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Miller, Michael R.; Rittle-Johnson, Bethany; Loehr, Abbey M.; Fyfe, Emily R. – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2016
Children's knowledge of repeating patterns (e.g., ABBABB) is a central component of early mathematics, but the developmental mechanisms underlying this knowledge are currently unknown. We sought clarity on the importance of relational knowledge and executive function (EF) to preschoolers' understanding of repeating patterns. One hundred…
Descriptors: Young Children, Knowledge Level, Executive Function, Mathematical Concepts
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Means, Darris R.; Bryant, Immanuel; Crutchfield, Stacey; Jones, Michelle; Wade, Ross – Journal of College Student Development, 2016
Colleges and universities have increased institutional outreach to diversify their campuses, however, campus leaders, faculty, and staff, particularly at predominantly White institutions (PWIs), must provide more and different support services as their institutional demographics shift to include more underrepresented students. The shift in…
Descriptors: College Students, Minority Group Students, Demography, Intervention
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Gün, Mesut – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2016
The purpose of this empirical study is to determine how and to what extent the use of animations impacts auditory acquisition, one of the key learning fields in 6th grade grammar, as measured by students' academic success and completion rates. By using a pre-test and post-test design, this empirical study randomly divided a group of Turkish 6th…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Animation, Grade 6, Listening Comprehension
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Schuchardt, Anita M.; Schunn, Christian D. – Science Education, 2016
Amid calls for integrating science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (iSTEM) in K-12 education, there is a pressing need to uncover productive methods of integration. Prior research has shown that increasing contextual linkages between science and mathematics is associated with student problem solving and conceptual understanding. However,…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Mathematics Instruction, Science Instruction
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Ates, Bünyamin – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
In this research, the effect of solution focused group counseling upon high school students struggling with school burnout was analyzed. The research was an experimental study in which a pre-test post-test control group random design was used, depending upon the real experimental model. The study group included 30 students that volunteered from…
Descriptors: Group Counseling, High School Students, Burnout, Pretests Posttests
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Fatollahi, Moslem – English Language Teaching, 2016
Sight translation is the oral translation of a written text and is a mixture of translation and interpreting. Sight translation is a widely-used activity in translation training programs. Yet, this mode of translation has rarely been applied as a reading instruction technique in Iranian EFL instruction context in spite of the growing interest in…
Descriptors: Translation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Manurung, Sondang R.; Mihardi, Satria – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of hypertext media based kinematic learning and formal thinking ability to improve the conceptual understanding of physic prospective students. The research design used is the one-group pretest-posttest experimental design is carried out in the research by taking 36 students on from…
Descriptors: Mechanics (Physics), Hypermedia, Concept Formation, Instructional Effectiveness
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Luten, Karla A.; Reijneveld, Sijmen A.; Dijkstra, Arie; de Winter, Andrea F. – Health Education Research, 2016
The aim of this study is to assess the reach and effectiveness of an integrated community-based intervention designed to promote physical activity and healthy eating among older adults in a socioeconomically disadvantaged community in the Netherlands. The intervention was evaluated with a controlled pre-post quasi-experimental design, with 430…
Descriptors: Intervention, Outcomes of Education, Control Groups, Physical Activity Level
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Schirmer, Barbara R.; Schaffer, Laura; Therrien, William J.; Schirmer, Todd N. – Reading Psychology, 2016
Two studies were conducted to determine if the Reread-Adapt and Answer-Comprehend (RAAC) repeated reading fluency intervention is effective in improving the reading achievement of deaf middle school and high school students. Participants included six middle school students and eight high school students. We found consistently good comprehension…
Descriptors: Deafness, Reading Fluency, Reading Instruction, Reading Achievement
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Khairutdinova, Rezeda R.; Selivanova, Olga G.; Abildina, Saltanat K. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The relevance of the research problem of the modern school student's subjectivity is caused by the necessity to develop in a growing person the integrity of innovative features such as productive independence, being active and initiative in any case. The aim of this article is to describe pedagogical conditions of students' subjectivity formation…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Beliefs, Student Development, Educational Practices
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Meric, Odemis; Ilhan, Adilogullari – Journal of Education and Learning, 2016
In this research, it is aimed to investigate the effect of 12-week Latin dance training on the self-confidence of university students. This research was conducted with a total of 60 students, including 30 students as control and 30 students as the working group. A 33-item self-confidence scale developed by Akin (2007) was applied to both control…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Self Esteem, College Students, Control Groups
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Ulutas, Aysegul; Kanak, Mehmet – Journal of Education and Learning, 2016
This study aims to analyze the effect of the Mother and Child Education Program on the relationship between mothers and their five- or six-year-old children. The study used an experimental design of pretest-posttest-monitoring test with a control group. The participants consisted of 50 preschool children aged five or six along with their mothers.…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Parents, Young Children, Parent Child Relationship
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Miciak, Jeremy; Taylor, W. Pat; Stuebing, Karla K.; Fletcher, Jack M.; Vaughn, Sharon – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
An appropriate estimate of statistical power is critical for the design of intervention studies. Although the inclusion of a pretest covariate in the test of the primary outcome can increase statistical power, samples selected on the basis of pretest performance may demonstrate range restriction on the selection measure and other correlated…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Research Design, Intervention, Statistical Analysis
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Wenno, Izaak Hendrik; Wattimena, Pieter; Maspaitela, Luky – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2016
Alternative learning model that can be used in teaching physics to overcome the problems of lack of student learning achievement is a model of skill training (drill skills, and the concept attainment model. Drill skill model is a teaching technique in which students carry out training activities on what they have learned, so that the material…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Drills (Practice), Physics, Science Achievement
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Li, Andrew Yue-Lin; Carvalho, Helena – Advances in Physiology Education, 2016
Prevalent in 20-57% of stroke patients, visual field defects have been shown to impact quality of life. Studies have shown increased risk of falling, ambulatory difficulties, impaired reading ability, and feelings of panic in crowded or unfamiliar places in patients with visual field defects. Rehabilitation, independence, and mental health may…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Neurosciences, Manipulative Materials, Simulation
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