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Ten Eycke, Kayla D.; Müller, Ulrich – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2018
Little is known about the relation between cognitive processes and imagination and whether this relation differs between neurotypically developing children and children with autism. To address this issue, we administered a cognitive task battery and Karmiloff-Smith's drawing task, which requires children to draw imaginative people and houses. For…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children, Executive Function
Lane, Marguerita; Conlon, Gavan – OECD Publishing, 2016
Using the 2012 PIAAC data, our analysis confirms that there are significantly higher earnings and employment returns to "both" increasing levels of formally recognised education, and to increasing levels of numeracy, literacy and information and communication technologies (ICT) skills proficiencies controlling for the level of education.…
Descriptors: Literacy, Numeracy, Computer Literacy, Employment
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Stang, Jared B.; Roll, Ido – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2014
Through in-class observations of teaching assistants (TAs) and students in the lab sections of a large introductory physics course, we study which TA behaviors can be used to predict student engagement and, in turn, how this engagement relates to learning. For the TAs, we record data to determine how they adhere to and deliver the lesson plan and…
Descriptors: Interaction, Observation, Teaching Assistants, College Students
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Maharaj, Sachin – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2014
This study examines the views of administrators (i.e., principals and vice-principals) in Ontario, Canada, with regard to the province's Teacher Performance Appraisal process. A total of 178 responses were collected from a survey that examined five areas: 1) preparation and training; 2) classroom observations; 3) preparing the formal evaluation;…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Education
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Cappadocia, M. Catherine; Pepler, Debra; Cummings, Joanne G.; Craig, Wendy – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2012
The aim of the current study was to explore bystander experiences during bullying episodes among children and youth attending a residential summer camp by investigating rates of witnessing and intervention, as well as individual motivations and characteristics associated with bystander intervention. The majority of children had witnessed bullying…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Intervention, Bullying, Self Efficacy
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Bernier, Annie; Jarry-Boileau, Veronique; Tarabulsy, George M.; Miljkovitch, Raphaele – Infancy, 2010
The aim of this study was to investigate the relations between pregnancy and childbirth factors and subsequent quality of maternal interactive behavior in a sample of 116 full-term infants and their mothers. Mothers reported on the conditions of childbirth when infants were 6-8 months of age, and their interactive behavior was observed during a…
Descriptors: Mothers, Pregnancy, Infants, Birth
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Liu, Chia-Ju; Zandvliet, David B.; Hou, I.-Ling – Learning Environments Research, 2012
This study investigated perceptions of senior high school students towards the Taiwanese information technology (IT) classroom with the What Is Happening in this Class? (WIHIC) survey and explored the physical learning environment of the IT classroom using the Computerised Classroom Environment Inventory (CCEI). The participants included 2,869…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Education, Vocational High Schools, Information Technology
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Wright, Tessa; Wormsley, Diane P.; Kamei-Hannan, Cheryl – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2009
Using a subset of data from the Alphabetic Braille and Contracted Braille Study, researchers analyzed the patterns and characteristics of hand movements as predictors of reading performance. Statistically significant differences were found between one- and two-handed readers and between patterns of hand movements and reading rates. (Contains 6…
Descriptors: Braille, Predictor Variables, Reading Achievement, Statistical Significance
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Perlman, Michal; Kankesan, Tharsni; Zhang, Jing – Early Child Development and Care, 2010
Preschool-aged children are aware of differences in the race and abilities of the people around them. Given this awareness it is important to promote children's acceptance of diversity in the preschool period. The goals of this study were to assess the extent to which child care centres provide diversity instruction through classroom activities,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Foreign Countries, Child Care, Student Diversity
Doherty, Gillian; Lero, Donna S.; Goelman, Hillel; Tougas, Jocelyne; LaGrange, Annette – 2000
Canadian experts in diverse fields as well as people concerned about social justice and cohesion have identified quality child care as a crucial component in addressing a variety of broad societal goals. This study explored the relationships between quality in Canadian family child care homes and: provider characteristics and attitudes about…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Role, Child Caregivers, Compensation (Remuneration)
Goelman, Hillel; Doherty, Gillian; Lero, Donna S.; LaGrange, Annette; Tougas, Jocelyne – 2000
Canadian experts in diverse fields as well as people concerned about social justice and cohesion have identified quality child care as a crucial component in addressing a variety of broad societal goals. This study explored the relationships between child care center quality and: center characteristics; teaching staff wages and working conditions;…
Descriptors: Administrators, Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Role, Child Caregivers
Fedigan, Larry – 1979
Eight major classroom observation studies correlating process variables (teaching techniques), and context variables (characteristics of school, curriculum, and student), with teaching effectiveness, (particularly achievement gains) were reviewed. This need to match process variables with context variables, rather than search for a universal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research