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Direct linkSchneider, Jonathan D. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
In this age of data based decision making and accountability, parent involvement and data collection are paramount. This study represents a significant contribution to educational research by extending the understanding of home-school communication media with specific regard to daily progress reports. The purpose of this study was to compare…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Family School Relationship, Middle School Students, Parent Child Relationship
Sanders, Elizabeth A. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This paper explores multilevel modeling approaches for 2-group randomized experiments in which a treatment condition involving clusters of individuals is compared to a control condition involving only ungrouped individuals, otherwise known as partially nested cluster randomized designs (PNCRTs). Strategies for comparing groups from a PNCRT in the…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Educational Research, Monte Carlo Methods, Effect Size
Toner, Barbara K. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Almost 70 years after Abraham Harold Maslow suggested in his 1943 work, "A Theory of Human Emotion", a child's need to feel safe in order to thrive (Maslow, 1943), educational communities, still embracing his insight, find themselves continuing to grapple with how to keep children safe-from one another. The bulk of educational research focused on…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Suburban Schools, Quasiexperimental Design
Smith, Gregory Walter – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The ill-effect of noise on human performance has been studied by researchers in the fields of cognitive psychology and education for almost a decade. The learning theory Cognitive Information Processing was applied to a new empirical study that builds upon past relevant research on (a) working memory and individuals with learning disabilities, and…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Reading Comprehension, Learning Disabilities, Short Term Memory
Knuchel, Brian – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Research indicates that many adolescent students struggle with reading skills. Accordingly, this quantitative study attempted to address the problem of ninth-grade students entering high school deficient in literacy skills. The purpose of this non-experimental study was to investigate the effects a remedial reading program called Ramp-Up Literacy…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Learning Theories, Research Design, Remedial Reading
Lee, Hyeon Woo – ProQuest LLC, 2008
Instructional designers need to understand the internal processes of learning, identify learners' cognitive difficulties with those processes, and create strategies to help learners overcome those difficulties. Generative learning theory, one conception of human learning about cognitive functioning and process, emphasizes that meaningful learning…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Feedback (Response), Learning Theories, Control Groups
