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Sex Stereotypes and Attitudes to Science among Eleven-Year-Old Children.
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Kelly, Alison; Smail, Barbara – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1986
Attitude, achievement, and sex stereotyping tests administered to 11-year-olds reveal boys are more sex stereotyped; able and middle-class girls are less sex stereotyped; feminine self-image is linked to low achievement and masculine self-image to high achievement; and children endorsing sex stereotypes show less interest in science associated…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Occupations, Preadolescents, Psychological Studies
Spatial Representations in Mathematically and in Artistically Gifted Children.
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Hermelin, B.; O'Connor, N. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1986
A study of 12- to 14-year-olds was conducted to investigate which components of spatial ability may be dependent on general cognitive functioning level and to compare possible differences in carrying out certain spatial operations in children of equal intelligence, but who are not specifically gifted for mathematics or visual arts. (MBR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Ability, Gifted, Intelligence
Test Development for Visualized Learning Environments and the Relevance of the Psychological Variable Encoding Specificity.
Canelos, James; And Others – Journal of Visual/Verbal Languaging, 1986
Describes the third in a series of studies investigating effects of psychological variable of encoding specificity on cognitive learning, test design, and visualization during instruction and testing. Encoding specificity, its application to classroom learning and testing, and its significance to educational technology are explained. The first two…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Processes, Encoding (Psychology), Instructional Design
The Effect of Visualized Instruction and Varied Rehearsal and Evaluation Strategies (Verbal and Visual) in Facilitating Students' Long-Term Retention on Tests Measuring Different Instructional Objectives.
Dwyer, Francis M. – Journal of Visual/Verbal Languaging, 1985
This study investigated effects of rehearsal strategies and immediate test formats on delayed retention and effectiveness of visualization on material acquisition and retrieval. Findings indicate different rehearsal methods have different effects in facilitating delayed retention. Information acquisition is facilitated by visualization, although…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Criterion Referenced Tests, Epistemology, Higher Education
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.
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KLEINKE, DAVID J.; PRUZEK, ROBERT M. – 1967
298 EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH PAPERS PUBLISHED IN 5 JOURNALS DURING 1966-67 WERE CLASSIFIED ON THE BASIS OF SPONSORSHIP, AUTHORS' GENERAL INTENTIONS, DESIGN, ASSUMPTIONS, AND ANALYSIS. ADVANCES IN STATISTICAL THEORY (INCLUDING WORK ON GENERAL ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE DESIGNS, HYPOTHESIS TESTING IN FACTOR ANALYSIS, MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS,…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Analysis of Variance, Behavioral Science Research, Bibliographies
Research at ETS: Projects and Publications.
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Loye, David, Ed. – 1970
This booklet surveys all the research studies (approx. 205), undertaken at ETS from July 1968 through June 1969. It offers research results to interested, nonresearch professional readers, and supplements more formal reports for professionals interested in research processes as well. Four major themes in the ETS research program are emphasized:…
Descriptors: Careers, Cognitive Processes, Computer Programs, Disadvantaged Youth