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Using College Readers' Eye Movements to Discuss Textbook Reading Strategies
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Eric J. Paulson; Jodi Patrick Holschuh; Jodi P. Lampi – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2024
In order to better understand whether and how college students use certain textbook reading strategies, this project employed several important methods in concert, including a textbook reading strategy inventory that focused on frequency of strategy use, eye-movement recordings of participants reading college textbook excerpts, and think-aloud…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Textbooks, College Students, Incidence
Toward an Ecological Understanding of the Relationship between Translation Willingness and Translation Frequency of Use
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Motlaq, Mohamad Djavad Akbari; Mahadi, Tengku Sepora Binti Tengku – Cogent Education, 2019
In this investigation, we have chosen to quantify the key components of ability in the field of translation studies in light of Vygotsky's sociocultural theory and Bronfenbrenner's nested eco-system model. The estimation of key components which have effect on willingness to translate (WTT), will be valuable for the translator instructors to wind…
Descriptors: Translation, Graduate Students, Foreign Countries, Protocol Analysis
Opening the Black Box of Students' Text-Learning Processes: A Process Mining Perspective
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Rogiers, Amelie; Merchie, Emmelien; van Keer, Hilde – Frontline Learning Research, 2020
The current study uncovers secondary school students' actual use of text-learning strategies during an individual learning task by means of a concurrent self-reported thinking aloud procedure. Think-aloud data of 51 participants with different learning strategy profiles, distinguished based on a retrospective self-report questionnaire (i.e., 15…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Learning Strategies, Protocol Analysis, Research Methodology
Warm-Up Activities of Middle and High School Band Directors Participating in State-Level Concert Band Assessments
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Ward, Justin P.; Hancock, Carl B. – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2016
The purpose of this study was to examine the warm-ups chosen by concert band directors participating in state-level performance assessments. We observed 29 middle and high school bands and coded the frequency and duration of warm-up activities and behaviors. Results indicated that most bands rehearsed music and played scales, long tones, and…
Descriptors: Music Activities, Performance Based Assessment, Secondary Education, Timed Tests
Toward Solving the Problem of Problem Solving: An Analysis Framework
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Roesler, Rebecca A. – Journal of Music Teacher Education, 2016
Teaching is replete with problem solving. Problem solving as a skill, however, is seldom addressed directly within music teacher education curricula, and research in music education has not examined problem solving systematically. A framework detailing problem-solving component skills would provide a needed foundation. I observed problem solving…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Music Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers
Joint Attention Revisited: Finding Strengths among Children with Autism
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Hurwitz, Sarah; Watson, Linda R. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
Differences in joint attention are prominent for some children with autism and are often used as an indicator of the disorder. This study examined the joint attention competencies of young children with autism who demonstrated joint attention ability and compared them to children with developmental delays. A total of 40 children with autism and…
Descriptors: Autism, Attention, Young Children, Developmental Delays