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Haughton, Noela A.; Yeh, Kuo-Chuan; Nworie, John; Romero, Liz – Educational Technology, 2013
As with any innovation, the adoption and diffusion of digital technologies in higher education have also brought unintended consequences. This article discusses the unintended misuse of these technologies in the higher education setting. Depending upon severity, these consequences discussed--distraction, addiction, academic dishonesty, and…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Teaching Methods, Internet, Bullying
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Dowdy, Erin; Twyford, Jennifer M.; Chin, Jenna K.; DiStefano, Christine A.; Kamphaus, Randy W.; Mays, Kristen L. – Psychological Assessment, 2011
The BASC-2 Behavioral and Emotional Screening System (BESS) Student Form (Kamphaus & Reynolds, 2007) is a recently developed youth self-report rating scale designed to identify students at risk for behavioral and emotional problems. The BESS Student Form was derived from the Behavior Assessment System for Children-Second Edition Self-Report of…
Descriptors: Emotional Problems, Hyperactivity, At Risk Students, Factor Structure
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Roelofs, Ardi – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2010
Disagreement exists about whether color-word Stroop facilitation is caused by converging information (e.g., Cohen et al., 1990; Roelofs, 2003) or inadvertent reading (MacLeod & MacDonald, 2000). Four experiments tested between these hypotheses by examining Stroop effects on response time (RT) both within and between languages. Words cannot be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attention Control, Inhibition, Color
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Althoff, Robert R.; Ayer, Lynsay A.; Rettew, David C.; Hudziak, James J. – Psychological Assessment, 2010
Disorders of self-regulatory behavior are common reasons for referral to child and adolescent clinicians. Here, the authors sought to compare 2 methods of empirically based assessment of children with problems in self-regulatory behavior. Using parental reports on 2,028 children (53% boys) from a U.S. national probability sample of the Child…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Child Behavior, Measures (Individuals)
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Zevenbergen, Andrea A.; Ryan, Meghan M. – Early Child Development and Care, 2010
This study examined the relationship between attention problems and expressive language and academic readiness skills in preschool-aged children from middle-class families. Forty-three children (44% female) were assessed individually for expressive language skills and knowledge of basic academic concepts (e.g. colours, letters and numbers). The…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Reading Readiness, Child Behavior, Attention Deficit Disorders