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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Solomon Four-Group"”.
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COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF AGRICULTURAL LITERACY IN SELECTED K-5 CLASSROOMS EMPLOYING AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM METHODOLOGIES: A SOLOMON FOUR-GROUP ANALYSIS
… impact the world around them. Illinois ranks fourth in the nation for agricultural productivity, yet the agricultural literacy of its elementary students is unknown. The purpose of this study was to assess the agricultural knowledge of selected Illinois classrooms of public elementary school …
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Effects of an Integrated Computer and Manipulative Environment on Preservice Elementary Teachers' Understanding of Novel Mathematical Concepts
… mathematics and computer use in education. The Solomon-Four Group design was used with two classes of preservice elementary teachers in regularly assigned classes in a college of education in a developing population. The one class studied an instructional unit on transformation geometry in a …
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Assessing and improving knowledge of medical decision-making capacity
… about decision-making capacity, using a Solomon four-group design. A convenience sample of 160 participants completed the study via an online survey platform. Knowledge was assessed with a test designed for this study. A 2 x 2 factorial ANOVA found no pre-test sensitization, F(1, 156) = …
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The Effect of Leadership Training on Manufacturing Productivity of Informal Leaders
… a manufacturing facility were placed in one of four experimental groups. A Solomon four-group experimental design was employed. A one-group pretest-posttest design was used to control threats to internal validity. The one-way analysis of variance procedure (ANOVA) was used to determine if there …
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The effect of a planned instructional program on the empathy levels of registered nurses at a metropolitan hospital in Southern Louisiana
… levels. This quasi-experimental study utilized a Solomon Four-Group-Like Design and incorporated empathy training and pre and post-training empathy measurements of participants. Empathy scores were measured utilizing the Mehrabian Balance Emotional Empathy Scale (1996). Based on the findings, …
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Introductory total quality management training and supervisor and subordinate ratings of supervisor task performance: a university administration setting
… experimental (10 pairs) and control (6 pairs) groups. A Solomon Four Group Design was used; subjects were randomly assigned to pre-test; all other assignment was voluntary. There was no subject duplication. Each supervisor had a single subordinate and each subordinate had a single supervisor. …
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Children's attitudes to a hospital familiarisation programme
… a Hospital Intervention Footings Index (HIFI). A Solomon Four Group design (Salkind, 1997) was employed with a total sample of 84 five-year-olds drawn from 4 pre-primary centres in a large metropolitan ' primary school. The treatment consisted of a Hospital Familiarisation Session conducted by a …
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Paternal involvement in the interactive behavioral assessment process
… It was also hypothesized that the experimental group would report significantly more participation in parenting activities. Using the Solomon Four-Group research design, 44 subjects were randomly assigned to one of the four groups. The demonstration of the BNBAS during the postpartum …
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Parental instruction regarding appropriate asthma management
… in this experimental study based on a Solomon four-group design. Two groups (experimental) received the instruction at the onset of the study and two groups (control) received it after completion of the study. Eight dependent variables were assessed for differences among group means. …
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The Effect of Reality Therapy As An Administrative Model Upon the Organizational Climate and Educational Outcomes of Selected Elementary Schools
… and organizational climate.</p> <p>Method. The Solomon Four-Group Design was used. The Profile of a School, Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire-Form XII, and Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills-Form T were used to measure change. Four methods of statistical analysis were used: (1) …
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An evaluation of an aids educational programme in industry: an exploratory study
This study evaluates a small group educational programme on AIDS using a Solomon - Four group design. The research was conducted in 16 randomly selected Western Cape stores of a national supermarket chain. These stores were stratified into northern, central, southern· suburbs and outlying …
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Evaluating the Effects of Project DARE in Rural Southeast Minnesota Schools
… toward chemical substances and use between groups receiving instruction with the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program and no specific drug education program. The study also investigates the effect of gender and pretesting. Procedures. A sample of over 500 students from eight rural …
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Disadvantaged students' academic performance: analysing the zone of proximal development
… that form part of the two dynamic tests using a Solomon Four Group and a Two Group design. The second study made a comparison between the predictive validity of past academic achievement conventional static tests, several non-cognitive variables as well as the two dynamic tests. In the third …
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The effects of participation in a competitive program on the child's self-concept
… A modified form of Campbell and Stanley's "Solomon Four-Group Design" was employed. Subjects were randomly assigned to four experimental groups. On the first day, subjects in Groups 1, 2, and 3 completed the first half of the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale. On Tuesday, Wednesday, …
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The effect of rational emotive education on irrational beliefs, assertiveness, and/or locus of control in fifth grade students
… were pre- and post-tested in accordance with the Solomon Four Group Design. The Children's Survey of Rational Concepts From C, Revised Rathus Assertiveness Schedule, and the Intellectual Achievement Questionnaire were selected as instruments to measure irrational beliefs, assertiveness, and locus …
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REDUCING DISPARITY IN JUDICIAL SENTENCING: A SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH
… of variability) was predicted as a function of group discussion in line with theories of norm formation processes (e.g. Moscovici, 1974; Sherif, 1935, 1936; Sherif & Sherif, 1969). Discussion of goals of judicial sentencing was expected to further reduce variability. Also of interest was whether …
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A pilot study testing effects of feedback on teaching behavior as measured by student ratings at New River Community College, Dublin, Virginia
… instructors were assigned to each of two control groups, three treatment groups, and a posttest-only group, using an equal-size stratified random sampling technique. The research design was a modified Solomon Four-Group. Pretests and posttests (Purdue Rating Scale for Instruction) were …