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Showing 1 to 20 of 238 for “"Quasi-experimental Design"”.
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The effects of skipping more difficult items on time-limited tests: a quasi-experimental design
… instructions concerning skipping and was quasi-experimental in design. The sample consisted of 423 eighth through twelfth grade students of algebra and biology. Intact classes representing three ability levels were assigned at random to treatment conditions consisting of instructions to …
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An Examination of Student Outcomes and Student Satisfaction in a Flipped Learning Environment: A Quasi-Experimental Design
… of research in sociology courses. A two-by-two quasi-experimental design was established. Results were grouped by Learning Environment, which was expressed as the traditional learning group and the flipped learning group; and Gender was categorized as female and male. The Dependent Variables …
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Urban middle school teachers' efficacy change resulting from Project Adventure's year -long RESPECT curricular intervention: A quasi -experimental design with corroborating data
… public schools.</p><p>This pretest-posttest quasi-experimental study tracked 68 teachers' efficacy change over the course of one school year. Teacher Efficacy (TE) change was measured using the Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale's (TSES) following subscales: Student Engagement; Classroom …
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Telehealth Effect on Show Rate in Neonatology Follow Up Clinic: A Prototype Model
… neonatology follow-up clinic using a randomized quasi-experimental design, while assessing the feasibility of a future comprehensive intervention. Targeting a reduction in no-show rates from 25% to 15%, the study employs a telehealth pamphlet as an instrumental variable in a two-stage estimation …
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The relation between emotional needs satisfaction and willingness for reconciliation in previously advantaged and previously disadvantaged groups in South Africa
… was both a between-subjects and within-subjects quasi-experimental design. Online questionnaires were distributed to full-time workers and students, of which 811 participants responded.
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The Relationship Between Attitude Toward the Ad and Intention: A Quasi-Experimental Analysis
… study attempted to clarify this confusion. A quasi-experimental design was used to separate the influences of ad attitude from that of brand usage attitude. The critical hypotheses questioned the ability of ad attitudes to mediate intention independent of brand usage attitudes; and the …
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The effect of using models to enhance grade 7 learners’ understanding of fractions: A case of a primary school in Onankali circuit, Oshikoto region
… study utilized a mixed-method approach, using a quasi-experimental design. The study was guided by the constructivism theory of Piaget (1964). To choose one of the primary schools in the Onankali Circuit, purposive sampling technique was employed. Two Grade 7 classes were selected as a sample, …
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The effect of metacognitive training on the mathematical word problem solving of Singapore 11-12 year olds in a computer environment
… primary schools. The study adopts a two-phase design, combining a quasi-experimental design and a case study design. For the quasi-experimental design, analysis of students' mathematical achievement test data is used to investigate the relationship between metacognitive training, students' …
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The effect of metacognitive training on the mathematical word problem solving of Singapore 11-12 year olds in a computer environment
… primary schools. The study adopts a two-phase design, combining a quasi-experimental design and a case study design. For the quasi-experimental design, analysis of students' mathematical achievement test data is used to investigate the relationship between metacognitive training, students' …
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Attitudes of Undergraduate Students Towards Same-Sex Couples Adopting
This quasi-experimental design study examines attitudes of 87 undergraduate students in a social science major, towards same-sex couples. The participants were given one of two vignettes describing a couple interested in adopting a 5-year-old child. The vignettes were identical except that the …
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The effectiveness of differentiated instruction in the elementary mathematics classroom
… above average students. The study was that of a quasi-experimental design using student subjects in the classrooms of three second-grade teachers. The school in the study was located in an affluent suburb outside of a major city in the Midwest. This quantitative study concluded that …
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Facilitating Academic Achievement in High School Interactive Television Programs by Promoting Self-Regulated Learning
… using online databases. The study employed a quasi-experimental design with pre- and post-tests. and two groups: control and experimental groups, were formed to examine the effects of self-monitoring. Students' test grades and the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaires were used to …
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An Examination of Career Decision-making in the Context of Female Offenders
… a group of female offenders. A pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design was used to examine scale scores for a group who participated in programming and a control group at the same correctional facility. A series oft tests revealed no significant differences between the control and intervention …
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Essays in real estate and finance
… on bank risk-taking and lending. Using a quasi-experimental design that exploits the exogenous application of bank antitrust laws following bank mergers, I show that bank competition leads to more loans going to larger and safer borrowers. The second chapter shows that housing demand …
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Personal computer use at Navy Field Activities: a productivity study
… for Federal Agencies (SACONS), in a before/after quasi-experimental design that measured outputs (volume, quality of work), inputs (staff size, grade structure, overtime usage), and by-product social effects (morale, teamwork) using archival data. This framework, developed in a previous SACONS …
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The Effects of a Dual Reading Program on First Grade Students’ Attitudes Toward and Perceptions of Reading
… in a middle income, suburban school district. A quasi-experimental design was used in the study. Student attitude toward reading was evaluated by a pretest and posttest of student attitude toward reading developed by the researcher. Students' perceptions of reading were evaluated by personal, …
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An examination of the effects of medicare part d on racial/ethnic disparities
… and adopts a difference-in-differences quasi-experimental design, using a multivariate regression framework. It finds strong evidence that Medicare Part D reduced ethnic disparities in prescription drug use, total prescription drug cost, out-of-pocket prescription drug cost, and …
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A Quantitative Study of Co-Teaching as an Instructional Model to Serve Elementary Students
… of a co-teaching model. This study used a quasi-experimental design from intact existing groups of fourth grade students on the State STAAR Reading test. Cross tabulation analysis was then merged to bring greater district-wide examination of the co-teach model. The research is intended to …
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The Attitudes Toward Reading And Reading Achievement Of Seventh Grade Students In A Sustained Silent Reading Program
… collected for this study; the study employed a quasi-experimental design. Results shothere was no significant difference in students' attitudes, reading achievement, or home literacy scores before and after treatment. Results also shothere was no significant relationship between students' scores …
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Efficacy of Math Video Tutorials on Student Perception and Achievement
… their effectiveness. A quantitative, quasi-experimental design investigates how video tutorial usage relates to students’ self-efficacy and achievement in mathematics. The sample consisted of 55 students in the experimental group and 65 students in the control group. Results found …
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