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A Longitudinal Assessment of the Effectiveness of a School-Based Mentoring Program in Middle School
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Nunez, Jose Carlos; Rosario, Pedro; Vallejo, Guillermo; Gonzalez-Pienda, Julio Antonio – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2013
This work assessed the efficacy of a middle-school-based mentoring program designed to increase student use of self-regulated learning (SRL) strategies, self-efficacy for and the perceived usefulness of SRL as well as mathematics and language achievement. A longitudinal cluster randomized trial study design obtained evidence that found…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Statistical Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups
The Need for Interdisciplinary Studies of the Teaching of Writing.
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Hillocks, George, Jr. – Rhetoric Review, 1989
Illustrates that ethnographic research is not antipathetic to controlled experimental or quasi-experimental research. Argues that qualitative and various kinds of quantitative research need to be used in productive symbiotic relationships. (RAE)
Descriptors: Ethnography, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Strategies, Qualitative Research
The Use of Cluster Analysis in Categorization of Physics Problems.
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Veldhuis, G. Henry – Science Education, 1990
The nature of cluster analysis and dendograms, subjects, tasks, and results of this study are described. Categories for problems were based on assumptions about the methods used by novice and expert problem solvers in a physics context. (CW)
Descriptors: Classification, Cluster Analysis, Cognitive Structures, College Science
Comments on Virginia LoCastro's "Learning Strategies and Learning Environments." Making Sense of Learning Strategy Assessment: Toward a Higher Standard of Research Accuracy.
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Oxford, Rebecca L.; Green, John M. – TESOL Quarterly, 1995
Critiques an article by Virginia LoCastro that contrasted quantitative data (using the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning, or SILL) and qualitative data (using group interviews) and finds the conclusions drawn from the comparison unjustified on various grounds. A reply by LoCastro is included. (Contains a combined total of 20 references.)…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Learning Strategies, Learning Theories, Measurement Techniques
Cross-Cultural Validation of Models of Approaches to Learning: An Application of Confirmatory Factor Analysis.
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Wong, Ngai-Ying; Lin, Wen-Ying; Watkins, David – Educational Psychology, 1996
Analyzes responses to a questionnaire from 10 samples of primary and secondary school students from Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Malaysia, Beijing, Hong Kong, and Canada. The questionnaire covered learning strategies, approaches, and motivation. These data were then analyzed using six different structural equation models. Includes discussion of the models…
Descriptors: Educational Experience, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Learning Experience