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Lord, Catherine; Wagner, Ann; Rogers, Sally; Szatmari, Peter; Aman, Michael; Charman, Tony; Dawson, Geraldine; Durand, V. Mark; Grossman, Lee; Guthrie, Donald; Harris, Sandra; Kasanri, Connie; Marcus, Lee; Murphy, Susan; Odom, Samuel; Pickles, Andrew; Scahill, Lawrence; Shaw, Evelyn; Siegel, Bryna; Sigman, Marian; Stone, Wendy; Smith, Tristram; Yoder, Paul – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2005
In 2002, the National Institutes of Health sponsored a meeting concerning methodological challenges of research in psychosocial interventions in Autism Spectrum Disorders. This paper provides a summary of the presentations and the discussions that occurred during this meeting. Recommendations to federal and private agencies included the need for…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Meetings, Research Methodology, Intervention
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Riggs, Nathaniel R.; Greenberg, Mark T. – Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 2004
Although there has been a rapid increase in funding and attention to after-school programs, there is little understanding of how after-school programs impact children's developmental trajectories. The heterogeneity of American children makes it very unlikely that all children need after-school programming or that there is but one brand of…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Models, Child Development, Influences
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Jitendra, Asha K. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2005
In this commentary, I summarize my own research with colleagues to affirm Dr. Gersten's call for considering design experiments prior to conducting intervention research. I describe how design experiments not only can inform teaching and the learning of innovative approaches, but also hold the promise of effectively bridging the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Research, Theory Practice Relationship, Research Design
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Niederhauser, Dale S.; Wetzel, Keith; Lindstrom, Denise L. – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2005
The publishing process is often challenging for new educational technology scholars. This article provides insights into the publication process to help them understand and to increase the chances that their work will be accepted for publication in high-quality peer-reviewed journals. Suggestions for developing a program of research, a description…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Educational Research, Writing for Publication, Journal Articles
Cooper, Harris – National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), 2007
This occasional paper introduces the methods of research synthesis and meta-analysis to researchers and consumers of research in the field of adult learning and literacy. To begin, the first section of the paper defines key terms and offers a brief history of how the methodologies developed. The second section provides a conceptualization of…
Descriptors: Social Sciences, Adult Learning, Synthesis, Research Methodology
National Forum on Early Childhood Program Evaluation, 2007
Increasing demands for evidence-based early childhood services and the need by policymakers to know whether a program is effective or whether it warrants a significant investment of public and/or private funds--coupled with the often-politicized debate around these topics--make it imperative for policymakers and civic leaders to have independent…
Descriptors: Evaluation Research, Program Evaluation, Young Children, Evaluation Methods
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Ingels, Steven J.; Pratt, Daniel J.; Wilson, David; Burns, Laura J.; Currivan, Douglas; Rogers, James E.; Hubbard-Bednasz, Sherry – National Center for Education Statistics, 2007
This manual has been produced to familiarize data users with the procedures followed for data collection and processing for the base year through second follow-up of the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002). It also provides the necessary documentation for use of the data files, as they appear on the ELS:2002 base-year to second…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, High School Students, Research Design, Data Collection
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Banyard, Victoria L.; Moynihan, Mary M.; Plante, Elizabethe G. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2007
The current study used an experimental design to evaluate a sexual violence prevention program based on a community of responsibility model that teaches women and men how to intervene safely and effectively in cases of sexual violence before, during, and after incidents with strangers, acquaintances, or friends. It approaches both women and men as…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Research Design, Violence, Sexual Harassment
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Mansouri, Maliheh; Lockyer, Jocelyn – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2007
Introduction: We undertook a meta-analysis of the Continuing Medical Education (CME) outcome literature to examine the effect of moderator variables on physician knowledge, performance, and patient outcomes. Methods: A literature search of MEDLINE and ERIC was conducted for randomized controlled trials and experimental design studies of CME…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Research Design, Physicians, Intervention
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Zozakiewicz, Cathy; Rodriguez, Alberto J. – Educational Policy, 2007
Maxima was an intervention project that focused on assisting teachers to establish more inquiry-based, gender-inclusive, and culturally relevant learning environments. The authors grounded the project by using sociotransformative constructivism as a theoretical framework to steer the implementation of three guiding concepts for professional…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Constructivism (Learning), Instructional Design, Transformative Learning
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Cohen, Andrew D.; Shively, Rachel L. – Modern Language Journal, 2007
The primary aim of this study was to assess the impact of a curricular intervention on study-abroad students' use of language- and culture-learning strategies and on their acquisition of requests and apologies. The intervention consisted of a brief face-to-face orientation to learning speech acts, a self-study guidebook on language and culture…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Research Design, Intervention, Speech Acts
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Tierney, William G.; Corwin, Zoe Blumberg – Qualitative Inquiry, 2007
Academic freedom and the protection of human research subjects are central tenets of American universities. Academic freedom protects the rights of tenured professors to conduct autonomous research; human subject protection ensures that research causes as minimal a risk as possible to study participants. Although the two principles are mutually…
Descriptors: Research Design, Academic Freedom, Ethics, Administrative Principles
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Turvey, Rosario – Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2007
This article outlines the Results-Based Evaluation (RBE) framework proposed for the ex-post assessment of the National Environmental Management Strategies (NEMS) in 12 small-island developing states (SIDS) in the South Pacific. It gives an overview of the methods and basis of developing an evaluation framework in the context of SIDS in the region.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evaluation Methods, Sustainable Development, Program Evaluation
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McGhee, Marla W.; Lew, Chulsub – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2007
Purpose: This study explored the perceptions of teachers regarding principal support for and understanding of effective writing instruction and whether certain areas of knowledge influence principals' actions and interventions. Research Design: Researchers surveyed teacher participants using the Principal's Support for Writing Instrument and also…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Writing Instruction, Principals, Knowledge Level
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Wang, Weiping – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2007
This study examined the impact of the 2+2 Alternative Teacher Performance Appraisal System that has been implemented in Shanxi province in China. A mixed research design was used to evaluate the program. Six high schools and a total of 78 teachers (13 teachers in each school) in Shanxi province were selected. Three of the schools participated in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Design, Educational Change, Back to Basics
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