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Ormel, Ellen; Crasborn, Onno – Sign Language Studies, 2012
This article contains a literature review of evidence of large prosodic domains that correspond to syntactic units such as a clause or a sentence. In particular, different phonetic nonmanual cues that may relate to clause or sentence boundaries are discussed in detail. On the basis of various ideas and views in the literature, we also describe two…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Sentences, Cues, Sign Language
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Jones, Tiffany – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2013
The "bullied" gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex and otherwise Queer (GLBTIQ) student is a fairly recent figure in the sexuality education research literature. GLBTIQ students have previously been problematised by sex education research in a range of different ways and have been the subjects of varying methodological…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Sexuality, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity
Harris, Ilene B. – 1982
Descriptions of educational practice offer an array of important, but typically hidden dimensions of meaning which provide potentially rich resources for understanding the practices. This paper illustrates: (1) how analysis, interpretations, and assessments interpenetrate what appear to be descriptions and suggest how readers can tease out these…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Educational Practices
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Ettinger, Linda F.; Maitland-Gholson, Jane – Studies in Art Education, 1990
Outlines an initial framework, five orientations and eight dimensions, based on information derived from the study of text analysis. Maintains that art education researchers need a multilayered framework to facilitate design of research that addresses the analysis of complex multidimensional data. (KM)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Teachers, Content Analysis, Educational Research
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Schiffrin, Deborah – Discourse Processes, 1985
Demonstrates the value of quantitative analysis of discourse options by focusing on two discourse options for the representation of cause and effect. (HTH)
Descriptors: Coherence, Cohesion (Written Composition), Discourse Analysis, Distinctive Features (Language)
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Lysaught, Jerome P. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1984
Surveys communications theory and discusses its application to educational organizations. Topics examined include definitions of communication, the evolution of communication models, concepts of language and semantics, interpersonal communication, and organizational communication. Finally, analytic techniques and conceptual frameworks are…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Research, Educational Administration
Takala, Sauli – 1983
Some basic starting points in Soviet psychological, educational, and psycholinguistic research are reviewed, with emphasis on the difference in perspective and terminology between Soviet and Western research. It was found that the concept of units and levels of analysis is evident in Soviet psycholinguistic research. The development of this and…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Foreign Countries, Inner Speech (Subvocal), Linguistic Theory
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Ellis, Rod – Language Learning, 2001
Provides an historical sketch of form-focused instruction research, defines what is meant by form-focused instruction, and discusses the main research methods that have been used to investigate form-focused instruction in terms of a broad distinction between confirmatory and interpretive research. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Grammar, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
Frazer, Gregory H.; Gold, Robert S. – 1982
A study measured the connotations of selected health education related journals to their professional readers. The subjects were 250 randomly selected, college-affiliated health educators listed in "A National Directory of College and University Health Education Programs and Facilities 1981." Journals evaluated included: (1) "American College…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Attitudes, Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria
Duer, Jacqueline M. – 1988
This review of the literature looks at writing disabilities in the context of special education services provided within regular classrooms. A definition of learning disabilities as well as a discussion of effects of left and right brain dominance and of the steps of the writing process begin the paper. Among the findings of the research synthesis…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Lateral Dominance
Stevick, Earl W. – 1996
The revised second edition of a 1976 book explores the literature of research on memory, creation of meaning in language learning, and second language teaching methodology, incorporating results of recent work in those areas. Each of the 12 chapters begins with a series of questions to be addressed and ends with further questions. Chapter topics…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Strategies, Interpersonal Communication, Language Research
Kamil, Michael L., Ed.; Moe, Alden J., Ed. – 1979
The papers in this collection represent a wide spectrum of approaches, philosophies, viewpoints, and techniques of scholarly endeavor in their treatment of the reading process. The 55 papers, which were presented at the 1978 meeting of the National Reading Conference, are arranged according to the following categories: (1) reading readiness, (2)…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, College Students, Elementary Secondary Education