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Holdaway, Edward A.; Kelloway, Karen R. – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1987
A study of University of Alberta freshmen's attitudes about their university experiences and their transition from high school focused on influences in their attendance, personal goals, self-perceived preparation for college, curriculum difficulty, adjustment needs, and fulfillment of expectations. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Choice, College Environment, College Freshmen, College Preparation
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Lyon, Mark A.; Gettinger, Maribeth – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1985
This study examined differences in time needed for learning for three types of learning tasks from Bloom's taxonomy: knowledge, comprehension, and application. Seventh and eighth graders (N=88) were given five repeated trials to master three simulated classroom tasks. Large differences were found between tasks in mastery rates, information…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Content Area Reading, Criterion Referenced Tests, Difficulty Level
Song, Minjong – 1997
This paper discusses the use of a teacher-designed text of authentic reading materials (such as a university catalog, grocery store catalog, and tourist information brochures) in place of a commercially-produced textbook in the English as a Second Language (ESL) classroom. It is argued that such materials provide ESL students with greater access…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Awareness, Difficulty Level
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Engelhard, George, Jr. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1990
The relationship between gender and performance on mathematics items varying in level of cognitive complexity and content was assessed, using 1,789 female and 1,951 male Thai adolescents and 2,040 female and 1,884 male American adolescents. Data suggest that performance relative to both cognitive complexity and content is related to gender. (TJH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Testing, Cross Cultural Studies
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Lewis, C.; Shapson, Stan M. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1989
A study found that students, grades 8-11, leaving immersion programs were dissatisfied with the quality of instruction and the content and difficulty of immersion courses, and felt better grades would be obtained in the English program. A greater percentage of immersion students felt bilingual education would lead to better employment and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Course Content, Difficulty Level
Gose, Ben – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1995
Increasingly, four-year college students are taking additional courses at nearby two-year colleges, for a variety of reasons: to reduce costs, to sample technical education, for scheduling purposes, for smaller classes, and for less difficult courses. In some cases, the four-year college may contract with the two-year college to provide remedial…
Descriptors: Class Size, College Credits, College Role, Course Selection (Students)
Anderson, Eric – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1993
Argues for simplification in the use and development of bibliographic standards to increase usability by librarians and patrons and to reduce costs for libraries. The application of technology such as hypertext is also considered. (EA)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cataloging, Computer System Design, Costs
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Perry, Raymond P.; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1994
A study with 288 college psychology students investigated the relationship between students' perceptions of the reasons for their academic success or failure (explanatory schemas) and the quality of instruction. Results are discussed in terms of the role of explanatory schemas as buffers or compensations for ineffective instruction. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, College Instruction
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Eckstein, Shulamith Graus – Developmental Review, 2000
Extends dynamic model of cognitive growth proposed by van Geert in three directions: (1) added a term to consider exposure to material to be learned; (2) developed method to apply model to cross-sectional studies; and (3) developed procedure to scale cognitive abilities tests with items of varying difficulty. Tests model with 2- to 15-year-olds'…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development
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Andres, Hayward P.; Petersen, Candice – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2002
Cognitive processing limitations restrict the number of complex information items held and processed in human working memory. To overcome such limitations, a verbal working memory channel is used to construct an if-then proposition representation of facts and a visual working memory channel is used to construct a visual imagery of geometric…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Spatial Ability, Multimedia Instruction, Verbal Ability
McNeill, Arthur – 1994
This study compared the performances of four groups of Hong Kong teachers of English as a Second Language on a language teaching task. Subjects were two groups of native English-speaking teachers, one of expert teachers and one of novices, and two groups of non-native English-speakers, one of experts and one of novices. All were asked to preview…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Difficulty Level, English (Second Language)
Quinn, James; And Others – 1996
A dilemma in designing computer simulations for instruction is how to provide a challenging exploratory environment and yet provide sufficient support so that students do not become lost. Directive support such as corrective feedback may detract from the exploratory quality of a simulation. Two methods of non-directive support are: (1) simplifying…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Cooperative Learning, Design Preferences
Kitao, Kenji; Kitao, S. Kathleen – 1996
After tests are administered, they are scored and the scores are given back to the students. If the real purpose of the test is to improve student learning, simply returning the scores is not sufficient. The first step in evaluating test results is to be sure that the test has tested the intended concepts and content. Calculating the mean and the…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods, Feedback
Hicks, Marilyn M. – 1989
Methods of computerized adaptive testing using conventional scoring methods in order to develop a computerized placement test for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) were studied. As a consequence of simulation studies during the first phase of the study, the multilevel testing paradigm was adopted to produce three test levels…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Adults, Algorithms, Computer Assisted Testing
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Schmitt, Alicia P.; And Others – 1991
Two editions of the Verbal and Mathematical portions of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) were used to study differential speededness and differential omission and the relationships among differential item functioning (DIF), differential omission, and item difficulty for Asian Americans, Blacks, Hispanics, and females in a total sample exceeding…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Black Students, College Entrance Examinations, Difficulty Level
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