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Nugent, Susan Monroe, Ed. – The Leaflet, 1987
Focusing on synthesis--the ability to recognize and create new ideas that subsume and relate to others--as one of the most sophisticated skills writers can attain, the articles in this journal present many ideas for teaching synthesis and a number of classroom approaches that combine the study of English with other fields. The following titles and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Interdisciplinary Approach, Secondary Education, Synthesis
Peer reviewedBausell, R. Barker, Ed. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1995
The six articles of this issue discuss the place of meta-analysis in the health professions and present two state-of-the-art meta-analyses using a variety of innovative methodologies, statistics, and secondary analytic procedures. A survey conducted for this issue and its sequel explores interventions to facilitate meta-analysis. (SLD)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Health
Peer reviewedSipe, Theresa Ann; Curlette, William L. – International Journal of Educational Research, 1997
This study examines 103 meta-analyses related to educational achievement published over 10 years to produce a meta-synthesis. Various characteristics of the meta-analyses are summarized to produce a methodological profile of research, and effect sizes are synthesized to assess an educational productivity model. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Effect Size, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedMarquart, Jules M., Ed.; Konrad, Ellen L., Ed. – New Directions for Evaluation, 1996
The six chapters of this theme issue attempt to define conceptual and methodological issues in the evaluation of integrated services systems and to begin to synthesize some of these issues. An introduction to these evaluation issues is followed by case studies and a discussion of implications for program and policy development. (SLD)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Programs, Evaluation Methods, Integrated Services
Denny, Terry – 1978
Story telling is defined as a kind of journalistic documentation, based on directly observable referents, and used to contribute to an understanding of educational problems. In the area of educational research, story telling is part of the genre which includes case studies, ethnography, and ethnology. Story telling describes an environment in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Caseworker Approach, Educational Anthropology, Educational Research
Download full textCDS Report, 1990
This collection of descriptions of research at the Center for Research on Effective Schooling for Disadvantaged Students opens with the discussion of a synthesis of research on the effects of one-to-one tutoring programs used in first grade to prevent reading failure produced by Barbara Wasik and Robert Slavin. The synthesis reviews stringent…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
Kazanas, H. C. – 1978
Recognizing the importance of a curriculum that facilitates the acquisition of desirable, affective work competencies (work attitudes, values, and habits) as well as specific job skills, a study was conducted to review and synthesize what is known about the social and psychological aspects of work and to identify specific affective work…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Behavior Theories
