Home-school communication was not significantly related to DRC outcomes for students with ADHD, contrary to a prior meta-analysis¶
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q3 i? In the fully conditional model, home-school communication was not significantly related to outcome. → Pyle 2017
Evidence¶
Pyle 2017¶
Pyle, K. K., & Fabiano, G. A. (2017). Daily Report Card Intervention and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Meta-Analysis of Single-Case Studies. Manuscript submitted to Exceptional Children October 2016; accepted March 2017. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED583708
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Fully conditional HLM model (n = 13 studies) with an aggregate home-school communication score (reinforcement, home training, feedback criteria). The null result "was not anticipated, and deserves a more thorough investigation" per the authors. Equivalence was not tested.
"Home-school communication was not significantly related to outcome, γ = -2.21, t (9) = -1.02, p = .34 (see Table 6)."
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Related Claims¶
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