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Juli Cebrian; Núria Gavaldà; Celia Gorba; Angélica Carlet – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2024
High variability phonetic training using perceptual tasks such as identification and discrimination tasks has often been reported to improve L2 perception. However, studies comparing the efficacy of different tasks on different measures are rare. Forty-four Catalan/Spanish bilingual learners of English were trained with identification or…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Bilingual Education, Phonetics
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Sanchez-Ferreres, Josep; Delicado, Luis; Andaloussi, Amine Abbab; Burattin, Andrea; Calderon-Ruiz, Guillermo; Weber, Barbara; Carmona, Josep; Padro, Lluis – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2020
The creation of a process model is primarily a formalization task that faces the challenge of constructing a syntactically correct entity, which accurately reflects the semantics of reality, and is understandable to the model reader. This article proposes a framework called "Model Judge," focused toward the two main actors in the process…
Descriptors: Models, Automation, Validity, Natural Language Processing
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Santilli, Sara; Hartung, Paul J. – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2022
My Career Story (MCS) comprises a self-guided autobiographical workbook designed to assist individuals across life's diverse spectrum to narrate and shape their career stories. We describe the development and use of the MCS and its relevance for all people contemplating career transitions. Results of a study using the MCS with 20 emerging adults…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Workbooks, Career Choice, Career Change
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Estrada, Assumpta; Batanero, Carmen – International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 2020
Since probability is a new topic at the primary school level in many countries, many primary school teachers may consider themselves not well prepared or may not value the formative role of probability as a topic for their students to learn. Consequently, the assessment of teachers' attitudes using valid and reliable instruments is a preliminary…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Probability
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Yunjiu, Luo; Wei, Wei; Zheng, Ying – SAGE Open, 2022
Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have the potential to reduce the workload for the second language (L2) teachers and test developers. We propose two AI distractor-generating methods for creating Chinese vocabulary items: semantic similarity and visual similarity. Semantic similarity refers to antonyms and synonyms, while visual similarity…
Descriptors: Chinese, Vocabulary Development, Artificial Intelligence, Undergraduate Students
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Biggs, Donald A.; Colesante, Robert J. – Journal of Moral Education, 2015
The Moral Competence Test (MCT) was designed over 30 years ago to provide a resource for educators interested in conducting cross-cultural studies of moral development and education. Since its origin, it has been translated into at least 30 languages and used in hundreds of studies. However, few studies provide evidence to support the use of the…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Tests, Test Validity, Construct Validity
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Jozwik, Sara L.; Douglas, Karen H. – Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners, 2016
This study examined how explicit instruction in semantic ambiguity detection affected the reading comprehension and metalinguistic awareness of five English learners (ELs) with learning difficulties (e.g., attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, specific learning disability). A multiple probe across participants design (Gast & Ledford, 2010)…
Descriptors: Semantics, Ambiguity (Semantics), Identification, Training
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Tyler-Wood, Tandra; Knezek, Gerald; Christensen, Rhonda – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2010
Two new instruments created to assess perceptions of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) disciplines and careers are analyzed and found to have respectable to excellent internal consistency reliability, as well as good content, construct, and criterion-related validity for the areas assessed. Cronbach's Alpha for the individual…
Descriptors: Careers, Semantics, Validity, Student Attitudes
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Iwasaki, Michiko; Jones, James A. – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2008
Two studies were conducted to reexamine the psychometric properties of two major scales measuring attitudes toward older adults. The Kogan Attitudes Toward Old People Scale (Kogan OP Scale; Kogan, 1961b) was administered to a sample of 512 college students in Study One. The refined version (Polizzi & Millikin, 2002) of the Aging Semantic…
Descriptors: Semantics, Autism, Factor Structure, Older Adults
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Bauer, Christopher F. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2008
The development of a 20-item semantic differential assessment instrument for measuring student attitudes toward the subject of chemistry is described (Attitude toward the Subject of Chemistry Inventory-ASCI). Instrument subscales and survey items pertain to interest and utility, anxiety, intellectual accessibility, emotional satisfaction, and…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Student Attitudes, Semantics, Chemistry