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Teachers' Attitudes and Beliefs Regarding ICT in Teaching and Learning in European Countries
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Eickelmann, Birgit; Vennemann, Mario – European Educational Research Journal, 2017
In the debate on the integration of information and communication technologies (ICT) into schools, the beliefs and attitudes of teachers towards ICT in teaching and learning have always been regarded as central criteria for successful implementation of new technologies. In this context, a study in 2013 by the International Association for the…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, Information Technology, Technology Integration
Appearance-Based First Impressions and Person Memory
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Bell, Raoul; Mieth, Laura; Buchner, Axel – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2015
Previous research has demonstrated that people preferentially remember reputational information that is emotionally incongruent to their expectations, but it has left open the question of the generality of this effect. Three conflicting hypotheses were proposed: (a) The effect is restricted to information relevant to reciprocal social exchange.…
Descriptors: Memory, Hypothesis Testing, Experimental Psychology, Effect Size
Computational Typologies of Multidimensional End-of-Primary-School Performance Profiles from an Educational Perspective of Large-Scale TIMSS and PIRLS Surveys
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Unlu, Ali; Schurig, Michael – Current Issues in Comparative Education, 2015
Recently, performance profiles in reading, mathematics and science were created using the data collectively available in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2011. In addition, a classification of children to the end of their primary school years was…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Tests, Foreign Countries
Preschool Teachers' and Students' Attitudes towards Playful Preschool Activities: A Cross-Cultural Comparison between Germany and the Netherlands
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van der Aalsvoort, Geerdina; Prakke, Bette; Konig, Anke; Goorhuis, Suzanne – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2010
This study compares the attitudes of preschool teachers and students between the Netherlands and Germany towards typical play activities in preschool. The data were responses to short video clips of preschool children's play and elicited the respondents' attitudes through questionnaires. The data were analysed by classifying the written responses…
Descriptors: Play, Student Attitudes, Cross Cultural Studies, Preschool Children
Process as Content in Computer Science Education: Empirical Determination of Central Processes
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Zendler, A.; Spannagel, C.; Klaudt, D. – Computer Science Education, 2008
Computer science education should not be based on short-term developments but on content that is observable in multiple domains of computer science, may be taught at every intellectual level, will be relevant in the longer term, and is related to everyday language and/or thinking. Recently, a catalogue of "central concepts" for computer…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Multivariate Analysis, Computer Science, Problem Solving
Measuring Human Performance on Clustering Problems: Some Potential Objective Criteria and Experimental Research Opportunities
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Brusco, Michael J. – Journal of Problem Solving, 2007
The study of human performance on discrete optimization problems has a considerable history that spans various disciplines. The two most widely studied problems are the Euclidean traveling salesperson problem and the quadratic assignment problem. The purpose of this paper is to outline a program of study for the measurement of human performance on…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Performance, Measurement, Criticism