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Khasawneh, Omar; Khaled, Ahmed; Al Momani, Mohammad – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The purpose of this study was to identify the educational implications of naturalism as an educational philosophy from the Jordanian childhood education teachers' perspectives. Each philosophy simply represents a unique conviction concerning the nature of the teaching/learning process. This study could serve as a grounded theory for Jordanian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Philosophy, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers
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McKenzie, Robert M.; Kitikanan, Patchanok; Boriboon, Phaisit – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2016
Previous language attitude research indicates that presenting speech forms allows listeners to index information about and attach social meaning to the perceived group(s) of speakers. Despite the volume of research undertaken elsewhere in Asia, there appear to be no in-depth studies investigating Thai nationals' evaluations of specific varieties…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Language Attitudes, English
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Cholemkery, Hannah; Medda, Juliane; Lempp, Thomas; Freitag, Christine M. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
To reduce phenotypic heterogeneity of Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and add to the current diagnostic discussion this study aimed at identifying clinically meaningful ASD subgroups. Cluster analyses were used to describe empirically derived groups based on the Autism Diagnostic Interview-revised (ADI-R) in a large sample of n = 463 individuals…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Multivariate Analysis, Children
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Hayel Al-Srour, Nadia; Al-Ali, Safa M.; Al-Oweidi, Alia – Education, 2016
The present study aims to detect the impact of teacher training on creative writing and problem-solving using both Futuristic scenarios program to solve problems creatively, and creative problem solving. To achieve the objectives of the study, the sample was divided into two groups, the first consist of 20 teachers, and 23 teachers to second…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Creative Writing, Problem Solving, Vignettes
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Van Dat, Tran – International Journal of Higher Education, 2016
As part of an experimental study on the effects of jigsaw learning on Vietnamese tertiary students' longer term achievement in a course of Management of Education and Administration, knowledge retention after one month was investigated. As reported in our previous papers, students in the cooperative jigsaw group (N = 40), perceived their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cooperative Learning, College Students, Retention (Psychology)
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Barnes, Gail V.; DeFreitas, Aureo; Grego, John – International Journal of Music Education, 2016
The purpose of this study was to determine whether individuals' perceptions of parental involvement and home environment in music vary with nationality (Brazil/United States) and time frame (past/current). Past and current students from selected community music programs in the United States and Brazil completed the PI-HEM (Parental Involvement and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Participation, Family Environment, Music Education
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Lee, Hye Yeon; Lee, Hyeon Woo – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2016
With the currently growing interest in social network services, many college courses use social network services as platforms for discussions, and a number of studies have been conducted on the use of social network analysis to measure students' participation in online discussions. This study aims to demonstrate the difference between counting…
Descriptors: Social Media, Social Networks, Network Analysis, Student Participation
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Schneebaum, Alyssa; Rumplmaier, Bernhard; Altzinger, Wilfried – Education Economics, 2016
We employ 2011 European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions survey data for Austria to perform uni- and multivariate econometric analyses to study the role of gender and migration background (MB) in intergenerational educational mobility. We find that there is more persistence in the educational attainment of girls relative to their…
Descriptors: Educational Mobility, Background, Gender Differences, Educational Attainment
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Chernyavskaya, Yana S.; Kiselev, Sergey V.; Rassolov, Ilya M.; Kurushin, Viktor V.; Chernikova, Lyudmila I.; Faizova, Guzel R. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The relevance of research: The relevance of the problem studied is caused by the acceleration of transition of the Russian economy on an innovative way of development, which depends on the vector of innovative sphere of services and, to a large extent, information and communication services, as well as it is caused by the poor drafting of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Correlation, Cost Effectiveness, Factor Analysis
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Musa, Alice K. J.; Dauda, Bala; Umar, Mohammad A. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The paper investigated gender difference in achievement goals and performance in English Language and Mathematics of senior secondary schools students in Borno State, Nigeria. The study specifically sought to determine gender differences in students' academic performances in English Language, Mathematics and overall academic performance as well as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Academic Achievement, Secondary School Students
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Bos, Henny; Gartrell, Nanette; Roeleveld, Jaap; Ledoux, Guuske – Youth & Society, 2016
This study examined whether Dutch children reared in families headed by female same-sex parents differ in civic competence from Dutch children reared by opposite-sex parents. The participants, drawn from a national sample, included 32 children (11-13 years old) parented by female same-sex couples who were matched on demographic characteristics…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Family Characteristics, Mothers, Citizen Participation
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Chiu, Chia-Yi; Köhn, Hans-Friedrich; Wu, Huey-Min – International Journal of Testing, 2016
The Reduced Reparameterized Unified Model (Reduced RUM) is a diagnostic classification model for educational assessment that has received considerable attention among psychometricians. However, the computational options for researchers and practitioners who wish to use the Reduced RUM in their work, but do not feel comfortable writing their own…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Classification, Models, Educational Assessment
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Günal, Yurdagül; Demirtasli, R. Nükhet – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
The aim of this study is to determine perceptions of secondary school students towards effectiveness of their school in terms of effective school characteristics such as "Secure and Regular Environment," "High Academic Expectations," "Instructional Leadership," "Learning Opportunities," "Monitoring…
Descriptors: Accountability, Institutional Characteristics, Academic Achievement, Instructional Leadership
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Wilson, C. Ellie; Murphy, Clodagh M.; McAlonan, Grainne; Robertson, Dene M.; Spain, Debbie; Hayward, Hannah; Woodhouse, Emma; Deeley, P. Quinton; Gillan, Nicola; Ohlsen, J. Chris; Zinkstok, Janneke; Stoencheva, Vladimira; Faulkner, Jessica; Yildiran, Hatice; Bell, Vaughan; Hammond, Neil; Craig, Michael C.; Murphy, Declan G. M. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
It is unknown whether sex influences the diagnostic evaluation of autism spectrum disorder, or whether male and female adults within the spectrum have different symptom profiles. This study reports sex differences in clinical outcomes for 1,244 adults (935 males and 309 females) referred for autism spectrum disorder assessment. Significantly, more…
Descriptors: Adults, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Diagnostic Tests
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Kirke-Smith, Mimi; Henry, Lucy A.; Messer, David – Infant and Child Development, 2016
There are indications that different types of maltreatment can lead to different cognitive and behavioural outcomes. This study investigated whether maltreatment type was related to executive functioning (EF) abilities and the use of inner speech. Forty maltreated adolescents and a comparison group of 40 non-maltreated typically developing…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Cognitive Development
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