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Koichu, Boris; Kontorovich, Igor – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2013
"Success stories," i.e., cases in which mathematical problems posed in a controlled setting are perceived by the problem posers or other individuals as interesting, cognitively demanding, or surprising, are essential for understanding the nature of problem posing. This paper analyzes two success stories that occurred with individuals of different…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction
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Waterman, Clare; McDermott, Paul A.; Fantuzzo, John W.; Gadsden, Vivian L. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2012
Useful assessment outcomes (as manifest through assigned scores) must show reasonable variation across children because it is that variation that presumably defines children's individual differences. Alternatively it is conceivable that some portion of the variability in assessment outcomes does not reflect child differences but rather differences…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Kindergarten, Outcomes of Education
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Hutchins, Holly M.; Burke, Lisa A. – International Journal of Training and Development, 2007
Training professionals were surveyed concerning their knowledge of transfer of training research. Survey items were developed from an integrative literature review based on empirical findings of factors that directly or indirectly (through learning) influence training transfer. Survey results suggest that training professionals are in agreement…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Work Environment, Research and Development, Theory Practice Relationship
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Nelson, E. Anne; Dannefer, Dale – Gerontologist, 1992
Examined attention given in 185 studies to individual differences and empirical patterns of variability reported in studies presenting measures of dispersion (43 percent of gerontological studies reviewed and 24 percent of developmental studies reviewed). Most gerontological studies presenting data reported increases in variability with increasing…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Gerontology, Individual Differences, Meta Analysis
Gottfredson, Gary D. – 1991
The occupational-environmental typology (Holland, 1985) is based on a theory of persons and work environments. The theory uses a classification of persons and work environments to describe differences and similarities. The theory explains career choice and persistence, attraction and retention of workers, job satisfaction, and environmental…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Planning, Classification, Congruence (Psychology)