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Direct linkCincera, Jan; Simonova, Petra – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2017
The article evaluates a Czech environmental education program focused on developing competence in issue investigation. In the evaluation, a simple quasi-experimental design with experimental (N = 200) and control groups was used. The results suggest that the program had a greater impact on girls than on boys, and that it increased their internal…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Program Evaluation, Quasiexperimental Design, Control Groups
Download full textMiller, Sarah; Connolly, Paul; Maguire, Lisa K. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
"Time to Read" is a volunteer mentoring program that recruits volunteers from the local business community to spend one hour of company time each week working on a one-to-one basis with primary school children aged 8 to 9 years with the aim of improving reading skills. The authors first evaluated the program in 2006-8 using a randomized…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Reading Comprehension, Mentors, Reading Fluency
Steensma, Herman; Groeneveld, Karin – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2010
Purpose: The aims of this study are: to present a training evaluation based on the "four levels model"; to demonstrate the value of experimental designs in evaluation studies; and to take a first step in the development of an evidence-based training program. Design/methodology/approach: The Kirkpatrick four levels model was used to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Locus of Control, Cognitive Style, Evidence
Peer reviewedDuckworth, Douglas H. – British Journal of Psychology, 1983
Describes a program for training people to apply generic problem-solving techniques to personal problems. Male student volunteers (N=64) were assigned to a training group or no-training control group. The training group achieved a higher standard in their bachelor's degrees and developed an increased belief in internal control. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Brooks, Ian R., Comp.; Moore-Eyman, E., Comp. – 1977
The Native Students Services (formerly the Indian Students University Program Services) provided support and tutorial services and outreach programs to Indian students. During the 1976-77 program year, the basic plan of operation developed during the preceding four years was continued. Students came from all parts of the province, from north of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, American Indians, Canada Natives
Peer reviewedVerbist, R., Ed.; And Others – Scientia Paedagogica Experimentalis, 1978
This journal of educational research contains five papers written by international authors. The initial paper presents the evaluation of a French immersion program for students from the second through the fourth grade in Toronto. The aim of the second paper, written in French with an English summary, was to find the attitude dimensions of French…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Bilingual Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Diabetes
