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Downs, Edward; Erickson, Sarah; Borrett, Jacqueline – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2017
A 2 × 2, fully-crossed, quasi-experimental design was employed to determine if type of media (rich media vs. lean media) and social prompting (presence of prompts vs. absence of prompts) would differentially impact learning outcomes for patrons interacting with an aquatic invasive species exhibit. Results indicated that the lean-media condition…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Quasiexperimental Design, Pretests Posttests, Statistical Analysis
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Spence, Dianna J.; Bailey, Brad; Sharp, Julia L. – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2017
A multi-year study investigated the impact of incorporating student-directed discovery projects into introductory statistics courses. Pilot instructors at institutions across the United States taught statistics implementing student-directed projects with the help of a common set of instructional materials designed to facilitate such projects.…
Descriptors: Statistics, Introductory Courses, Student Projects, Instructional Materials
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Parks, Michael J.; Kim, Soyoon – Health Education & Behavior, 2018
Background: It is a priority to develop population-based strategies for reducing barriers to smoking cessation among low-income populations. Harnessing secondary transmission such as interpersonal communication (IC) has helped to reduce tobacco use, but there is a dearth of quasi-experimental research that examines IC and the full spectrum of…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Smoking, Predictor Variables, Barriers
Markovitz, Carrie E.; Hernandez, Marc W.; Hedberg, Eric C.; Silberglitt, Benjamin – Corporation for National and Community Service, 2015
Minnesota Reading Corps is the largest AmeriCorps State program in the country. Its mission is to help every Minnesota child become a proficient reader by the end of third grade. To meet this goal, the Minnesota Reading Corps and its host organization, ServeMinnesota Action Network, engages a diverse group of AmeriCorps members to provide…
Descriptors: Outcome Measures, Reading Programs, State Programs, Preschool Education
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Fischer, Donald V.; Wielkiewicz, Richard M.; Stelzner, Stephen P.; Overland, Maribeth; Meuwissen, Alyssa S. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2015
Incoming first-year college students completed a leadership survey prior to any formal leadership education. These students were reassessed during the spring of their senior year; 386 students completed both surveys. The differential effect of 33 leadership and demographic variables on change in hierarchical and systemic leadership beliefs were…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Longitudinal Studies, Leadership Training, College Freshmen