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Download full textAnderson, Garrett; Mulvey, Patrick – Statistical Research Center of the American Institute of Physics, 2012
Each fall the Statistical Research Center conducts its Survey of Enrollments and Degrees, which asks all degree-granting physics and astronomy departments in the U.S. to provide information concerning the numbers of students they have enrolled and counts of recent degree recipients. In connection with this survey, the authors ask for the names and…
Descriptors: Physics, Doctoral Degrees, College Graduates, Employment
Peer reviewedMazer, Joseph P.; Simonds, Cheri J.; Hunt, Stephen K. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2012
The assessment of student learning in general education courses is of critical importance in higher education. This study examines the utility of a writing assignment (application essays) in a basic communication course as an effective assessment tool. The authors conducted a content analysis of student portfolios to determine the extent to which…
Descriptors: Mass Media, Content Analysis, Education Courses, Essays
Direct linkMintz, Laurie B.; Balzer, Alexandra M.; Zhao, Xinting; Bush, Hannah E. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2012
This study examines the effectiveness of bibliotherapy for low sexual desire among women, which is the most frequent sexual concern brought to counselors. Forty-five women responded to an advertisement for participation in a study on low sexual desire and were assigned to either the intervention or the wait-list control group. The intervention…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Females, Evidence, Program Effectiveness
Firmin, Michael W.; Markham, Ruth Lowrie; Stultz, Kurt J.; Johnson, Heidi J.; Garland, Elizabeth P. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2016
The authors report the results of a phenomenological, qualitative research study involving 20 students who participated in a weekend poverty immersion experience. Analysis of the tape-recorded interviews included coding, checks for internal validity, and the generation of themes common to most of the research participants. Two overall results were…
Descriptors: College Students, Immersion Programs, Poverty, Outcomes of Education
Kirnan, Jean; Siminerio, Steven; Wong, Zachary – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2016
An existing school program in which therapy dogs are integrated into the reading curriculum was analyzed to determine the effect on student reading. Previous literature suggests an improvement in both reading skills and attitudes towards reading when students read in the presence of a therapy dog. Using a mixed method model, the researchers…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Therapy, Reading Attitudes, Reading Programs
Aulgur, Jeffrey J. – Administrative Issues Journal: Connecting Education, Practice, and Research, 2016
Organizational effectiveness is a term without a single definition about the nonprofit community; it is difficult to define, much less measure, due to the wide disparity in that community. Inconsistency in the sector leads to an array of hypotheses in the literature addressing organizational effectiveness. Through a comprehensive examination of a…
Descriptors: Governance, Nonprofit Organizations, Organizational Effectiveness, Case Studies
Cooper, Jay R. – Journal of Experiential Education, 2014
This study reports the perceptions of faculty 10 years after participating and sustaining their involvement in academic service-learning. Issues explored include why participants became involved in service-learning, the perceived impact on the promotion and tenure process, the challenges and rewards reaped by participants, and what sustained them…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Teacher Attitudes, Sustainability, Followup Studies
Vigna-Taglianti, Federica D.; Galanti, Maria Rosaria; Burkhart, Gregor; Caria, Maria Paola; Vadrucci, Serena; Faggiano, Fabrizio – New Directions for Youth Development, 2014
The EU-Dap study aimed to develop and evaluate a school-based curriculum for the prevention of substance use among young people. The school curriculum, "Unplugged," is based on social influence approach and addresses social and personal skills, knowledge, and normative beliefs. It consists of 12 one-hour interactive sessions delivered by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Substance Abuse, Prevention, Intervention
Strain, Phillip S. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2017
This article reports on a 4-year follow-up study from the Learning Experiences and Alternative Program for Preschoolers and Their Parents (LEAP) randomized trial of early intervention for young children with autism. Overall, participants from LEAP classes were marginally superior to comparison class children on elementary school outcomes specific…
Descriptors: Followup Studies, Preschool Children, Parents, Early Intervention
Bean, Rita M.; Dole, Janice A.; Nelson, Kristin L.; Belcastro, Elizabeth G.; Zigmond, Naomi – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2015
Although there have been any number of national reading reform efforts over the years, there is little evidence that such efforts have been sustained in schools over time. This study focused on addressing 2 questions: To what extent have Reading First schools in 2 states sustained the key elements of this reform over time? To what extent has…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Reading Programs, Educational Change, Reading Achievement
Renieri, Giulia; Pitz, Susanne; Pfeiffer, Norbert; Beutel, Manfred E.; Zwerenz, Rudiger – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 2013
The objective of the study was to assess the impact of low-vision aids on quality of life. Interviews included a modified version of the National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire (Modified German NEI VFQ-25), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, the Mini-Mental State Examination Blind, and Indicators of the Rehabilitation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Visual Impairments, Rehabilitation, Assistive Technology
Riddle, Mark A.; Yershova, Kseniya; Lazzaretto, Deborah; Paykina, Natalya; Yenokyan, Gayane; Greenhill, Laurence; Abikoff, Howard; Vitiello, Benedetto; Wigal, Tim; McCracken, James T.; Kollins, Scott H.; Murray, Desiree W.; Wigal, Sharon; Kastelic, Elizabeth; McGough, James J.; dosReis, Susan; Bauzo-Rosario, Audrey; Stehli, Annamarie; Posner, Kelly – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2013
Objective: To describe the clinical course of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptom severity and diagnosis from ages 3 to 5 up to 9 to 12 years during a 6-year follow-up after the original Preschool ADHD Treatment Study (PATS). Method: A total of 207 participants (75% male) from the original PATS, assessed at baseline (mean age,…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Age, Preschool Children, Severity (of Disability)
Leijten, Patty; Raaijmakers, Maartje A. J.; de Castro, Bram Orobio; Matthys, Walter – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2013
Disadvantaged family socioeconomic status (SES) is often assumed to diminish parent training program effectiveness. In examining effects of SES, influences of initial problem severity have been largely ignored. In the present meta-analysis, we examined (a) whether there is a differential influence of SES on parent training effectiveness at…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Disadvantaged, Family Characteristics, Parent Education
Parady, Elizabeth Skiles – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The intersection of the accountability measures found in NCLB with the legislative response to the Campbell decisions in Wyoming has resulted in an unprecedented focus on accountability for student achievement and resource use. Funding provided to schools has increased with a concomitant drive for accountability and transparency, the publication…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Instructional Improvement, Educational Finance, Financial Support
Andrew J. Holliman; Jane Hurry – Educational Psychology, 2013
Reading Recovery (RR) is an intensive one-to-one reading intervention programme designed for five- to six-year-old children who are the lowest literacy achievers after one year of formal tuition. RR has been shown to have impressive effects in the short-term, particularly on those measures tailored to, and designed for, the programme. However,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Programs, Early Intervention, Program Effectiveness
