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Harwell, Michael; Maeda, Yukiko; Bishop, Kyoungwon; Xie, Aolin – Journal of Experimental Education, 2017
Measures of socioeconomic status (SES) are routinely used in analyses of achievement data to increase statistical power, statistically control for the effects of SES, and enhance causality arguments under the premise that the SES-achievement relationship is moderate to strong. Empirical evidence characterizing the strength of the SES-achievement…
Descriptors: Correlation, Socioeconomic Status, Statistical Analysis, Academic Achievement
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Bas, Gökhan; Sentürk, Cihad; Cigerci, Fatih Mehmet – Issues in Educational Research, 2017
The main purpose of this study was to determine the effect of homework assignments on students' academic achievement. This meta-analysis sought an answer to the research question: "What kind of effect does homework assignment have on students' academic achievement levels?" In this research, meta-analysis was adopted to determine the…
Descriptors: Homework, Academic Achievement, Meta Analysis, Correlation
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Zheng, Binbin; Warschauer, Mark; Lin, Chin-Hsi; Chang, Chi – Review of Educational Research, 2016
Over the past decade, the number of one-to-one laptop programs in schools has steadily increased. Despite the growth of such programs, there is little consensus about whether they contribute to improved educational outcomes. This article reviews 65 journal articles and 31 doctoral dissertations published from January 2001 to May 2015 to examine…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Laptop Computers, Access to Computers, Computer Uses in Education
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Parsons, Carl; Thompson, Trevor – Educational Review, 2017
Explaining and responding to inequalities in attainment are significant educational policy challenges in England as elsewhere. Data on four cohorts of Birmingham Local Education Authority (LEA) pupils, each approximately 13,000, were analysed by ethnicity, deprivation, gender and other relevant individual pupil variables. For the four successive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethnic Groups, Disadvantaged Youth, Socioeconomic Status
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Sanders, Elizabeth A.; Berninger, Virginia W.; Abbott, Robert D. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2018
Sequential regression was used to evaluate whether language-related working memory components uniquely predict reading and writing achievement beyond cognitive-linguistic translation for students in Grades 4 through 9 (N = 103) with specific learning disabilities (SLDs) in subword handwriting (dysgraphia, n = 25), word reading and spelling…
Descriptors: Regression (Statistics), Short Term Memory, Predictor Variables, Reading Achievement
Fleming, Kae – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The primary purpose of this mixed methods study was to explore relationships between Tennessee Competency Attainment Rubric (CAR) professional development and teachers' perceptions of changes in instruction, expectations for student performance, and understanding of proficiency. The study is the result of a collaborative effort with the Tennessee…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Scoring Rubrics, Faculty Development, Teacher Attitudes
Fanning, Terry Sue – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The primary purpose of this mixed methods study was to explore relationships between Tennessee Competency Attainment Rubric (CAR) professional development and teachers' perceptions of changes in instruction, expectations for student performance, and understanding of proficiency. The study is the result of a collaborative effort with the Tennessee…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Scoring Rubrics, Faculty Development, Teacher Attitudes
Stephens, Catherine – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The primary purpose of this mixed methods study was to explore relationships between Tennessee Competency Attainment Rubric (CAR) professional development and teachers' perceptions of changes in instruction, expectations for student performance, and understanding of proficiency. The study is the result of a collaborative effort with the Tennessee…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Scoring Rubrics, Faculty Development, Teacher Attitudes
Johnson, Frank H. – 1993
This paper focuses on the geographic locale settings reported in two surveys conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The two surveys are the School Universe component of the Common Core of Data (CCD) survey and the Public School component of the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). Instances where the self-reported locale…
Descriptors: Coding, Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Elementary Secondary Education