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Poletti, Michele; Carretta, Elisa; Bonvicini, Laura; Giorgi-Rossi, Paolo – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2018
The heterogeneity among children with learning disabilities still represents a barrier and a challenge in their conceptualization. Although a dimensional approach has been gaining support, the categorical approach is still the most adopted, as in the recent fifth edition of the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders." The…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cluster Grouping, Learning Disabilities, Identification
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List, Alexandra; Grossnickle, Emily M.; Alexander, Patricia A. – Reading Psychology, 2016
The present study examined undergraduate students' multiple source use in response to two different types of academic questions, one discrete and one open-ended. Participants (N = 240) responded to two questions using a library of eight digital sources, varying in source type (e.g., newspaper article) and reliability (e.g., authors' credentials).…
Descriptors: Profiles, Questioning Techniques, Information Sources, Undergraduate Students
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Buri, Olga Elizabeth Minchala; Stefos, Efstathios – International Education Studies, 2017
The objective of this study is to examine the social profile of students who are enrolled in Basic General Education in Ecuador. Both a descriptive and multidimensional statistical analysis was carried out based on the data provided by the National Survey of Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment in 2015. The descriptive analysis shows the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Profiles, Data Analysis, General Education
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Gray, Shannon E.; Finch, Caroline F. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to provide an epidemiological profile of injuries sustained by participants in fitness activities in Victoria, Australia, based on hospital admissions and emergency department (ED) presentations and to identify the most common types, causes, and sites of these injuries. Method: Hospital-treated fitness…
Descriptors: Epidemiology, Injuries, Medical Services, Hospitals
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Van den Berghe, Lynn; Cardon, Greet; Aelterman, Nathalie; Tallir, Isabel Barbara; Vansteenkiste, Maarten; Haerens, Leen – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2013
Burnout in teachers is related to different maladaptive outcomes. This study aimed at exploring the relationship between emotional exhaustion and motivation to teach in 93 physical education teachers. Results showed that teachers report more emotional exhaustion when they are less autonomously motivated, while the opposite relationship was found…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Motivation
Wick, John W. – 1969
A pattern-analytical technique, Similar Response Analysis (SRA), was developed, validated with contrived data, verified using previously reported data based on other pattern-analytical methods, and used successfully with "real" data. This technique orders subjects on the basis of the similarity of responses of adjacent individuals, not…
Descriptors: Cluster Grouping, Evaluation Methods, Measurement Techniques, Profiles
Cattell, Raymond B. – Brit J Educ Psychol, 1969
Research supported by Public Health Research Grant MH-10274-4 from the National Institute of Mental Health.
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Career Counseling, Cluster Grouping, Diagnostic Tests