This study examined the ability of a theoretical model to predict types and levels of parental involvement during the elementary and middle school years. Predictor variables included parents' motivational beliefs about involvement, perceptions of invitations to involvement from others, and perceived life context variables. Analyses of responses…

Background: It is commonly assumed that there is conceptual equivalence between the task and ego achievement goals proposed by Nicholl's (1989) dichotomous achievement goal theory (Nicholls, 1989), and the mastery and performance approach goals advanced by Elliot's (1997) trichotomous hierarchical model of approach and avoidance achievement…

The Model for Predicting Early Alienation was found to have validity: that is, it was found to be a useful, if not the ultimately perfect, tool for predicting alienation in ninth-grade students. (Author)

An important goal of a social studies program is not only to help students face change but also to develop future goals for himself as an individual. This article considers a process for instructing students to use the past and the present for projecting the future. (Author/RK)

This model proposes 11 distinctive features for hand configurations (DEZ) in the American Sign Language (ASL) and is based on the results of clustering and scaling analyses to confusion matrices for DEZ identifications in visual noise. The predictive validity, rated similarity, recall, and variants of signs of the model are examined. (DEP)

Evaluation of a model of the dynamics of cumulative achievement, used to develop an instrument for predicting scholastic achievement, suggests that, while the instrumentation needs to be improved, reliability of the model-based approach warrants further work. (MJB)

Tested the utility of an exchange model for predicting divorce or withdrawal of divorce petitions, using court records and interviews of men and women who were divorced or subsequently withdrew their divorce petitions. Discriminant function analyses indicated that an exchange model can predict divorce versus petition withdrawal. (JAC)

Research on three classroom environment instruments is discussed, including predictive validity studies and criterion validity studies. A heuristic model involving curriculum, aptitude, environment, and learning is used to conceptualize the variables' roles in curriculum evaluation research. Evidence suggests that curriculum influences classroom…

Tests three models describing the structure of talk and silence sequences within and across conversations: the Markov model, the independent decision model, and the incremental model. The implication for deriving dyadic interaction patterns from individual interaction styles is explored. (JMF)

The research literature on defensive attribution of responsibility is reviewed within the framework of a nonmotivational information-processing model which proposes that attributed responsibility is a function of the difference between the perceived contingent probability (congruence) of an outcome, given a perpetrators' behavior, and the…

The Landscape Model of text comprehension was extended to the comprehension of audiovisual discourse from text and video TV news stories. Concepts from the story were coded for activation after each sequence, creating a matrix of activations that was reduced to a vector of the degree of total activation for each concept. In Study 1, the degree…

There has been little research on assessment of learning management systems (LMS) within educational organizations as both a web-based learning system for e-learning and as a supportive tool for blended learning environments. This study proposes a conceptual e-learning assessment model, hexagonal e-learning assessment model (HELAM) suggesting a…

Compares the accuracy of various student test score projection techniques, including idiographic analysis, standard score method, regression analysis, and a differential equation growth model. Concludes with an overview of the problems of projecting student test scores and suggests a stochastic procedure based on Bayesian analysis for educational…