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Direct linkTaylor, Nick; Wills, Gabrielle; Hoadley, Ursula – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2019
This paper explores methodological insights from a mixed methods study that aims to understand how school leaders promote literacy development in their schools. The study findings consider both the complementarities and the challenges of the qualitative and quantitative approaches to measuring leadership practices and their linkages with learning…
Descriptors: Leadership Role, Literacy, Barriers, Elementary Schools
Gaither, Milton, Ed. – John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2016
"The Wiley Handbook of Home Education" is a comprehensive collection of the latest scholarship in all aspects of home education in the United States and abroad. This book presents the latest findings on academic achievement of home-schooled children, issues of socialization, and legal argumentation about home-schooling and government…
Descriptors: Guides, Home Schooling, Academic Achievement, Socialization
Conn, Katharine – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The aim of this dissertation is to identify effective educational interventions in Sub-Saharan African with an impact on student learning. This is the first meta-analysis in the field of education conducted for Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper takes an in-depth look at twelve different types of education interventions or programs and attempts to not…
Descriptors: African American Achievement, Foreign Countries, Research Methodology, Intervention
Hemson, David – Policy Futures in Education, 2007
The child has an elevated position within national policy in South Africa. This concern for children has been translated in varying degrees into policy, particularly in relation to child labour. Internationally there is concern that forms of child work should not impede the development of the child, particularly in health and education. Research…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Child Labor, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedOlen, Sandra – School Libraries Worldwide, 1995
Describes a longitudinal study in South Africa of teacher education students that measured associations between frequency of students' school library use and their subsequent academic success in college. No association was found between frequent use and academic success, and further investigations that use qualitative research methodology are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Longitudinal Studies
Eiselen, R.; Geyser, H. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2003
The purpose of this article is to identify factors that distinguish between Achievers and At Risk Students in Accounting 1A, and to explore how qualitative and quantitative research methods complement each other. Differences between the two groups were explored from both a quantitative and a qualitative perspective, focusing on study habits,…
Descriptors: Study Habits, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Statistical Analysis
