Using a control group to evaluate a resource room program

✍ Scribed by James O. Rust; Larry S. Miller; William H. Wilson

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1978
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 315 KB
• Volume: 15
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0033-3085
• DOI: 10.1002/1520-6807(197810)15:4<503::aid-pits2310150409>3.0.co;2-c

✦ Synopsis

The effectiveness of a resource room program was examined b testing 162 second-through sixth-grade students who had learning prohems severe enough to qualify them for special services. Half of the students were randomly assigned to a resource rooml while the others remained in the regular class. Results indicated that the chddren who were provided with resource room services as well as those who spent the entire day in the regular class gained significant1 in achievement over the ear long study. Theie was evidence on two of txe four dependent variables t i a t the resource room students gained more than those in the r ular classroom. However, additional analyses found that these ObservedTifferences were relatively weak. If the control group had not been used, gains in achievement might have been attributed to the resource room, emphasizing the importance of using a control group.