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Direct linkBrowder, Diane M.; Spooner, Fred – Guilford Publications, 2011
This essential text and practitioner guide is unique in its emphasis on fostering academic learning as well as life skills. In-depth chapters cover reading, mathematics, science, and social studies, as well as health care needs, communication and social skills, daily living, and job skills. The expert authors present research-based best practices…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Alternative Assessment, Quality of Life, Disabilities
Download full textRutschow, Elizabeth Zachry; Richburg-Hayes, Lashawn; Brock, Thomas; Orr, Genevieve; Cerna, Oscar; Cullinan, Dan; Kerrigan, Monica Reid; Jenkins, Davis; Gooden, Susan; Martin, Kasey – MDRC, 2011
In 2004, Lumina Foundation for Education launched "Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count," a national initiative aimed at improving success among community college students, particularly low-income students and students of color. Now encompassing more than 130 institutions in 24 states and the District of Columbia, Achieving the…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Program Descriptions, Student Characteristics, College Administration
Department for Education, 2011
This report gives an overview of the existing evidence base on class size and education in England. In particular, it considers how class sizes have changed over time; the impact of the increase in birth rate on pupil numbers and how this could affect the teacher requirement and class sizes; and the impact of class size on educational outcomes.…
Descriptors: Evidence, Class Size, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Objectives
Macy, Michelle – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Within the paradigm of Sociocultural Theory, and using Activity Theory as a data-gathering and management tool, this microgenetic case study examined the processes--the growth, change, and development--engaged in by student-teachers in a foreign language education program as they worked together to complete an activity. The activity involved…
Descriptors: Evidence, Video Technology, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers
Peer reviewedBakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J.; Bos, Karen; Bunkers, Kelley McCreery; Dobrova-Krol, Natasha A.; Engle, Patrice L.; Fox, Nathan A.; Gamer, Gary N.; Goldman, Philip; Groark, Christina J.; Greenberg, Aaron; Grotevant, Harold D.; Groza, Victor K.; Gunnar, Megan R.; Johnson, Dana E.; Juffer, Femmie; Kreppner, Jana M.; Le Mare, Lucy; McCall, Robert B.; Muhamedrahimov, Rifkat J.; Nelson, Charles A., III; Palacios, Jesus; Sonuga-Barke, Edmund J. S.; Steele, Howard; Steele, Miriam; Tieman, Wendy; van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.; Verhulst, Frank C.; Vorria, Panayiota; Zeanah, Charles H. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2011
This monograph reviews literature pertaining to children without permanent parents. Chapters review (1) the development of children while institutional residents; (2) the development of postinstitutionalized children transitioned to family environments (i.e., adoption); the effects of institutionalization on (3) attachment behaviors, (4) physical…
Descriptors: Evidence, Childrens Rights, Child Welfare, Young Children
Bransford, John D., Ed.; Stipek, Deborah J., Ed.; Vye, Nancy J., Ed.; Gomez, Louis M., Ed.; Lam, Diana, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2009
In this book, leading scholars in the field examine the available research on the use of evidence in education and provide suggestions for strengthening the research-to-practice pipeline. Critics within and outside the field of education often point out the absence of a strong reciprocal connection between research and practice. The emergence of…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Improvement, Evidence, Research and Development
What Works Clearinghouse, 2009
This study examined whether having a teacher with National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) certification improves student achievement. The study analyzed data on about 3,800 second through fifth grade students taught by 198 teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Study data were from 2003-04 and 2004-05. The authors…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, National Standards, Program Effectiveness, Teacher Certification
Springer, Matthew G.; Pepper, Matthew J.; Ghosh-Dastidar, Bonnie – Urban Institute (NJ1), 2009
This study examines the effect of supplemental educational services (SES) on student test score gains and whether particular subgroups of students benefit more from No Child Left Behind (NCLB) tutoring services. The sample used includes information on students enrolled in 3rd through 8th grades nested in 121 elementary and middle schools over a…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Middle Schools, Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement
Roberts, Jenny A.; Scott, Kathleen A. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2009
Research on the language development of internationally adopted children has increased substantially in the past few years, with a variety of methods used to measure language abilities in this population, including parent and teacher reports, norm-referenced tests, conversational and narrative language samples, and other procedures. These…
Descriptors: Intervention, Language Impairments, Adoption, Language Acquisition
Test, David W.; Mazzotti, Valerie L.; Mustian, April L.; Fowler, Catherine H.; Kortering, Larry; Kohler, Paula – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2009
The purpose of this study was to conduct a systematic review of the secondary transition correlational literature to identify in-school predictors of improved postschool outcomes in the areas of education, employment, and/or independent living for students with disabilities. Based on results of this review, 16 evidence-based, in-school predictors…
Descriptors: Independent Living, Disabilities, Outcomes of Education, Evidence
Simonneaux, Laurence; Simonneaux, Jean – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2009
Based on the comments by Lopez-Facal and Jimenez-Aleixandre, we consider that the cultural identities within Europe interfere with the question of the re-introduction of the Slovenian bear, generating a kind of "discrimination." When the SAQs under debate run against the students' systems of value, it seems that the closer the connection…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Student Attitudes
Baumert, Jurgen; Ludtke, Oliver; Trautwein, Ulrich; Brunner, Martin – Educational Research Review, 2009
Given the relatively high intercorrelations observed between mathematics achievement, reading achievement, and cognitive ability, it has recently been claimed that student assessment studies (e.g., TIMSS, PISA) and intelligence tests measure a single cognitive ability that is practically identical to general intelligence. The present article uses…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Outcomes of Education
Riccomini, Paul J.; Sanders, Sharon; Jones, Julie – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2008
The importance of learning mathematical vocabulary is vital for the development of proficiency in mathematics. In an effort to improve students' mathematical performance, educators must use research-validated instructional methods to teach important mathematical vocabulary. Mnemonic instruction is a set of evidenced-based strategies used to…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Development
Shute, Valerie J.; Zapata-Rivera, Diego – ETS Research Report Series, 2008
Recent advances in educational assessment, cognitive science, and artificial intelligence have made it possible to integrate valid assessment and instruction in the form of modern computer-based intelligent systems. These intelligent systems leverage assessment information that is gathered from various sources (e.g., summative and formative). This…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Summative Evaluation
Grantmakers for Education, 2008
In today's climate of accountability, many grantmakers struggle to determine the impact of the activities they support. This report seeks to summarize and make available much of the information from a special member briefing Grantmakers for Education organized to help funders--especially those from foundations with modest budgets--confront this…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Philanthropic Foundations, Grants, Private Financial Support
