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Ruba, Ashley L.; Meltzoff, Andrew N.; Repacholi, Betty M. – Developmental Psychology, 2020
Accurate perception of emotional (facial) expressions is an essential social skill. It is currently debated whether emotion categorization in infancy emerges in a "broad-to-narrow" pattern and the degree to which language influences this process. We used an habituation paradigm to explore (a) whether 14- and 18-month-old infants perceive…
Descriptors: Infants, Nonverbal Communication, Emotional Response, Toddlers
Patrick T. S. Harris – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This quantitative study surveyed 162 higher education faculty nationwide to examine attitudes toward artificial intelligence integration across academic disciplines and backgrounds. Using validated survey instruments, the study measured AI familiarity, usage, adoption readiness, perceived benefits, and concerns. Statistical analysis revealed…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software, Technology Uses in Education, College Faculty
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Vincent, Jonathan; Ralston, Kevin – Oxford Review of Education, 2020
This current study draws on data from a large sample of trainee teachers in England to provide a long overdue baseline assessment of the knowledge of autism. It has particular import given the recent research that shows that 60% of autistic young people identified 'having a teacher who understands autism' as the main thing that would make school…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Knowledge Level, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Freer, John R. R. – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2023
Inclusive education is a philosophy and practice that has been promoted internationally. Most scholars now agree that inclusion is more than the placement of students with exceptionalities in a general education class. Instead, definitions of inclusion have expanded to encompass feelings of belongingness. This definition is an improvement, but…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Students with Disabilities, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Intervention
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Azwar, Taufik Akbar; Harahap, Alamsyah; Azwandi – Journal of English Teaching, 2021
In the current second language pedagogy, understanding factors that contribute to learners' willingness to speak English in classrooms is fundamental for teachers. The aims of this present study are (1) to find out the extent to which Indonesian EFL learners are willing to speak English in classrooms and (2) to investigate the factors that…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Classroom Communication
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Martelle, Stefanie N.; Namazi, Mahchid – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2022
Purpose: The aim of this review is to illuminate the connection between inferential skills and spoken language idiom comprehension (SLIC) with a focus on autism. Idioms are frequently occurring figurative expressions, such as feeling blue, on cloud nine, and all tied up, that have literal and nonliteral meanings. Method: In this review article, an…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Correlation, Speech Communication, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Skinner, Donald J.; Price, Jodi – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2019
Meaningfulness and prior knowledge can have differing effects on both metamemory and memory performance. Personally relevant information may be deemed more meaningful, which often can serve as a mediating factor in memory performance. Additionally, information that is congruent with prior knowledge has been shown to be judged as easier to remember…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Older Adults, Young Adults, Age Differences
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Wikse Barrow, Carla; Nilsson Bjorkenstam, Kristina; Strombergsson, Sofia – Journal of Child Language, 2019
This study aimed to investigate concerns of validity and reliability in subjective ratings of age-of-acquisition (AoA), through exploring characteristics of the individual rater. An additional aim was to validate the obtained AoA ratings against two corpora -- one of child speech and one of adult speech -- specifically exploring whether words…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Evaluators, Validity, Reliability
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Owens, Sarah J.; Thacker, Justine M.; Graham, Susan A. – Journal of Child Language, 2018
Speech disfluencies can guide the ways in which listeners interpret spoken language. Here, we examined whether three-year-olds, five-year-olds, and adults use filled pauses to anticipate that a speaker is likely to refer to a novel object. Across three experiments, participants were presented with pairs of novel and familiar objects and heard a…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Young Children, Adults, Age Differences
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Weiss, Andrew P.; Alwan, Ahmed; Garcia, Eric P.; Garcia, Julieta – International Journal for Educational Integrity, 2020
This paper reports on the results of a survey of faculty members at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) in Los Angeles, California regarding their understanding of and familiarity with the concept of fake news. With very few studies published on the attitudes of teaching faculty at universities, this study is a unique approach to the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Knowledge Level, Definitions, Media Literacy
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Stoesz, Brenda M.; Niknam, Mehdi; Sutton, Jessica – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2020
Research has demonstrated that students' learning outcomes and motivation to learn are influenced by the visual design of learning technologies (e.g., learning management systems or LMS). One aspect of LMS design that has not been thoroughly investigated is visual complexity. In two experiments, postsecondary students rated the visual complexity…
Descriptors: Integrated Learning Systems, Educational Technology, Visual Aids, Difficulty Level
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Bezyak, Jill; Moser, Erin; Chan, Fong; Iwanaga, Kanako – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2020
Purpose: The present study examined patterns of demographic characteristics that are predictive of people's automatic preference for people without disabilities over people with disabilities. Method: Predictions of automatic preference for people without disabilities were investigated among 41,789 individuals who volunteered to complete the…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Preferences, Individual Characteristics, Predictor Variables
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Schroeder, Shawnda; Tan, Chih Ming; Urlacher, Brian; Heitkamp, Thomasine – Health Education & Behavior, 2021
Empirical evidence describes the negative outcomes people with mental health disorders experience due to societal stigma. The aim of this study was to examine the role of gender and rural-urban living in perceptions about mental illness. Participants completed the Day's Mental Illness Stigma Scale, a nationally validated instrument for measuring…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Urban Areas, Rural Urban Differences, Social Bias
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Alahmari, Khalid A.; Rengaramanujam, Kanagaraj; Reddy, Ravi Shankar; Silvian Samuel, Paul; Ahmad, Irshad; Nagaraj Kakaraparthi, Venkata; Tedla, Jaya Shanker – Health Education & Behavior, 2021
Attitude is a multidimensional and complex notion that considerably empowers or limits the major life activities of humans. Health professionals' attitudes toward people with disabilities are significant factors in the rehabilitation process. Soon after completing their coursework, the final-year students from health science meet the patients and…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Undergraduate Students, Allied Health Occupations Education, Program Effectiveness
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Skalicky, Stephen; Crossley, Scott A. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2019
Previous investigations of satire posit that satire comprehension is influenced by prior knowledge, satirical strategies, and other demographic features, such as age. However, these claims have not yet been tested using online processing techniques. In this study we investigate satire processing using newspaper headlines from the satirical…
Descriptors: Satire, Newspapers, Journalism, Humor
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