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Yeung, H. Henny; Werker, Janet F. – Cognition, 2009
One of the central themes in the study of language acquisition is the gap between the linguistic knowledge that learners demonstrate, and the apparent inadequacy of linguistic input to support induction of this knowledge. One of the first linguistic abilities in the course of development to exemplify this problem is in speech perception:…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Native Speakers, Infants, Auditory Perception
Foote, Carolyn – School Library Journal, 2009
Nation. New. Common. Generation. These are among the most frequently used words spoken by President Barack Obama in his January 2009 inauguration speech as seen in a fascinating visual display called a Wordle. Educators, too, can harness the power of Wordle to enhance learning. Imagine providing students with a whole new perspective on…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Concept Mapping, Library Services, Use Studies
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Ratwani, Raj M.; Trafton, J. Gregory; Boehm-Davis, Deborah A. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 2008
Task analytic theories of graph comprehension account for the perceptual and conceptual processes required to extract specific information from graphs. Comparatively, the processes underlying information integration have received less attention. We propose a new framework for information integration that highlights visual integration and cognitive…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Graphs, Pattern Recognition, Cognitive Processes
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Daly, Caroline; Pachler, Norbert; Mor, Yishay; Mellar, Harvey – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2010
This article presents key findings from a Joint Information Systems Committee-funded project, which aimed to identify existing practices where technologies contribute to formative assessment and identify processes that take place around formative assessment where technologies play a significant role. Using a design pattern methodology, the project…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Information Systems, Program Effectiveness, Case Studies
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Rutter, Michael; Sonuga-Barke, Edmund J.; Beckett, Celia; Castle, Jennifer; Kreppner, Jana; Kumsta, Robert; Schlotz, Wolff; Stevens, Suzanne; Bell, Christopher A.; Gunnar, Megan R. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2010
This monograph is concerned with the mid adolescent follow-up of a group of adoptees from Romania and from within the United Kingdom who were first assessed at the age of 4 years (or 6 years in the case of the oldest children). Chapter I provides the background as it applied at the time that the study began, and then goes on to outline the overall…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adoption, Longitudinal Studies, Institutionalized Persons
Boyer, Patricial G.; Butner, Bonita – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2011
African American and Hispanic participation in graduate and professional programs has increased over the last decade, but the literature on how these students financially support their education is limited. The purpose of this study is to examine the differences in financial aid awards and awarding patterns among African American, Hispanic and…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, African American Students, Hispanic American Students, White Students
Freed, Maxine – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Meaning making is central to transformative learning, but little work has explored how meaning is constructed in the process. Moreover, no meaning-making theory adequately captures its characteristics and operations during radical transformation. The purpose of this dissertation was to formulate and specify a multiperspectival conceptual model of…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Transformative Learning, Hermeneutics, Pattern Recognition
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Whitmarsh, Lona; Wentworth, Diane Keyser – Career Development Quarterly, 2012
Career development research has often explored gender differences in and development of career patterns (Gottfredson, 2006). Hyde's (2005) meta-analysis indicated that men and women shared more similarities than differences. Applying Hyde's gender similarities hypothesis to careers, the authors conducted a 2-stage study. Stage 1 was an analysis of…
Descriptors: Career Development, Research, Gender Differences, Pattern Recognition
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Sassler, Sharon; Cunningham, Anna; Lichter, Daniel T. – Journal of Family Issues, 2009
The authors examine whether young adults who experienced their parents' divorce and new relationships have different relationship trajectories than those who spent their childhoods living with biological parents in married-couple families. The analysis is based on longitudinal reports from more than 1,500 children from Wave 1 of the 1987-1988…
Descriptors: Context Effect, One Parent Family, Divorce, Young Adults
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Diaz Andrade, Antonio – Qualitative Report, 2009
Although the advantages of case study design are widely recognised, its original positivist underlying assumptions may mislead interpretive researchers aiming at theory building. The paper discusses the limitations of the case study design for theory building and explains how grounded theory systemic process adds to the case study design. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Networks, Rural Areas, Grounded Theory
DiConsiglio, John – CURRENTS, 2010
Annual giving is the number one indicator that someone will make a major or planned gift. Annual funds are the meat and potatoes of fundraising. But if the annual fund has recently taken a backseat to major and megagifts, the recession made a bad situation even worse. Today, most annual fund performance indicators have plummeted. Virtually all…
Descriptors: Fund Raising, Economic Climate, Economic Impact, Donors
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Neumann, Dave – Social Education, 2010
With state content standards always looming in the background, history teachers express concern about "covering the curriculum." And, many history teachers say they have to abandon teaching the "fun stuff" in order to teach state-mandated content. While teaching challenges do entail practical considerations, this article argues…
Descriptors: History Instruction, United States History, Teacher Responsibility, Course Content
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Shang, Hui-Fang – International Journal of Listening, 2008
This study mainly focused on investigating listening strategy uses at different proficiency levels for different linguistic patterns. Three main questions were examined in regards to Taiwanese listeners of English as a foreign language (EFL): (1) For listeners with different proficiency levels, which pattern may result in a higher level of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Listening Comprehension, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Meyer, Jim – Voices from the Middle, 2008
The stereotypical view of English spelling as an awesome mess is no longer widely held by linguists. That view assumes that spelling should represent pronunciation directly and simply. Instead, spelling is currently understood as representing a more abstract level of language as well as reflecting etymology. Examples from a middle school spelling…
Descriptors: English, Spelling, Vowels, Etymology
Cai, Chaoli – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Anomaly detection is an important and indispensable aspect of any computer security mechanism. Ad hoc and mobile networks consist of a number of peer mobile nodes that are capable of communicating with each other absent a fixed infrastructure. Arbitrary node movements and lack of centralized control make them vulnerable to a wide variety of…
Descriptors: Energy Conservation, Testing, Computer Security, Statistical Inference
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