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Ollino, Mario; Aldoney, Jenny; Domínguez, Ana M.; Merino, Cristian – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2018
This study presents a method for teaching the subject of chemical equilibrium in which students engage in self-learning mediated by the use of a new multimedia animation (SEQ-alfa©). This method is presented together with evidence supporting its advantages. At a microscopic level, the simulator shows the mutual transformation of A molecules into B…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction, Pretests Posttests
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Drago, Anthony; Rheinheimer, David C.; Detweiler, Thomas N. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2018
This study investigated the connection between locus of control (LOC), academic self-efficacy (ASE), and academic performance, and whether these variables are affected by tutoring. Additional variables of interest, including gender, students' Pell Grant status, ethnicity, and class size, were also considered for the research models. The population…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Self Efficacy, Tutoring, Academic Achievement
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Young, Chase; Rasinski, Timothy – Journal of Research in Reading, 2018
In this quasi-experimental study, the researchers examined the effects of implementing Readers Theatre in a second grade classroom, comprised of seven and eight-year-old students. The 70 subjects were chosen as a non-probability sample from two different classes and served as the treatment (n = 29) and comparison (n = 41) groups. A repeated…
Descriptors: Word Recognition, Reading Fluency, Quasiexperimental Design, Grade 2
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Chen, Shu-Li; Tzeng, Shih-Jay; Chu, Szu-Yin; Chen, Hsin-Ying – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2016
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether a Chinese phonetic script, Zhu-Yin-Fu-Hao (ZYFH), influences low achievers in learning Chinese. In this quasi experimental design, 21 students were assigned to the experimental group, while the other 31 students were distributed to the control group. Two interventions were implemented throughout…
Descriptors: Intervention, Chinese, Low Achievement, Grade 1
Allen, Kimberly M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This quasi-experimental pretest/posttest control group study design evaluated the effects of a multi-component educational intervention on the well-being of older adults. Participants were members of a senior community center in the Midwestern United States. The sample consisted of 45 participants assigned to either a treatment or control group.…
Descriptors: Wellness, Quasiexperimental Design, Pretests Posttests, Control Groups
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Yu, Chih-Hung; Wang, Jye-Shyan; Wu, Cheng-Chih – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2017
This study utilized sensors to investigate how females and males might perform and reflect differently on their tennis skills in a beginner class. A quasi-experimental design was conducted in this study to investigate the learning outcome of using tennis sensors. Two classes of students enrolled in a college physical education course participated…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Measurement Equipment, Exercise Physiology, Racquet Sports
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Sönmez, Yasemin; Sulak, Süleyman Erkam – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2018
The purpose of this study, which is designed in quasi-experimental model, is to examine the effect of the thinking aloud strategy on the reading comprehension skills of the 4th grade primary school students. For this purpose, in the second semester of 2016-2017 academic year, the reading comprehension levels of 26 students in the 4th grade at a…
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills, Reading Instruction
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Khodabandeh, Farzaneh – Teaching English with Technology, 2018
This study examines the effect of storytelling through the use of Telegram on oral language of English foreign language (EFL) students. To this end, thirty English students aged 18 to 21 took part in the research. Before the treatment, they were interviewed by two instructors and were graded as low-proficient speakers of English. The selected…
Descriptors: Story Telling, English (Second Language), Oral Language, Second Language Instruction
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Zamora, Ángela; Suárez, José Manuel; Ardura, Diego – Journal of Educational Research, 2018
The authors' objective was to study the role of error detection and retroactive self-regulation as determinants of performance in secondary education students. A total of 198 students participated in the quasiexperimental study, which involved a control group and two experimental groups. This enabled the authors to analyze the effects of both…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Secondary School Students, Correlation, Error Patterns
Adubasim, Ijeoma – Online Submission, 2018
This study investigated effective strategies for improving working memory and processing speed of students identified with dyslexia in Nigeria. The study adopted a quasi-experimental research design with the population made up of twenty four thousand seven hundred and twenty seven (24,727) senior secondary school students (S.S.2) in all the public…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Short Term Memory, Dyslexia, Quasiexperimental Design
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Asaro-Saddler, Kristie; Muir-Knox, Haley; Meredith, Holly – Exceptionality, 2018
Many adolescents, particularly adolescents with disabilities, have difficulty with literacy tasks such as reading and writing. Yet research has found that when students with disabilities receive appropriate instruction, they typically are able to improve their overall writing outcomes. This study explored the effectiveness of a summary writing…
Descriptors: Literacy, Writing Strategies, Adolescents, Disabilities
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Ammar, Ahlem; Hassan, Rania Mohamed – Language Learning, 2018
This quasi-experimental study examined the potential benefits of zero-error dictation, a teaching technique based on dialogue-driven dictation, and the extent to which target linguistic features and proficiency levels mediated its effects on second language (L2) learners' accurate use of French grammatical morphology. Seventy-nine learners of L2…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Teaching Methods, Second Language Instruction, Grammar
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Pinger, Petra; Rakoczy, Katrin; Besser, Michael; Klieme, Eckhard – Learning Environments Research, 2018
Formative assessment is considered to be a promising teaching practice for promoting teaching and learning processes. The implementation of teaching practices into instruction involves intervening with a learning environment that is characterised by certain features of instructional quality. Our study aims to contribute to the understanding of…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Teaching Methods, Intervention, Quasiexperimental Design
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Letwinsky, Karim Medico; Berry, Michael David – Journal of International Education and Leadership, 2017
This quantitative, quasi-experimental study investigated the effect of the Mathletics.com technology on basic multiplication fact fluency in fourth grade students in the Middle East. The treatment group received three weeks of scheduled time using Mathletics.com, while the control group practiced multiplication facts using only traditional…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Grade 4, Multiplication, Experimental Groups
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Psycharis, Sarantos; Kallia, Maria – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2017
In this paper we investigate whether computer programming has an impact on high school student's reasoning skills, problem solving and self-efficacy in Mathematics. The quasi-experimental design was adopted to implement the study. The sample of the research comprised 66 high school students separated into two groups, the experimental and the…
Descriptors: Programming, Secondary School Students, Thinking Skills, Mathematics Instruction
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