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Xu, Beichen; Su, Jun; Wang, Weiguo – Physics Education, 2018
Cosmic expansion is an important concept in astronomy. For ease of understanding, astronomers generally draw an analogy between cosmic expansion and the expansion of a spherical surface in 3D space. This study theoretically and experimentally investigates the laws governing the motion of particles on the surface of a balloon during expansion.…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Astronomy, Motion
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Isik, Utku – World Journal of Education, 2018
This study aimed to evaluate the estimated/judged results for elite archers before competitions in the context of Achievement Goal Theory and determine its impact on actual performance. Also, the study assessed the impact of goal orientation on the competition scores to comprehend the relationship between goal orientation and performance. Study…
Descriptors: Athletes, Athletics, Competition, Self Concept
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Minkin, Leonid; Whiting, Percy – Physics Education, 2018
Problems of optimization in natural science, technology, economics, and management are of great interest. Students also usually find them intriguing. However, the selection of such problems in introductory undegraduate physics textbooks is very limited and should be broadened. To that end, a model of traffic flow optimization, simple enough for…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Physics, Science Instruction, Motor Vehicles
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Park, Jisook; Miller, Carol A.; Rosenbaum, David A.; Sanjeevan, Teenu; van Hell, Janet G.; Weiss, Daniel J.; Mainela-Arnold, Elina – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2018
Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate whether dual language experience affects procedural learning ability in typically developing children and in children with specific language impairment (SLI). Method: We examined procedural learning in monolingual and bilingual school-aged children (ages 8-12 years) with and without SLI. The…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Language Impairments, Sequential Learning, Second Language Learning
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Jiang, Han; Woodcock, Stuart – Educational Psychology, 2018
This study aims to investigate the differences of attributional responses to students with and without learning disabilities (LD) between pre- and in-service teachers in mainland China. A total of 204 teachers (101 pre-service and 103 in-service teachers) were surveyed using vignettes and Likert scale questions to ascertain their responses to…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Comparative Analysis, Preservice Teachers, Inservice Teacher Education
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Zuk, Piotr; Zuk, Pawel – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2018
The article presents differences in attitudes and the environmental awareness of students of technical sciences and the humanities. The authors defend the thesis that humanistic knowledge is more conducive to environmental sensitivity in Poland. The article raises the questions of what types of knowledge are generated at universities and what the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Sciences, Humanities
Jackson, Sara – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Every year, hundreds of thousands of patients have coronary angiograms performed in the United States. The Impella is a percutaneous ventricular support device that provides hemodynamic support for patients if hemodynamic instability occurs during the procedure. The critical care nurse is responsible for the recovery and management of the patient…
Descriptors: Equipment, Medical Services, Nurses, Trauma
Schenck, Andrew Douglas – Online Submission, 2018
Because phonological, semantic, and morphosyntactic characteristics of grammatical features can have a significant impact on form-focused instruction, utilization of different grammatical features to test new language teaching techniques may conflate determinations of efficacy or inefficacy. The purpose of this study was to holistically examine…
Descriptors: Grammar, Second Language Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Comparative Analysis
Barrett, Kerry-Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Several studies posit a positive relationship between class attendance and student performance. Grades for students enrolled in Introduction to Management during the fall 2015 semester at a community college in Jamaica revealed that evening students on average scored a grade higher than students enrolled in the day sections. Lecturers noted day…
Descriptors: Evening Students, Attendance, Two Year College Students, Community Colleges
Kassey, Karla M. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
A quantitative, comparative, descriptive design was used to determine whether mixed online, on-ground educated graduates or on-ground educated graduates perform better as pharmaceutical sales representatives in the pharmaceutical sales industry. The number of students attending mixed online, on-ground institutions of higher learning has steadily…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Pharmaceutical Education, Salesmanship, Blended Learning
Young, Tori Ogle – ProQuest LLC, 2018
RtI is a three-tiered program that uses data collected from benchmark assessments and progress monitoring (Fuchs, et al 2008). Tier I includes all children, and it is the level that all students would like to achieve. Tier II includes children who show minor gaps in their abilities in reading, and they require specific intervention to help close…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Experience
Simmons, Kiyoko Nogi – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The Hispanic population in the United States has been increasing, which is affecting the number of Hispanic student population in the higher education. In spite of the rapid increase of Hispanic student population, little empirical research has been conducted on the Hispanic student's college success. This study investigated the effect of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, School Holding Power, Hispanic American Students
Boyaci, Abdurrahman; Tutar, Murat; Biyikli, Türker – Online Submission, 2018
The study aims to investigate whether or not there is an acute effect of dynamic and static core exercises applied to footballer children with 12-14 years of age on their physical performances. The experimental method with pre-test and post-test pattern and control group has been used in the study. A sampling of the study has been created from the…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Team Sports, Athletes, Exercise
Tokmic, Farah – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Social labeling of people with behavioral health disorders falls under the umbrella of "stigma" and plays a key role in limiting the access to behavioral healthcare. Currently, the U.S. spends an estimated $201B on behavioral health disorders every year, making it the number one most expensive medical condition. In any given year, 43.8M…
Descriptors: Social Bias, Behavior Disorders, Measurement Techniques, Comparative Analysis
Sampson, Brooke – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of the study was twofold. The first purpose of the study was to determine if a correlation existed between the Standardized Test for the Assessment of Reading (STAR), created and distributed by Renaissance, and the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) Achievement Test in Math and Reading for grade 3, grade 4, and grade 5.…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Reading Tests, Achievement Tests, Mathematics Achievement
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