Differences in reading comprehension were examined in students with disabilities after use of three reader modification types. Participants (n=10) conveniently selected from two school districts were students grades three through eight reading on a third grade level that received a reader as a modification in their Individualized Education…

The purpose of this study is selecting type of university that can create its competitive advantages in a changing world. The study analyzes 25 related experiential professors. The VIKOR-based methodology is used to tackle the ranking of four types of universities. The study found that the rank of the university types is: Research-Intensive,…

The product mortality and data regarding cigarette smoking from the United States Census were used to calculate cause-deleted life tables that permit separation of competing risks of major changes in mortality. An analysis of competing risks consists of decomposition of the life table probability of surviving from one specific age to another…

This paper provides a tutorial summary of some of the many effect size choices so that members of the Southwest Educational Research Association would be better able to follow the recommendations of the American Psychological Association (APA) publication manual, the APA Task Force on Statistical Inference, and the publication requirements of some…

The recent American Psychological Association Task Force on Statistical Inference report suggested that confidence intervals should always be reported. Other researchers also agree that confidence intervals should be used as a supplement to statistical significance testing. The confidence interval is defined as a range of values constructed around…

Pragmatics is included in one of four communicative competences (Canale, 1980). It is necessary and important to teach pragmatics at school in our globalized world in order to avoid as much as misunderstanding, which is likely to stem from cultural difference. As a result, greater importance should be attached to diverse customs and pragmatics.…

The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) has endorsed a "Closing the Gap" agenda designed to improve the lives of Indigenous Australians. The agenda is distilled in a series of targets, one of which is the goal of halving the gap for Indigenous students in Year 12 attainment or equivalent (Certificate II or above) attainment rates by…

Compelling reasons for diversification of research methods in counseling psychology must exist in order to overcome natural academic inertia. The two most common arguments for implementing diversity--inapplicability of quantitative research to counseling practice and a need to derive research methods from the "new paradigm" of human…

The analysis of variance (ANOVA) is a frequently used statistical procedure by which the equality of more than two population means can be tested without inflating the Type I error rate (D. Hinkle, W. Wiersma, and S. Jurs, 1998). Fixed-, random-, and mixed-effects ANOVA models are each capable of yielding interesting and useful results when…

This guide to creating a survey to be administered on the Internet used Microsoft Access as the database program for the illustration. Forty-four steps in constructing the survey, including the Common Gateway Interface that moves the data collected in e-mails directly to the database, are outlined. The example developed by researchers at the…

Researchers are often faced with the dilemma of having to use intact groups. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) is sometimes used as a means of leveling unequal groups. However, only after five assumptions have been met is it safe to use ANCOVA. Part and partial correlations also invoke statistical correlation procedures. This paper reviews these…

Reviews some of the more salient conceptual features of generalizability (G) theory. Provides a framework for considering some misconceptions about G theory. Focuses on particularly prevalent or serious misconceptions. G theory provides a rich conceptual framework and tools for working with a defined universe, but it does not tell an investigator…

In an increasingly competitive economy, the capacity for self-motivation, problem-solving skills and an ability to think critically are core graduate attributes. However, the capacity to create an educational environment that develops and harnesses such skills is a distinct challenge as resources become increasingly restricted. Geographical Skills…

Educational management wants to comprehend the uses of ICT in Education to get a grip on its effects due to the multiple annual investments in the Virtual Learning Environment. In the search to define educational parameters a vast amount of datasets is examined from 289 institutes using Blackboard. The focus is on the three dimensions growth,…

One of the central challenges of designing and implementing a performance pay program is developing an approach for determining which schools, teachers, and administrators have performed well enough to have earned a bonus. The U.S. Department of Education's Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) program provides grantees substantial latitude to create…