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Jolicoeur, Pierre; Dell'Acqua, Roberto – Cognitive Psychology, 1998
Results of seven experiments involving 112 college students or staff using a dual-task approach provide evidence that encoding information into short-term memory involves a distinct process termed short-term consolidation (STC). Results suggest that STC has limited capacity and that it requires central processing mechanisms. (SLD)
Descriptors: Coding, College Students, Higher Education, Short Term Memory
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Magazine, Sherry L.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1996
Examination of the Affective and Continuance Commitment Scales of J. P. Meyer and N. J. Allen using confirmatory factor analysis for 333 subjects with the LISREL 7 computer program provided strong support across multiple diagnostics for existence of a reverse coding factor defined by the 6 negatively worded scale items. (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Rating Scales, Coding, Test Items
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Luttrell, Wendy – Harvard Educational Review, 2000
Reflecting on her study of working-class women's life stories, the author shows how several realizations influenced and changed these steps of the research process: collecting stories, developing coding methods, designing a comparative study, considering labels, attending to variations, addressing self-other relationships, and listening to life…
Descriptors: Biographies, Coding, Ethnography, Research Methodology
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Fouad, Nadya A.; Helledy, Kristin Ihle; Metz, A. J. – Counseling Psychologist, 2003
Themes of Division 17 presidential addresses from 1984 to 2002, published in "The Counseling Psychologist," were examined using a grounded theory approach. Sorting and coding of the data yielded six major categories: distinctiveness of counseling psychology, disappointments/missed opportunities, successes, foundations of counseling psychology,…
Descriptors: Counseling Psychology, Identification (Psychology), Presidents, Coding
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Hurlbutt, Karen – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2007
More information is becoming available about Asperger Syndrome (AS), especially regarding the educational needs of children. There is a lack of available information, however, regarding adults with AS, particularly women. Five women with AS participated in this qualitative research study over a two-year period. The purpose was to investigate and…
Descriptors: Females, Asperger Syndrome, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Attitude Measures
Klinzing, Hans Gerhard; Aloisio, Bernadette Gerada – Online Submission, 2007
A research-based program was designed for the improvement of decoding and encoding nonverbal cues as they are important aspects of successful communication and teaching. To extend the scientific base of the program, six correlational studies (N=784) investigated relationships between nonverbal skill and personality dimensions. Low non-significant…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Ability, Correlation, Personality Traits, Personality
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Stephenson, Jennifer; Bo, Tony; Chavez, Deborah; Fayle, Leanne; Gavel, Julie – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2007
This paper describes a project carried out by the first author, an academic in special education, with the other authors, teachers of students with severe disabilities. It aimed to explore the application of the New South Wales (NSW) model of pedagogy, derived from authentic pedagogy, to the education of students with severe intellectual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disabilities, Oral Language, Communication Skills
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Drosopoulos, Spyridon; Schulze, Claudia; Fischer, Stefan; Born, Jan – Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2007
Building on 2 previous studies (B. R. Ekstrand, 1967; B. R. Ekstrand, M. J. Sullivan, D. F. Parker, & J. N. West, 1971), the authors present 2 experiments that were aimed at characterizing the role of retroactive interference in sleep-associated declarative memory consolidation. Using an A-B, A-C paradigm with lists of word pairs in Experiment 1,…
Descriptors: Memory, Coding, Knowledge Representation, Paired Associate Learning
Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, 2010
The Rostrum is a quarterly publication of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) The Need for full Time faculty (again) by Jane Patton; (2) Reading May Be the Key to Unlocking Basic Skills Success by Janet Fulks; (3) Diversity Institute on the Right Track by Beth Smith; (4)…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Basic Skills, Reading
Lee, Tiffany S. – Online Submission, 2010
The Native American Community Academy (NACA) is demonstrating an example of Indigenous philosophies and practices in education through its holistic, student-centered approach to education. NACA was one school in a large statewide study on Indian education in New Mexico. Focus groups with students, teachers, and community members illustrate the…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, American Indians, Focus Groups, American Indian Education
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Owens, Russell; Fralinger, Barbara – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2008
An understanding of the relationships among the integration of computer technology by women educators in higher education and effective teaching could have a significant impact on education. Pennsylvania Universities and Colleges have made their commitment to educational technology and provided support for the implementation of such technology.…
Descriptors: Women Faculty, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Technology Uses in Education
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Strijbos, Jan-Willem; Martens, Rob L.; Prins, Frans J.; Jochems, Wim M. G. – Computers and Education, 2006
Quantitative content analysis is increasingly used to surpass surface level analyses in computer-supported collaborative learning (e.g., counting messages), but critical reflection on accepted practice has generally not been reported. A review of CSCL conference proceedings revealed a general vagueness in definitions of units of analysis. In…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Computer Mediated Communication, Information Technology, Reliability
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Eggerth, Donald E.; Andrew, Michael E. – Journal of Career Assessment, 2006
The concept of congruence between person and occupation lies at the core of Holland's (1997) theory of career types. The C index is arguably the best available method for comparing the congruence of two Holland code profiles. The C index reflects the theorized hexagonal structure of the Holland RIASEC model, is sensitive to code ordering, and is…
Descriptors: Theories, Coding, Computation, Occupational Information
King, Keith; Laake, Rebecca A.; Bernard, Amy – American Journal of Health Education, 2006
This study examined the sexual messages depicted in music videos aired on MTV, MTV2, BET, and GAC from August 2, 2004 to August 15, 2004. One-hour segments of music videos were taped daily for two weeks. Depictions of sexual attire and sexual behavior were analyzed via a four-page coding sheet (interrater-reliability = 0.93). Results indicated…
Descriptors: Music, Sexuality, Television, Clothing
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Chenail, Ronald J.; Spong, Jennifer L.; Chenail, Jan; Liscio, Michele; McLean, Lenworth G.; Cox, Holly G.; Shepherd, Brenda; Mowzoon, Nura C. – Qualitative Report, 2006
Based upon the lessons learned and the educational materials generated from a doctoral course on qualitative data analysis, a group of doctoral students, their professor, and a linguistics consultant launched an on-going project to create a series of reusable learning objects designed to help other groups of students and professors learn how to…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Instructional Design, Qualitative Research, Data Analysis
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