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The Trouble With Interpreting Statistically Nonsignificant Effect Sizes in Single-Study Investigations
(DigitalCommons@WayneStateWayne State University PressDepartment of Curriculum and Instruction, The University of Texas at Arlington, 5-1-2003)In this commentary, we offer a perspective on the problem of authors reporting and interpreting effect sizes in the absence of formal statistical tests of their chanceness. The perspective reinforces our previous ... -
The Not-So-Quiet Revolution: Cautionary Comments on the Rejection of Hypothesis Testing in Favor of a “Causal” Modeling Alternative
(Digital Commons@WayneStateWayne State University PressDepartment of Curriculum and Instruction, The University of Texas at Arlington, 11-1-2010)Rodgers (2010) recently applauded a revolution involving the increased use of statistical modeling techniques. It is argued that such use may have a downside, citing empirical evidence in educational psychology that ... -
A Texas city magnet program: 1981-82 evaluation materials and results
(Fort Worth Independent School District, Texas. Department of Research and Evaluation, 1984)In order to promote voluntary integration in two high schools and a middle school, the Fort Worth Independent School District in Texas developed a magnet program that offers specialized curricula: engineering at the all ... -
Cognitive Psychology in the Seminar Room
(Economic Development Institute, World Bank, 1990)Summary: This paper looks at ways for a trainer giving a seminar to increase the chances that participants will retain the material presented and use it in their work. It also looks at the techniques which make information ... -
Why we need ancient Greek and how to remember it: Comparisons between Greece and South Asia
(Department of Education Curriculum and Instruction, The University of Texas at Arlington, 1994) -
Mental mapping: Today my home, tomorrow the world!
(National Council of the Social StudiesUniversity of Georgia, 1998) -
Theme-based portfolio assessment in social studies teacher education
(National Council for the Social Studies, 1999) -
WebQuest : Using internet resources for cooperative inquiry
(National Council for the Social StudiesDepartment of Teacher Education, Norther Illinois University, 2001) -
World-class sounds: Music, social studies, and the Internet
(National Council for the Social StudiesNorthern Illinois University, 2001) -
Exploring Latin America with WebQuests
(National Council for the Social StudiesDept. of Curriculum and Instruction, Baylor University, 2001) -
Latin America online: Internet resources and web-based lessons
(National Council for the Social StudiesDepartment of Curriculum and Instruction,Baylor University, 2003) -
Where in the world is Lorena, TX? : Enhancing local history projects with technology
(National Council for Social StudiesDepartment of Curriculum and Instruction, Baylor University, 2003) -
Ogretmenlerin karakter egitiminde yetkinlik duygusu konusunda bir olcme aracina dogru: Karakter egitimi yetkinlik inanci skalasi
(Değerler Eğitimi MerkeziDepartment of Curriculum & Leadership, University of Texas at Arlington, 2003)Ögretmenlerin karakter egitimi konusundaki algilarini ölçmek için hazirlanan bir ölçme aracinin gelistirilmesi, test edilmesi ve Türkçeye uyarlanmasinin ele alinacagi bu makalede ögretmenlerin yetkinlik yapisinin karakter ... -
Adult Literacy: A Review of Implementation Experience
(World Bank, Operations Evaluation DepartmentDepartment of Curriculum and Instruction, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2003)Worldwide, nearly a billion adults, at least 600 million of them women, are illiterate. Adult literacy is highly relevant to poverty alleviation efforts worldwide, because in the 21st century much of the information needed ... -
Teaching adults to read better and faster: results from an experiment in Burkina Faso
(World Bank, 2003)Abstract Two cognitively oriented methods were tested in Burkina Faso to help illiterates learn to read more efficiently. These were (a) speeded reading of increasingly larger word units and (b) phonological awareness ... -
Improving adult literacy outcomes: lessons from cognitive research for developing countries
(World Bank, 2003)Abstract Despite the existence of about one billion illiterates in the world, adult literacy programs make up 1-5 percent of government or donor budgets, and they remain severely underfunded in comparison to primary ... -
Strategies and policies for literacy
(UNESCO, 2004-05-31)Executive Summary Despite the existence of about one billion illiterates in the world, adult literacy programs make up 1–5 percent of government or donor budgets, and they remain severely underfunded in comparison to ... -
Geography in an interdisciplinary environment: developing research paths
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Efficient Learning for the Poor : Insights from the Frontier of Cognitive Neuroscience
(The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World BankDepartment of Curriculum and Instruction, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2006)This book integrates research into applications that extend from preschool brain development to the memory of adult educators. In layman's terms, it provides explanations and answers to questions such as: Why do children ... -
Discovering Africa through internet-based Geographic Information Systems: a Pan-African Summit Simulation
(National Council for the Social StudiesUniversity of North Texas, 2007)