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The Effects of Goal-Driven Attention on the Acquisition of Location Probability Learning
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Emma C. Holtz; Vanessa G. Lee – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2024
Increasing evidence has shown that implicit learning shapes visuospatial attention, yet how such learning interacts with top-down, goal-driven attention remains unclear. This study investigated the relationship between task goals and selection history using a location probability learning (LPL) paradigm. We tested whether a top-down spatial cue…
Descriptors: College Students, Spatial Ability, Goal Orientation, Visual Learning
Have Standard Formulas Correcting Correlations for Range Restriction Been Adequately Tested?: Minor Sampling Distribution Quirks Distort Them
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Johnson, Wendy; Deary, Ian J.; Bouchard, Thomas J., Jr. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2018
Most study samples show less variability in key variables than do their source populations due most often to indirect selection into study participation associated with a wide range of personal and circumstantial characteristics. Formulas exist to correct the distortions of population-level correlations created. Formula accuracy has been tested…
Descriptors: Correlation, Sampling, Statistical Distributions, Accuracy
English Learners (ELs) and Early Learning. Fast Facts
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Office of English Language Acquisition, US Department of Education, 2015
The Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) and Office of Early Learning (OEL) has synthesized key data on English learners (ELs) and early learning into two-page PDF sheets, by topic, with graphics, plus key contacts. The topics for this report include: (1) State-funded preschool programs with highest percentage of ELs: Fall 2013; (2)…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Preschool Education, Bilingual Education Programs, English (Second Language)
Association of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Gestational Alcohol Exposure: An Exploratory Study
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Bhatara, Vinod; Loudenberg, Roland; Ellis, Roland – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2006
Objective and methods: To explore association between prevalence of ADHD and levels of risk for gestational alcohol exposure, the authors reviewed the charts of 2,231 youth referred for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Participants were categorized into four groups by different levels of risk for gestational alcohol exposure. For each group, the…
Descriptors: Incidence, Hyperactivity, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Attention Deficit Disorders
Cluster Analysis of Minnesota School Districts. A Research Report.
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Cleary, James – 1986
The term "cluster analysis" refers to a set of statistical methods that classify entities with similar profiles of scores on a number of measured dimensions, in order to create empirically based typologies. A 1980 Minnesota House Research Report employed cluster analysis to categorize school districts according to their relative mixtures…
Descriptors: Assessed Valuation, Economic Status, Elementary Secondary Education, Fiscal Capacity
Winona State University Graduate Education Learning Community, Rochester, Minnesota 2005-2006. Anthology of K-12 Action Research Papers. [Volume 2]
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Online Submission, 2005
These papers are partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Science Degree in Education at Winona State University in Winona, Minnesota. The cohort included a variety of licensure areas that represent most levels and content areas of K-12 education. The students were encouraged to keep their questions and hypothesis directed at…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Research Papers (Students), Elementary Secondary Education, Anthologies