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Whittaker, Tiffany A.; Chang, Wanchen; Dodd, Barbara G. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2013
Whittaker, Chang, and Dodd compared the performance of model selection criteria when selecting among mixed-format IRT models and found that the criteria did not perform adequately when selecting the more parameterized models. It was suggested by M. S. Johnson that the problems when selecting the more parameterized models may be because of the low…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Models, Selection Criteria, Accuracy
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Mercer, Sterett H.; Idler, Alyssa M.; Bartfai, Jamie M. – School Psychology Review, 2014
This study is an investigation of the extent to which school psychology intervention research is guided by theory and addresses theoretical implications of findings. Intervention studies published during 2007-2012 in four journals, "Journal of School Psychology," "Psychology in the Schools," "School Psychology…
Descriptors: School Psychology, Intervention, School Psychologists, Program Evaluation
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Roberts, Martin J.; Gale, Thomas C. E.; McGrath, John S.; Wilson, Mark R. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2016
The ability to work under pressure is a vital non-technical skill for doctors working in acute medical specialties. Individuals who evaluate potentially stressful situations as challenging rather than threatening may perform better under pressure and be more resilient to stress and burnout. Training programme recruitment processes provide an…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Prediction, Cognitive Processes, Scores
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Fedorov, Alexander – Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2015
In this paper we analyze a historical form of media literacy education that is still insufficiently discussed in English language literature: Russian cineclubs. We focus on one particular cineclub that was created by a Soviet educator Oleg Baranov in the 1950s. We describe this cineclub's context and structure, and discuss its popularity among…
Descriptors: Media Literacy, Clubs, Program Descriptions, Program Design
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Preacher, Kristopher J.; Zhang, Guangjian; Kim, Cheongtag; Mels, Gerhard – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 2013
A central problem in the application of exploratory factor analysis is deciding how many factors to retain ("m"). Although this is inherently a model selection problem, a model selection perspective is rarely adopted for this task. We suggest that Cudeck and Henly's (1991) framework can be applied to guide the selection process.…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Models, Selection, Goodness of Fit
Matijevic, Milan; Opic, Siniša – Online Submission, 2016
In Croatian classrooms it is possible to observe teaching scenarios that follow the features of constructivist and traditional teaching theories and many variants and combinations of teaching didactics that are student centered and those that are teacher centered. Teachers struggle to find their way in the selection and design of a media…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, Instructional Design, Educational Environment
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Paufler, Noelle A.; Amrein-Beardsley, Audrey – American Educational Research Journal, 2014
Value-added models (VAMs) are used to measure changes in student achievement on large-scaled standardized test scores from year to year. When aggregated, VAM estimates are used to measure teacher effectiveness and hold teachers accountable for the value they purportedly add to or detract from student learning and achievement. In this study,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Student Placement, Models, Educational Policy
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Osborne, Lauren K. – Professional Counselor, 2014
Unemployment continues to be a growing concern among both civilian and veteran populations. As 14% of the veteran population currently identify as disabled because of service, this population's need for specialized vocational rehabilitation is increasing. Specifically in Veterans Affairs (VA) Blind Rehabilitation Centers (BRC) where holistic…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Group Counseling, Cognitive Processes, Visual Impairments
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Russell, William B., III; Waters, Stewart – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2014
The middle school years are a critical time in the physical, intellectual, and moral growth of young adolescents. This article examines how film can be used to engage students in moral-dilemma discussions to promote critical thinking and character development. The authors argue that the use of film in the classroom can challenge students to expand…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Values Education, Moral Development, Critical Thinking
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Weerheijm, Ron; Weerheijm, Jeske – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2012
The honors programs at the Universities of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands were almost all initiated around 2008 and thus so far have yielded few data about outcomes, but we have a broad consensus that the honors programs should provide a better-than-average professional for the workplace and should give students a chance to perform to the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Honors Curriculum, Selection Criteria, Student Recruitment
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Wofford, Michael Grant; Ellinger, Andrea D.; Watkins, Karen E. – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2013
Purpose: This study aims to examine the process of informal learning of aviation instructors. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative instrumental case study design was used for this study. In-depth, multiple semi-structured interviews and document review were the primary approaches to data collection and the data were analyzed using constant…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Grounded Theory, Comparative Analysis, Work Environment
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Obermeit, Katrin – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 2012
Student recruitment is an increasingly important topic for universities worldwide. But in order to develop sophisticated recruitment strategies, recruitment officers need to have a clear understanding of how and why students choose colleges. This review compares the German and US research concerning university choice models, choice criteria and…
Descriptors: College Choice, Information Sources, Student Recruitment, Foreign Countries
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Maceviciute, Elena; Borg, Martin; Kuzminiene, Ramune; Konrad, Katie – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2014
Introduction: Our aim is to compare the advantages and problems of e-book acquisition identified in research literature to those experienced by two Swedish university libraries. Method: A literature review was used to identify the main issues related to acquisition of e-books by academic libraries. The data for comparison were collected through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Electronic Libraries, Electronic Learning
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Uysal, Murat Pasa – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2012
Developments in computer and information technologies continue to give opportunities for designing advanced E-learning systems while entailing objective and technical evaluation methodologies. Design and development of E-learning systems require time-consuming and labor-intensive processes; therefore any decision about these systems and their…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Information Technology, Computer System Design, Decision Support Systems
Williams, Dana E. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore factors for selecting a business model for scaling online enrollment by institutions of higher education. The goal was to explore the lived experiences of academic industry experts involved in the selection process. The research question for this study was: What were the lived…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Models, Online Courses, Enrollment Influences
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