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Direct linkHaystead, Mark W. – Marzano Research Laboratory, 2009
This report describes the findings of an analysis of a series of action research projects conducted by Goshen Community Schools at the middle school level. During the 2008-2009 school year, six teachers at Goshen Middle School participated in independent action research studies regarding the extent to which a six step approach to direct vocabulary…
Descriptors: Action Research, Vocabulary, Vocabulary Development, Direct Instruction
Haystead, Mark W. – Marzano Research Laboratory, 2009
This report describes the findings of an analysis of a series of action research projects conducted by Goshen Community Schools at the high school level. During the 2008-2009 school year, eight teachers at Goshen High School participated in independent action research studies regarding the extent to which a six step approach to direct vocabulary…
Descriptors: Action Research, Vocabulary, Vocabulary Development, Direct Instruction
Peer reviewedWaters, J. Timothy; Marzano, Robert J. – ERS Spectrum, 2007
To determine the influence of district superintendents on student achievement and the characteristics of effective superintendents, Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) conducted a meta-analysis of research on the influence of school district leaders on student performance. This study examined findings from 27 studies…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, School Districts, Boards of Education, Leadership Responsibility
Download full textRobinson, Mark; Atkinson, Mary; Downing, Dick – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2008
This literature review was commissioned by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) to draw together current and recent studies of integrated working, in order to build an overview of the theories and models of such working. The review is important for current work on evaluating the early impact of integrated children's services and…
Descriptors: Integrated Services, Search Strategies, Literature Reviews, Models
Shenton, Andrew K. – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2007
Little research has investigated the treatment of school libraries in OFSTED (Office for Standards in Education) reports. This paper is devoted to a recent study that has examined the conclusions reached by inspectors visiting first and primary schools in a metropolitan borough in northern England. Forty-four reports relating to schools of these…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Foreign Countries, Content Analysis, Research Design
Courtade, Ginevra R.; Spooner, Fred; Browder, Diane M. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), 2007
A comprehensive review of research was conducted on teaching science to students with significant cognitive disabilities. Guidelines from the National Science Education Standards were used to identify categories of studies based on the strands of science. A total of 11 studies were identified from the 20 years of literature searched. In general,…
Descriptors: State Standards, National Standards, Educational Strategies, Learning Strategies
Lee, Jaekyung – Review of Educational Research, 2008
In the midst of keen controversies on the impact of high-stakes testing and test-driven external accountability policy, the more balanced and careful selection, interpretation, and use of scientific research evidence are crucial. This article offers a critical synthesis of cross-state causal-comparative and correlational studies that explored the…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, High Stakes Tests, Racial Differences, Accountability
Sanders, Dawn L. – International Journal of Science Education, 2007
Plants are essential to life on Earth and yet are often deemed invisible by the human populace. Botanic gardens are an under-researched educational context and, as such, have occupied a peripheral arena in biology education discussions. This article seeks to readdress this absence and present the case for a more sustained use of informal learning…
Descriptors: Botany, Informal Education, Literature Reviews, Meta Analysis
Torgerson, Carole J. – Journal of Research in Reading, 2007
Recent governments in the United Kingdom have introduced a number of initiatives aimed at improving the literacy levels of children. Policy and practice should be informed by rigorous evidence, and this evidence should be subjected to critical scrutiny. In the present paper the results of a "tertiary" review of systematic reviews in…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Literacy, Educational Policy
Zenisky, April L.; Sireci, Stephen G. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2007
The purpose of this report is to provide an update on the state of the research on testing accommodations, as well as to identify promising areas of research to further clarify and enhance understanding of current and emerging issues. The research described encompasses empirical studies of score comparability and validity studies, as well as…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Investigations, Disabilities, Research Reports
Gough, David – Research Papers in Education, 2007
Knowledge use and production is complex and so also are attempts to judge its quality. Research synthesis is a set of formal processes to determine what is known from research in relation to different research questions and this process requires judgements of the quality and relevance of the research evidence considered. Such judgement can be…
Descriptors: Search Strategies, Meta Analysis, Educational Research, Evaluative Thinking
Chen, Chiu-Wen; Ma, Hsen-Hsing – Behavior Analyst Today, 2007
The present study uses the PEM approach to synthesize the effectiveness of treatment on disruptive behaviors and simultaneously tests whether the higher validity of the PEM approach than that of the PND approach is repeatable. A hand search of the "Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis" was conducted, and reference lists from reviewed articles were…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Program Effectiveness, Effect Size, Token Economy
Stedron, Jennifer M.; Shah, Tajel; Bautsch, Brenda; Martin, Patricia; Deye, Sunny; Bailey, Lamar; Handel, Stephen J.; Vasavada, Natasha; Shen, Yilan; Exstrom, Michelle; Shelton, Sara; Santiago, Helen; Bell, Julie Davis; Quin, Bradley J.; Baum, Sandy; Bell, Julie Davis; Sturtevant, Anne; Bautsch, Brenda; Williams, Ronald; Kerouac, Pamela; Badolato, Vincent – College Board Advocacy & Policy Center, 2010
There are formidable challenges at every level of the system that confront students who aspire to enroll and succeed in college. In 2007, the College Board formed the Commission on Access, Admissions and Success in Higher Education to study the educational pipeline as a single continuum and identify solutions to increase the number of students who…
Descriptors: Public Policy, State Action, State Legislation, State Surveys
Brewer, Robert A. – Online Submission, 2007
This manuscript examines the practical differences between quantitative and qualitative inquiry by comparing the differences between one article from each paradigm. Quantitative research differs greatly from qualitative inquiry in purpose, assumptions, methodology, and representation. While quantitative research has been the dominant paradigm for…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Research Methodology, Qualitative Research, Models
Cohen-Vogel, Lora; Osborne-Lampkin, La'Tara – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2007
Background: School leaders argue that to make the improvements in both quality and equity that government mandates demand, they need more flexibility with regard to personnel management--specifically, teacher assignment. According to some, such flexibility is constrained by collective bargaining between teachers unions and school districts.…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, School Districts, Collective Bargaining, Local Norms
