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Katsika, Argyro – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation investigates how boundary temporal and tonal events are coordinated to oral constrictions in Greek. Regarding the temporal events, most studies agree in that boundary lengthening is cumulative (i.e., larger the stronger the boundary) (e.g., Cho & Keating 2001, Tabain 2003b) and progressive (i.e., decreasing with distance from…
Descriptors: Greek, Intonation, Suprasegmentals, Phonology
Klein, Sheri R., Ed. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
Among the plethora of action research books on the market, there is no one text exclusively devoted to understanding how to acquire and interpret research data. Action Research Methods provides a balanced overview of the quantitative and qualitative methodologies and methods for conducting action research within a variety of educational…
Descriptors: Action Research, Research Methodology, Ethics, Statistical Analysis
Jin, Li – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study investigated the effects of example-postings on students' cognitive load and performance in online discussions. Cognitive overload was assumed had caused the problem of the lack of reflective and thoughtful contributions in student discussions. The theoretical foundation supporting the use of example-postings aiming at reduce…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Group Discussion, Computer Mediated Communication
Basanta, Carmen Perez – English Teaching Forum, 2012
The area of progress testing has been neglected and has lagged far behind developments in language teaching and testing in general. In most classrooms today, English is taught through communicative textbooks that provide neither accompanying tests nor any guidance for test construction. Teachers are on their own in constructing tests to measure…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Testing, Guidelines, Test Construction
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Bozalek, Vivienne; Carolissen, Ronelle – Perspectives in Education, 2012
There is a paucity of South African literature that uses feminist critical approaches as a conceptual tool to examine intersections of social justice and citizenship. This article aims to address this gap by examining the potential of critical feminist approaches to transform conceptions of citizenship in higher education. It outlines how…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Social Justice, African Culture, Foreign Countries
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Brosseau, Lucie; Wells, George A.; Tugwell, Peter; Egan, Mary; Dubouloz, Claire-Jehanne; Welch, Vivian A.; Trafford, Laura; Sredic, Danjiel; Pohran, Kathryn; Smoljanic, Jovana; Vukosavljevic, Ivan; De Angelis, Gino; Loew, Laurianne; McEwan, Jessica; Bell, Mary; Finestone, Hillel M.; Lineker, Sydney; King, Judy; Jelly, Wilma; Casimiro, Lynn; Haines-Wangda, Angela; Russell-Doreleyers, Marion; Laferriere, Lucie; Lambert, Kim – Health Education Journal, 2012
Background and purpose: The objective of this article is to create guidelines for education interventions in the management of patients ([greater than] 18 years old) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods: The Ottawa Methods Group identified and synthesized evidence from comparative controlled trials using Cochrane Collaboration methods. The…
Descriptors: Evidence, Guidelines, Medical Education, Patients
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Liesner, Andrea – Policy Futures in Education, 2012
This article reports on the growing influence of informal and not democratically legitimised authority within the educational field in Europe. The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), the Bologna Process and the European Qualifications Framework are discussed as instances of neoliberal strategies of modernisation that change the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, International Education, Peer Influence
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Wainryb, Cecilia; Recchia, Holly E. – New Directions for Youth Development, 2012
Far from being unthinking energies or irrational impulses that control or push people around, emotions are intricately connected to the way people perceive, understand, and think about the world. As such, emotions are also an inextricable part of people's moral lives. As people go about making moral judgments and decisions, they do not merely…
Descriptors: Emotional Experience, Anxiety, Moral Development, Adolescents
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Calabrese, William R.; Rudick, Monica M.; Simms, Leonard J.; Clark, Lee Anna – Psychological Assessment, 2012
Recently, integrative, hierarchical models of personality and personality disorder (PD)--such as the Big Three, Big Four, and Big Five trait models--have gained support as a unifying dimensional framework for describing PD. However, no measures to date can simultaneously represent each of these potentially interesting levels of the personality…
Descriptors: Validity, Adjustment (to Environment), Personality Traits, Personality Problems
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Byun, Tara McAllister – Journal of Child Language, 2012
This study develops the hypothesis that the child-specific phenomenon of positional velar fronting can be modeled as the product of phonologically encoded articulatory limitations unique to immature speakers. Children have difficulty executing discrete tongue movements, preferring to move the tongue and jaw as a single unit. This predisposes the…
Descriptors: Suprasegmentals, Articulation (Speech), Child Language, Language Acquisition
Kennedy, Mike – American School & University, 2012
For several years, schools and universities have been battered by a sputtering economy that on many campuses has brought about slashed budgets, curtailed programs, shuttered facilities and terminated employees. But throughout the gloomy financial conditions, one of the bright spots for education institutions is the continued growing embrace of…
Descriptors: School Construction, Energy Conservation, Facility Guidelines, Educational Facilities Design
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American Psychologist, 2012
Dementia in its many forms is a leading cause of functional limitation among older adults worldwide and will continue to ascend in global health importance as populations continue to age and effective cures remain elusive. The following guidelines were developed for psychologists who perform evaluations of dementia and age-related cognitive…
Descriptors: Psychologists, Dementia, Guidelines, Ethics
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Boon, Helen Joanna; Pagliano, Paul; Brown, Lawrence; Tsey, Komla – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2012
Recent weather-related disasters (i.e., floods, fires) impacting Australia may potentially increase in frequency and severity as a result of predicted climate variability. The dearth of literature pertaining to school emergency response planning for vulnerable students with disabilities (including those with intellectual disabilities) when such…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Emergency Programs, Guidelines, Foreign Countries
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Xiaobing, Sun – Chinese Education and Society, 2012
This paper starts out by describing the research and drafting processes of the "National Medium- and Long-Term Educational Reform and Development Guideline" (2010-20) (hereafter abbreviated as the "Guideline") and analyzes a series of core concepts that ran through the entire process of researching and drafting the…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Pilot Projects, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
McKale, Chuck; Townsend, Scott – American School & University, 2012
Far from the limelight of LEED, Energy Star or Green Globes certifications are the energy codes developed and updated by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and the International Code Council (ICC) through the support of the Department of Energy (DOE) as minimum guidelines for building envelope,…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Climate Control, Heat, Energy Conservation
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