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MacKinnon, Gregory R. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 2000
Discussion of electronic discussion groups as an instructional technique addresses the dilemma of whether instructors should associate assessment schemes with the electronic discussion forum. Presents a coding technique as an example of how assessment can potentially promote substantive electronic discussions. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Coding, Computer Mediated Communication, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Discussion Groups
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Weems, Gail H.; Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2001
Counselors conducting survey research have many item format options to contemplate. This study examined midpoint selection and the effect on reliability of including or excluding midpoint options, and using both positively and negatively worded items. Findings indicate that reliability can be affected by both midpoint options and reverse coding.…
Descriptors: Coding, Data Analysis, Item Analysis, Questionnaires
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Feldman, Yishai A. – Journal on Educational Resources in Computing, 2005
Computer science students need to learn how to write high-quality software. An important methodology for achieving quality is design-by-contract, in which code is developed together with its specification, which is given as class invariants and method pre- and postconditions. This paper describes practical experience in teaching design-by-contract…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Computer Software, Programming, Computer Science
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Davis, Colin J.; Bowers, Jeffrey S. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2004
Dividing attention across multiple words occasionally results in misidentifications whereby letters apparently migrate between words. Previous studies have found that letter migrations preserve within-word letter position, which has been interpreted as support for position-specific letter coding. To investigate this issue, the authors used word…
Descriptors: Word Recognition, Visual Perception, Error Patterns, Coding
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Hill, Amanda; Stockting, Bill; Higgins, Sarah – Journal of Archival Organization, 2005
This article discusses three different online services providing federated access to finding aids relating to archives found in a number of repositories: the Archives Hub, Access to Archives (A2A) and Navigational Aids for the History of Science, Technology and the Environment (NAHSTE). While the scale of the services is very different, a…
Descriptors: Archives, Foreign Countries, Search Strategies, Online Searching
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Schulz, Marc S.; Waldinger, Robert J. – American Psychologist, 2005
This article presents comments on the article by D. Westen and J. Weinberger, which explored the benefits and limitations of clinical observation and judgment. Westen and Weinberger identify two categories of informants--clinicians and participants--but these categories could be expanded to include other observers who might have particular…
Descriptors: Intuition, Lay People, Psychological Patterns, Psychological Evaluation
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Pammer, Kristen; Lavis, Ruth; Cornelissen, Piers – Dyslexia, 2004
This study was designed to investigate the importance of spatial encoding in reading, with particular emphasis on visuo-spatial encoding mechanisms. Thirty one school children participated in the first study in which they were measured on their ability to solve a centrally presented spatial encoding task, as well as their sensitivity to the…
Descriptors: Reading Ability, Cognitive Processes, Visual Measures, Spatial Ability
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van de Sande, Carla; Leinhardt, Gaea – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2007
Free, open, online homework help sites appear to be extremely popular and exist for many school subjects. Students can anonymously post problems at their convenience and receive responses from forum members. This mode of tutoring may be especially critical for school subjects such as calculus that are intrinsically challenging and have high…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Error Correction, Help Seeking, Calculus
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Flynn, Naomi – Literacy, 2007
This article explores the fine detail of practice by three teachers, all recognised as effective teachers of literacy. The three were observed during nine literacy lessons (three lessons each), working with Year 2 classes (6/7-year-olds) in successful inner-city primary schools in the south of England. Data collection took place in 2003, just as…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Literacy, Literacy Education
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Erchul, William P.; DuPaul, George J.; Grissom, Priscilla F.; Junod, Rosemary E. Vile; Jitendra, Asha K.; Mannella, Mark C.; Tresco, Katy E.; Flammer-Rivera, Lizette M.; Volpe, Robert J. – School Psychology Review, 2007
Consultation has been shown to be an effective means to deliver school-based psychological services. The purpose of this study was to link patterns of consultant and teacher verbal interactions to consultation outcomes. Relational communication (Rogers & Escudero, 2004) was the research perspective taken, and the source of the consultation…
Descriptors: Psychological Services, Elementary School Students, Interpersonal Communication, Intervention
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Finn, Jerry; Dillon, Caroline – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2007
This paper describes methods for teaching content analysis as part of the Research sequence in social work education. Teaching content analysis is used to develop research skills as well as to promote students' knowledge and critical thinking and about new information technology resources that are being increasingly used by the general public. The…
Descriptors: Social Work, Teaching Methods, Research Methodology, Methods Courses
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Nussbaum, E. Michael; Schraw, Gregory – Journal of Experimental Education, 2007
It is important, when writing opinion essays, for students to consider and integrate both arguments and counterarguments to develop a final conclusion. In this article, the authors explored the effect of criteria instruction and a graphic organizer to promote integration of arguments and counterarguments. The researchers randomly assigned 84…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Evaluation Criteria, Scoring Rubrics, Holistic Evaluation
McElhone, Dot – ProQuest LLC, 2009
At its most fundamental level, like all instruction, comprehension instruction is composed of moment-to-moment interactions among students and between students and their teacher. Children's competence at making meaning from texts and their motivation to read are shaped by a variety of classroom influences, one of the most important of which may be…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Discussion, Classroom Communication, Outcomes of Education
Dixit, R. K. – Online Submission, 2009
Articles in this issue of "Global Journal of Computer Science and Technology" include: (1) Input Data Processing Techniques in Intrusion Detection Systems--Short Review (Suhair H. Amer and John A. Hamilton, Jr.); (2) Semantic Annotation of Stock Photography for CBIR Using MPEG-7 standards (R. Balasubramani and V. Kannan); (3) An Experimental Study…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Photography, Semantics, Computer Software
Gottlieb, Amy Sue – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The importance and use of data and information to make sound programmatic decisions are receiving increased attention as state and federal funding for public health programs grows tighter and as demands for accountability continue. This dissertation provides insight into fundamental questions regarding the utilization of a Web-based reporting…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Public Health, Smoking, Prevention
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