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Martin, Gale L. – Psychological Review, 2004
This article proposes that visual encoding learning improves reading fluency by widening the span over which letters are recognized from a fixated text image so that fewer fixations are needed to cover a text line. Encoder is a connectionist model that learns to convert images like the fixated text images human readers encode into the…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Reading Fluency, Cognitive Processes, Eye Movements
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Oakes, Lisa M.; Ribar, Rebecca J. – Infancy, 2005
Three experiments directly compared infants' categorization in variations of the visual familiarization task. In each experiment, 4- or 6-month-old infants were familiarized with a collection of dogs or cats and then their response to novel dogs and cats was assessed. In Experiment 1, 4-month-old infants responded to the exclusive distinction of…
Descriptors: Infants, Classification, Comparative Analysis, Familiarity
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Civan, Andrea; Teller, Davida Y.; Palmer, John – Infancy, 2005
We here describe a discrete trial, forced-choice, combined spontaneous preference and novelty preference technique. In this technique, spontaneous preferences and familiarized (postfamiliarization) preferences are measured with the same stimulus pairs under closely parallel conditions. A variety of systematic stimulus variations were used in…
Descriptors: Infants, Measurement Techniques, Familiarity, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension)
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Zhang, Zuochen; Kenny, Richard F. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2010
This case study explores the learning experiences of three international students who were enrolled in an online master's program offered by a large university in Canada. The aim of the study was to understand the international students' experiences with, and perspectives on, the online learning environment. Findings indicate that previous…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Constructivism (Learning), Cues, Distance Education
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Schussler, Deborah L.; Poole, Inge R.; Whitlock, Tracy W.; Evertson, Carolyn M. – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2007
This paper presents a model--"hypertextual function"--to consider teachers' thinking, practice, and development in the use of technology. Hypertextual function is a multi-dimensional model linking a teacher's knowledge about students ("familiarity") and technology ("facility"), with a teacher's teaching practice of integrating technology with…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Familiarity, Collegiality, Models
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Lee, Carmen K.-M. – Written Communication, 2007
This study examines the factors influencing language and script choice in instant messaging (IM), a form of real-time computer-mediated communication, in a multilingual setting. Grounded in the New Literacy Studies, the study understands IM as a social practice involving texts, encompassing a range of literacy practices, within which a subset…
Descriptors: Written Language, Multilingualism, Familiarity, Ecological Factors
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Parke, Carol S.; Lane, Suzanne – Elementary School Journal, 2007
The purpose of the study reported in this article was to provide empirical evidence of students' views about a state performance assessment and its effects in science and social studies classrooms in Maryland. We developed 2 student questionnaires, 1 for each subject, and administered them to a statewide, stratified random sample of students in…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Federal Legislation, Grade 4, Questionnaires
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Ford, Brent; Taylor, Melanie – Science Scope, 2006
Giant exploding volcanoes...asteroids crashing into Earth...continents floating across the oceans...massive pools of lava...violent earthquakes splitting continents--middle school students hold a variety of ideas about Earth, how it has changed over time, and what has caused these changes. Listening to students talk about how the world works is…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Plate Tectonics, Middle School Students, Science Instruction
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Brown, Malcolm Watson; Warburton, Elizabeth Clea; Barker, Gareth Robert Isaac; Bashir, Zafar Iqbal – Learning & Memory, 2006
Recognition memory, involving the ability to discriminate between a novel and familiar object, depends on the integrity of the perirhinal cortex (PRH). Glutamate, the main excitatory neurotransmitter in the cortex, is essential for many types of memory processes. Of the subtypes of glutamate receptor, metabotropic receptors (mGluRs) have received…
Descriptors: Integrity, Recognition (Psychology), Biochemistry, Experiments
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Wells, Melissa – Children & Schools, 2006
The author provides a preliminary assessment of the extent to which a sample of 264 school social workers are aware of the Internet-related problems children are experiencing and proposes ways in which Internet-related problems could affect youths' social and academic competence and performance in a school setting. The findings have implications…
Descriptors: Social Work, School Social Workers, Internet, Student Problems
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Mix, Kelly S.; Paik, Jae H. – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2008
We investigated the effects of transparent fraction names on children's reasoning about fractions. U.S. and Korean first and second graders were tested using verbal and nonverbal measures. On a verbal task, Korean students were worse at interpreting their own conventional fraction names than interpreting modified terms with a more familiar word…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Korean Americans, Grade 1, Elementary School Students
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Liang, Belle; Spencer, Renee; Brogan, Deirdre; Corral, Macarena – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2008
This study compared perceptions of mentoring relationships among early adolescents, middle adolescents, and emerging adults. In ten focus groups, 56 middle school, high school, and college students described relational experiences that were analyzed thematically. Differences in the characteristics of the mentors nominated by the youth across the…
Descriptors: Mentors, Interpersonal Relationship, Early Adolescents, Adolescents
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Jones, Christopher G.; Vedd, Rishma; Yoon, Sung Wook – American Journal of Business Education, 2008
The globalization of business has led to the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) around the world. Recently, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a roadmap for IFRS implementation starting in 2014, with earlier adoption permitted. Yet according to recent surveys, few U.S. universities have a strategy in place to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Accounting, Expectation, Employer Attitudes
Akarsu, Bayram – Online Submission, 2007
This study investigates relationships between understanding of nature of science and four key factors elementary science teachers possess, which are: (1) Their specializations in different science areas (Physics, chemistry, and biology), (2) Gender issues, (3) How long they have been teaching in elementary school environments, (4) Their…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Scientific Principles, Science Teachers, Teaching Experience
Center for the Study of Mathematics Curriculum, 2007
An e-mail survey was conducted in the summer of 2007 to obtain information from state supervisors of mathematics (employees of state departments of education with primary responsibility for K-12 curriculum leadership) regarding the impact of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) 2006 publication, "Curriculum Focal Points (CFP) for…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Academic Standards, Online Surveys, State Surveys
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