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Haas, Lory E. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Three main purposes provided the foundation for this study. The first purpose was to investigate academic achievement through analyses of data obtained through formal and informal assessments among kindergarten through eighth grade students who participated in a Head Start program, center-based care program, or home-based care prior to school…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, Investigations, Informal Assessment
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Hertzog, Melody; And Others – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1989
Discusses the need to modify visual media for hearing-impaired students and describes a study of college students that examined the effects of modifying captions and providing supplementary instruction on the comprehension of a technical film. Effects of instruction, levels of captioning, test types, and reading ability are examined. (25…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Captions
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Collis, Betty; And Others – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1990
Description of the "Writing to Read" (WTR) program highlights an evaluation of the WTR experience with first graders at two British Columbia schools. Treatments for experimental and control groups are described and measures used for the comparisons are explained, including reading readiness, reading achievement, and writing achievement.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Foreign Countries, Grade 1