Structural aspects reconsidered: A reanalysis of two studies in educational evaluation

In two papers recently published in this journal, effectiveness is claimed for some training programs (development of social abilities and skills of disadvantaged pupils in Israeli youth villages; change in prejudices toward people of other races in a West German integrated comprehensive school) due...

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Published in:Studies in educational evaluation 1980, Vol.6 (3), p.329-341
Main Author: Langeheine, Rolf
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:In two papers recently published in this journal, effectiveness is claimed for some training programs (development of social abilities and skills of disadvantaged pupils in Israeli youth villages; change in prejudices toward people of other races in a West German integrated comprehensive school) due to certain changes between sets of variables. As to the conclusions of the authors, some scepticism seems in order, however. Detailed reanalyses of the data were therefore performed using an explicitly structurally oriented approach via target analysis, the results of which contradict those reached by the authors.
ISSN:0191-491X
1879-2529
DOI:10.1016/0191-491X(80)90035-8