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Huber, Stephan Gerhard; Helm, Christoph – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2020
The crisis caused by the COVID-19 virus has far-reaching effects in the field of education, as schools were closed in March 2020 in many countries around the world. In this article, we present and discuss the School Barometer, a fast survey (in terms of reaction time, time to answer and dissemination time) that was conducted in Germany, Austria…
Descriptors: Disease Control, School Closing, Educational Policy, Surveys
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Widaman, Keith F. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2014
Latent variable structural equation modeling has become the analytic method of choice in many domains of research in psychology and allied social sciences. One important aspect of a latent variable model concerns the relations hypothesized to hold between latent variables and their indicators. The most common specification of structural equation…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Predictor Variables, Educational Research, Causal Models
Rose, Roderick A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
An important target of education policy is to improve overall teacher effectiveness using evidence-based policies. Randomized control trials (RCTs), which randomly assign study participants or groups of participants to treatment and control conditions, are not always practical or possible and observational studies using rigorous quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Causal Models, Inferences, Observation
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McDuffie, Kimberly A.; Scruggs, Thomas E. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2008
In response to recent trends and legislation, the concept of implementing evidence-based practices has become a critical component of contemporary schooling. It is important that teachers and families of students with disabilities understand the role that qualitative research plays in determining whether a practice is in fact evidence based.…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Disabilities, Special Education, Evidence
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Popkewitz, Thomas S. – Educational Researcher, 1992
F. Schrag is preoccupied with enhancing education, but who decides what enhancement is? He has confused positivism with empiricism. Positivism is a specific philosophical movement that is associated with logical positivism. The empiricism that Schrag labels positivism preceded the philosophic traditions. (SLD)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Causal Models, Educational Improvement, Educational Philosophy
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers