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Strickland, Janet – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2005
The purpose of this study was to compare the use of WebQuests with traditional instruction. Specifically, the study examined the end-of-unit exam scores for students who completed a WebQuest on the Texas Revolution and those students completing a poster activity. Both of the instructional activities were implemented as additional enhancement to…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Strategies, Conventional Instruction, Web Based Instruction
Crain, Robert L.; Mahard, Rita E. – 1982
A meta analysis of 93 research reports on school desegregation and black achievement was conducted to determine (1) why the study results differed as to apparent desegregation effects; and (2) whether some desegregation plans produced greater achievement gains than others. An analysis indicated that inconsistencies in research findings were mainly…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Black Students, Control Groups, Curriculum Development
Wacker, Sally; And Others – 1980
The fourth in a series reporting evaluation findings on the impact of Project Developmental Continuity (PDC), this volume reports treatment-related and other findings concerning teachers and classrooms up to the time the evaluation study's cohort of children had completed grade 1. Begun at 15 sites in 1974 with the purpose of ensuring that…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Control Groups, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Powell, Marjorie; And Others – 1980
The final volume in a series of six evaluation reports, this document provides a summary of the results of the evaluation of Project Developmental Continuity (PDC), conducted when the evaluation study's cohort of children had completed grade 1. Begun at 15 sites in 1974 with the purpose of ensuring that disadvantaged children receive continuous…
Descriptors: Child Development, Control Groups, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Crane, Laura R.; Cech, Joseph – 1979
Normal curve equivalent achievement gains estimates were compared with RMC Title I evaluation Models A1 and B1. The comparison focused upon the amount of bias introduced by Model A1 when its underlying assumptions were violated. The model assumes, first, that the local school population is accurately represented by the national norm group; and…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Control Groups, Early Childhood Education
White, Owen R. – 1978
Traditionally, the use of control groups, regression discontinuity/projection, or norm referenced models has been advocated for educational program evaluation. The small numbers of and the heterogeneous characteristics of severely and profoundly handicapped make these evaluation methods inappropriate for this population subgroup. Furthermore, no…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Control Groups, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
KLAPPER, MORRIS; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF APPLYING COORDINATED VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION, EDUCATIONAL, AND GUIDANCE SERVICES TO SEVERELY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN BETWEEN 14 AND 16 ON THE PREMISE THAT THESE STUDENTS MIGHT BE UNABLE TO TAKE MAXIMUM ADVANTAGE OF SERVICES INITIATED AT A LATER AGE. FIFTY-FIVE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, 35…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Career Guidance, Comparative Analysis
CHESLER, MARK A.; SEGAL, PHYLLIS – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO INVESTIGATE THE PROCESS OF SCHOOL INTEGRATION IN THE DEEP SOUTH IN TERMS OF THE CHARACTERISTICS AND INTERRACIAL EXPERIENCES OF A SAMPLE OF DESEGREGATING NEGRO STUDENTS, THE REACTIONS OF THE NEGRO COMMUNITY, AND THE REACTIONS OF THE STUDENTS' WHITE TEACHERS. INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED WITH A SAMPLE OF SECONDARY…
Descriptors: Black Students, Change Agents, Classroom Environment, Control Groups
TANNENBAUM, ABRAHAM J. – 1967
TO RAISE THE LITERACY LEVELS OF DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN THROUGH THE USE OF INDIGENOUS NONPROFESSIONALS IN A HOME-BASED TUTORING PROGRAM THE SUPPLEMENTARY TEACHING ASSISTANCE IN READING (STAR) PROGRAM OFFERED READING READINESS INSTRUCTION TO 490 FIRST-GRADE CHILDREN OF LOWER-CLASS PUERTO RICAN ORIGIN. MONOLINGUAL AND BILINGUAL NONPROFESSIONALS…
Descriptors: After School Education, Control Groups, Disadvantaged Youth, Experimental Groups
ALEXANDER, FRANK D.; LONGEST, JAMES W. – 1962
THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS 1956-60 LONGITUDINAL STUDY WAS TO COMPARE CHANGES IN FARM PRACTICES AND RELATED KNOWLEDGE AND IN INCOME AND RELATED BUSINESS FACTORS AMONG 87 PARTICIPANTS (DAIRYMEN) IN THE FARM MANAGEMENT PHASE OF THE NEW YORK STATE FARM AHD HOME MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, WITH THOSE OF A CONTROL GROUP OF 87 WHO DID NOT PARTICIPATE. IN 1956, THE…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Dairy Farmers, Educational Methods, Educational Objectives
Ryan, T. A. – 1968
A planned vocational guidance program incorporating instructional and counseling components in a community college setting was evaluated. The primary purpose of the program was to improve occupational choice-making of post-high school youth. Three hundred community college students whose verbal and quantitative scores on college entrance…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Guidance
Main, Earl D. – 1966
To learn what effects Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) institutional job training courses had on income and employment, a nationwide representative sample of about 1,200 former trainees (784 completers and 413 dropouts) were interviewed early in 1966--over a year after their job training--to learn their opinions of the programs and…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Employer Attitudes
Wenrich, Ralph C.; And Others – 1968
The vocational education leadership behavior of graduates from an 8-week summer workshop who completed a year-long internship was observed to evaluate the training program and to develop an objective formula for selection of personnel for effective leadership roles. The 71 graduates for the school years 1964-67 were compared with the 48 member…
Descriptors: Administrators, Bibliographies, Control Groups, Experimental Groups
Ministry of Education and Social Welfare, New Delhi (India). – 1973
The technical report of the Pilot Evaluation Study of Functional Literacy Project in Lucknow District, Uttar Pradesh, India presents the research procedures and statistical analysis for the previously published non-technical report of the study. The main study objectives were to obtain qualitative and quantitative measurements of attainment and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Farmer Education, Adult Programs
Bloom, Lawrence A.; And Others – 1975
The PRINCE materials for undergraduate collegiate students, developed at Syracuse University, were field tested at six higher education institutions for this evaluation study. The materials, consisting of four versions of a simulation, were designed to teach skills for analyzing political situations from a strategic point of view, with the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Control Groups, Criterion Referenced Tests, Curriculum Evaluation
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