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Boor-Klip, Henrike J.; Cillessen, Antonius H. N.; van Hell, Janet G. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2014
Despite its importance in social development, social understanding has hardly been studied in high-ability children. This study explores differences in social understanding between children in high-ability and regular classrooms, specifically theory of mind (ToM) and perception accuracy, as well as associations between individual characteristics…
Descriptors: Social Development, Gifted, Children, Comparative Analysis
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Hickendorff, Marian – Applied Measurement in Education, 2013
The results of an exploratory study into measurement of elementary mathematics ability are presented. The focus is on the abilities involved in solving standard computation problems on the one hand and problems presented in a realistic context on the other. The objectives were to assess to what extent these abilities are shared or distinct, and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Tests, Mathematics Skills, Problem Solving
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Hoskens, Machteld; De Boeck, Paul – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1995
With the nominal model of R. D. Bock as a framework, transformation matrices can be used to constrain the parameters of test item response categories to reflect their componential design. The approach is illustrated in a study of a spelling task completed by 385 Dutch third graders. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Pateman, Neil A., Ed; Dougherty, Barbara J., Ed.; Zilliox, Joseph T., Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
This volume of the 27th International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education Conference includes the following research reports: (1) Improving Decimal Number Conception by Transfer from Fractions to Decimals (Irita Peled and Juhaina Awawdy Shahbari); (2) The Development of Student Teachers' Efficacy Beliefs in Mathematics during…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Mathematics Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Metalinguistics