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Ke, Fengfeng; Whalon, Kelly; Yun, Joonmo – Review of Educational Research, 2018
This article is intended to synthesize the broader literature investigating the effectiveness and salient features of interventions designed to enhance the social competence of youth and adults with autism spectrum disorder. Outcomes for adults with autism spectrum disorder remain poor with only minimal improvement shown for decades. Among 796…
Descriptors: Intervention, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Interpersonal Competence
Marie-Louise Mares; Zhongdang Pan – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2016
Staff members at Sesame Workshop asked us to conduct a meta-analysis of their proprietary evaluation research on the effects of viewing international versions of "Sesame Street." Given global crises in early childhood education, and given the wide reach of "Sesame Street," it was of considerable interest to us whether there…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Children, Educational Television, Case Studies
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Perry, Kristen H.; Homan, Annie – Journal of Literacy Research, 2014
Through this international cross-case analysis of ethnographic literacy practices data, we investigated two questions: (1) In what literacy practices do adults with limited or no schooling engage for personal fulfillment? and (2) What do these practices reveal about the nature of literacy for individuals who are often characterized as illiterate?…
Descriptors: Adults, Illiteracy, Ethnography, Educational Attainment
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Purcell-Gates, Victoria; Perry, Kristen H.; Briseno, Adriana – Research in the Teaching of English, 2011
In this methodological and theoretical article, we address the need for more cross-case work on studies of literacy in use within different social and cultural contexts. The Cultural Practices of Literacy Study (CPLS) project has been working on a methodology for cross-case analyses that are principled in that the qualitative nature of each case,…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Grounded Theory, Ethnography, Databases