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Showing 1 to 20 of 112 for “"Causal Comparative"”.
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How Ideology And Pedagogy Impact Technology Adoption In The Classroom, A Causal-Comparative Study
… and the iTEaCH Instrument (Choy, 2013), this causal-comparative research study analyzed data collected from both full-time and part-time faculty at a private liberal arts institution. Through the application of a one-way ANOVA and Tukey-Kramer post hoc test, the results identified …
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Causal Comparative Study: The Effect of School Scheduling and Academic Outcomes of Economically Disadvantaged Students
<p>This study was designed to investigate if a statistical variance exists between traditional and A/B block school scheduling, and the effect on economically disadvantaged student achievement on the English I and Algebra I End-of-Course STAAR state-mandated exam, from 2015-2018. In response to …
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A Causal Comparative Study Of Student Success And Retention In An Undergraduate Program Offered Online And On Campus
<p>Online education has grown significantly both in the number of courses offered and the number of degrees offered. The delivery format is being fueled by a student population that is growing more non-traditional. Work and family obligations dictate that classes are offered in a format that meets …
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A Causal-Comparative Study of the Influence of Loss Issues on the Anxiety Levels of Adolescent Psychiatric In-Patients
This study examines the issue as to whether or not the presence of grieving would significantly affect either the State Anxiety or the Trait Anxiety of adolescent psychiatric in-patients. A sample of 71 adolescent in-patients were administered a clinical interview to determine the presence or …
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The Difference in Reading and Math Achievement With Regards to a Regional Program, Project Excell: a Causal--Comparative Study
This study was undertaken to determine the difference in reading and math achievement for first, second, and third grade students experiencing a regional program, Project ExCELL and a similar group who did not. The groups were not randomly selected as the school district chose the three schools to …
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A causal comparative factorial analysis of factors affecting service level agreements in a U.S. Navy enterprise information systems network
<p>This paper presents the results of a research study related to the Navy and Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI). This study used MANOVA and one-way ANOVA, including post hoc tests, to analyze data sets corresponding to service level agreement metrics for over 300 Navy sites. Within the NMCI network, …
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A Causal-Comparative Study of the Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) Program on Middle School Student Achievement and Attendance
This was a causal-comparative study the Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) Program on middle school student academic achievement and attendance. There were two major research questions, which were presented. They were as follows: Is there a statistically significant interaction among …
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A Causal-Comparative Model for the Examination of the Relationship of Middle School Level Instructional Scheduling and Social Studies Achievement
… to other tested subjects. This study employs a causal-comparative research model (i.e, MANOVA; ANCOVA) to explore the relationship between time allocations and scheduling for social studies and student achievement in middle-level social studies. Specifically, 7th grade Palmetto Assessment of …
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A causal comparative investigation into transactional versus transformational instructional delivery style in two freshman-level humanities courses at a Southeastern American university
The purpose of the study was to utilize a causal comparative approach to compare two contrasting instructional delivery styles to determine if there was any difference in final grade outcome between students whose instructors used transactional instructional delivery techniques and students whose …
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A Causal-Comparative Study of the Difference in Reading Achievement Scores of Remedial Reading Students Who Are Right Brained Dominant and Those Who Are Left Brained Dominant
This study was undertaken to determine if there was a difference in the reading achievement scores of remedial reading students who were identified as having differing hemispheric specializations. The subjects were fourth and fifth grade students who were placed in a remedial reading program of …
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Where do we go from here? : a causal-comparative quantitative analysis of the impact of remote teaching and learning on academic achievement in the K–12 environment.
… et al., 2020; Trust & Whalen, 2020). This causal-comparative quantitative research study examined the significance of the learning environment on student achievement in reading and mathematics for students in grades 3–8 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The theory of margin informed this …
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The Effects Of Looping On Student Achievement And Self-efficacy Of Exceptional Education Students
… students. The basic design of this study was causal comparative, or ex post facto, because the researcher was seeking to identify a difference in achievement based on developmental scale scores between the two groups of looping and non-looping students with ESE classifications. A retrospective …
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The Effectiveness of Afterschool Tutoring Programs on Student Achievement in an Urban School District: A Quantitative Analysis of Selected School Programs
… post hoc design; a combination of causal-comparative and correlational methods were used. ANCOVA was used to compare the independent-variable groups’ pre- and post-treatment means on the NWEA reading and mathematics RIT scores.
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Comparison of Physical Science Misconceptions in Three Levels of Introductory University Physics Classes
The purpose of this causal-comparative study was to determine the range of physical science misconceptions held by three levels of introductory university physics classes (N = 160). An analysis of variance was used to analyze the differences in misconceptions among the groups. Based on the …
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Computer-Made Versus Handmade Tests in a Mathematical Modeling Course: Effectiveness and Efficiency
The purpose of this causal-comparative study was to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of two test construction methods, one manual and the other computer, using test scores and test construction times from different class sections of a college mathematical modeling course. The statistical …
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Balanced School Calendar and its Effects on Student Achievement in Two Rural Georgia Schools
… the traditional calendar. The population in this causal-comparative study was third- and fifth-grade students in these two schools. The over-riding research question was: To what extent does a balanced calendar affect student academic achievement? Independent-samples t tests were conducted to …
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The Effect of Nurse Residency Program Completion on Work Readiness of New Graduate Nurses Transitioning into Professional Practice
… literature, the purpose of this cross-sectional, causal comparative study is to examine the association between nurse residency programs and the work readiness of new graduates who are transitioning into practice. Therefore, by using Transitions Theory as a guiding framework, the aim was to reveal …
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A Study of the Development of Leadership Skills of Duquesne University IDPEL Cohort Members as Measured by the Strategic Leadership Selection Interview
… to or less than 40 and greater than 40). A causal-comparative research analysis was to be conducted. Causal-comparative research, which is a type of non-experimental investigation, searches for cause-effect relationships by forming groups of individuals in whom the independent variable is …
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