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Direct linkSmith, Thomas M.; Cannata, Marisa; Haynes, Katherine Taylor – Teachers College Record, 2016
Background/Context: Mixed methods research conveys multiple advantages to the study of complex phenomena and large organizations or systems. The benefits are derived from drawing on the strengths of qualitative methods to answer questions about how and why a phenomenon occurs and those of quantitative methods to examine how often a phenomenon…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, School Effectiveness, High Schools, Best Practices
Download full textZeiser, Kristina; Rickles, Jordan; Garet, Michael S. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2014
To help researchers understand potential issues one can encounter when conducting propensity matching studies in complex settings, this paper describes methodological complications faced when studying schools using deeper learning practices to improve college and career readiness. The study uses data from high schools located in six districts…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, College Readiness, Career Readiness, Teaching Methods
Horizon Research, Inc., 2013
The 2012 National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education was designed to provide up-to-date information and to identify trends in the areas of teacher background and experience, curriculum and instruction, and the availability and use of instructional resources. This compendium, one of a series, details the results of a survey of high school…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Curriculum, Science Instruction, Educational Trends
Horizon Research, Inc. – Horizon Research, Inc., 2013
The 2012 National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education was designed to provide up-to-date information and to identify trends in the areas of teacher background and experience, curriculum and instruction, and the availability and use of instructional resources. This compendium, one of a series, details the results of a survey of high school…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Chemistry, High Schools, Secondary School Teachers
Horizon Research, Inc., 2013
The 2012 National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education was designed to provide up-to-date information and to identify trends in the areas of teacher background and experience, curriculum and instruction, and the availability and use of instructional resources. This compendium, one of a series, details the results of a survey of high school…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Biology, High Schools, Secondary School Teachers
Lee, Vera Jeannie – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The main purpose of this study is to explore the socialization and teaching experiences of eight teachers of color in two suburban high schools that are located within the same school district. The central research questions that guide the study are: How do teachers of color talk about their socialization and teaching experiences in two…
Descriptors: Suburban Schools, Secondary School Teachers, Minority Group Teachers, High Schools
Cobb, Casey D. – Education and the Public Interest Center, 2010
This review examines a research study that compares high school graduation rates of students who used vouchers to attend private high schools in Milwaukee and students who attended public high schools in that same city. The study reports that for the most recent year of data, a sample of voucher students had estimated graduation rates 12…
Descriptors: Research Design, High Schools, Public Schools, Graduation Rate
Verscheure, Ingrid; Amade-Escot, Chantal – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2007
Background: Research on gender in physical education has pointed out the social construction of gendered bodies and minds through the curriculum. It has been shown that girls do not benefit from equal opportunities to participate in physical activities. Developed within the theoretical framework of the "didactique" tradition, this paper…
Descriptors: Research Design, Physical Education, Team Sports, Physical Activities
Peer reviewedWortman, Paul M.; Marans, Robert W. – Evaluation Review, 1987
The concept of "preevaluative research" is examined in the context of a museum exhibition evaluation. It is viewed as distinct from an evaluability assessment. The exhibit preevaluative study indicates that instrumentation and implementation issues are likely to benefit from such activities, but that design and analysis may suffer.…
Descriptors: Arts Centers, High Schools, Interviews, Program Evaluation
Powers, Donald E.; Alderman, Donald L. – Evaluation Quarterly, 1979
Practical methods for implementing true experimental designs in evaluation settings in which such designs are rarely used are presented. Particular attention is paid to educational settings. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Educational Experiments, Evaluation Methods, Field Studies
Oldfather, Penny; Thomas, Sally – 1996
Through a Bakhtinian lens highlighting the "interanimation of voices," this paper describes the research roles of a group of high school students in Southern California who participated as co-researchers and then as members of a participatory research team in a longitudinal study. Students' developing roles as question posers,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, High Schools, Higher Education, Longitudinal Studies
Peer reviewedHandy, Gladys G.; Wentz, Robert E. – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1977
Responses to papers in this Quarterly by Crain and Leacock. (JM)
Descriptors: Bias, Educational Policy, Educational Research, High Schools
Peer reviewedHalpern, Andrew S. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1990
The paper analyzes 27 studies to identify guidelines for conducting follow-up or follow-along studies of special education students in transition from school into adult communities. Methodological principles should cover subject sampling, breadth of domains examined, variable specification, instrument development, and other areas. A specific model…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Followup Studies, High Schools
Harnisch, Delwyn L.; And Others – 1992
This paper describes several common types of research studies in special education transition literature and the threats to their validity. It then describes how the evidential base may be broadened, how diverse sources of evidence can be combined to strengthen causal inferences, and the role of judgment within quasi-experimentation. The paper…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Evaluative Thinking
Bachman, Jerald G. – 1986
This paper uses a case history approach to present the evolution of two longitudinal studies, Youth in Transition, which involved 8 years of data collection (1966-1974) and Monitoring the Future, for which data collection began in 1975 and continues in the present. The Youth in Transition project is described as a study of the causes and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dropout Research, Drug Use, Followup Studies
