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Living Room vs. Concert Hall: Patterns of Music Consumption in Flanders
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Roose, Henk; Stichele, Alexander Vander – Social Forces, 2010
In this article we probe the interplay between public and private music consumption using a large-scale survey of the Flemish population in Belgium. We analyze whether public and private music consumption have different correlates and to what extent there is convergence between the genres that people listen to at home and at concerts. Results show…
Descriptors: Music, Familiarity, Citizen Participation, Educational Attainment
Assessment and Innovation in Education. OECD Education Working Papers, No. 24
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Looney, Janet W. – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2009
Do some forms of student (and school) assessment hinder the introduction of innovative educational practices and the development of innovation skills in education systems? This report focuses on the impact of high-stake summative assessment on innovation and argues that it is possible to reconcile high-stakes assessments and examinations through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Assessment, Educational Innovation, Summative Evaluation
The Relationship between Epistemological Beliefs, Learning Conceptions, and Approaches to Study: A Cross-Cultural Structural Model?
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Zhu, Chang; Valcke, Martin; Schellens, Tammy – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2008
Recent research has shown interest in studying the relationship between epistemological beliefs and numerous aspects of learning. A new question interests us: Is this kind of relationship homogeneous across cultures? This study focuses on the relationship between epistemological beliefs, learning conceptions, and approaches to study. A sample of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Student Attitudes
The Factor Structure of the Beck Depression Inventory-II: An Evaluation
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Vanheule, Stijn; Desmet, Mattias; Groenvynck, Hans; Rosseel, Yves; Fontaine, Johnny – Assessment, 2008
The Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) is a frequently used scale for measuring depressive severity. BDI-II data (404 clinical; 695 nonclinical adults) were analyzed by means of confirmatory factor analysis to test whether the factor structure model with a somatic-affective and cognitive component of depression, formulated by Beck and…
Descriptors: Adults, Foreign Countries, Models, Factor Structure
Effect of Hypermedia Structure on Acquired Knowledge Organization
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Fastrez, Pierre – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2005
What kind of influence does the structure of an educational hypermedia system have on the way its users understand its contents and organize the knowledge they acquire through its browsing? In this article, this already much discussed question, situated at the boundary between semiotics and cognitive science, is revisited in the light of results…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Hypermedia, Content Analysis, Educational Technology
Usefulness of Cognitive Intervention Programmes for Socio-Emotional and Behaviour Problems in Children with Learning Disabilities
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Schnitzer, Gila; Andries, Caroline; Lebeer, Jo – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2007
Behavioural and emotional problems occur more frequently in children with learning problems than in a cross-section of the general population, both at home and at school. While behaviour problems reportedly are a key obstructive factor impeding inclusive education, children with both behavioural and learning disabilities carry a high risk of…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Emotional Problems, Inclusion, Intervention