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Reese, Elaine; Haden, Catherine A.; Baker-Ward, Lynne; Bauer, Patricia; Fivush, Robyn; Ornstein, Peter A. – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2011
Personal narratives are integral to autobiographical memory and to identity, with coherent personal narratives being linked to positive developmental outcomes across the lifespan. In this article, we review the theoretical and empirical literature that sets the stage for a new lifespan model of personal narrative coherence. This new model…
Descriptors: Rhetoric, Laboratories, Personal Narratives, Memory
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Loke, Swee-Kin; Blyth, Phil; Swan, Judith – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
While the potentials of virtual worlds to support experiential learning in medical education are well documented, assessment of student learning within these environments is relatively scarce and often incongruent. In this article, a conceptual framework is proposed for formatively assessing dispositional behaviours in scenario-based learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Experiential Learning, Medical Education
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Robinson, Viviane M. J.; Eddy, David; Irving, Earl – School Leadership & Management, 2006
Any programme of principal induction must find ways to respond to the diversity of its participants, in terms of their backgrounds and learning needs. New Zealand's national principal induction programme uses a self assessment of each principal's capability in the leadership of teaching and learning as one of its main sources of information about…
Descriptors: Principals, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Foreign Countries, Factor Analysis
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Reath, Anne – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2004
In 1993, the language section of the Swedish Migration Board initiated the production of documents they called "language analyses" to aid in the processing of asylum seekers. Today, 11 years later, 2 privately owned companies in Stockholm produce these documents. These companies have produced language analyses not only for the Swedish…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Police, Foreign Countries, Immigration
Gilbert, John K.; And Others – 1981
An exposition is made of a method to elicit students' comprehension of the meaning of words commonly used in science, which may be influential in determining what they learn. The method's aim is to elucidate features in students' understanding of childrens' science (that found before formal teaching of science), student science (that found after…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Julien, Heidi; Michels, David – Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, 2000
Describes a study in New Zealand that examined the information behavior of people in daily life contexts. Results showed how users' expectations of the usefulness of information sources varied by gender and source characteristics, including accessibility, trustworthiness, and reliability. Suggests ways to encourage use of formal information…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Credibility, Foreign Countries, Gender Issues