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Da Xuan Ng; Wei Jun Marc Chao; Kai Qin Chan – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2025
Single-subjects design has the advantage of providing detailed, individualized analyses of intervention. However, creating a tutorial for single-subject design (SSD) is challenging, and an effective version for online delivery is currently unavailable. Here, we developed an experiential SSD tutorial designed for online delivery and evaluated its…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Tutorial Programs, Tutoring, Undergraduate Students
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Kranak, Michael P.; Mitteer, Daniel R. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2022
This Concise Review is an appraisal of contemporary research on teaching single-case experimental design (SCED) graphical creation published between 2017-2021. Recent work on SCED graphical creation is summarized and areas for future research are highlighted.
Descriptors: Research Design, Graphs, Data Interpretation, Teaching Methods
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Jessie King; Barnaby Kelly; Nayla Rhein; Rhonda Rosengren – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2024
To best prepare students for the real-world research environment, key skills, including experimental design, data analysis, communication of results, and critical thinking, should be key components of undergraduate science courses. Furthermore, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on in-person teaching has resulted in a need to develop courses that…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Laboratory Experiments, Research Design, Data Interpretation
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Bridges, Eileen – Journal of Marketing Education, 2021
This article looks back over the past two decades to describe how teaching of undergraduate marketing research has (or has not) changed. Sweeping changes in technology and society have certainly affected how marketing research is designed and implemented--but how has this affected teaching of this important topic? Although the purpose of marketing…
Descriptors: Marketing, Undergraduate Students, Educational Change, Teaching Methods
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Hesse-Biber, Sharlene – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2015
There are pedagogical challenges USA students and instructors face within mixed methods classrooms. Instructors of mixed methods are often self-taught, lacking adequate training in both qualitative and quantitative approaches to research. Students are not often trained in both research approaches. These dual training gaps can result in deep…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Graduate Students, College Faculty, Teaching Methods
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Strayer, Jeremy F.; Edwards, Michael Todd – Mathematics Teacher, 2015
A news story claiming that the cream filling of a popular "double" cream sandwich cookie is not really "double" went viral in fall 2013. A high school mathematics teacher posted a blog entry describing how he and his students measured 20 cookies, analyzed the data, and concluded that the double cream cookies had only 1.86 times…
Descriptors: Media Literacy, News Media, Mathematics Education, Statistics
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Suleman, Qaiser; Hussain, Ishtiaq – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The purpose of the research paper was to investigate the effect of eclectic learning approach on the academic achievement and retention of students in English at elementary level. A sample of forty students of 8th grade randomly selected from Government Boys High School Khurram District Karak was used. It was an experimental study and that's why…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Academic Achievement, School Holding Power, Pretests Posttests
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Bembenutty, Hefer – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2011
This article presents an interview with David Rindskopf, a Distinguished Professor of Educational Psychology and Psychology at the City University of New York Graduate Center, where he has taught since 1979. His research and teaching are in the area of applied statistics, measurement, and research design. He is a fellow of the American Statistical…
Descriptors: Research Design, Educational Research, Educational Psychology, Experimental Psychology
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Pressley, Michael; And Others – Reading Research Quarterly, 1989
Evaluates the methodological adequacy of 37 studies of reading comprehension strategy instruction according to criteria of both internal and external validity. Finds many strengths, but identifies six important weaknesses. Suggests guidelines for planning future studies, and urges comprehension researchers to pay more attention to methodological…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Instructional Effectiveness
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DiBartolomeis, Susan M.; Mone, James P. – Cell Biology Education, 2003
Over the past decade, apoptosis has emerged as an important field of study central to ongoing research in many diverse fields, from developmental biology to cancer research. Apoptosis proceeds by a highly coordinated series of events that includes enzyme activation, DNA fragmentation, and alterations in plasma membrane permeability. The detection…
Descriptors: Research Design, Oncology, Genetics, Science Instruction
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Fuchs, Douglas – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 1996
Presents the author's perspective on the topic of educational intervention for students with learning disabilities through a discussion of using validated, curriculum-based measurement as a determinant of effective instruction. Also examines the optimal characteristics and ethics of intervention research and the dissemination and implementation of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Data Interpretation, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
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Johnson, David E. – Teaching of Psychology, 1996
Provides an exercise for introducing research methods to undergraduates. The students view a graph revealing that left-handed people are underrepresented in older age groups. Small group discussions attempt to explain this phenomenon. A follow-up class discussion focuses on the different approaches and methods available for interpreting the data.…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Critical Thinking, Data Interpretation, Factor Analysis