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Soiferman, L. Karen – Online Submission, 2019
The debate on the validity of teaching students how to identify their own preferred learning style is not going to go away anytime soon as evidenced by the number of articles still being written about the topic. One can find numerous research studies that say students have different strengths and weaknesses when it comes to learning and retaining…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Learning Strategies, Teaching Methods, Preferences
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Yang, Yang; Welch, Graham – International Journal of Music Education, 2023
Based on findings from a large meta-data-based literature survey, this article is intended to provide a comprehensive synthesis of key features of China's music education system as seen through the lens of n = 116 major research studies, drawn from a total of N = 3,257 high-impact Chinese journal articles published during 2007 to 2019. The…
Descriptors: Music Education, Research Reports, Teaching Methods, Curriculum Development
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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
Beins, Bernard C. – 1991
The Barnum Effect was generated to teach students about the ethics of deception in research and the feelings of subjects who are deceived. The Barnum Effect occurs when individuals are duped into believing invalid results of psychological tests. People are most accepting when given favorable feedback about themselves. They interpret evaluations as…
Descriptors: College Students, Deception, Ethical Instruction, Ethics
Clark, Richard E.; Leonard, Stuart – 1985
The suspected sources of confounding in current meta-analytic studies of computer based instruction (CBI) are uncontrolled effects of instructional method and/or the John Henry Effect (i.e., compensatory rivalry). To determine which confounding is most plausible, a random 30% sample of the 128 studies which formed the original Kulik meta-analyses…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conventional Instruction, Drills (Practice)
Morris, Charles J. – 1977
The failure to find strong instructional effects of simulation is usually attributed to poor measurement and faulty research design. However, weak implementation of simulation into the classroom, rather than methodological inadequacy, is presented here as the primary reason for finding insignificant effects. The types of environments under which…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, College Students