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Direct linkVilliger, Caroline; Niggli, Alois; Wandeler, Christian; Kutzelmann, Sabine – Learning and Instruction, 2012
This study examined the effects of a school/home-based intervention program designed to enhance the reading motivation and comprehension of Swiss fourth graders (N = 713). In order to identify the specific contribution of the home environment, the program was implemented in one group "without" (N = 244) and in one group "with"…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Participation, Experimental Groups, Comparative Analysis
Lee, Yuh-shiow; Lu, Min-ju; Ko, Hsiu-ping – Learning and Instruction, 2007
In this study we examined the effects of skill training, in particular mental abacus and music training, on working memory. Two groups of participants--children who had received mental abacus training and their controls--participated in Experiment 1. All participants performed the following span tasks: forward digit span, backward digit span,…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Music, Control Groups, Short Term Memory
Peer reviewedHoek, Dirk; van den Eeden, Pieter; Terwel, Jan – Learning and Instruction, 1999
Studied general and differential effects of an experimental mathematics program on student achievement in secondary education. Participants were Dutch seventh graders, 222 in the experimental program and 222 in a control group. Results suggest that lower-achieving students can benefit from strategy instruction as long as the instruction is not too…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Foreign Countries, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedVolet, Simone E. – Learning and Instruction, 1991
Results from an experiment with 28 experimental and 28 matched control college students taking a 13-week computer science course support the potential of modeling and coaching students in metacognitive strategies to enhance learning. The instructional method had significant long-term and short-term effects on cognitive and affective learning…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Computer Science
