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Durkin, Kevin; Conti-Ramsden, Gina; Walker, Allan; Simkin, Zoe – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2009
Many uses of new media entail processing language content, yet little is known about the relationship between language ability and media use in young people. This study compares educational versus interpersonal uses of home computers in adolescents with and without a history of specific language impairment (SLI). Participants were 55 17-year-olds…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Computer Uses in Education, Computers, Recreational Activities
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Walker, Allan; Walker, John – Journal of Educational Administration, 1998
School leaders face tensions at global, macropolitical, policy, and school levels resulting from simultaneous and contradictory influences toward sameness and difference. Government and school leaders can deal with these tensions by challenging the sameness that typifies school operations and valuing and learning from differences among school…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Responsibility, Work Environment