In recent years, researchers have examined changes in attitudes toward the role of women, both among adults (Mason et al., I 976; Erskine, 1971; Ferree, 1974) and among college students (Parelius, 1975) and adolescents ...

Data from two different sites were used to examine how exposure to a highly academic curriculum is related to growth in beginning literacy and early reading skills from kindergarten through the end of third grade. In one ...

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of two implementation variables (source of technical support and time of implementation) to first grade reading achievement across three naturally occurring conditions ...

This report examines changes in the average Stanford Achievement Test (SAT) scores in reading of first and fifth grade students in elementary schools in the Guam Public School System (GPSS) from Spring, 1993, through ...

This study examined how middle-aged adults perceive discretionary or free time in their lives and the ways in which their life experiences and reflections on life structure are related to these perceptions. Research focused ...

This paper examines the relationship of smart-growth environments at the local and regional levels to neighborhood satisfaction for single mothers and parents in two-parent families. It employs mixed-models using an extensive ...

The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) is a federally funded program established in 2002 to evaluate educational interventions and provide reliable and trustworthy summary ratings and reports of their effectiveness. Yet, ...

This article suggests that changes in the family and economy are more crucial than changes in education in ending gender inequalities in the adult occupational world.

Quantitative mixed models were used to examine literature published from 1966 through 2016 on the effectiveness of Direct Instruction. Analyses were based on 328 studies involving 413 study designs and almost 4,000 ...

In the past decade, young people in the United States have been two to three times more likely than in the two previous decades to commit homicides, while those 25 years and older have been less likely to commit homicides ...