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Direct linkGok, Tolga – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2014
The main purpose of this study was to examine the effects of Problem-Solving Strategy Steps (PSSS) on students' achievement, skill, and confidence. The study was conducted in a two-year college classroom with 70 students from two different groups enrolled in a physics course. One of them was randomly selected as an experimental group (EG) and the…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Educational Strategies, Skill Development, Self Efficacy
Download full textWomack, Sid T.; Hanna, Shellie L. – Online Submission, 2010
(Purpose) This study attempted to determine the effectiveness of an exam pre-reading strategy. (Methodology) It is an action research study that arose from a need in a particular class. A graduate class' scores on the first exam of the semester were unusually low. An instructor implemented a pre-reading strategy to determine if the scores would…
Descriptors: Action Research, Test Preparation, Educational Strategies, Achievement Gains
Tsai-Fu, Tsai; Wu, Yongan – New Horizons in Education, 2010
Background: The effect of note-taking has been well-recognized by EFL educators. However, little empirical research has been done to investigate combined effects of note-taking instruction and note-taking language (whether in L1 or L2) in an acquisition-poor environment, where English is used as an instructional language yet the audience is…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Listening Comprehension, Notetaking, Language of Instruction
Shafqat, Hussain; Muhammad, Sarwar; Imran, Yousaf; Naemullah; Inamullah – Educational Research and Reviews, 2010
The objective of the study was to experience the effectiveness of super-learning technique of teaching at elementary level. The study was conducted with 8th grade students at a public sector school. Pre-test and post-test control group designs were used. Experimental and control groups were formed randomly, the experimental group (N = 62),…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Achievement Tests, Instructional Materials
Cheng, Liying; Li, Miao; Kirby, John R.; Qiang, Haiyan; Wade-Woolley, Lesly – Evaluation & Research in Education, 2010
Research has demonstrated that second language immersion is an effective means of facilitating primary school students' second language without undermining competence in their first language. Despite the rapid growth of English immersion (EI) programmes in China, only limited empirical research has been conducted to evaluate students' academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Achievement
Achor, Emmanuel E.; Imoko, Benjamin I.; Uloko, Emmanuel S. – Educational Research and Reviews, 2009
This study determined the effectiveness of ethnomathematics teaching approach, ETA on students' achievement and retention in Locus. The study was carried out in education zone B of Benue State of Nigeria using a sample size of 253 Senior Secondary 2 (SS 2) students. It was a non equivalent quasi-experimental study which was guided by two research…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Statistical Analysis, Teaching Methods
Muraya, Daniel Ngaru; Kimamo, Githui – Educational Research and Reviews, 2011
Performance in Biology at secondary school level in Kenya remains poor and one reason is the teaching approach adopted by teachers with teacher-centered approaches being pre-dominant. This study sought to determine the effect of cooperative learning approach on mean achievement scores in Biology of secondary school students.…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Teacher Effectiveness, Achievement Tests, Cooperative Learning
Uhumuavbi, P. O.; Mamudu, J. A. – College Student Journal, 2009
This study compared the effects of Programmed Instruction and Demonstration methods on students academic performance in science in Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State. A sampling technique (balloting) was used in selecting two schools in Esan West local government area for the study. Two intact classes of fifty (50) students each from the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Quasiexperimental Design, Intermode Differences, Foreign Countries
Shirvani, Hosin – American Secondary Education, 2009
The participants in this study were high school Hispanic students from four geometry classes. All students were taught by the same teacher, and the duration of the experiment was for one term or six weeks. Two classes were placed in the control group and another two classes in the experimental group. In the control group, students took weekly…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Mathematics Achievement, Achievement Tests
Salinas, Moises F.; Kane-Johnson, Sarah E.; Vasil-Miller, Melissa A. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2008
The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of achievement tests to measure long-term learning at the higher education level in traditional verses learner-centered classrooms. Volunteer instructors who use comprehensive achievement tests as an important component of their grading system were asked to complete an instrument that…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Learner Controlled Instruction, Active Learning, Conventional Instruction
Cushing, Katherine S.; And Others – 1989
The instructional effectiveness of commercially prepared test preparation materials was studied using Riverside Publishing Company's "Improving Test-Taking Skills" materials. The study further investigated differential effects of test-taking instruction as a result of student characteristics. In the first year of the study (1986-87),…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
Pike, Gary R. – 1989
The College Outcome Measures Program (COMP) and the Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency (CAAP) examinations were evaluated as measures of the effectiveness of the general education program of the University of Tennessee (Knoxville). The criteria used to evaluate these examinations focused on their construct validity. The data were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, College Seniors, Comparative Testing
