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Francesco Innocenti; Math J. J. M. Candel; Frans E. S. Tan; Gerard J. P. van Breukelen – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2024
Normative studies are needed to obtain norms for comparing individuals with the reference population on relevant clinical or educational measures. Norms can be obtained in an efficient way by regressing the test score on relevant predictors, such as age and sex. When several measures are normed with the same sample, a multivariate regression-based…
Descriptors: Sample Size, Multivariate Analysis, Error of Measurement, Regression (Statistics)
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Marks, Peter E. L.; Babcock, Ben; van den Berg, Yvonne H. M.; Gommans, Rob; Cillessen, Antonius H. N. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2022
The goal of this study was to advance the conceptualization and measurement of adolescent popularity by exploring the commonly used composite score (popularity minus unpopularity). We used standardized peer nominations from 4,414 early adolescents (ages [approximately equal to] 12-14 years) from three samples collected in two countries. Popularity…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Peer Acceptance, Measurement Techniques, Middle School Students
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Vaillant, Emma; Oostrom, Kim J.; Beckerman, Heleen; Vermeulen, Jeroen R.; Buizer, Annemieke I.; Geytenbeek, Johanna J. M. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2022
Background: The majority of children with cerebral palsy (CP) experience challenges in functional communication from a young age. A pivotal aspect of functional communication is language comprehension. A variety of classification systems and questionnaires are available to classify and describe functional communication skills in children with CP.…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Communication Disorders, Communication Skills, Language Skills
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Sakki, Inari; Pirttilä-Backman, Anna-Maija – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2019
In spite of the importance of the topic, there are few comparative studies of the aims of history teaching, even in Europe. Domain-specific epistemic beliefs are relevant for understanding the teaching and learning of history and the development of deliberative thought. We studied epistemic beliefs in the context of the general aims of history…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Correlation, Cross Cultural Studies, Teacher Attitudes
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Guzman-Munoz, Francisco Javier – Educational Psychology, 2017
Mixing examples of different categories (interleaving) has been shown to promote inductive learning as compared with presenting examples of the same category together (massing). In three studies, we tested whether the advantage of interleaving is exclusively due to the mixing of examples from different categories or to the temporal gap introduced…
Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Analysis, Logical Thinking, Learning
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van den Boer, Madelon; de Jong, Peter F. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2015
Fluent reading is characterized by rapid and accurate identification of words. It is commonly accepted that such identification relies on the availability of orthographic knowledge. However, whether this orthographic knowledge should be seen as an accumulation of word-specific knowledge in a lexicon acquired through decoding or as a well-developed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Processes, Children, Reading
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Castro, Rita; Rosa, Maria João; Pinho, Carlos – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2015
This article aims to discuss stakeholders' influence on higher education institutions' (HEIs) internationalization, through an analysis of the relationships established between stakeholders' importance and the institutions' rationales for internationalization, the strategies developed for internationalization, and the benefits from…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, International Education, Educational Benefits, Classification
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Korver, Bettina; Tillema, Harm – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2014
Diverging perceptions between a mentor and a mentee on the nature and content of feedback given in mentoring conversations may have a profound impact on the mentee's learning from conversation. This study gauges whether approaches to mentoring relate to establishing congruency in perceptions on provided feedback. The aim of this research is to…
Descriptors: Mentors, Feedback (Response), Comparative Analysis, Teaching Assistants
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Sinnema, Margje; Einfeld, Stewart L.; Schrander-Stumpel, Constance T. R. M.; Maaskant, Marian A.; Boer, Harm; Curfs, Leopold M. G. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is characterized by temper tantrums, impulsivity, mood fluctuations, difficulty with change in routine, skinpicking, stubbornness and aggression. Many studies on behavior in PWS are limited by sample size, age range, a lack of genetically confirmed diagnosis of PWS and inconsistent assessment of behavior. The aim of…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Behavior Problems, Disability Identification, Genetics
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Wicherts, Jelte M.; Vorst, Harrie C. M. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
The aim of this longitudinal study was to investigate differences in interests, personality, and cognitive abilities between students majoring in the six specialties of psychology at the University of Amsterdam. Results show that students at Social Psychology and Work and Organizational Psychology were on average more extraverted than students of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Interests, Personality Traits, Social Psychology
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van Buuren, Stef; van Rijckevorsel, Jan L. A. – Psychometrika, 1992
A technique is presented to transform incomplete categorical data into complete data by imputing appropriate scores into missing cells. A solution of the optimization problem is suggested, and relevant psychometric theory is discussed. The average correlation should be at least 0.50 before the method becomes practical. (SLD)
Descriptors: Classification, Computer Simulation, Correlation, Equations (Mathematics)
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Van Weerdenburg, Marjolijn; Verhoeven, Ludo; Van Balkom, Hans – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2006
Background: The population of children with specific language impairments (SLI) is heterogeneous. The present study was conducted to examine this heterogeneity more closely, by identifying and describing subgroups within the population of children with SLI in the Netherlands. Method: A broad battery of language tests and language-related cognitive…
Descriptors: Speech, Semantics, Language Impairments, Language Tests
Barnes, Tiffany, Ed.; Desmarais, Michel, Ed.; Romero, Cristobal, Ed.; Ventura, Sebastian, Ed. – International Working Group on Educational Data Mining, 2009
The Second International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM2009) was held at the University of Cordoba, Spain, on July 1-3, 2009. EDM brings together researchers from computer science, education, psychology, psychometrics, and statistics to analyze large data sets to answer educational research questions. The increase in instrumented…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Research, Conferences (Gatherings), Foreign Countries
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers