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Greer, Tim, Ed.; Tatsuki, Donna, Ed.; Roever, Carsten, Ed. – National Foreign Language Resource Center at University of Hawaii, 2013
"Pragmatics & Language Learning. Volume 13" examines the organization of second language and multilingual speakers' talk and pragmatic knowledge across a range of naturalistic and experimental activities. Based on data collected among ESL and EFL learners from a variety of backgrounds, the contributions explore the nexus of pragmatic…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Second Language Learning, Discourse Analysis, English for Academic Purposes
Keengwe, Jared – IGI Global, 2013
With advancements in technology continuing to influence all areas of society, students in current classrooms have a different understanding and perspective of learning than the educational system has been designed to teach. Research Perspectives and Best Practices in Educational Technology Integration highlights the emerging digital age, its…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learner Engagement, Educational Technology, Transformative Learning
Seale, Clive, Ed. – SAGE Publications Ltd (CA), 2012
Clear, coherent and trusted, this book is the perfect guide to the main social research methods in use today. The much anticipated Third Edition of Clive Seale's bestselling title further expands its coverage to provide an authoritative introduction to all of the social research methods used to analyze qualitative and quantitative data. Written by…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Research Methodology, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis
Wilcox, Rand R. – 1983
This document presents a series of five papers describing issues in educational measurement. "A Simple Model for Diagnostic Testing When There Are Several Types of Misinformation" directly addresses the diagnostic issue. It describes a simple latent trait model for testing, examines use of erroneous algorithms, and illustrates the…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Estimation (Mathematics), Guessing (Tests), Latent Trait Theory
Love, Arnold J., Ed. – 1991
The chapters commissioned for this book describe key aspects of evaluation methodology as they are practiced in a Canadian context, providing representative illustrations of recent developments in evaluation methodology as it is currently applied. The following chapters are included: (1) "Program Evaluation with Limited Fiscal and Human…
Descriptors: Consultants, Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries