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Kazbour, Richard R.; McGee, Heather M.; Mooney, Timothy; Masica, Laura; Brinkerhoff, Robert O. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2013
Transfer of training is the degree to which trainees can apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes gained in training to the job. Currently only between 5% and 20% of what is learned in training is ever applied on the job. At this time, little is known about the effects of work environment factors, such as support, feedback, and goal setting, on…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Feedback (Response), Control Groups, Experimental Groups
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Rodríguez, Bryan A. – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2014
The present study examines whether the recognition of stereotypes undermines the academic performance of Hispanic students, a phenomenon known as "stereotype threat." With regard to race, stereotype threat has been examined predominately between African American and White students, yet limited research has investigated how Hispanic…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Standardized Tests, Expectation, Academic Achievement
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Arhin, Ato Kwamina – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The study was a quasi-experimental research project conducted to investigate the effect of performance assessment-driven instructions on the attitude and achievement in mathematics of senior high school students in Ghana at Ghana National College in Cape Coast. Two Form 1 science classes were used for the study and were assigned as experimental…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Performance Based Assessment, High School Seniors, Student Attitudes
Elashri, Ismail Ibrahim Elshirbini Abdel Fattah – Online Submission, 2013
This study aimed at developing some writing skills for second year secondary stage students through the direct teacher feedback strategy. Hence, the problem of the study was stated in the following statement: "The students at Al Azhar secondary schools are not good at writing. As a result their writing skills are weak." They need to be…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Program Effectiveness, Writing Skills, Scoring Rubrics
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Ciftci, Hatime; Kocoglu, Zeynep – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2012
The present study investigated the effect of online peer feedback through blogs on Turkish EFL students' writing performance and their perceptions. Data were collected by using: a) Turkish EFL Students' Background Survey, b) interviews at the beginning and end of the term, c) first and revised drafts, and d) end-of-semester Questionnaire. The…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Electronic Publishing
El-Koumy, Abdel Salam Abdel Khalek – Online Submission, 2009
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of classroom performance assessment on the EFL students' basic and inferential reading skills. A pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design was employed in the study. The subjects of the study consisted of 64 first-year secondary school students in Menouf Secondary School for Boys at Menoufya…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Check Lists
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Asan, Askin; Haliloglu, Zeynep – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2005
Project-based learning offers the opportunity to apply theoretical and practical knowledge, and to develop the student's group working, and collaboration skills. In this paper we presented a design of effective computer class that implements the well-known and highly accepted project-based learning paradigm. A pre-test/post-test control group…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Curriculum Implementation, Computer Literacy
Owings, Carrie A.; Follo, Eric – 1992
The effects of portfolio assessment on mathematics students' attitudes about grades, their awareness of their mathematics strengths and weaknesses, and their abilities to set reasonable goals were studied for 12 fifth-grade students given a survey on attitudes about grading near the end of a 10-week term. Students also wrote about their strengths…
Descriptors: Ability, Attitude Measures, Control Groups, Educational Assessment