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Anderson, Alida; Berry, Katherine A. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2014
Dramatic language arts integration (DLA) and conventional language arts (CLA) lessons were compared for their influence on third grade students' written narrative cohesion and on-task behavior in a self-contained, nonpublic elementary classroom. Participants included students (N = 14) with comorbid language-based learning disabilities (LD) and…
Descriptors: Drama, Language Arts, Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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Shernoff, David J.; Schmidt, Jennifer A. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2008
Achievement, engagement, and students' quality of experience were compared by racial and ethnic group in a sample of students (N = 586) drawn from 13 high schools with diverse ethnic and socioeconomic student populations. Using the Experience Sampling Method (ESM), 3,529 samples of classroom experiences were analyzed along with self-reported…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement, Student Motivation
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Shumow, Lee; Schmidt, Jennifer A.; Kackar, Hayal – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2008
This study described and compared the reading of sixth and eighth grade students both in and out of school using a unique data set collected with the Experience Sampling Method (ESM). On average, students read forty minutes a day out of class and seventeen minutes a day in class indicating that reading is a common leisure practice for…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grade 6, Grade 8, Recreational Reading
Nguyen, Frank; Klein, James D.; Sullivan, Howard – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2005
Electronic performance support systems (EPSS) deliver relevant support information to users while they are performing tasks. The present study examined the effect of different types of EPSS on user performance, attitudes, system use and time on task. Employees at a manufacturing company were asked to complete a procedural software task and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Performance Technology, Context Effect, Manufacturing
Clariana, Roy B. – Journal of Computer-Based Instruction, 1990
Discussion of various types of feedback used in computer-assisted instruction focuses on a study of low-ability eleventh graders that compared the effectiveness of answer until correct (AUC) feedback with knowledge of correct response (KCR) feedback. Achievement data on posttests as well as time data are analyzed. (11 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Comparative Analysis