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Steward, Margaret S.; Steward, David S. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1996
Children ages 3-6 years were interviewed following a scheduled pediatric clinic visit to assess their ability to remember and report incidents of body touch. Follow-up interviews were conducted after one and six months. Results suggest that children actively and accurately process their experiences and that the quality and quantity of their…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Court Litigation, Credibility, Interviews
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McCough, Lucy S. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1996
Reflects upon Steward and Steward essay on improving understanding of children as witnesses. Focuses in particular on the effect on legal proceedings of a poorly conducted or highly suggestive interview. Suggests that the major problem today is whether a child's account has been contaminated by delays or through interactions with others, and…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Court Litigation, Credibility, Interviews
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Bruck, Maggie; Ceci, Stephen J. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1996
Examines the rationale and design of evaluations of interview protocols to be used in sexual abuse cases. Comments on the findings of Steward et al. study, in the contexts of cost-benefit analysis and ecological validity. Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of different techniques, such as enhanced interviews, anatomical dolls,…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Court Litigation, Credibility, Interviews
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Drechsler, Renate; Brandeis, Daniel; Foldenyi, Monika; Imhof, Katrin; Steinhausen, Hans-Christoph – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
Objective: The aim of this follow-up study was to investigate the course of performance in attentional tasks in children with ADHD and normal controls in late childhood and preadolescence over short periods of time. The development of two dimensions of attention was compared: alertness/arousal and inhibitory control. Method: Children with ADHD (N…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Visual Stimuli, Reaction Time, Early Adolescents
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Ornstein, Peter A. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1996
Reflects on Steward and Steward's exploration of memory of touch--and aspects of the situation in which touch is experienced--and considers some of the ways in which research on children's remembering can be applied to the difficult task of assessing what child witnesses can remember about salient and often difficult experiences. (AA)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Court Litigation, Credibility, Interviews
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Steward, Margaret S. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1996
Discusses whether it is possible for a medical visit to inform a child abuse investigation, whether children share common experience in a medical visit and in a touch situation, the importance of initial interview, and the need for training of investigative interviewing with children. (AA)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Court Litigation, Credibility, Interviews
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Gorsuch, Greta – CALICO Journal, 2004
In this study, retrospective interviews were used to investigate reliability (and thus validity) threats to a computerized ESL listening comprehension test administered at a university in the US. The participants in the investigation, six international graduate students, were asked to respond to semi- and open-ended questions during individual…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Listening Comprehension, Investigations, Listening Comprehension Tests
Buswell, Mark; And Others – 1978
Students nearing high school graduation need more than the skills and information given them in the past 12 years; they also need to know "how" to learn. The Senior Seminar, which is a program offering a semester of interdisciplinary experiential learning, teaches students to become independent, self-directed learners by first presenting…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Field Interviews, High School Seniors, Information Seeking
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Anning, Angela – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2005
In the UK Centres of Excellence were funded by the DfES to model high quality, multi-agency, early years services for young children and their families. They were precursors to Children's Centres to be established across the UK. Early Excellence Centres were evaluated at national and local levels. This article will draw on data from local…
Descriptors: Preschool Evaluation, Investigations, Delivery Systems, Interviews
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Tilley, C. M.; Bruce, C. S.; Hallam, G.; Hills, A. P. – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2006
Introduction: This paper reports results of an investigation into the needs of persons with disabilities wanting to participate in the use of virtual communities. The aim was to investigate "how virtual communities for persons with long-term, severe physical disabilities can best be facilitated"? Method: A Grounded Theory approach was…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Physical Disabilities, Grounded Theory, Investigations
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Adidam, Phani Tej; Bingi, R. Prasad; Sindhav, Birud – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2004
This study uses the relationship marketing theory of commitment and trust as a framework to investigate the issue of student retention in business schools. Structural equation modeling was used to examine relationships specified by Morgan and Hunt's (1994) theory of relationship marketing. Students' commitment to the business schools were…
Descriptors: Investigations, Academic Persistence, Structural Equation Models, School Holding Power
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McAleavy, Gerry; Collins, Katrina; Adamson, Gary – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2004
In Northern Ireland there has been a dearth of evidence on the role of further education colleges in relation to educating adults. Given the existence of a system of education based on academic selection, it has emerged that the "losers" in this process grow up to become adults with reduced self-esteem in relation to how they perceive…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Foreign Countries
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