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Identifying the Factors Affecting Science and Mathematics Achievement Using Data Mining Methods
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Kiray, S. Ahmet; Gok, Bilge; Bozkir, A. Selman – Online Submission, 2015
The purpose of this article is to identify the order of significance of the variables that affect science and mathematics achievement in middle school students. For this aim, the study deals with the relationship between science and math in terms of different angles using the perspectives of multiple causes-single effect and of multiple…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Information Retrieval, Data Analysis
Identifying the Factors Affecting Science and Mathematics Achievement Using Data Mining Methods
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Kiray, S. Ahmet; Gok, Bilge; Bozkir, A. Selman – Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, 2015
The purpose of this article is to identify the order of significance of the variables that affect science and mathematics achievement in middle school students. For this aim, the study deals with the relationship between science and math in terms of different angles using the perspectives of multiple causes-single effect and of multiple…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Information Retrieval, Data Analysis, Middle School Students
Affective Response and Retrieval Performance: Analysis of Contributing Factors.
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Dimitroff, Alexandra; And Others – Library & Information Science Research, 1996
Describes a study that investigated the affective responses of 83 subjects at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to 2 versions of a hypertext-based bibliographic retrieval system. The utility of using factor analysis to explore subjects' search experiences is explained, and the effects of different types of linkages are compared. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Bibliographic Records, Factor Analysis, Higher Education
Information-Seeking Behavior of Gatekeepers in Ethnolinguistic Communities: Overview of a Taxonomy.
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Metoyer-Duran, Cheryl – Library and Information Science Research, 1991
Discusses the concept of gatekeepers in the area of information and culture and presents a model for the information-seeking behavior of ethnolinguistic gatekeepers. Highlights include information needs and use models; information inequity in information and retrieval programs; affective and cognitive domains; and research implications for…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Affective Behavior, Change Agents, Cognitive Processes
Strategies and Assessments Online: Novices' Experience.
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Tenopir, Carol; And Others – Library and Information Science Research, 1991
Describes analyses of 3 searches conducted in an academic library by 11 novice users of full-text databases. The study examined affective search behavior, search strategies, and searcher assessments of retrieved material. Results of interviews, transaction log analysis, and audiotape recordings of search sessions are discussed, and further…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Audiotape Recordings, College Libraries, Full Text Databases
Searcher Response in a Hypertext-Based Bibliographic Information Retrieval System.
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Dimitroff, Alexandra; Wolfram, Dietmar – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1995
Describes a study of graduate students that examined search behavior and affective response to a hypertext-based bibliographic information retrieval system called HyperLynx for searchers with different search skills and backgrounds. Previous experience with hypertext or Boolean searching is examined, and search times are discussed. (21 references)…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Analysis of Variance, Bibliographic Records, Graduate Students
Children's Use of the Yahooligans! Web Search Engine: I. Cognitive, Physical, and Affective Behaviors on Fact-based Search Tasks.
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Bilal, Dania – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 2000
Reports on a research project that investigated seventh grade science students' cognitive, affective, and physical behaviors as they used the Yahooligans! search engine to find information on a specific search task. Describes measurement techniques that included software, interviews, and questionnaires, and discusses implications for user training…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software