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St.Clair, Travis; Cook, Thomas D.; Hallberg, Kelly – American Journal of Evaluation, 2014
Although evaluators often use an interrupted time series (ITS) design to test hypotheses about program effects, there are few empirical tests of the design's validity. We take a randomized experiment on an educational topic and compare its effects to those from a comparative ITS (CITS) design that uses the same treatment group as the experiment…
Descriptors: Time, Evaluation Methods, Measurement Techniques, Research Design
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Byun, Chong Hyun Christie – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2014
The importance of active learning in the classroom has been well established in the field of Economic education. This paper examines the connection between active learning and performance outcomes in an Economics 101 course. Students participated in single play simultaneous move game with a clear dominant strategy, modeled after the Prisoner's…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Learning Activities, Correlation, Performance Based Assessment
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Tune, Johnathan D.; Sturek, Michael; Basile, David P. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2013
The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a traditional lecture-based curriculum versus a modified "flipped classroom" curriculum of cardiovascular, respiratory, and renal physiology delivered to first-year graduate students. Students in both courses were provided the same notes and recorded lectures. Students in the…
Descriptors: Physiology, Student Improvement, Graduate Students, Metabolism
Bowers, Clinton Todd – Online Submission, 2009
Repeated poor performance by students with special needs on the Indiana Statewide Test of Educational Progress (ISTEP) in an Indiana middle school supported the need for instructional changes. Following the implementation of a full inclusion program, a problem arose in that the program had not been evaluated and effectiveness was in question. This…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Program Effectiveness, Scores, Special Needs Students