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Edmonds, Meaghan S.; Vaughn, Sharon; Wexler, Jade; Reutebuch, Colleen; Cable, Amory; Tackett, Kathryn Klingler; Schnakenberg, Jennifer Wick – Review of Educational Research, 2009
This article reports a synthesis of intervention studies conducted between 1994 and 2004 with older students (Grades 6-12) with reading difficulties. Interventions addressing decoding, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension were included if they measured the effects on reading comprehension. Twenty-nine studies were located and synthesized.…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction, Elementary School Students
Hahn, Chris – SAGE Publications (CA), 2008
This book is a practical, hands-on guide to using commonly available everyday technology, including Microsoft software, to manage and streamline research projects. It uses straight-forward, everyday language to walk readers through this process, drawing on a wide range of examples to demonstrate how easy it is to use such software. This guide is…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Research Projects, Computer Software, Educational Technology
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Wright, Jennifer Cole; Bartsch, Karen – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2008
Two children's conversations with adults were examined for reference to moral issues using transcripts of archived at-home family talk from the Child Language Data Exchange System (CHILDES) database (MacWhinney, 2000). Through target words (e.g., good, wrong, mean) in transcripts of two children between ages 2.5 and 5.0 years, 1,333 moral…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Child Language, Moral Issues, Moral Values
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Singer, Melissa; Radinsky, Joshua; Goldman, Susan R. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2008
This article examines the role of gesture in the shared meaning-making processes of 6th-grade students studying plate tectonics using a data visualization tool; specifically, a geographic information system. Students' verbal and gestural characterizations of key concepts of plate motions (i.e., "subduction", "rift", and "buckling") were…
Descriptors: Investigations, Plate Tectonics, Information Systems, Grade 6
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Bortoli, Anna M.; Brown, P. Margaret – Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 2008
Thirty preschool children (10 typically developing, 10 intellectually disabled and 10 hearing impaired) were videotaped during play. Data was collected for each participant group, covering the number, length and nature of social engagement opportunities (SEOs) and the children's attentional states during SEOs. The typically developing group had…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Hearing Impairments, Preschool Children, Play
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Bassiouni, Mostafa A.; Mukherjee, Amar – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1995
Discusses the problem of enhancing the speed of Huffman decoding of compressed data. Topics addressed include the Huffman decoding tree; multibit decoding; binary string mapping problems; and algorithms for solving mapping problems. (22 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Coding, Research Needs
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Bowers, Jeffrey S. – Cognitive Psychology, 2002
One of the central claims associated with the parallel distributed processing approach popularized by D. E. Rumelhart, J. L. McClelland and the PDP Research Group is that knowledge is coded in a distributed fashion. Localist representations within this perspective are widely rejected. It is important to note, however, that connectionist networks…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Coding, Models
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Chan, Alessandra; Poulin, Francois – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2007
Short-term stability in adolescents' self-reported friendship networks was examined as a function of (1) participants' gender, (2) friendship status (best vs. secondary), (3) friendship gender composition (same sex vs. opposite sex), and (4) friendship contexts (school only vs. nonschool only vs. multiple). Adolescents (N = 102) took part in five…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Friendship, Adolescents, Gender Differences
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Ouellette-Kuntz, Helene; Coo, Helen; Lloyd, Jennifer E. V.; Kasmara, Liza; Holden, Jeanette J. A.; Lewis, Suzanne M. E. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2007
There is considerable controversy over reasons for observed increases in the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders. We examined trends in British Columbia education database coding of children with autism from 1996 to 2004. There was a significant linear increase in autism prevalence. The proportion of children identified by age 6 increased…
Descriptors: Incidence, Autism, Identification, Foreign Countries
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Clary, Renee; Wandersee, James; Elias, Janet Schexnayder – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2007
To circumvent the problem of academic dishonesty through the mass administration of multiple-choice exams in college classrooms, a study was conducted from 2003 to 2005, in which multiple versions of the same examination were color coded during testing in a large-enrollment classroom. Instructors reported that this color-coded exam system appeared…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ethics, Low Achievement, Color
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Huang, Yueh-Min; Chen, Juei-Nan; Cheng, Shu-Chen – Educational Technology & Society, 2007
Due to the rise of e-Learning, more and more useful learning materials are open to public access. Therefore, an appropriate learning suggestion mechanism is an important tool to enable learners to work more efficiently. A smoother learning process increases the learning effect, avoiding unnecessarily difficult concepts and disorientation during…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Web Based Instruction, Foreign Countries, Methods
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Barbaro, Josephine; Dissanayake, Cheryl – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2007
The use and understanding of self-presentational display rules (SPDRs) was investigated in 21 children with high-functioning autism (FHA), 18 children with Asperger's disorder (AspD) and 20 typically developing (TD) children (all male, aged 4- to 11-years, matched on mental age). Their behaviour was coded during a deception scenario to assess use…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Mental Age, Asperger Syndrome, Autism
Enger Waller, Rachael J. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
In a rural community there is a risk that readers will not find connections to their own lives, which may affect the pleasure gained from reading. The purpose of this qualitative study is to examine the use of literature in a small rural elementary school, focusing on how sociocultural factors affect how students connect to and access literature.…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Constructivism (Learning), Rural Schools, Focus Groups
Hood, Julia Ann Kelly – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The current study evaluated the use of a manualized social skills program, Superheroes Social Skills, to increase the use of prosocial behaviors and decrease the use of aggressive behaviors for children with externalizing behaviors. The training was implemented by a school psychologist in a pullout group with four children with high-incidence…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Evidence, Program Effectiveness, Intervention
Starling, Tina T. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This comparative study examined discourse and opportunities for interaction in two mathematics education methods classes, one face-to-face and one synchronous, online. Due to the content taught in the course, this study also sought to determine prospective mathematics teachers' understanding of variability and the role of discourse in each…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Assignments, Video Technology, Comparative Analysis
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