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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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What Forty Years of Research Says about the Impact of Technology on Learning: A Second-Order Meta-Analysis and Validation Study
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Tamim, Rana M.; Bernard, Robert M.; Borokhovski, Eugene; Abrami, Philip C.; Schmid, Richard F. – Review of Educational Research, 2011
This research study employs a second-order meta-analysis procedure to summarize 40 years of research activity addressing the question, does computer technology use affect student achievement in formal face-to-face classrooms as compared to classrooms that do not use technology? A study-level meta-analytic validation was also conducted for purposes…
Descriptors: Effect Size, Meta Analysis, Influence of Technology, Technology Uses in Education
A Meta-Analysis of Three Types of Interaction Treatments in Distance Education
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Bernard, Robert M.; Abrami, Philip C.; Borokhovski, Eugene; Wade, C. Anne; Tamim, Rana M.; Surkes, Michael A.; Bethel, Edward Clement – Review of Educational Research, 2009
This meta-analysis of the experimental literature of distance education (DE) compares different types of interaction treatments (ITs) with other DE instructional treatments. ITs are the instructional and/or media conditions designed into DE courses, which are intended to facilitate student-student (SS), student-teacher (ST), or student-content…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Interaction, Effect Size, Meta Analysis
Instructional Interventions Affecting Critical Thinking Skills and Dispositions: A Stage 1 Meta-Analysis
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Abrami, Philip C.; Bernard, Robert M.; Borokhovski, Evgueni; Wade, Anne; Surkes, Michael A.; Tamim, Rana; Zhang, Dai – Review of Educational Research, 2008
Critical thinking (CT), or the ability to engage in purposeful, self-regulatory judgment, is widely recognized as an important, even essential, skill. This article describes an ongoing meta-analysis that summarizes the available empirical evidence on the impact of instruction on the development and enhancement of critical thinking skills and…
Descriptors: Research Design, Effect Size, Critical Thinking, Faculty Development
How Does Distance Education Compare with Classroom Instruction? A Meta-Analysis of the Empirical Literature
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Bernard, Robert M.; Abrami, Philip C.; Lou, Yiping; Borokhovsk, Evgueni; Wade, Anne; Wozney, Lori; Wallet, Peter Andrew; Fiset, Manon; Huang, Binru – Review of Educational Research, 2004
A meta-analysis of the comparative distance education (DE) literature between 1985 and 2002 was conducted. In total, 232 studies containing 688 independent achievement, attitude, and retention outcomes were analyzed. Overall results indicated effect sizes of essentially zero on all three measures and wide variability. This suggests that many…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Effect Size, Academic Achievement, Meta Analysis