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Haber, Mason G.; Mazzotti, Valerie L.; Mustian, April L.; Rowe, Dawn A.; Bartholomew, Audrey L.; Test, David W.; Fowler, Catherine H. – Review of Educational Research, 2016
Students with disabilities experience poorer post-school outcomes compared with their peers without disabilities. Existing experimental literature on "what works" for improving these outcomes is rare; however, a rapidly growing body of research investigates correlational relationships between experiences in school and post-school…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Predictor Variables, Success, Postsecondary Education
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Kleingeld, Ad; van Mierlo, Heleen; Arends, Lidia – Journal of Applied Psychology, 2011
Updating and extending the work of O'Leary-Kelly, Martocchio, and Frink (1994), with this meta-analysis on goal setting and group performance we show that specific difficult goals yield considerably higher group performance compared with nonspecific goals (d = 0.80 plus or minus 0.35, k = 23 effect sizes). Moderately difficult and easy goals were…
Descriptors: Field Studies, Goal Orientation, Group Dynamics, Meta Analysis