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Clark, Richard E. – Educational Communication and Technology, 1985
Computer-based instruction (CBI) studies analyzed by Kulik et al. were examined to explore the validity of competing claims about the computer's contribution to measured achievement gains. Results suggest achievement gains found in CBI studies are overestimated and are due to uncontrolled but robust instructional methods embedded in CBI…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conventional Instruction
Download full textArmor, David J. – 1983
A brief survey of several comprehensive reviews of studies of the effects of desegregation on black achievement makes it clear that the experts are still in disagreement, and it is in the hope of finally bringing about a consensus on the subject that the National Institute of Education (NIE) has established a representative panel of experts to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Black Students, Desegregation Effects
Cook, Thomas D. – 1983
This paper analyzes the 19 studies presented to the National Institute of Education's (NIE) panel on the effects of school desegregation on black achievement and discusses the author's own findings. The author concludes that desegregation did not cause any decrease in black achievement generally, nor did it cause any increase in math achievement.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Black Students, Desegregation Effects
Crain, Robert L. – 1983
The decision by the National Institute of Education panel on the effects of school desegregation to select (for meta-analysis) a small group of preferred studies based upon criteria chosen in advance of examining the studies was, in principle, a mistake. One usually cannot know until the data have been examined which of several competing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Black Students, Desegregation Effects
Stephan, Walter G. – 1983
This paper analyzes 19 studies that were considered by the National Institute of Education's panel on the effects of school desegregation in order to determine desegregation's effect on black achievement, black self-esteem, and racial relations. It is stated that, overall, the results show that reading achievement improves somewhat as a result of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Black Students, Desegregation Effects
Miller, Norman; Carlson, Michael – 1982
Although school desegregation was initiated to address a social inequity--segregated schooling was seen as stigmatizing blacks as a social group--research has focused primarily on desegregation's effects on black academic achievement and self-esteem. Two problems have made this research difficult: the ambiguity of the term "school desegregation"…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Black Students, Desegregation Effects, Effect Size
