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Dowds, Susan J. Parault; Haverback, Heather Rogers; Parkinson, Meghan M. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2016
This study aimed to determine which types of context clues exist in children's texts and whether it is possible for experts to identify reliably those clues. Three experienced coders used Ames' clue set as a foundation for a system to classify context clues in children's text. Findings showed that the adjustments to Ames' system resulted in 15…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Cues, Classification, Coding
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Muis, Krista R.; Trevors, Gregory; Duffy, Melissa; Ranellucci, John; Foy, Michael J. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2016
The purpose of this study was to empirically scrutinize Muis, Bendixen, and Haerle's (2006) Theory of Integrated Domains in Epistemology framework. Secondary, college, undergraduate, and graduate students completed self-reports designed to measure their domain-specific and domain-general epistemic beliefs for mathematics, psychology, and general…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Beliefs, Epistemology
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Emery, Alyssa; Sanders, Megan; Anderman, Lynley H.; Yu, Shirley L. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2018
Few studies have examined the impact of mastery learning on mastery goal structures or even on students' motivation more generally. In this study, we examined one middle school that implemented a schoolwide mastery learning system, conducting interviews with a sample of administrators (n = 3), teachers (n = 4), and students (n = 9) to determine…
Descriptors: Mastery Learning, Goal Orientation, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes