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Direct linkAmundsen, Diana – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
This article draws on the concept of structural lag to expand the notion of transitions in higher education contexts beyond linear and age-differentiated. Research reported here responds to scholars who are taking theories of transition into conceptually new landscapes. Using a rhizomic data analysis of a doctoral research project, the idea of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Doctoral Students, Research Projects, Student Experience
Siller, Michael; Morgan, Lindee; Turner-Brown, Lauren; Baggett, Kathleen M.; Baranek, Grace T.; Brian, Jessica; Bryson, Susan E.; Carter, Alice S.; Crais, Elizabeth R.; Estes, Annette; Kasari, Connie; Landa, Rebecca J.; Lord, Catherine; Messinger, Daniel S.; Mundy, Peter; Odom, Samuel L.; Reznick, J. Steven; Roberts, Wendy; Rogers, Sally J.; Schertz, Hannah H.; Smith, Isabel M.; Stone, Wendy L.; Watson, Linda R.; Wetherby, Amy M.; Yoder, Paul J.; Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie – Journal of Early Intervention, 2013
Given recent advances in science, policy, and practice of early identification in autism spectrum disorder (ASD), questions about the effectiveness of early intervention have far-reaching service and policy implications. However, rigorous research evaluating the efficacy and effectiveness of intervention programs for toddlers with ASD faces a…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Intervention, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism
Download full textJohnston, Lloyd D.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Schulenberg, John E.; Bachman, Jerald G.; Miech, Richard A.; Patrick, Megan E. – Institute for Social Research, 2016
This study assesses the changing lifestyles, values, and preferences of American youth on a continuing basis. Each year since 1975, at least 13,000 seniors have participated in the annual survey, which is conducted in some 130 high schools nationwide. Since 1991, the study's annual surveys also have included surveys of similar nationally…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Youth, Life Style, Values
Cretchley, P. C.; Edwards, S. L.; O'Shea, P.; Sheard, J.; Hurst, J.; Brookes, W. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2014
This paper presents findings from an empirical study of key aspects of the teaching and research priorities, beliefs and behaviours of 72 professorial and associate professorial academics in Science, Information Technology and Engineering across four faculties in three Australian universities. The academics ranked 16 research activities and 16…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs
Jantz, Richard K.; And Others – 1978
In order to determine the manner and extent of treatment of the elderly in children's television programs, a random sample of children's programs was examined. The purpose was to discover how frequently elderly people appeared during evening and children's Saturday morning programs; in what roles they were presented; in what occupations they were…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Childrens Television
Clinchy, Blythe – 1977
First-, third- and fifth-grade children participated in a study of information seeking, using a "Twenty Questions" procedure with a hierarchical array of pictures. Economy of inquiry increased with grade but was unaffected by practice, replaying a game, or observing a model. Age differences in types of questions reflected differences in…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development, Comparative Testing
Hall, Vernon; And Others – 1967
This document describes the research activities of the Syracuse University Evaluation and Research Center for the year September 1, 1966 through August 31, 1967. This final report is organized on the basis of six research projects, which have been abstracted under the following titles and numbers: (1) Experiments in Grammatical Processing in…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Auditory Perception, Behavioral Science Research, Concept Formation
Peer reviewedKlopfer, Frederick J.; Price, William F. – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1978
Information on euthanasia attitudes was obtained from fixed-schedule interviews gathered from 331 respondents. It was found that a favorable attitude toward euthanasia coincided with (1) belief in an afterlife; (2) a less favorable attitude toward euthanasia if relatives make the decision; and (3) younger respondents. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attitudes, Beliefs, Death
Gottlieb, David – 1972
This paper identifies certain methodological shortcomings that seem to be inherent in much of the comparative generational research and also presents the results of a generational differences study in which these methodological deficiencies have been minimized. People of different ages who had served as VISTA volunteers were asked the same…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Age Groups, Generation Gap, Political Attitudes
Peer reviewedLachar, David; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1976
The effect of patient and interpretive narrative characteristics on the judged accuracy of pairs of automated narratives generated by two types of norms were studied using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory protocols of 100 adolescent psychiatric patients. Narratives generated from adolescent norms were rated as significantly more…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Narration, Profiles
Peer reviewedGaylord, Susan A.; Marsh, Gail R. – Journal of Gerontology, 1975
Older subjects responded slower than younger subjects on a spatial task which required them to rotate mentally a perspectively drawn figure in order to judge whether it was congruent with a second figure. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Tests, Geriatrics, Older Adults
Peer reviewedBullough, Vern; And Others – Gerontologist, 1978
A study of intellectual and creative achievers in two periods of significant intellectual and creative achievement, 18th century Scotland and 15th century Florence, found that one of the most significant variables was longevity. Achievement was more or less continuous over the whole life span. (Author)
Descriptors: Achievement, Age Differences, Creativity, Gerontology
Ottawa Board of Education (Ontario). – 1996
The report reviews current research findings related to the three entry points (early, middle, late) for French immersion programs in Ottawa (Ontario) elementary and secondary schools. It consists of: an executive summary and brief overview; an annotated bibliography covering authoritative immersion research reviews and reports published since…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Annotated Bibliographies, Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedThomas, John C.; And Others – Journal of Gerontology, 1978
A sample of 65 healthy males (31 to 75 years old) memorized lists of six letters (familiar or unfamiliar organization). Age-related differences in the unfamiliar condition could not be wholly accounted for by psychomotor factors. The distributions of response latencies in the oldest groups had greater variance and skew. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Geriatrics, Gerontology, Males
Peer reviewedBorges, Marilyn; Dutton, Linda J. – Gerontology, 1976
Respondents (N=532) over a wide age range rated their own lives and an "average person's life" at each of eight age intervals. Ratings varied significantly by age of target and of respondent and were increasingly differentiated as a function of both the age level being evaluated and the respondent's age. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attitudes, Gerontology, Older Adults
