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Perceptions of Minority Students from Historically Black Institutions (HBIs) on Campus Visitation Programs at the Ohio State University and Purdue University
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Stewart, Rhonda – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The research study was conducted with the primary purpose to evaluate the overall delivery of information conveyed to minority students who attended visitation programs at The Ohio State University and Purdue University. The sample population used in this study was 120 students who attend visitation programs at the two listed institutions. Survey…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Minority Group Students, Black Colleges, College Students
If It's Red, It's Not Vap: How Competition among Words May Benefit Early Word Learning
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Yoshida, Hanako; Hanania, Rima – First Language, 2013
One of the most prominent issues in early cognitive and linguistic development concerns how children figure out meanings of words from hearing them in context, since in many contexts there are multiple words and multiple potential referents for those words. Recent findings concerning on-line sentence comprehension suggest that, within the…
Descriptors: Competition, Vocabulary Development, Form Classes (Languages), Cognitive Development
A Comparison of Model-Data Fit for Parametric and Nonparametric Item Response Theory Models Using Ordinal-Level Ratings
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Dyehouse, Melissa A. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study compared the model-data fit of a parametric item response theory (PIRT) model to a nonparametric item response theory (NIRT) model to determine the best-fitting model for use with ordinal-level alternate assessment ratings. The PIRT Generalized Graded Unfolding Model (GGUM) was compared to the NIRT Mokken model. Chi-square statistics…
Descriptors: Social Adjustment, Student Adjustment, Nonparametric Statistics, Item Response Theory