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Kanu, Mohamed; Hepler, Nancy; Labi, Halima – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2015
Background: Since 1984, Students Taking a Right Stand (STARS) Nashville has implemented Student Assistance Programs (SAPs) in the middle Tennessee area, to include 14 counties and 16 school districts. STARS Nashville serves K-12 with a focus in middle and high schools. Methods: The current study reviewed studies that utilized quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Middle Schools, High Schools, Meta Analysis
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Hamaker, Christiaan – Review of Educational Research, 1986
The research literature on the effects of factual and higher order adjunct questions is reviewed. The influence of 13 design variables on the direction and size of adjunct-questions effects is investigated. It is indicated that higher order adjunct questions may have a more general facilitative effect. (Author/JAZ)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Criterion Referenced Tests, Effect Size, Elementary Education
Chang, Lin; Becker, Betsy Jane – 1987
Data drawn from 30 journal articles and ERIC documents reporting on gender differences in natural science achievement were re-examined. Three meta-analysis methods were used: (1) vote counts and vote-counting estimation procedures; (2) tests of combined significance; and (3) analyses of effect sizes. The three methods produced seemingly…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Effect Size, High Schools