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Rona-Tas, Akos; Cornuéjols, Antoine; Blanchemanche, Sandrine; Duroy, Antonin; Martin, Christine – Sociological Methods & Research, 2019
Recently, both sociology of science and policy research have shown increased interest in scientific uncertainty. To contribute to these debates and create an empirical measure of scientific uncertainty, we inductively devised two systems of classification or ontologies to describe scientific uncertainty in a large corpus of food safety risk…
Descriptors: Food, Risk, Safety, Classification
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Kanellopoulou, Catherine; Kermanidis, Katia Lida; Giannakoulopoulos, Andreas – Education Sciences, 2019
The use of multimedia has often been suggested as a teaching tool in foreign language teaching and learning. In foreign language education, exciting new multimedia applications have appeared over the last years, especially for young learners, but many of these do not seem to produce the desired effect in language development. This article looks…
Descriptors: Multimedia Instruction, Learning Theories, Multimedia Materials, Coding
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Vieira, Camilo; Magana, Alejandra J.; Roy, Anindya; Falk, Michael L. – Cognition and Instruction, 2019
Creating explanations is an important process for students, not only to make connections between novel information and background knowledge, but also to be able to communicate their understanding of any given topic. This article explores students' explanations in the context of computational science and engineering, an important interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Comprehension, Computation, Programming
Gutierrez, Akira S.; Krachman, Sara B.; Scherer, Ethan; West, Martin R.; Gabrieli, John D. – Transforming Education, 2019
This paper, authored in collaboration with researchers from Harvard University's Center for Education Policy Research and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, reviews findings from a randomized controlled trial (RCT) at a partner school, focused on understanding the effects of a direct-to-student intervention on students' mindfulness…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Teaching Methods, Intervention, Middle School Students
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Ke, Fengfeng; Whalon, Kelly; Yun, Joonmo – Review of Educational Research, 2018
This article is intended to synthesize the broader literature investigating the effectiveness and salient features of interventions designed to enhance the social competence of youth and adults with autism spectrum disorder. Outcomes for adults with autism spectrum disorder remain poor with only minimal improvement shown for decades. Among 796…
Descriptors: Intervention, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Interpersonal Competence
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Hull, Glynda; Hellmich, Emily – Teachers College Record, 2018
Background: Educators in the United States and internationally have become increasingly interested in incorporating international perspectives into curricula, programs, and policy (Hayden, 2011; Parker, 2011). Rooted in a long history of international education (Dolby & Rahman, 2008), these efforts have been described variously as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Global Education, Institutional Mission, Curriculum
Schertz, Hannah H.; Call-Cummings, Meagan; Horn, Kathryn; Quest, Kelsey; Law, Rhiannon Steffen – Journal of Early Intervention, 2018
A qualitative study of three parents and their toddlers with autism was conducted to investigate the communicative functions underlying parent-toddler interactions and how the instrumental or social nature of one partner's actions influenced the other's engagement. Parent-child interaction videos collected from a separate intervention study were…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Social Development, Child Development
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Mershad, Khaleel; Wakim, Pilar – Journal of Education and Learning, 2018
A breakthrough in the development of online learning occurred with the utilization of Learning Management Systems (LMS) as a tool for creating, distributing, tracking, and managing various types of educational and training material. Since the appearance of the first LMS, major technological enhancements transformed this tool into a powerful…
Descriptors: Integrated Learning Systems, Internet, Computer Oriented Programs, Online Courses
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Rae, James R.; Olson, Kristina R. – Developmental Psychology, 2018
The Implicit Association Test (IAT) is increasingly used in developmental research despite minimal evidence of whether children's IAT scores are reliable across time or predictive of behavior. When test-retest reliability and predictive validity have been assessed, the results have been mixed, and because these studies have differed on many…
Descriptors: Pretests Posttests, Test Reliability, Predictive Validity, Association Measures
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Neitzel, Carin; Connor, Lisa – Journal of Educational Research, 2018
The authors examined the relative stability and variability of self-regulated learning (SRL) in kindergartners across various contexts (teacher-directed activities, small-group work, and independent work). They assessed the role of temperament and context on children's use of SRL while seeking to identify if there are optimal contexts for…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Self Management, Self Control, Learning Activities
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Kramer-Simpson, Elisabeth – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2018
This article offers empirical data to explore ways that both industry mentors and academic internship coordinators support student interns in ways that optimize the workplace experience. Rich description of qualitative data from case studies and interviews shows that to optimize the internship, both the industry mentor and the academic internship…
Descriptors: Industry, Mentors, School Business Relationship, Internship Programs
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Briesch, Amy M.; Chafouleas, Sandra M.; Chaffee, Ruth K. – School Mental Health, 2018
Despite recommendations to extend prevention and early intervention related to behavioral health into school settings, limited research has been directed toward understanding how these recommendations have been translated by states into education policies and initiatives. This macro-level information is important toward understanding the…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, At Risk Students, Social Development, Emotional Problems
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Adler, Rachel F.; Kim, Hanna – Education and Information Technologies, 2018
It is now required for teachers to incorporate computational thinking (CT) into their science classes. Our research modifies the existing structure of a science methods course for preservice teachers to include CT via modeling and simulations. In the first study, preservice teachers were introduced to the basics of coding through an Hour of Code…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Computation, Science Instruction, Methods Courses
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Atasoy, Ramazan; Cemaloglu, Necati – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2018
It's aimed to evaluate the quality policies for education in Turkish National Educational System according to the opinions of the directors of departments for policies who are in charge at Ministry of National Educational and the projection of these policies on quality of education in this study. The study is designed as a qualitative research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation, Educational Quality, Educational Policy
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Lamichhane, Roshan; Reck, Cathrine; Maltese, Adam V. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2018
Misconceptions are the "the old, the bad, and the ugly" prior knowledge, ideas or conceptions that the learners have that hinder their further learning in science. Several types of misconceptions that undergraduate students hold about reaction coordinate diagrams (from here on we use the term "reaction coordinate diagrams" and…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Multiple Choice Tests, Interviews, Undergraduate Students
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