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DiPerna, Paul – Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, 2013
The "Maine K-12 & School Choice Survey" project, commissioned by the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice and conducted by Braun Research, Inc. (BRI), measures Maine registered voters' familiarity and views on a range of K-12 education topics and school choice reforms. The author and his colleagues report response levels and…
Descriptors: Familiarity, School Choice, Opinions, Sampling
DiPerna, Paul – Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, 2013
The "Texas K-12 & School Choice Survey" project, commissioned by the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice and conducted by Braun Research, Inc. (BRI), measures Texas registered voters' familiarity and views on a range of K-12 education topics and school choice reforms. The author and his colleagues report response levels and…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Familiarity, School Choice, Opinions
Seright, Teresa J. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to develop substantive theory regarding decision making by the novice nurse in a rural hospital setting. Interviews were guided by the following research questions: What cues were used by novice rural registered nurses in order to make clinical decisions? What were the sources of feedback which influenced subsequent…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Nursing Students, Nursing Education, Working Hours
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Hawkins, Nikki A.; Berkowitz, Zahava; Peipins, Lucy A. – Health Education & Behavior, 2010
This study provides information about the public's familiarity with cancer prevention strategies and examines the association between this familiarity and actual prevention behavior. Data from interviews with 5,589 adults included in the 2003 Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) were analyzed. Most respondents were able to cite one or…
Descriptors: Prevention, Familiarity, Cancer, Trend Analysis
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Rocque, Bill – Disability & Society, 2010
Based on the findings of a qualitative study, this article describes how mothers of children labeled with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) mediate for their children in interactions with those who are unfamiliar with ASD. Data were collected through in-depth interviews and participant observations. Findings indicate that mothers mediate for their…
Descriptors: Mothers, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Interaction
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Isherwood, Robert; Barger-Anderson, Richael; Merhaut, Joseph; Badgett, Rebecca; Katsafanas, Jodi – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Focus group interviews and individual interviews were conducted with 47 faculty members and administrators in a rural school district in Western Pennsylvania to determine strategies for consideration when attempting to establish and implement a co-teaching program. Participants were part of a school district in its second year of adopting a…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Focus Groups, Familiarity, Management Information Systems
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Lüken, Miriam M. – PNA, 2012
I analyse low and high achieving children's competences regarding pattern and structure at the beginning of formal schooling comparatively. The aim is to evaluate the range of school starters' early structure sense. The results suggest overall high pre-instructional competences which, however, differ strongly between the mathematical high and low…
Descriptors: Competence, Low Achievement, High Achievement, Mathematical Aptitude
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Hatcher, Beth; Nuner, Joyce; Paulsel, Jean – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2012
This qualitative interview-based study compares beliefs about kindergarten readiness and about the roles of preschools in readiness among parents and preschool teachers in three early childhood programs in the northeastern and southwestern United States. Interviews focused on beliefs concerning meanings of kindergarten readiness and the role of…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Familiarity, Literacy, Emotional Development
Dawidowicz, Paula M. – Online Submission, 2010
The understanding and use of systems has been studied in numerous environments, particularly among leadership and management. However, as yet it is unclear what people at large know about systems thinking, where they gained their knowledge, or how important the role they perceive it to have in their decision making processes. Through a mixed model…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Decision Making, Interviews, Questionnaires
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Games, Alex – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2010
This article examines the language and literacy practices of middle-school children as they worked toward constructing their own computer games using "Gamestar Mechanic," a game intended to teach them key ways of thinking and communicating germane to the discourse of game designers. It examines the changes that took place in what previous work…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Protocol Analysis, Familiarity, Discourse Analysis
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Yu, Guoxing – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2010
Comparability studies on computer- and paper-based reading tests have focused on short texts and selected-response items via almost exclusively statistical modeling of test performance. The psychological effects of presentation mode and computer familiarity on individual students are under-researched. In this study, 157 students read extended…
Descriptors: Reading Tests, Familiarity, Computer Assisted Testing, English (Second Language)
DiPerna, Paul – Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, 2011
The "Alaska K-12 & School Choice Survey" project, commissioned by The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice and conducted by Braun Research Incorporated (BRI), measures Alaska registered voters' familiarity and views on a range of K-12 education issues and school choice reforms. The author and his colleagues report response…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Opinions, School Choice
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Poon-McBrayer, Kim Fong – British Journal of Special Education, 2012
Monitoring mechanisms of support services for students with special needs can be broadly classified as external and internal. Resembling the UK model, Hong Kong has adopted an internal mechanism through the establishment of the SENCo post. This investigation, written by Dr Kim Fong Poon-McBrayer, of the Hong Kong Institute of Education, explores…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Leadership Styles, Interviews, Foreign Countries
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Gardner, Grant; Jones, Gail; Taylor, Amy; Forrester, Jennifer; Robertson, Laura – International Journal of Science Education, 2010
Scientific literacy as a goal of a science education reform remains an important discourse in the research literature and is a key component of students' understanding and acceptance of emergent technologies like nanotechnology. This manuscript focuses on undergraduate engineering students' perceptions of the risks and benefits posed by…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Risk, Scientific Literacy, Engineering Education
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Mestry, Raj; Khumalo, Jan – South African Journal of Education, 2012
The South African Schools Act of 1996 provides that school governing bodies (SGBs) should adopt and assist in the enforcement of a learner code of conduct to maintain discipline effectively. This study focuses on the perceptions and experiences of SGBs in managing discipline in rural secondary schools through the design and enforcement of learner…
Descriptors: Governance, Secondary Schools, Discipline, Discipline Policy
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