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On a Model for Educational Research: Extended Systems Theory (SIGGS).
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Maccia, Elizabeth Steiner; Maccia, George S. – 1973
In this paper, the SIGGS Theory is set forth and shown to be a model for educational research. The paper treats of the SIGGS Theory, educational research, and of the SIGGS Theory as a model for educational research. The SIGGS Theory provides characterizations of a general system beyond those developed prior to SIGGS' introduction.…
Descriptors: Education, Educational Philosophy, Educational Research, Educational Theories
Uses of SIGGS in Educational Research.
Maccia, George S.; Steiner, Elizabeth – 1977
Two types of questions may be asked in educational inquiry: educological ones--those seeking descriptions of educational events, and programmatic ones--those seeking prescriptions for educational interventions. Quantitative educology is described as consisting of three branches: the philosophy, science, and praxiology of education. The SIGGS…
Descriptors: Cybernetics, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices, Educational Research
The Interpretation of Statements in Standard Logical Form by Preservice Elementary Teachers
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Damarin, Suzanne K. – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1977
Preservice elementary teachers were tested on their interpretations of logical connectives using a test based on truth tables for statements about set membership. Results indicated that conditional and and biconditional statements were treated as conjunctions. (SD)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary School Teachers, Higher Education, Language Patterns
On the Assimilation of the Concept "Set" in the Elementary School Mathematics Texts.
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Pinker, Aron – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 1981
Sixty-two students in an elementary education program for mathematics training as elementary teachers responded to a questionnaire that exhibited incorrect uses of the concept "set." The study revealed that the majority surveyed could not detect incorrect uses of the concept. (SK)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Teachers
Errors in the Enumeration of Infinite Sets.
Borasi, Raffaella – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1985
A series of common misconceptions with regard to infinite sets is considered. Several notions of infinite numbers proposed by different mathematicians are compared. It is argued that so-called errors should rather be called alternative conceptions. (MNS)
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Educational Research, Error Patterns, History
An Example of the Use of Fuzzy Set Concepts in Modeling Learning Disability.
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Horvath, Michael J.; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1980
The way a particular clinician judges, from data, the degree to which a child is in the category "learning disabled" was modeled on the basis of clinician's statement of the traits that comprise the handicap. The model illustrates the use of fuzzy set theory. (Author/RL)
Descriptors: Children, Clinical Diagnosis, Developmental Stages, Educational Diagnosis
Research on Uses of Audio and Natural Language Processing in Computer-Assisted Instruction--Third Year Report. Technical Report No. 289.
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Laddaga, Robert; And Others – 1977
Research carried out during the year focused on meeting project objectives in three main areas: computer-generated speech, complex teaching programs with audio, and teaching reading with audio. Work on computer-oriented speech was concerned with improving the facilities and procedures for utilizing the speech system software and the Micro Intoned…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Artificial Speech, Beginning Reading, Computer Assisted Instruction