NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Ritter, Gary W.; Barnett, Joshua H.; Denny, George S.; Albin, Ginger R. – Review of Educational Research, 2009
This meta-analysis assesses the effectiveness of volunteer tutoring programs for improving the academic skills of students enrolled in public schools Grades K-8 in the United States and further investigates for whom and under what conditions tutoring can be effective. The authors found 21 studies (with 28 different study cohorts in those studies)…
Descriptors: Tutors, Volunteers, Tutoring, Academic Achievement
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Rand, Per; And Others – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1991
The influence of positive achievement motivation was tested by analyzing data for 594 Norwegian sixth graders and 21 previously published studies, with simultaneous categorization of subjects on positive achievement motivation and test anxiety/fear of failure. Analysis of variance and multiple regression analysis indicate that positive achievement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Goldring, Ellen B.; Addi, Audrey – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1989
This article describes a meta-analysis of research on school integration in Israel. The analysis addresses the effects of the ethnic composition of fourth- and sixth-graders. Four of 15 studies involved met the criteria of the research design. Significant differences were found when comparing integrated and non-integrated classrooms. (TJH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Desegregation, Educational Change, Educational Policy