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Delaney, Jennifer A.; Kearney, Tyler D. – Journal of Education Finance, 2015
This study explores the impact of state-level guaranteed tuition laws on state general appropriations for higher education. Using the "Truth-in-Tuition" law that was implemented in Illinois in 2004 as the treatment condition, this study analyzes data from 2000-2012. To test the direction and size of the effect on state general…
Descriptors: Tuition, State Aid, Higher Education, State Legislation
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Mariano, Lou; Martorell, Paco – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2015
Requiring a failing student to repeat a grade is, of course, not a novel idea. The theory behind test-based promotion policies is that students who fail to demonstrate a sufficient understanding of their current grade's curriculum lack the prerequisite proficiency to fully engage in the following grade. This view recognizes the cumulative nature…
Descriptors: Grade Repetition, Behavior Problems, Correlation, Student Promotion
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Mutrofin; Degeng, Nyoman Sudana; Ardhana, Wayan; Setyosari, Punaji – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
The aim of this study is to examine difference in the effect of instructional methods (lecture-discussion versus group discussion) and teaching talent on teacher trainees student learning outcomes. It was conducted by a quasi-experimental design using the factorialized (2 x 2) version of the nonequivalent control group design. The subjects were…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Lecture Method, Group Discussion, Academic Achievement
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Kramer, Dennis A., II; Lane, Megan; Tanner, Melvin – Journal of School Choice, 2017
Despite the growing call for local autonomy and flexibility, few scholars have examined the role of school district-level flexibility on resource allocation and staffing patterns. Leveraging the charter system law within the State of Georgia, we utilize a generalized difference-in-differences approach to estimate the impact of flexibility of…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, School Districts, School Choice, Quasiexperimental Design
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Darby, Norazlinda Mohd; Rashid, Abdullah Mat – Journal of Education and Learning, 2017
Critical Thinking Disposition is known as an important factor that drives a student to use Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) in order to solve engineering drawing problems. Infusing them while teaching the subject may enhance students' disposition and higher order thinking skills. However, no research has been done in critical thinking…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Critical Thinking, Personality Traits, Thinking Skills
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Amedu, Odagboyi Isaiah; Gudi, Kreni Comfort – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
This study is aimed at investigating the attitude of students toward the cooperative learning approach. A quasiexperimental design was used for the study. The sample was made of 179 SS 1 students drawn from three public secondary schools in Nasarawa state. The Jigsaw Attitude Questionnaire (JAQ) was adapted from Koprowski and Perigo (2000) and was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Cooperative Learning
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Metoyer, Sandra; Bednarz, Robert – Journal of Geography, 2017
This article provides a description and discussion of an exploratory research study that examined the effects of using geospatial technology (GST) on high school students' spatial skills and spatial-relations content knowledge. It presents results that support the use of GST to teach spatially dependent content. It also provides indication of an…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Geography Instruction, Teaching Methods, Geographic Information Systems
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Kelley, Todd R.; Sung, Euisuk – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2017
Recent science educational reforms in the United States have prompted increased efforts to teach engineering design as an approach to improve STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) learning in K-12 classrooms. Teaching design in early grades is a new endeavor for teachers in the United States. Much can be learned from design…
Descriptors: Design, Freehand Drawing, STEM Education, Teaching Methods
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D'Amico, Miranda; Lalonde, Corinne – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2017
The purpose of this quasi-experimental research study was to evaluate the effectiveness of art therapy for teaching social skills to children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The program we tested was structured to provide a therapeutic setting for children to discuss difficulties they experience in their social interactions, and give them…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Interpersonal Competence, Outcomes of Treatment, Autism
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Wang, Y.-H. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2017
Previous studies on the interactive response system (IRS) have generally adopted the lecture method to facilitate teaching and learning, while few have made efforts to investigate the learning effects of instructional methods and IRS activities on learning and teaching. The purpose of the present study was therefore to explore whether the use of…
Descriptors: Audience Response Systems, Teaching Methods, Quasiexperimental Design, Student Attitudes
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Skoning, Stacey N.; Wegner, Theresa; Mason-Williams, Loretta – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2017
Although past literature regarding the use of dance and creative movement to teach content has been supportive, it has been primarily anecdotal in nature. This study provided a systematic approach to evaluating the relationship between the use of dance and creative movement to teach character-trait vocabulary and students' understanding of those…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Movement Education, Outcomes of Education, Dance
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Tesfamariam, Gebrekidan Mebrahtu; Lykknes, Annette; Kvittingen, Lise – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2017
In theory, practical work is an established part of university-level chemistry courses. However, mainly due to budget constraints, large class size, time constraints and inadequate teacher preparations, practical activities are frequently left out from chemistry classroom instruction in most developing countries. Small-scale chemistry (SSC)…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Undergraduate Students, Undergraduate Study, Control Groups
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Rau, Martina A.; Kennedy, Kristopher; Oxtoby, Lucas; Bollom, Mark; Moore, John W. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2017
Much evidence shows that instruction that actively engages students with learning materials is more effective than traditional, lecture-centric instruction. These "active learning" models comprise an extremely heterogeneous set of instructional methods: they often include collaborative activities, flipped classrooms, or a combination of…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Classroom Techniques, Quasiexperimental Design, Undergraduate Students
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Alsoudi, Khalid A. – World Journal of Education, 2017
This study aimed to investigate the effect of using K.W.L. in acquiring religious concepts among 8th grade students in Jordan. The study sample consisted of 139 students (4 sections) the sections were chosen randomly from 8th grade students from Tafila Directorate of Education. 2 sections formed the experimental group (1 section for males and 1…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Religious Education, Grade 8, Foreign Countries
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Jaelani, Selamet Riadi – English Language Teaching, 2017
The objectives of the research are to examine: (1) whether Content-Based Instruction is more effective than Problem-based learning to teach writing to the EFL Learners; (2) whether the EFL Learners having high creativity have better writing than those having low creativity; and (3) whether there is an interaction between teaching methods and EFL…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Creativity, Writing Instruction
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