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Ricardo A. Medina – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2022
Within this issue of "Teacher Education Quarterly," the authors examine the social justice knowledge of teachers, reflective practices, and predictors of performance on the Educative Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA). This article is a response to those articles and offers continued probes into who should be allowed to teach our…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Knowledge Level, Reflective Teaching, Predictor Variables
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Young, Cristobal – Sociological Methods & Research, 2019
The commenter's proposal may be a reasonable method for addressing uncertainty in predictive modeling, where the goal is to predict "y." In a treatment effects framework, where the goal is causal inference by conditioning-on-observables, the commenter's proposal is deeply flawed. The proposal (1) ignores the definition of…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Predictor Variables, Research Methodology, Ambiguity (Context)
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Dodaj, Arta; Sesar, Kristina – International Journal of Developmental Science, 2020
Sexting is recognized as a common public issue as well as a prominent issue among researchers. Authors usually define sexting as sending, receiving, or forwarding sexually explicit messages or nude, partially nude, or sexually suggestive digital images of one's self or others via a cell phone, e-mail, Internet, or Social Networking Service (Brown,…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Self Control, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
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Martin-Hansen, Lisa – International Journal of STEM Education, 2018
A strong, positive science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) identity is a predictor of future career choice in a STEM field. In this commentary, major concepts are explored within and among four different research studies with implications regarding STEM or science identity. This commentary describes ways in which one can view STEM…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Career Choice, Identification (Psychology), Influences
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Howell, Roy D.; Breivik, Einar – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2016
In this article, Roy Howell, and Einar Breivik, congratulate Aguirre-Urreta, M. I., Rönkkö, M., & Marakas, G. M., for their work (2016) "Omission of Causal Indicators: Consequences and Implications for Measurement," Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 14(3), 75-97. doi:10.1080/15366367.2016.1205935. They call it…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Measurement, Predictor Variables
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Gabriele, Alison – Second Language Research, 2021
This commentary discusses Westergaard's (2021) keynote article, which presents a comprehensive model of first language (L1), second language (L2), and third language (L3) acquisition. The commentary presents evidence from a previous study of L3 learners that provides support for Westergaard's property-by-property transfer proposal. The commentary…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Native Language, Linguistic Theory
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Mattern, Krista; Allen, Jeff; Camara, Wayne – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2016
The findings of the Gaertner and McClarty article (2015) raised awareness on two extremely important topics related to college readiness: First, to effect change, we must measure students' progression towards college readiness throughout their K-12 career rather than just at the culmination of high school. Second, college readiness encompasses…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Middle School Students, Measures (Individuals), Progress Monitoring