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Three Tests and Three Corrections: Comment on Koen and Yonelinas (2010)
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Jang, Yoonhee; Mickes, Laura; Wixted, John T. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2012
The slope of the z-transformed receiver-operating characteristic (zROC) in recognition memory experiments is usually less than 1, which has long been interpreted to mean that the variance of the target distribution is greater than the variance of the lure distribution. The greater variance of the target distribution could arise because the…
Descriptors: Research Design, Prediction, Recognition (Psychology), Memory
The Eye of the Beholder: A Response to "Sociomoral Atmosphere...A Study of Teachers' Enacted Interpersonal Understanding."
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Gersten, Russell – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1991
The observational study of effective instructional processes in kindergarten by DeVries and others is critiqued. It is maintained that (1) the study takes a narrow approach to constructivism that does not reflect current thinking; (2) there are flaws in the coding system used; and (3) the understanding of instructional issues involving minority…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Classroom Environment, Coding, Evaluation Criteria