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Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Levels in Autism: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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Saghazadeh, Amene; Rezaei, Nima – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2017
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plays an important role in activity-dependent synaptic plasticity. Altered blood BDNF levels have been frequently identified in people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). There are however wide discrepancies in the evidence. Therefore, we performed the present systematic review and meta-analysis aimed at…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Patients, Control Groups
Communication Strategies in Experienced vs. Inexperienced Teachers' Talk: A Sign of Transformation in Teacher Cognition
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Rahmani Doqaruni, Vahid – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2017
Due to the fact that research in areas related to "teacher experience" is in short supply, the purpose of the present study is to fill the gap in L2 teacher education through comparing two groups of teachers, namely inexperienced vs. experienced, to see whether differences between them in the course of communication strategies (CSs)…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Semi Structured Interviews, Qualitative Research, Audio Equipment
Examining Student Research Choices and Processes in a Disintermediated Searching Environment
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Rempel, Hannah Gascho; Buck, Stefanie; Deitering, Anne-Marie – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2013
Students today perform research in a disintermediated environment, which often allows them to struggle directly with the process of selecting research tools and choosing scholarly sources. The authors conducted a qualitative study with twenty students, using structured observations to ascertain the processes students use to select databases and…
Descriptors: Student Research, Undergraduate Students, Information Seeking, Qualitative Research
How to Be a Widow: Performing Identity in Grief Narratives of an Online Community
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McDonald-Kenworthy, Nancy – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Through analysis of a qualitative online ethnography in an Internet text-based website message board database called "WidowNet" (http://www.widownet.org/wnbb3), I studied online text conversations of adults who lost their life partners to death. This online autoethnographical research investigates how and why online widows/widowers perform their…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Internet, Computer Mediated Communication, Databases
Pathways to Attrition: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Justifications for Police Designations of Sexual Assault Complaints
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Soulliere, Danielle M. – Qualitative Report, 2005
The present analysis is a reframing of an earlier study conducted by the author to compensate for perceived deficiencies in previous studies on police decisions in sexual assault complaints. Specifically, qualitative comparative analysis was employed at the micro-social level to reveal justification scenarios, employed by investigating…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Participant Observation, Comparative Analysis, Police
A Qualitative Study of Computers and Printouts in the Classroom.
Eastman, Susan Tyler – Educational Communication and Technology, 1986
This study of microcomputer use to access an online encyclopedia revealed attitudes of eighth-graders towards computer technology and videotex. Electronic searching is compared to searching with traditional library print materials for a science course, the role of computer printouts is discussed, and research methods including observation and…
Descriptors: Databases, Encyclopedias, Information Seeking, Intermode Differences