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Andersen, Melissa N.; Daly, Edward J., III; Young, Nicholas D. – Psychology in the Schools, 2013
This study sought to evaluate whether a one-trial brief experimental analysis (OTBEA) would reliably and validly identify effective treatments to improve oral reading fluency for 6 elementary school students referred for reading problems. An OTBEA was conducted with each participant to assess the effects of skill- and performance-based treatment…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Intervention, Reading Difficulties, Elementary School Students
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Williams, Jessica H.; Green, Melanie C.; Kohler, Connie; Allison, Jeroan J.; Houston, Thomas K. – Health Education Journal, 2011
Objective: To evaluate the construct and criterion validity of the Video Transportation Scale (VTS). Setting: Inpatient service of a safety net hospital in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Method: We administered the VTS in the context of a randomized controlled trial of a DVD-delivered narrative-based intervention (stories) designed to encourage smoking…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Intervention, Smoking, Predictive Validity
Mazza, Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The No Child Left Behind Act is a mandate from the federal government for education to increase student performance and school accountability. As a result of this mandate, many states have issued the use of high-stakes standardized tests as a means of monitoring schools' accountability. New York State administers the English Language Arts (ELA)…
Descriptors: Intervention, Federal Legislation, Language Arts, Standardized Tests
Evans, Ron L.; And Others – 1988
Extended hospital stay after medical treatment has been completed represents a major problem in health care. Space misuse can occur late in the hospitalization, often because planning is not initiated until discharge is imminent. This study sought to determine if variables assessed soon after hospital admission could be used to screen patients at…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Needs, Health Services, High Risk Persons