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Grier, Leslie K.; Ratner, Hilary Horn – Child Study Journal, 1996
Examined kindergartners' and third graders' recall to test the effects of four learning strategies applied to items involving three conceptual relations--taxonomic, contextual, and unrelated. Found that (using a constructivist framework for interpretation) learner activity and causal processing improved memory when memory was not supported by…
Descriptors: Classification, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
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Pikoff, Howard – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1991
A current awareness system for new academic library acquisitions was developed to reduce the subject disciplinary constraints of traditional acquisitions lists. This report discusses the development and evaluation of the system, the use of acquisitions lists from the Research Libraries Group (RLG), user interests, and user satisfaction. (LRW)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer System Design, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
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Vandas, Steve – Science and Children, 1992
Poster and group activities help students understand the concept of wetlands. Activities involve students in classifying, defining, and depicting wetlands. (MDH)
Descriptors: Classification, Cooperative Learning, Earth Science, Ecology
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Shepard, Richard G. – Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 1993
Discusses the use of writing to enhance learning in mathematics from a conceptual development perspective. Shuell's phases of learning are described as a general model for conceptual development and subsequently matched with Britton's categories for transactional-informative writing. Sample mathematics assignments for each writing category are…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Classification, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation
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Hebert, Yvonne – Exceptionality Education Canada, 2003
This article profiles the educational system of Quebec and discusses initiatives for students who are at-risk. It describes programs and services for students who are at-risk, relevant educational legislation, areas of strength, challenges that need to be overcome, and areas of action. (Contains references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Classification, Definitions, Delivery Systems, Dropout Prevention
Utah State Univ., Logan. Center for Persons with Disabilities. – 1990
This project studied the effects of implementing a computerized management information system developed for special education administrators. The Intelligent Administration Support Program (IASP), an expert system and database program, assisted in information acquisition and analysis pertaining to the district's quality of decisions and procedures…
Descriptors: Classification, Computer Oriented Programs, Decision Making, Educational Diagnosis
Gallagher, Ann M. – 1992
An item classification scheme developed by A. M. Gallagher (1990) was refined, resulting in a more accurate prediction of sex differences in the mathematical sections of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). Differential Item Functioning (DIF) procedures for examinees scoring over 650 indicated that the majority of items favoring males required the…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Classification, College Entrance Examinations, High Achievement
Odumuh, Adama Emmanuel – 1994
A discussion of the situation of Idoma, a Nigerian language, begins with different accounts of the language's origin, referring to both local legend and cosmology. It then proceeds to a review of modern linguists' efforts, since 1927, to classify the language. A statistical overview contains information on the number of speakers of Idoma as a…
Descriptors: African Languages, Alphabets, Community Services, Diachronic Linguistics
Florida State Legislature, Tallahassee. Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability. – 1997
This report reviews the Exceptional Student Education Programs administered by the Florida Department of Education. Findings of the review indicate: (1) during the 1995-96 school year, Florida spent 1.75 billion for special programs, services, and facilities to serve 368,710 students with disabilities; (2) the number and percentage of children…
Descriptors: Classification, Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities, Educational Assessment
Harvard Education Letter, 1989
The question of responsibility for the education of disabled students has become a controversial issue. This article explores the debate between proponents of special education and of mainstreaming for academically handicapped children. Under Public Law 94-142, disabled children are guaranteed an appropriate public education in the least…
Descriptors: Classification, Elementary Secondary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Handicap Identification
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Morgan, Robert L.; And Others – 1991
This document, the Department of Education's standard educational program classification system for secondary and postsecondary schools, supersedes all previous editions. The manual is divided into seven chapters, each of which contains, in numerical order, the complete list of currently active Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP)…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Classification, Codification, Dental Schools
Poggio, John P.; And Others – 1989
In this study, different educator groups had to rank a total of 112 behaviors that had previously been judged to be important to the performance of first-year teachers. Focus was on determining which behaviors are important in the assessment of beginning teachers' performance and whether or not such assessment should be differentiated according to…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Beginning Teachers, Classification, College Faculty
Lenning, Oscar T.; And Others – 1979
A guide to acquiring information needed about postsecondary education outcomes is presented for campus and state-level officials. Attention is directed to: over 200 outcome measures or indicators; standard definitions of each outcome measure; data sources and procedures to acquire data for each outcome measure; and suggestions concerning the…
Descriptors: Classification, College Attendance, College Graduates, Cultural Enrichment
Peterson, Norman G., Ed. – 1987
As part of the United States Army's Project A, research has been conducted to develop and field test a battery of experimental tests to complement the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery in predicting soldiers' job performance. Project A is the United States Army's large-scale manpower effort to improve selection, classification, and…
Descriptors: Biographical Inventories, Classification, Cognitive Measurement, Computer Assisted Testing
Stevens, Robert J. – 1986
A study tested the relative effectiveness of four methods of teaching remedial reading students (grades 6 through 11) how to identify the main idea of expository paragraphs. Forty-seven students were divided according to treatment and were given the same pool of 125 paragraphs about geology and weather to read, and were given pretests and…
Descriptors: Classification, Computer Assisted Instruction, Content Analysis, Content Area Reading
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