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Lerman, Dorothea C.; Hawkins, Lynn; Hillman, Conrad; Shireman, Molly; Nissen, Melissa A. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2015
Adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), who were interested in working as behavior technicians for young children with autism, participated in 2 experiments. Participants included 5 adults with Asperger syndrome or pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified, 19 to 23 years old, and 11 children with autism, 3 to 7 years old. In…
Descriptors: Adults, Young Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Battro, Antonio M.; Fischer, Kurt W. – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2012
Computers are everywhere, and they are transforming the human world. The technology of computers and the Internet is radically changing the ways that people learn and communicate. In the midst of this technology-driven revolution people need to examine the changes to analyze how they are altering interaction and human culture. The changes have…
Descriptors: Conflict, Interaction, Longitudinal Studies, Internet
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Mazur, Michal; Karolczak, Krzysztof; Rzepka, Rafal; Araki, Kenji – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2016
Vocabulary plays an important part in second language learning and there are many existing techniques to facilitate word acquisition. One of these methods is code-switching, or mixing the vocabulary of two languages in one sentence. In this paper the authors propose an experimental system for computer-assisted English vocabulary learning in…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Vocabulary, Code Switching (Language), English (Second Language)
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Allen, Michael; Coole, Hilary – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2012
This paper describes a randomised educational experiment (n = 47) that examined two different teaching methods and compared their effectiveness at correcting one science misconception using a sample of trainee primary school teachers. The treatment was designed to promote engagement with the scientific concept by eliciting emotional responses from…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Scientific Concepts, Learning Experience, Misconceptions
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Hu, Xiangen, Ed.; Barnes, Tiffany, Ed.; Hershkovitz, Arnon, Ed.; Paquette, Luc, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2017
The 10th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2017) is held under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society at the Optics Velley Kingdom Plaza Hotel, Wuhan, Hubei Province, in China. This years conference features two invited talks by: Dr. Jie Tang, Associate Professor with the Department of Computer…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Graphs, Data Use
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Elek, Tibor von; Oskarsson, Mats – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1972
Descriptors: Adults, Applied Linguistics, Cognitive Processes, Educational Experiments
von Elek, Tibor; Oskarsson, Mats – 1972
This study presents the procedures and results of an experiment conducted in Sweden to assess the relative effectiveness of two methods of teaching the grammatical structures of English as a foreign language to adults. The main objective of the study is to find indications as to which of the two theories (the audiolingual habit theory or the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Audiolingual Methods, Audiovisual Instruction