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Direct linkCollins, Rebecca L.; Martino, Steven C.; Elliott, Marc N. – Developmental Psychology, 2011
Longitudinal research has demonstrated a link between exposure to sexual content in media and subsequent changes in adolescent sexual behavior, including initiation of intercourse and various noncoital sexual activities. Based on a reanalysis of one of the data sets involved, Steinberg and Monahan (2011) have challenged these findings. However,…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Mass Media Effects, Adolescents, Evaluation Methods
Wang, Qi; Chen, Xiaojuan; Chen, Yongsheng – Journal of Community Psychology, 2011
The present study combined the literature analysis with the empirical study and proposed a Chinese local conception of psychological empowerment, which was defined as a process of personality-oriented, self-motivated, and proactive control with the aim of community members' citizen participation. Its basic dimension comprised an inclination to…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Measures (Individuals), Psychology, Foreign Countries
Babcock, Ben – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2011
Relatively little research has been conducted with the noncompensatory class of multidimensional item response theory (MIRT) models. A Monte Carlo simulation study was conducted exploring the estimation of a two-parameter noncompensatory item response theory (IRT) model. The estimation method used was a Metropolis-Hastings within Gibbs algorithm…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Sampling, Computation, Statistical Analysis
Download full textLivingston, Samuel A.; Kim, Sooyeon – ETS Research Report Series, 2010
A series of resampling studies investigated the accuracy of equating by four different methods in a random groups equating design with samples of 400, 200, 100, and 50 test takers taking each form. Six pairs of forms were constructed. Each pair was constructed by assigning items from an existing test taken by 9,000 or more test takers. The…
Descriptors: Equated Scores, Accuracy, Sample Size, Sampling
Philbrick, Jane Hass; Smith, F. Ruth; Bart, Barbara – American Journal of Business Education, 2010
A web survey is a cost-effective and efficient method to use when measuring the characteristics of an audience and developing or testing new product concepts. This paper reports on the use of a web survey by a start-up media/internet firm, Farmers' Almanac TV. The results indicate that using email to contact respondents from a client list results…
Descriptors: Online Surveys, Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency, Audiences
Fedotov, Alex; Farah, Shadia; Farley, Daithi; Ghani, Naureen; Kuo, Emmy; Aponte, Cecielo; Abrescia, Leo; Kwan, Laiyee; Khan, Ussamah; Khizner, Felix; Yam, Anthony; Sakeeb, Khan; Grey, Daniel; Anika, Zarin; Issa, Fouad; Boussayoud, Chayama; Abdeldayem, Mahmoud; Zhang, Alvin; Chen, Kelin; Chan, Kameron Chuen; Roytman, Viktor; Yee, Michael – NCSSSMST Journal, 2010
This article describes the projects on solar hydrogen powered vehicles using water as fuel conducted by teams at Brooklyn Technical High School. Their investigations into the pure and applied chemical thermodynamics of hydrogen fuel cells and bio-inspired devices have been consolidated in a new and emerging sub-discipline that they define as solar…
Descriptors: Fuels, Thermodynamics, Sampling, Chemistry
Johannesson, Ingolfur Asgeir – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2010
This article deals with the ways in which historical discourse analysis is at once different from and similar to research described as qualitative or quantitative. It discusses the consequences of applying the standards of such methods to historical discourse analysis. It is pointed out that although the merit of research using historical…
Descriptors: History, Discourse Analysis, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology
Thiyagu, K. – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2013
Most people believe that our schools and colleges are failing to teach kids and youngsters in the 21st century skills they will need in order to succeed in the future (Rachna Rathore 2009). Even as the price of technology continues to drop, computers keep getting faster, and nearly all teens are exploring online social networking, schools have not…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Questionnaires, Web 2.0 Technologies, Social Networks
Salani, End – European Journal of Educational Research, 2013
Lesson starts are transitional events which may cause management problems for teachers. This study sought junior secondary school mathematics teachers' beliefs about calculator use in mathematics instruction in Botswana and was descriptive in nature adopting a survey design. The sample of seventeen (17) mathematics teachers from four (4) junior…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Mathematics Instruction, Questionnaires, Gender Differences
Masaiti, Gift; Shen, Hong – European Journal of Educational Research, 2013
This research paper explores the concept of "cost sharing" which became more prominent in Zambia education with the advent of democratic form of governance in 1991. As a way of responding to the ever diminishing tax revenues, government through the education policy of 1996, allowed higher education institutions including public…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Costs, State Universities, Governance
Elma, Cevat – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2013
Problem Statement: For individuals and organizations alike there has been a recent upsurge in significance of employees' perceptions toward their work and their job satisfaction. The concept of organizational justice has evolved to include almost all aspects of organizational life, particularly employees' attitudes toward work. While a significant…
Descriptors: Prediction, Teacher Attitudes, Correlation, Surveys
Doukakis, Spyros; Giannakos, Michail N.; Koilias, Christos; Vlamos, Panayiotis – Informatics in Education, 2013
This paper presents results of a questionnaire focused on investigating students' confidence and behavioral intention in the area of programming, particularly that of structures, problem solving, and programming commands (Conditional--Loop). Responses from 116 1st year students regarding informatics were used. The results indicate that the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Programming, Computer Science Education, Problem Solving
Eyengho, Toju; Fawole, Oyebisi – Educational Research and Reviews, 2013
The study assessed error-correction techniques used in correcting students' essays in English language and also determined the effects of these strategies and other related variables on students' performance in essay writing with a view to improving students' writing skill in English language in South Western Nigeria. A quasi-experimental design…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Error Correction, Foreign Countries, Essays
Damrongpanit, Suntonrapot; Reungtragul, Auyporn – Educational Research and Reviews, 2013
The purposes of this study were to identify learning styles of ninth-grade students, to identify teaching styles of four subject teachers, and to compare four academic achievements between different matching conditions of students' learning styles and teachers' teaching styles. The research participants comprised of 3,382 ninth-grade students and,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Teaching Styles, Grade 9, Sampling
Alika, Henrietta Ijeoma; Ohanaka, Blessing Ijeoma – Research in Education, 2013
This paper examined the role of counselling, and parental encouragement on re-entry of adolescents into secondary school in Abia State, Nigeria. A total of 353 adolescents who re-entered school were selected from six secondary schools in the State through a simple random sampling technique. A validated questionnaire was used for data analysis.…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Foreign Countries, Sampling, Reentry Students
